Joyeux Events Reviews
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Cherie Sent on 05/15/2024Hire Joyeux Events for a beautiful, low stress wedding planning experience!
This review is long overdue but I'm so grateful to have worked with Jessica from Joyeux Events for my wedding! I'm a pretty organized person but I wanted a month-of coordinator to help pull together all the final details and logistics and who also had a great eye for event design. Jess and the team at Joyeux Events were the perfect fit. Throughout our few months of working together, she was always down-to-earth, always calm when I was stressed, and always had some great ideas when I was at a loss. For example, I had no idea how to design a table setting or seating chart within my budget so I booked a design consultation with Jess and she created some gorgeous designs within my desired color palette and made the process so much more enjoyable. During the final month of wedding planning, she took over all communications with our vendors and was even there to help bustle my dress on the day of! Truly a wonderful wedding professional to work with and I would recommend Jessica and the Joyeux Events team to anyone looking to plan their wedding. I can't recommend them enough! -
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Ashley Sent on 02/14/2023Wedding Angels
I didn't know wedding angels existed until I met this team. From start to finish they took care of me and my family. They were on top of their communication, always came through on what they said, and always had great suggestions. Our wedding was out of town for us (but, local for them) and they took the stress out of knowing what vendors to contact. They really took our style and vision and made it come to life. They took the time to get to know me and my now husband, and from start to finish, everything felt so personal. Makenna was an absolute gem of a human being. She is so sweet and caring yet, you can tell her passion for weddings and love. She always had us laughing but, made sure we stayed focus and on time with everything. They even made sure we ate lunch AND dinner AND that we always had our drink of choice in our hand. If something went wrong on the actual wedding day, I still don't know about it (and it's been 6 months later). I HIGHLY recommend this dream team. Jess is a wedding guru and when teamed up with both her and Makenna we couldn't have asked for better planners. If it wasn't for this team, I think my husband and I would have just eloped but, instead we got our dream wedding. I never knew our wedding day could be stress free but, they delivered that for us. It was an absolutely beautiful, perfect, dreamy day and we really owe it to this team. -
Emily Sent on 10/27/2022
My Wedding Wouldn't Have Been The Same Without Jess & Team!
Jess was incredible every step of the way. I felt so secure about my wedding because of her responsiveness, professionalism, and general caring demeanor. The day of the wedding she and Makenna went above and beyond. Everything from the set up, to the timeline, to the endless support of me and my husband, to the clean up was flawless. She truly knew exactly what I needed without ever making me feel stressed or overwhelmed. I've already recommended Joyeux to several friends! -
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Sydney Sent on 02/04/2022BEST planning team for your big day!!
Genuinely blown away by Jess + Makenna (the whole Joyeux tream, truly!!!) about their care and attention to detail during our wedding. Throughout the planning process, there was never hesitation to help us navigate vendors or decor, and we knew that the team was just a call away. The day of the wedding, Jess and Makenna made sure that our day was what we had dreamed of and MORE! We got to our venue to see the beautiful set up they had made happen, and there was deep attention to details and our vision. The entire wedding day, the team made all of the things happen and as the bride and groom, we were able to truly soak in and enjoy the entire day! They worked tirelessly behind the scenes and it showed in the beauty of the day. If you are looking for a planning team to help make your best day happen, THIS is the team for you!! I cannot recommend them all enough! -
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Bianca Sent on 05/24/2021
Amazing coordinators!
Let me first say, how amazing Jessica and Courtney are! They truly made our wedding day the most perfect day during the pandemic. My husband and I got married back in September 2020 at Deer Park Villa and they did wonders to make sure we were well taken care of. Courtney and another assistant were there setting up and making sure all my vendors followed timelines and everything went smoothly on our wedding day. They also set up and where there until our wedding was over. My husband and I chose the “day of coordinator” package and felt their services was exactly what we needed. I planned, gathered all the vendors, and designed the look of our wedding. We needed someone the month before the wedding to help me organize, plan, and timeline everything together! Both Jessica and Courtney were there through video chats and in-person venue walk thrus to make sure all my questions and concerns were answered. During the pandemic, this was crucial to have a back up team to support you! Their services and packages are reasonably priced for the amount of care and love they provide with their services! I don’t know what we would have done without Jessica and Courtney! Thank you so much!! -
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Karen Sent on 04/12/2020Positive Planner with Great Taste
Jess was an amazing wedding planner. She understood our vision and brought it to life. She let us be as involved as we wanted to be so we could put our personal touch on some things, and leave other things completely up to her and her good taste. In preparing for the wedding, Jess had great advice and would send tips and photos through text and Instagram (which made things easier for us). Jess was always in a great mood and we loved our prep meetings with her. They were always a ton of fun!
Jess and her staff blew us away the day of the wedding. She anticipated any potential issue and had everything that we or our guests needed - including a sewing kit and tweezers. She stayed calm and handled everything, so we didn't have to worry. Jess helped us throw a beautiful wedding that ran smoothly. We highly recommend her! -
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Casey Sent on 01/27/2020The best wedding planner that ever existed!!
Jessica is the wedding planner of the century. Seriously. We had an immediate connection upon meeting Jessica and I couldn't believe how well prepared she was in tackling our big day. I knew from the moment she showed us her ideas for our wedding. She hadn't even met us in person yet, but still came up with the most amazing recommendations just based on seeing our social media's. We were absolutely blown away. It was us and from there we knew it was an incredible match.
Working with Jessica throughout the process was personal, sincere and a true friendship. She was budget conscious, creative, and brought energy to every decision we had to make. Most importantly she was real! She let us know what she thought was a great idea and wasn't afraid to give feedback on those she had seen challenges with in the past. We also felt in the right hands and fully supported leading up to the big day.
Once we got to the day of the wedding, we honestly could not believe the execution. Walking into the barn where we held our reception and seeing the designs come to life honestly took our breath away. Every little detail was covered, nothing was missed and that's how the whole day ran. It is not an exaggeration to say everything was executed flawlessly.
Overall planning aside, which I would hire Jessica for literally any event in our lives for, she is an incredible person. Jess is thoughtful, caring, and a part of our family for life. Hire her, get to know her, don't miss out on the opportunity as it was life changing for us! -
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Erika Sent on 08/21/2019Incredibly helpful with an eye for design
We are so glad to have hired Jessica! You don't know how involved planning is until you're in it. Leave the tangible event prep and planning to Jessica so you can focus on other things (hello family dynamics, personal feelings, you know what I am saying!). My husband and I have a loud, colorful, boho, maximal style and while that may not be Jessica's personal style she still embraced it, ran with it, and slayed it. Her editing eye and knowledge of design was so helpful. She was organized, responsive and very supportive. I felt like I was just working with a friend. She is calm and down to earth and will not try to get you to spend money you don't want to. We got so many unique pieces through her which really made everything special. She is worth every penny. You deserve to relax during this special time, HIRE HER :) -
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Christina Sent on 06/27/2019Seamless and beautiful and *chill*
I worked with Jess for month-of coordination, but our conversations and her input started long before the 30-day mark. She was helpful in answering my questions ("What color napkins should we use?") as well as in corralling other vendors' insurance info for the venue. Jess also provided a ton of rentals for our wedding, and provided coordination services for our welcome party the night before as well. Working with Jess and McKenna was a dream because they just handled everything and did so in a very low-key, taking-it-all-in-stride way. As a type-A bride, it was super calming to work with them and just know they had it handled. Finally, the wedding itself went super smoothly and looked absolutely beautiful, in no small part to Jess' great eye and coordination skill! I felt like I could just relax and enjoy everything, and many guests told us how "magical" the night felt. -
Morgan Sent on 09/17/2018Hiring Jessica to do month/day of planning was the smartest decision we made while planning our wedding. I don’t think we could have done it without her assistance, oversights, and experience. She thought of so many things we never would have for logistics, she saved us money on unneeded rentals, and greatly reduced stress leading up to the wedding and the wedding weekend. She helped coordinate with all the vendors beforehand and drove all the way up to our venue just for the rehearsal, which was so needed and appreciated! She and her team set up all the decor exactly if not better than I would have for the reception. It was absolutely perfect. And I’m sure she did SO much more behind the scenes that we were not aware of to make sure everything ran smoothly! Highly highly highly recommend her wedding planning services!
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Sunshine Sent on 10/04/2017I am very close with my sister and when I found out she was pregnant with her third child, her first daughter, I knew I wanted to do something special. Every child she's had we've thrown a baby shower but I never had the opportunity to plan one so this time I made sure I would be the one to do so! Planning an event is hard and I had a vision and in order to execute it perfectly I knew I was going to need some help. I found Joyeux Events on Instagram and reached out to her via her website and she returned my email promptly. I was planning the event from San Diego but the event was to be held in Sacramento and although I wasn't able to fly into town to help, she made it work with no complications! Once we started working together she effortlessly brought my vision to life and with no stress at all the shower was a hit! Not only was my sister over joyed, but everyone was swept off their feet with how stunning it turned out. Everything was flawless-- desserts, decor, table settings, service, professionalism, flexibility, price. I can't wait to plan the next event! Thank you Joyeux Events for planning one of my greatest moments I will cherish with my sister forever!
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Victoria Sent on 10/03/2017Jessica did a great job providing planning and coordination for both the Bridal Shower and Wedding event for Our Daughter. We were very pleased with the performance of vendors and quality of products they provided. Her timeliness of information and communication with us was key. We would recommend using Jessica for your next event, she is a great value.
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Matilda Sent on 02/12/2023
Best Wedding Planner Ever!
If you’re hesitating on whether on not to book a wedding planner—look no further than Joyeux! After seeing the amazing job they did with my sisters wedding, I booked Makenna and Jess for partial planning to help plan our wedding in July 2022. They are organized, kind, and incredibly experienced! They are literally some of the best in the game and have a list of certified vendors in every area they work in, so each vendor they connect you with is also excellent. They helped us bring our vision to life while bringing up details neither of us had considered. My husband and I saw everything we’d planned with Makenna be executed beautifully on the day of, and were kept blissfully in the dark about any stressful situations that may have happened on wedding day! They are truly professional—my only regret is not booking them for a full planning package. :) -
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Allie Sent on 07/31/2022Amazing team at Joyeux
Jess, Makenna and the rest of the team at Joyeux are truly amazing. They helped keep us organized leading up to our day, managed all of our vendor contracts, and best of all had great ideas for saving money. Most importantly my husband and I were able to enjoy our wedding day without any stress. Jess managed a few vendor snafu's without us being the wiser. Cannot recommend her and her team more! -
Stewart Sent on 05/08/2019
Jess is great to work with and the day-of coordination was seamless
My wife and I worked with Jess to plan our wedding during the course of 2018 leading up to our big day in May 2019. Jess was very friendly, fun, and comfortable to work with. She was also our day-of coordinator. As a mark of probably the best type of wedding coordinator, we barely noticed her or interacted with her throughout our wedding day, as she was busy behind the scenes ensuring that everything ran smoothly with our schedule, vendors, and that all of our guests were taken care of.
When we first met Jess, we chatted over video conference for an hour or so to discuss our vision for the wedding and expectations for working together over the coming year. After our initial discussion, my wife and I felt confident Jess would be the best planner for us, given our budget and expectations, and reviews of Jess's prior weddings.
When it came time to pick the venue, Jess graciously made the 4-hour drive from Sacramento to Elk, California to meet with us and visit the venue grounds. She helped us get an idea of what would be required in terms of supplies and vendors, and made some recommendations for potential vendor partners.
Throughout the vendor contracting process, she gave us helpful feedback on whether rates were fair, and whether contractual terms were reasonable. This was a nice re-assurance, as we had no idea what fair market rates were for various vendor services, nor what sorts of contractual terms were negotiable.
Halfway through the process, Jess also acted on our recommendation to move away from email for coordination, and set up an account for us with WedHappy, so that we could use a mobile app to keep track of our tasks and deadlines, as we continued to make progress. We appreciated her flexibility here, in terms of planning process. Sometimes, however, both before and after using WedHappy, it was unclear whether a task had been completed or what the current status was, so we had to revert to email. This made for a bit more back-and-forth than necessary, but everything still worked out without any serious issues.
We also met with Jess in person toward the fall after having visited the venue grounds, and reviewed her mood boards and diagrams for the various design choices that needed to be made for the venue. She was creative and fun with her approach, often painting scenes on her iPad art board to give us a detailed idea of how various stations and tables might appear, which helped with discussion about what was best for us.
Overall, we really enjoyed working with Jess, and our wedding was truly a seamless and spectacular celebration. For couples considering working with Jess, we do recommend her, especially for her day-of coordination. If you decide to engage her planning services for the year or months leading up to the wedding, it's good to level set on expectations for timely and organized task management, especially if you're a Type A when it comes to project planning. (Both of us work in demanding jobs requiring exceptional project planning, so our standards are probably a lot higher than the average clients, and because of this we felt like we initiated and drove a lot of the conversation.) If you're more relaxed about planning, Jess will definitely take care of you, although you might not always have immediate insight into the current status of a vendor relationship or contract or other planning tasks.
Thank you again, Jess (and your small and nimble day-of coordination team) for everything you did leading up to the wedding and on the day of to make or celebration be so much more than we even hoped for. Many of our guests (and vendors!!) told us about how magical, luminous, and authentic it was, and we couldn't agree more. We couldn't have done it without you! -
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Jessica Sent on 10/21/2018We terminated the relationship and found another planner we adored
My comments echo that of my husband - written below. One thing I will add -- at times, I felt as if she was irritated with our indecisiveness and appeared more concerned with her relationships with vendors. We voiced our concerns multiple times and ultimately went with a different planner because Jessica basically told us that it was the best we would get from her. We also signed our contract for out photobooth while we were with Jessica and it never came to our wedding.
Since I did most of the wedding planning, the hubby did all the reviewing! Read his comments below:
Before you read this review, it is important to note that we (my wife and I) ‘broke up’ with Jessica after about 6 weeks of working with her.
We (wife and I) both spent years working in client-facing roles and had fairly high expectations regarding emails and responses, turnaround time on projects, communication, etc.
We were also planning the wedding from across the country (we were in Philadelphia, Wedding was in California, Jessica was in California) and, for that reason, we might have needed more from Jessica than the typical (locally-based) couple would need.
Pro’s
Jessica was super enthusiastic about our wedding plans and our vision; we had several pleasant phone calls with her and were very impressed by her ideas and her presentations after each call.
Jessica accompanied us to our site visit and food tasting; she was clearly knowledgeable about the ins and outs of the wedding-planning process. She had good questions for our vendors (stuff we wouldn't have thought of) and she was always working to help us save money.
Con’s
Jessica wasn’t always quick with email replies. Several times, we needed to follow up with a couple times before getting a reply. The same was true for texts and phone calls.
Jessica was similarly lax with deadlines. She’d get us an estimate or a file on Friday after promising it for the prior Sunday.
After a pleasant, cordial call with her about all of this, a call where we agreed to an email reply time limit and agreed to other, fairly specific, expectations, Jessica’s habits didn’t change too much.
This unreliability was especially pertinent when my wife and I met up with Jessica on a visit to California. She’d told us several times that we’d be able to visit the venue, the caterer, a few wineries, and a few bakeries. In the end, she’d only planned to visit the venue and the caterer. Again, because we were based across the country, this oversight was frustrating and extremely disruptive to the planning process.
Months later, my wife flew back to California for several days. She emailed Jessica weeks prior, asking for help setting up some bakery visits. Jessica didn’t get back to her until she’d already arrived in California, forcing my wife to do the bulk of the planning on her own.
Jessica lacked a clear organizational process to inform us what was completed, what was in progress, etc. We were often unclear- have we booked a DJ yet? When are we getting the cake samples? Etc.
In the end, when we decided to break up with Jessica, calmly reiterating the issues we’d already expressed, she told us that she had 20 clients, thus making our requests impossible. Again, my wife and I were taught that each client needs to feel like they’re your only one, and if you need to slow down due to your load, you’re probably stretched too thin. This excuse rubbed us the wrong way.
Because we’d given Jessica a few chances before cutting her loose, we’d expected a partial refund. Jessica was unwilling to do this though.
In the end, it’s our belief that Jessica would be a decent choice if you are looking to save money, locally based, able to do a lot of the leg-work yourself, lax with deadlines and turnaround time, able to send gentle reminders without getting frustrated. Though we had to move on from Jessica, we have no ill will toward her and wish her the best of luck as a wedding planner.
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