JA Special Events Reviews
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Julie W. Sent on 10/20/2020Best Wedding Decision You Can Make
I cannot begin to express my extreme gratitude for the thorough professionalism and care provided by Jessica at JA Special Events although, I owe it to her to try. With all the busyness of our June 2020 wedding behind me I can now reflect back on the day and clearly see that hiring Jessica Adler as our wedding planner was the best decision we made in regards to our wedding. We greatly benefited from how long Jessica has been in the wedding business here in Colorado. In our search for vendors she quickly provided options in line with our preferences. The more vendors we spoke to the more we became aware of the deep respect that vendors held for our planner across this state. It made us thankful to be on her team as it put our spinning minds at ease and also blessed us with discounts. We also selected a few vendors outside of her network that she quickly got to know and partnered with effectively. Her extensive network saved the day when we ended up modifying our wedding due to Covid and some of our vendors had to back out of their contracts. She was able to call upon old friends 3 days before the wedding that stepped in a saved the day providing amazing service. Jessica's trusted experience and network alone are reasons to immediately partner with her but in addition to that she conducts business with a professional sense of timeliness, kindness, grace, empathy and care. She consistently made us feel like we were a priority even though I'm sure she was simultaneously serving many other happy couples at the time. Throughout each conversation, Jessica invested her care into our dreams as though she was family. We always felt like she was a safe confidant to be honest with and we always trusted that she cared about our day going smoothly just as much as we did…which she proved through and through in the face of pandemic changes. One small example of this was that she purchased a beautiful allergy friendly cutting cake for us when it looked like our wedding would be called off due to the pandemic. That is just her - going above and beyond business, straight into a caring relationship with the couples she serves. Thankfully we had the honor of cutting this cake at our modified wedding! Lastly I want to call out her thorough attention to detail. After all that she reworked with us due to the pandemic from vendor contracts to day of details, she deserves a certificate of proficiency in emergency rescheduling. She negotiated terms of contracts and got us money refunded that we didn't think we would ever see again after our own personal discussions with the same vendors. It sure helps us that she was aware of contract terms and how to effectively negotiate in unprecedented times. I honestly believe that if it weren't for her assistance we would have lost money from our contract, and not have had the grit to replan our wedding multiple times. Because of her partnership we were able to carry forth with a smaller guest list and have a day that was still a dream! It was her support contacting vendors, reading government news updates, notifying us of our next steps, and caring deeply for our hearts that kept us going all the way down the aisle in the midst of a pandemic. -
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Chancey Sent on 12/03/2018Magic Maker
As soon as I was engaged, I immediately reached out to try to secure Jessica Adler for my wedding as I knew that she would have limited availability. I have had the pleasure of working with her in the past as an event professional and knew that I wanted to work with her for my wedding. Luckily, I was able to secure working with her! Jessica is truly amazing and made the entire process fun and exciting! Although I work in the industry, her experience, vendor relationships, and advice is priceless! She is detail oriented and super organized, helping to minimize any stress that planning can bring. Family and friends were impressed with the organization of the wedding weekend and loved meeting her as well! She has a wonderful personality and can work with varied groups of people effortlessly. Thanks to Jessica, we were able to have our dream wedding! We genuinely loved working with Jessica and would recommend her and her team to anyone! -
User2548929 Sent on 03/07/2016I do not have anything but positive things to say about Stacy and Jessica from JA Special Events. They went above and beyond to make our wedding weekend very special. For an entire year they answered many questions and helped find vendors and keep costs down as much as possible. Our wedding would not have been the same without them. I am forever grateful for all their help. -
User2567366 Sent on 04/03/2016Jessica at JA Special Events is awesome! She is like a maestro conducting a symphony orchestra, and you just need to sit back and enjoy the music. Jessica helped us plan my daughter's wedding. My daughter said the wedding "exceeded her expectations."
Jessica has good recommendations for vendors (photography, floral, venue, DJ), and she helped us negotiate all the contracts. Negotiating with Devil's Thumb Ranch was not an easy process, but Jessica always had our back! If an issue arose, Jessica immediately stepped up to the plate. She has good knowledge of the facility and staff.
Jessica understood my daughter's vision of what she wanted the mood of her wedding to be. It turned out beautifully, and she helped us stay within our budget.
Jessica really shines with her attention to detail. For example, she made sure snow boots were accessible for the outdoor photos. She made sure our 89-year old grandparent was always comfortable; she even brought him a plate of food from the buffet so that he wouldn't have to get up from the table and juggle a plate.
Jessica went above and beyond when she helped the groom's out-of-state family plan the rehearsal dinner. I could go on and on about how wonderful JA Special Events is. But I'll summarize by saying that with Jessica as our event planner, it was a totally stress-free process. We were able to enjoy every minute of the gorgeous wedding knowing that Jessica had things under control. I would recommend JA Special Events to everyone, and would give her 10 stars if possible. -
User1787453 Sent on 08/30/2014Our biggest regret was just hiring Jessica as our "Month of coordinator" rather than our "wedding planner". She was awesome, especially with dealing with Devil's Thumb Ranch, she made sure our wedding day went smoothly with pretty much zero input from us on the day - things just seemed to get done. Planning a wedding is more effort that you realize and we think the extra cost would have made the whole experience much easier. -
User1775673 Sent on 08/22/2014I worked with Jessica Adler/JA Events as my day-of coordinator, which I think every bride needs unless they have a ton of very involved, helpful, drama-free moms and aunts who are highly competent in event planning, which I don't. Very few brides do. Jessica and I have been friends for a long time so I'm probably a little biased, but I would wholeheartedly recommend her company to anyone. The thing with planning weddings is most brides have never done it before. You need someone with experience on your team. Also, everyone tells you it goes by so fast, so just enjoy it. That's why you need a wedding planner. They can help facilitate the wedding and each sub-event in the wedding without you having to think about it. Jessica did an amazing job at our wedding. The next day my mom literally got teary when I said to her, "Jessica was great, wasn't she?" My mom just loved her and loved how her presence helped her enjoy the wedding. Of course, I love her too.
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User1548042 Sent on 03/01/2014I met Jessica via email just after the Colorado floods of 2013, which destroyed our wedding venue just a month shy of the wedding. Enter Jessica, to whom we were matched through the Save My Colorado Wedding program. Jessica treated me like any other client -- responding consistently to emails, and trying her best to match us with a new venue that fit our vision, despite the fact that we had never met and weren't paying her a dime. So yeah, that's the kind of person Jessica is.
My fiance and I decided to postpone our wedding until the following January, and when we selected a new venue that required a planner (Devil's Thumb Ranch -- also HIGHLY recommended!), we of course contacted Jessica straightaway. It was one of the best decisions we made. As others have noted, Jessica makes you feel like yours is the only wedding she is planning. From our first in-person meeting, I could tell she is a no-nonsense, practical, pragmatic business woman. I really appreciated that. Any prejudices I might have held about wedding planners (e.g. using flattery to sell 'extras' you don't need, working with selected vendors for a kick-back, etc.), Jessica blew away. There was no question she had our best interests at heart and was working to get us the best prices, discounts, etc. And there isn't a frivolous bone in her body. Jessica is basically the perfect package as far as wedding planning is concerned. She can do anything from wrangle with vendors to design draping schemes to execute decor. I knew her as a no-nonsense planner, but when it came down to the actual wedding day, I was blown away by her creative visions. She is incredibly detail-oriented, and designed little vignettes around our event space we didn't even ask for (and that all our guests commented on). She thought our cake looked too boring (it did), so she took it upon herself to add some flowers. I wasn't worried for even a second on our wedding day, because I trusted Jessica so completely. -
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Courtney Sent on 07/22/2015Jessica was completely amazing. She was able to perfectly execute my wedding vision, as well as took care of so many little details and items leading up to and on the wedding day. The day of the wedding she took care of all vendors, set up and made sure we stayed on time and calm. She also took care of breakdown, cleanup and returning of material to vendors so we could continue to the after party.
She made the rehearsal smooth, quick and efficient.
I highly recommend her to anyone for either DOC services or full planning. She did so much for us I couldn't even start to scratch the surface.
