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  Girish Sent on 12/27/2022
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  The best wedding planner out there

  There is not enough space to write down how amazing Jennifer is at planning weddings. It's clear she's been doing this for awhile because she knows all the best vendors, has everything planned down to a "T", and she's ready for any surprises that may arise. You end the experience not only grateful that you hired her, but also thankful that you've gained a friend in the process. We cannot recommend her more highly - she is simply the best out there.
• Dominica Sent on 01/17/2017
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  Jennifer is wonderful to work with! We had her as a "month of" planner in addition to floral and lighting details. She helped set up meetings with florists and coordinated communications with my vendors so I don't have to worry and handle all the little details that you never think of. On the day of she made things everything went smoothly; I would recommend her to any bride!
• Angelica Sent on 09/13/2016
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  Jennifer was amazing to work with. She was there to answer any questions I had and to ensure that everything went smoothly on the big day. She worked out all the details and the only thing we had to do was enjoy the day. I appreciate everything she did for us and would recommend her to anyone looking for a wedding planner. She was a great asset to our vendor team.
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• Anjali Sent on 09/04/2016
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  Jennifer from Heart 2 Heart Occasions was absolutely fantastic to work with throughout our engagement! I was an out of town bride, and was worried about planning a wedding from afar, however Jennifer made the process so much easier! She was willing to meet with me when I was in town and worked closely with my mom and Maid of Honor when I wasn't able to come back in town for planning. I never realized how much goes into planning a wedding, and I'm so glad that we had Jennifer to keep us organized. She was incredibly easy to contact and communicate with. Our wedding day was absolutely a fairy tale, and it wouldn't have been possible without Jennifer!
• Lauren Sent on 10/17/2023
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  Professional, Friendly, Amazing Communication

  We cannot say enough great things about working with Sarah Baarlaer as our month of coordinator! Prior the month of our wedding, Sarah went above and beyond to help answer questions I had around specific vendors and our timeline. During our wedding weekend, we had quite a few snafus- my veil ripped in half the morning of the wedding, our transportation called at midnight the night before our wedding saying we didn’t have a large enough bus for a bridal party of 19 people, and issues with our DJ. Sarah literally called multiple bridal stores to find the same veil (all without me knowing), got on the phone with the transportation company at midnight to confirm we had the appropriate vehicle, and helped get our DJ back on schedule/fix the acoustics. She was able to put out every fire and keep the day running smoothly without putting an ounce of stress on me. Her communication, professionalism, and friendly demeanor truly made our weekend perfect. To top it off, when we got back to our hotel room (not attached to the venue), Sarah brought our card box, venue items, AND put together boxes of cookies from our cookie table for us. It was truly the best surprise to come back to. Working with Heart 2 Heart Occassions and Sarah Baarlaer was worth every penny! Our wedding would not have been the same!!!
• Hayley Sent on 09/23/2019
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  They did a great job!

  I live in NYC and we planned a wedding in Cleveland for September 2019. We worked with Jennifer for over a year to execute our vision.
  
  We are incredibly picky and opinionated, with very high standards, and Jennifer helped us execute our vision in a million different ways. Jennifer helped with pre-planning logistics, writing a very detailed day of timeline, contacting/paying our vendors, checking in with vendors closer to the day of the wedding, stuffing all of our (many) invitations, ordering our paper goods, and more!
  
  We are very grateful to Jennifer for her patience and we are also thankful to Rachel, who was our on-site support for the rehearsal dinner and on the day of our wedding. There are a million details that go into planning an event like the one we had, and Jennifer and Rachel were a huge help in executing our vision.
  
  Thank you, Jennifer and Rachel!
• Michelle Sent on 10/18/2017
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  With 22 months out and prior to moving to Shanghai for 18 months, we made sure to be in contract with Jennifer and we’re very glad we did! I can’t imagine pulling together our amazing day, while living on the other side of the globe, with out the help, guidance and suggestions of Jennifer and her “day of” team. The few times we returned stateside, she was available and willing to meet up (face to face instead of the usual FaceTime sessions we had while in China). There were a few times while I was out and about searching for and buying wedding décor or even if I stumbled across something on the Internet, Jennifer was available to talk or FaceTime. I would tell/ show her “Look what I found!” or “What do you think about this idea?”
  
  Admittedly, I am a super organized and extremely detailed person, so it was wonderful to have someone on our extensive vendor team that pretty much understood our vision and feeling that we wanted for our day. We ended up hiring a few vendors prior to Jennifer coming on board. There were a few I hadn’t booked or reached out to, but Jennifer had a list that she prefers to work with. I was blown away by most of the ones she had suggested and the few others were just ho-hum. She was a great conduit in respect to vendor correspondents and reeled me in with some of my “larger than life” ideas. Despite the small handful of planning and communication glitches, as well as a fire 90 minutes prior to our cocktail hour, Jennifer and her team pulled it all together as if nothing happened. Our guests had an amazing, fun and memorable time, as did we. Our wedding day far exceeded our expectations and we have Jennifer and her expertise to thank!
• Marissa Sent on 09/10/2017
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  The best word I could use to describe our experience with Jennifer is disappointing. Maybe even frustrating would be more accurate. There were two main issues. The first issue is that there were carelessness and attention to detail issues that added more stress than Jennifer alleviated. Almost immediately after hiring Jennifer we started having issues. She would send us contracts with incorrect information on them (like what time our wedding started), sent us information without listening to what we wanted, and was generally unresponsive. Most of the time it took her days and often times up to a week to respond to emails. On more than one occasion she did not respond to the email altogether. My husband confronted her about these issues early on and she apologized and promised to do better moving forward but the same pattern of making careless mistakes and being generally unresponsive continued. Further, we had issues with vendors that, after reaching out to the vendor directly, we learned stemmed from them receiving incorrect information from Jennifer. The second issue is that there were things that she helped us with but if you look at the time that it took to do the things that she did help with, her hourly rate would be outrageous. She always seemed too busy to help me. She came to maybe three vendor appointments with me because every time we would schedule an appointment she would be “too busy” to attend or “it wasn’t necessary” for her to attend but that’s what we were paying her to do. We ended up working around HER schedule instead of mine and we hired her on the promise that she would work with my schedule. She’s not a bad person and it’s not that I don’t think she didn’t care; it’s just that the value proposition was just not there. We did not get enough for what we paid for.
• Chris Sent on 08/23/2023
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  Do Not Trust

  This wedding planner put me in touch and encouraged us to go with a vendor that blatantly overcharged for production services. We are talking tens of thousands of dollars. After I did my own research and found out that there were way more competitive prices on the market, this wedding planner pulled out on us for the entire wedding. My fiancee and I we were living in California with a new born baby and I had just a broken shoulder. The wedding planner did not listen to our needs. They tried to tell us who we could hire and who we couldn't. They strongly discouraged us from using our own resources, even though the wedding was taking place on our own property and continued to ignore our request to cut budget in the way we see fit. I would strongly consider finding a different company.

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