Little Black Book Events Reviews
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Jessica A. Sent on 10/29/2023Vanessa is THE BEST!
I don't even know where to start! I can't say enough about how amazing Vanessa and her team were to work with. Our wedding was 10000x more amazing and that is a HUGE thank you to LBB!
Vanessa took time to get to know my husband and I so that she could get a sense of us individually and as a couple.
To this day, whenever people talk about how stressful wedding planning is, I feel guilty because I never felt that stress. Vanessa established trust early into meeting us and I trusted her to take our wedding vision and elevate it.
Of all of the decisions we made throughout the wedding process, hiring Vanessa was by far the best. Could go on and on.Little Black Book Events's reply:
Everything turned out so beautifully! I absolutely loved working with you, Mike, and your families...who were so amazing. I'm so glad that it was a great process and you had a great day. -
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Valentina P. Sent on 12/26/2023The best wedding planner! Worth every cent and more
Vanessa and her team at LBB were exceptional and helped us bring our dream wedding to life flawlessly, with minimal stress and lots of joy. We hired Vanessa for full planning services and she was helpful in every part of the planning process, from providing options and input for every wedding vendor at the start of the process, to guiding us on what needed to be done when, to handling tasks like printing and purchasing wedding favors, to making our wedding day run smoothly. She was honest about timeline and budget questions we had while also providing options that aligned with our priorities for the day and kept us on track. Her value was immeasurable in the week of our wedding and the wedding day itself — Vanessa volunteered to handle anything that needed to be done as we were finalizing details and dealing with family, which was big in keeping our stress down. (That included things like getting my wedding dress steamed at a tailor last minute, printing and bringing all our printed materials like programs and menus, and taking all our things back from our wedding venue to our hotel after our wedding so we could go directly to our after party.) She was always flexible and made us feel reassured that everything was handled and running smoothly, because it was. We had a big wedding (250 people) and our guests, especially our families and wedding party, raved about how great and available she and her team were and how smoothly things ran. (Special shoutout to when we had a wedding crasher that my mom was worried about, Vanessa handled it with venue security calmly and confidently.) Vanessa is attentive, thoughtful, nice, and fun to work with, and all the vendors she recommended to us were equally high-quality and great to work with. Her wedding planning services were worth every cent and more. We recommend her without hesitation for any wedding or event.
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Skye S. Sent on 12/16/2023Perfect Day
If you are looking for a planner or coordinator for your upcoming wedding, look no further than Alycia and Vanessa from Little Black Book. Not only were they patient, responsive, and helpful up to the day of, but they managed the wedding day flawlessly - leaving us to just enjoy the celebration and the friends and family who came from near and far. They were prepared for everything and never missed a beat, keeping everyone smiling along the way. We would hire them again in a heartbeat and can’t recommend them enough. Thank you Alycia and Vanessa for everything!!Little Black Book Events's reply:
We are so happy that we got to help make your day perfect! You guys were a joy to work with and we wish you nothing but the best!!
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Alyssa B. Sent on 12/09/2023Easily the Best Decision We Made
Working with Jacqueline was the easiest part of our wedding planning, and was absolutely the best decision we made. If you are considering working with LBBB and on the fence regarding if you should use this service when all of wedding planning is so expensive, let me help you: this service is worth so much more to me for piece of mind and for catching issues early than the dollar amount you will spend for it. We met with Jacqueline several times in the early phases of planning, and more frequently as we approached the day of the event. Not only was she organized and helpful with reviewing our contracts and communication over email (she caught several potentially devastating schedule mistakes we had made and helped us fix them), but she was just so incredibly warm and supportive. As we got closer to our date, she handled much of our communication and checked in regularly by text or phone call. She is patient, she asked the right questions, she handled every detail on our big day and even advocated for us with vendors who did not deliver on their promises to smooth out details, and I did not even know it was occurring. Working with her is the best decision you can make!Little Black Book Events's reply:
Thank you so much for the review, Alyssa. I really appreciate it. It warmed my heart. It truly was a pleasure to journey with you during the planning of your incredibly wonderful wedding event. You, Tommy and your families were the best! Blessings and Shalom! 🙏🏾❤️🙌🏾 -
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Shelby K. Sent on 01/06/2023Vaness made our wedding perfect!
The only regret of my wedding is only using Vanessa as a day of coordinator! I wish I had hired her to plan everything from start to finish. She helped keep us organized, set the venue up beautifully, and calmly handled any issues that occurred. She also went above and beyond! When our pizza order for the after party got messed up, she ran out to get pizza so our guests had a snack after a night of dancing! If you are looking for a wedding coordinator Vanessa is your girl.Little Black Book Events's reply:
Shelby, I really enjoyed working with you and Pat. After all that dancing your guests did we couldn't let them go hungry!!! 😂 I'm so glad that everything turned out so beautifully. -
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Scott Sent on 10/10/2022The best decision we made in wedding planning
Hiring Little Black Book was the best decision we made in the wedding planning process. From the very beginning, Vanessa made planning and dealing with ever-fluctuating guest counts, tastes, and ideas seamless and easy. She rolled with the punches and made sure that on our wedding day, we didn’t have to worry about a single thing. If you’re looking for a partner to plan your wedding who will be able to turn your vision into reality, Little Black Book is that partner - they will go above and beyond, while not forgetting those little touches that make your big day special.Little Black Book Events's reply:
It was such a pleasure working with you and Emily on your day. I'm so glad it turned out as beautiful as the two of you looked! And what a fabulous party! Definitely one for the books. 😁 -
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Emily G. Sent on 06/17/2022Top Tier Wedding Planner
Vanessa and her team are superstars. We hired Little Black Book (LBB) for our wedding and they exceeded all of our expectations. Starting on day one, Vanessa told us that she would take the stress out of wedding planning and she did exactly that. She is a masterful professional who brings deep experience and passion for planning events. She worked with all of our vendors and had a very coordinated schedule for day-of activities. This was a huge relief as we had many moving parts to our wedding, but she managed to make all of those details feel more manageable. She and Hannah were indispensable for the wedding rehearsal and day of, which helped us enjoy our special day even more. We highly recommend hiring Vanessa and LBB for your wedding or any other special event.
Little Black Book Events's reply:
Hi Emily and Damani!! I'm so glad you were happy with how everything turned out. It was a beautiful wedding for a beautiful couple! -
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Aissata Sent on 08/07/202110/10, 1,000% would recommend
I don't even know where to start with this review - we hired Vanessa for her full planning services, and she was just a dream to work with. My husband and I got engaged in 2019 and planned to have our wedding in summer 2020, but COVID had other plans. Vanessa helped us navigate two years of uncertainty from our engagement to our wedding in July 2021. She saw us through multiple reschedules and almost-reschedules and barely broke a sweat. The stress of having to manage rescheduling and that many vendors alone would have brought me to tears, but Vanessa had it handled! There was a lot of stress and uncertainty that came with the pandemic but I can honestly say that my wedding wasn't one of them - she was so communicative and flexible that we always felt like she had things under control.
A few highlights from working with her:
1. She helped us pick all of our vendors, from cake, to DJ, photographer, and all of her recs were spot on. If we didn't like a set of options she provided, she was always willing to come back with more until we found something we were happy with.
2. She went above and beyond consistently. I forgot my afterparty shoes in my hotel room and she even went to pick them up for me and brought them to the party! She was also like the Mary Poppins of weddings the day of - I managed to forget my steamer at the hotel for my dress change and was panicking in the bridal suite, and she just made an extra steamer appear out of nowhere. I don't know how she does it!
3. She was a master communicator, juggling details and all the moving pieces between my husband and I, our venue, vendors, and even family members. The sheer number of emails with important but tiny details she managed that I would have dropped the ball on...very impressive.
4. She was also great at helping us realize our vision of what we wanted. We needed to find a way to blend a religious Jewish ceremony that also incorporated aspects of west African culture, so it wasn't the most straightforward wedding, but Vanessa was more than up to the challenge.
I can't recommend her enough, our wedding wouldn't have been the same without Vanessa to make it happen!Little Black Book Events's reply:
Aissata!!! Thank you for this wonderful review. Wedding planing is tough under the very best of circumstances so I'm glad I was able to support you and Benjy over the past couple of years through this process. I think your vision came together beautifully and it was a wonderful day...and you both looked fabulous! I'm so glad that all of it was worth it in the end!!! -
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Ilana G. Sent on 07/15/2021We strongly recommend Vanessa and LBB!
We hired Little Black Book for “day-of coordination”, and Vanessa supported us immensely both on the day of our wedding and in the weeks leading up to it. We are very glad we hired LBB, and we strongly recommend Vanessa and LBB!
We planned a 30-person wedding, which turned out to be almost as much work as planning a larger wedding. Having Vanessa by our side made the process much smoother and less stressful. Vanessa helped us tremendously with vendor communication, working through decisions we were having trouble with, and countless small things that we would have just missed without her. On the day of our wedding, Vanessa was an effective manager and a comforting presence -- she juggled egos and unexpected hiccups, from vendor arrival through party clean-up. A bunch of last-minute issues came up with both of us (bride and groom), and we just told Vanessa what was happening and she took care of them with a confident smile.
One thing that deserves special mention is that one of the pieces Vanessa took on was laying out our reception flowers and candles. Vanessa supported us in our decision to go with a not-full-service florist while allowing us and our guests to stay out of table set-up duty. Vanessa knocked it out of the park -- the tablescape was ridiculously picturesque and wound up being maybe the closest element of our wedding to our pinterest-instagram visioning.
We feel confident Vanessa would be great for any wedding, but we have a special note to our Jewish sisters and brothers: Vanessa was on point for all the Jewish rituals. From tisch to ketubah to yichud, Vanessa knows what’s up.Little Black Book Events's reply:
Wow! What an amazing review! Thank you so much for trusting me to execute on your day. It was so lovely working with you both. Your kind spirits were reflecting in your guests and in everything about the day. Thanks for making it so easy to work with you! Wish you all the best! -
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K Nickolls Sent on 06/21/2021Awesome Experience
I hired Vanessa to manage the day of the wedding and coordinate vendors leading up to the day. Bad weather on the day of the wedding moved it from an outdoor ceremony to indoors. Although it wasn't what we had planned, the ceremony in front of the fireplace was perfect indoors. Vanessa coordinated all of the changes smoothly while we enjoyed the day celebrating with family and friends. I highly recommend Vanessa as your wedding planner. If you want to have a carefree beautiful day, hire Vanessa.Little Black Book Events's reply:
Kathleen - I'm so glad things worked out the way they did. It was a beautiful day for a beautiful couple. And it was my first post-COVID wedding...so super special for me! -
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R Kirk M. Sent on 02/23/2020Vanessa made our wedding so easy!
We were about halfway through planning our wedding when we reached out to Vanessa, and all we can say is that we wish we had contacted her sooner! Her professionalism, efficiency and knowledge made bringing our wedding together so much easier than it could have been. Vanessa was patient and understanding when we ran into obstacles, and quick with ideas that helped us save time and money. She stayed with us every step of the way, and made our wedding an incredible day. She is very responsive and creative. If you’re looking for help planning and pulling together your wedding, we can’t recommend Vanessa enough.Little Black Book Events's reply:
Jason and Kirk!!! What can I even say? I love you guys and I'm so happy the day turned out beautifully. Glad I can call you both and Punky friends!!!
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