Lissa Marie Weddings and Events Reviews
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Nicole Sent on 03/07/2022Truly the best!
Wow - where do I even start?! Well, I must start by saying I am extremely late with posting this review because I wanted to ensure I had all the photos and words to express what a truly spectacular wedding Lissa coordinated for us. I was referred to her by another planner and I’m beyond grateful for that recommendation. I had this (somewhat) crazy idea in my head that I wanted to plan a Harry Potter-inspired/New Years Eve/Black-tie wedding. It was important to me that my core team really share my love of Harry Potter to help me bring the vision to life, in an elevated/classy way. When we had our first intro call, Lissa and I immediately clicked…not only did we share a love of all things HP & dogs, but she understood (and was super excited) the vision. I didn’t want our wedding to be weird…just an elevated experience with a lot of HP Easter eggs woven throughout. Essentially, I wanted her to help me recreate ‘Hogwarts at Christmastime’!
Lissa & I worked together over the next year, and I really felt like I had a friend by my side. She helped me navigate what things I should spend more time on, where we could save some money and when I was going a little overboard & could save myself some stress! Lissa had worked with some our vendors before but not all of them, but it didn’t matter. She did a masterful job at coordinating everyone, the timeline, and ultimately how everything flowed the day of the wedding. When we initially began planning the wedding, we all thought Covid would be well behind us by the end of 2021...little did we know, things were about to get extremely intense and stressful. I’m a relatively low-key bride but reached my breaking point the day of the wedding (illnesses, cancellations, reorganizing, etc.) and Lissa literally took control of everything (she literally had my phone taken from me…bless you Lissa!). She coordinated with my MOH so I could focus on the day and take in all the moments I would have missed worrying about little details. It was only in retrospect did I really learn about all the little things that Lissa (& my MOH) shielded me from and just handled.
When I think back on our wedding day (and the time leading up to it), I can’t imagine working with anyone other than Lissa. She has a very cool, calm, collected demeanor but you will immediately realize what a pro she is and what excellent taste she has. Lissa was great to communicate with and was always quick to respond to me via text or email. Our venue wasn’t particularly easy to work with but, again, she was the ultimate pro and worked through the kinks and ensured that our Harry Potter-inspired, black-tie, New Years Eve wedding was true perfection! Almost as important as her skill, is the fact that she’s just a kind, nice, and wonderful person. There are a lot of nightmarish, high-maintenance wedding vendors out there and I had no interest in that kind of energy. Lissa was the perfect person to coordinate everyone and set the tone for our wedding vendors…she’s the perfect combo of professionalism, personality, and kindness!
Lissa - I am so grateful that Scott & I had you by our sides to guide us through this process...I literally cannot imagine working with anyone else. Thank you for everything!Lissa Marie Weddings and Events's reply:
I'm getting teary just reading this and remembering your special day- this is one of the kindest and most thoughtful reviews I have ever received! I had the best time collaborating with you and I am so grateful to have been there with you through all the ups and downs of planning a wedding during COVID. I absolutely loved working with you (my A+ bride!) and Scott on your Harry Potter themed wedding and I’m so glad that you had a beautiful day! -
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Wendy G. Sent on 05/21/2024Absolutely the best coordinator!!
Lissa and her team was absolutely wonderful from the initial contact up to the end of our wedding day! No matter what kind of wedding you're having, she will make you and your partner feel like you have all of her attention as the most important couple. Throughout the whole process, she was so professional and supportive, even with not as traditional ideas. She had such a quick response time, usually within a day, or a couple hours, and sometimes even sooner! Her attention to detail in making my timeline was also amazing and I felt that we were able to have the whole day planned to the dot before the big day.
On the wedding day, she made sure everything ran so smoothly and we were not stressed out at all! We had some small hiccups with the layouts that our venue had set up, but a quick word from Lissa had them fixing the issue. She's the perfect amount of assertiveness, professionalism, and friendliness with everyone, including the guests.
The large thing that stood out to be was how much all of our other vendors loved Lissa and working with her, and I could see it throughout the day. Our venue had restrictions such as a short setup window, but Lissa communicated with them and navigated the situation very well to make everything go smoothly. Even though we had a venue management person for the day of, it was nothing compared to working with someone that truly focuses on you and your needs. Our vision was captured beautifully, and we do not regret hiring her at all! -
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Ranya E. Sent on 03/21/2024Exceptional Service!
Lissa was our day-of coordinator for our wedding and we were blown away by her and her team! We started with a consultation call to get to know each other and was sent a google folder with so many helpful wedding planning tips and organizational tools. Our meetings were structured and we felt very comfortable asking her the many questions that we had. Lissa's strength is that she made us feel that "she's got us," and that all will be smooth on the wedding day. She communicated closely with all of our vendors well before the wedding date and even served as a middle man between vendors who needed things from each other. Though we utilized her in-person starting at 3pm, Lissa coordinated our ENTIRE day ahead of time so that it all ran well. During the wedding, she checked in on us and our parents several times to make sure all were happy while also cueing each event on the timeline. In addition to all of the task oriented things we were thrilled with, Lissa has a beautiful personality and we felt like she was another best friend at the wedding. Whether you need a full blown wedding planner or a day-of coordinator, we highly recommend her!Lissa Marie Weddings and Events's reply:
Thanks so much for your sweet review, Ranya! It was truly an honor working with you and witnessing your beautiful love and how much you are so cherished by your friends and family! Thank you for letting me share a small part of your big day :) -
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Margot M. Sent on 02/08/2024Lissa will be your best hire
Hiring Lissa as our wedding planner was the best thing we did for our wedding. Planning our DC wedding from Denver, we knew we needed help from a local expert, what we didn’t realize was we’d grow to be friends throughout the process. Hopping on monthly calls with Lissa leading up to our day we had the pleasure of getting to know each other as well as utilize her wedding expertise, by the time we got to wedding weekend Lissa felt both like a friend and was our greatest hype woman. Her investment in every aspect of the planning process alleviated so much of our planning stress. She helped us curate our amazing vendor team, shape our floral vision, pick out our tablescape rentals and ensured our wedding day went not only as we planned but better! Lissa & her team did the heavy lifting so we could enjoy our day care-free as the guests of honor. Our wedding would not have been so special without her. We cannot recommend LissaMarie Events enough! -
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Elaine Sent on 01/31/2024Amazing experience with Lissa!
Lissa was absolutely amazing. Her level of organization, eye for detail, and coordination is incredible. We felt completely taken care of and really had no concerns going into the wedding -- we were totally confident that she had everything under control. All of her vendor recs were also spot-on, and she was able to give us the wedding of our dreams (and better). We had sort of a complicated wedding with multiple ceremonies and moving people across the city, but it was a perfect and utterly hitch-free with Lissa in control! Many of our guests even told us afterward how smooth everything went. She even helped us after the wedding to follow-up on some items with vendors -- going above and beyond her contractual terms to help us out. We couldn't have done this without her, and are so grateful for her expertise, attitude, and professionalism. -
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Sarah B. Sent on 11/07/2023
Your ideal wedding planner
I can't say enough good things about Lissa and her team! Lissa has gone above and beyond since the day we started working with her for full planning services. She immediately followed up on emails, helped us narrow down vendors, review contracts and even followed up on random questions my parents and I had. Her amazing planning skills are extremely evident by how organized she is - she has a check list or guide for everything you could think of! Not to mention the day of she made everything run flawlessly from literally driving the golf cart at our venue to a perfect set up to being my hype girl before I walked down the aisle and got nervous. Planning with Lissa feels like you are planning with a good friend as she makes the whole experience easy, calm and fun! If you need any sort of support for wedding planning I would recommend Lissa & her team 100%! -
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Xeniya B. Sent on 08/31/2023You need Lissa for your wedding planning!
Lissa is fantastic to work with! We loved her from our first zoom call. She is so positive and has such an uplifting energy. We had a month of coordination package and my only regret is that we did not plan the entire wedding with her. We both work full-time and wedding planning is a full-time job. Lissa did her best and made our wedding day special and as relaxing as possible. Our family was charmed by Lissa as well!
I cannot recommend her enough. She has been in the industry, she knows vendors and vendors know her too. We heard great feedback about Lissa from other vendors too. She is not just a wedding planner, she is your wedding bestie -
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Gaby B. Sent on 06/20/2023Just Hire Lissa - You Won't Regret It!!
We hired Lissa halfway through our planning process after having a bad experience with another planner, and she was an absolute GEM from day one!! We were so fortunate that she still had our date available. Working with her was such a breeze! She was always very responsive, organized, had great ideas, and made sure we secured our final few vendors and hotel room blocks without any issues. She's so kind, empathetic, and just generally fun to be around, and she put us both at ease throughout the stresses of wedding planning. On the day of our wedding, she and her assistant got all the decor set up/taken down, made sure everything ran smoothly and on schedule, kept us hydrated, and just generally made sure everything was flawless!! It was such a dream working with her, especially compared to what we'd been dealing with before. I would absolutely recommend that any engaged couples looking for a planner just choose Lissa now - you won't regret it!! -
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Keri C. Sent on 06/09/2023
Lissa is a Bride’s dream to work with!!
Lissa and her team make you feel like you are planning your wedding with your best friend or closest family member! They are realistic, down to earth, extremely knowledgeable and ALWAYS there for you through the entire process. Lissa was so responsive, so calm, so kind, and so understanding, literally a brides dream to work with. From the moment you tell her your vision and budget she not only makes it happen but really does go above and beyond. Her associate planner Julianna is also amazing, she went to bat for me on our wedding day and the days leading up to it when somethings weren’t going as planned and fixed it in a blink of an eye, no hesitation. Our wedding was a dream come true and a large part of that was because of Lissa and Julianna. Even now that it’s all done I still chat with Lissa from time to time and I know exactly who I’m going to go to if I have an event to plan too. Brides, do yourself a favor and use Lissa, you’ll be so happy you did! Thank you Lissa and your team!! -
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Michelle Sent on 02/15/2023Exceptionally organized and so much fun
We knew very little about the nuances of wedding planning going in, we definitely needed a lot of hand-holding to figure out what was possible, what we wanted, and what we needed. Lissa did a wonderful job making sure we knew what options were available and what was best for our needs.
Lissa makes sure that you and your party have to work your event as little as possible, if at all. She does a great job making sure everything runs smoothly so you can focus on having a blast.
Even though our wedding got rescheduled, Lissa was on it and made sure all vendors and contracts got transitioned smoothly to the new date. It would have been so overwhelming without her, and I genuinely believe it would have been a very stressful wedding without her! -
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Jen U. Sent on 02/28/2023Lissa was a dream to work with!
Lissa and Krista went above and beyond to make our wedding day run smoothly! Lissa was super helpful in organizing and planning the day and took care of so much behind the scenes! She provided so many tips and tricks that made our wedding better than we could have imagined. Lissa and Krista were amazing to work with and made us feel so calm and assured that the day would go well. -
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Nicole P. Sent on 03/10/2023So worth it!!!! Amazing :)
We hired Lissa as our Day-of-Coordinator (DOC)for our wedding reception on October 22, 2022. Since we already got married in 2020, we wanted to just enjoy the night, be stress free, party with our friends and family and finally celebrate our wedding. Lissa did a fantastic job and took care of everything that day.
To start, we were one of the couples who got married in 2020 and needed to cancel the big wedding party multiple times because of COVID. Lissa was so understanding and we did not have a hard time communicating with her. That’s when I knew that she does not treat her job as mere business but she really cares for her clients!!
Lissa and I exchanged emails a lot months prior the wedding and we had a meeting closer to the celebration date. She has given me a lot of advice through her responses, documents and references she shared. She also took care of coordinating all my hired vendors, creating an organized time plan and ensuring I did not forget any details during the process.
On the day of the wedding reception, Lissa and her assistant Raquel helped set-up the wedding decors. That was a big lifesaver since when I was initially planning, I wasn’t sure if DOC in general does that and when she said that she’ll do it, I was very relieved. So for all DIY brides out there, please hire Lissa and she will help you make your wedding vision into reality!
If there is one thing I will change, I will probably hire her Partial Planning service or if you have the budget, the Full Service planning. Lissa knows a lot of great vendors that she can suggest to the couple and they will be able to work together from the start and make your dream wedding possible.
Again Lissa is so worth it. She is very responsive so I feel secure throughout the process! Thank you Lissa for making our day more special and you were truly a lifesaver! -
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Heidi D. Sent on 11/21/2022
The best day ever!
Lissa truly made our wedding the best day ever! Her entire team was incredible to work with. I never had to worry about a single thing on wedding day - no set up, no clean up, they took care of EVERYTHING! Lissa is such a kind and caring human being, and you can tell she really cares about each of her couples. If I had to do it all over again, hiring Lissa would be the first thing I’d do!Lissa Marie Weddings and Events's reply:
Thanks so much, Heidi! I had so much fun working with you two! Joey’s handmade greenery wall and your flower guys surprise entrance featuring the Nittany Lion and the custom written rap song the will forever be etched in our minds- what a fantastic wedding! -
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Rubie M. Sent on 10/30/2022SO thankful we hired Lissa & her team ♥️
Lissa & her team were incredible! She went above & beyond to make sure that everything went smoothly on our wedding day. She pivoted our outdoor ceremony to be indoor when the weather wasn’t cooperating & decorated the space so beautifully. She answered all our questions leading up to the wedding and was so incredibly kind & patient. Having Lissa there to help alleviated so much of our stress!! I can’t recommend her enough. -
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Erika N. Sent on 09/12/2022
The BEST of the best!!!
Lissa and her team were absolutely AMAZING!!
We chose the Event Management package and it was the best decision we made. Lissa led us through our walk through and asked all the crucial questions to our caterer and venue coordinator that we definitely wouldn’t have thought of on our own.
During the last 30 days she took over all of the communication with our vendors (where we changed our seating chart, song list, shot list, and everything else, multiple times). She made sure that all vendors were notified of every single change, nothing slipped through the cracks.
On the day of, Lissa was calming and really just felt like a friend. My bridal party was so grateful that she came around and handed everyone tissues during the ceremony. During pictures she was constantly making rounds handing my husband and I water which was SO necessary.
Lissa made sure everything was packed up at the end of the night, taking the stress off the rest of our bridal party/family. Having someone on our side throughout the whole process was so worth it. 1000% recommend Lissa and her team!
Lissa Marie Weddings and Events's reply:
Thank you so much, Erika!! It was so much fun working with you and Brandon and I'm so happy to hear that you loved your big day! -
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Carolyn K. Sent on 06/16/2022Cannot say enough about how wonderful Lissa is!!!
Lissa went above and beyond to make my daughter's wedding day PERFECT. She was always available in the months leading up to the wedding--whether it was for vendor recommendations, advice on how to handle situations, you name it--she had the answers! She is like a breath of fresh air, with such a calm sense of confidence and an upbeat positive energy. She handled last minute changes without skipping a beat, and she took care of so much behind the scenes, many issues we did not even know about, until after the big day. By far, this is the best money we spent on ANYTHING related to the wedding. I would recommend Lissa again and again without hesitation, and I already have!Lissa Marie Weddings and Events's reply:
Thank you so much for your kind words, Carolyn! I was so happy to be there with Lindsay, Cody, and your family to help navigate their big day! -
Miranda P. Sent on 06/09/2022
12/10 Would Recommend to Any Bride-To-Be!!
Melissa was an absolute pleasure to work with. She really knows what she’s doing when it comes to coordinating/planning weddings and events. She’s so personable, kind, and genuine, which made her SO easy to work with.
We hired her as a Day-Of Coordinator and she truly went above and beyond! She was emailing with myself and vendors weeks and months in advance, and she helped us postpone our May 2021 wedding to May 2022—making sure our vendors were available and on the same page. It was so helpful to have her as a resource at that time.
And if I could go back and do it again, I would have invested in more of her planning services because they were that valuable! I have a feeling that if I had worked with her from the beginning, it would have saved me so much time and stress trying to figure things out on my own!
There were so many little things she did the day of our wedding without even being asked, like setting up our After the Tone Guestbook, moving decorations from ceremony to reception, herding family members for portraits, and so many other things that I’m probably unaware of!
I can’t thank her enough for all of the time and effort she put into making our dream wedding come true! 12/10 would recommend her services to any bride-to-be!Lissa Marie Weddings and Events's reply:
Thank you, Miranda!! I have loved working with you and Caleb over the past 2+ years! It was so much fun watching your vision finally come to life and I couldn’t be more grateful to have been on the journey with you! -
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