Mallory Weiss Planning Reviews
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4.9 out of 5 rating
4.9 out of 5 rating
22 Reviews
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Cassandra Sent on 10/23/2019Amazing!!!!!
Mallory is a friendor of mine and when my fiance and I decided to plan a fast wedding (in like 4 months) I reached out to Mallory to help me pull everything together. I decided to get married at an untraditional venue (a beautiful garden center with greenhouse) and do the flowers for my wedding. I had designer friends set them up for me at my venue while I got married in Church. Mallory stepped in to make sure that the caterers, band, designer friends, venue and photographers all were on the same page and that everything was seamless. She saved my life. Seriously. Being in the profession, I'm a super hands on person and I hated not being able to oversee set up but there's no one I would trust more than Mallory and I was able to relax and enjoy my wedding day, hands off which was SO important to me. Mallory went above and beyond driving to NY to pick up my desserts the day before the wedding so that I could get my flowers done and she hauled it the day of in like 100 degree heat in the greenhouse. I don't know how couples get through weddings without coordinators/planners, they are worth everything. I am so grateful to her and would recommend her services to anyone who needs a planner! -
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Kristin Sent on 11/05/2019Fabulous Experience working with Mallory
We are so thankful to have had Mallory's help to coordinate our wedding and ensure everything went perfectly. She was so organized from the second we hired her to the days leading up to the wedding. She was in constant communication with all of our vendors (Photographer, Videographer, Florist, Band, Venue, Trolley Company, Hair, Makeup and Calligrapher for Signage). She ensured we had a timeline that everyone was happy with prior to the wedding and had gone back and forth many of times with some of our vendors to ensure there would be no confusion. On the day of our wedding both her and Caitlin were amazing. They had us AHEAD of schedule for hair/makeup and pictures. Having them both there allowed myself, my husband, and our parents not have to worry about any details or decisions- which allowed us to have the best night of our lives!
We also were able to use Mallory for multiple vendor recommendations who we absolutely loved. She suggested our hair stylists from Boho Bridal and The Shaded Maple for Signage who were both incredible. Both of her recommendations saved us so much time and money from looking on our own!
We highly recommend working with Mallory as it will save you literally hours of time the month before your wedding and allow you to just soak up the happiness of your wedding day without the worry of last minute details! Thank you Mallory and Caitlin - you guys were the best!! -
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Caitlin D. Sent on 01/29/2019Wedding planner!
We used Mallory as our wedding planner and could not have been happier! Mallory was there throughout the entire process to help us with advice, vendors, decor and everything in between. We had an issue with our florist two months before our wedding and had to find someone new. Mallory took care of helping us find someone & made sure she knew all of the things we wanted and dreamed of for our wedding day! We would highly recommend Mallory and we are so lucky we got to work with her. -
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Tasha I. Sent on 06/10/2019Book with someone with more planning experience
We booked MWP for partial wedding planning for $3700. We needed someone locally as we had to plan our wedding in NJ while residing in Oklahoma ( my husband is stationed there for active duty ). Final thoughts, don't spend the money unless you enjoy somebody sending monthly checklists and schedules but not take the initiative to make sure things get done. If you really have to book, hire for the day off or spend the money on someone with more experience who can take care of things when they don't go as planned. my wedding day she dropped ALL the balls and I cannot help but feel pure disappointment
-A planner should be present on the venue on the wedding day as soon as vendors arrive to ensure everything runs smoothly if not at least to plan. She arrived 2 hours after we had already been at the venue and failed to enforce the wedding timeline until it was too late . As a consequence pictures were delayed and the bridal makeup and hair were both rushed. -
- 15 mins before the start of my outdoor ceremony she came to me saying "it's starting to drizzle" . No indoor set up plan discussed or employed, and no thought on perhaps even delaying the ceremony.
-If your client tells you it looks like it is going to pour and you yourself hear thunder don't tell them " I think it will be fine, just walk" you're a planner not a meteorologist. A back up plan would have been fantastic. Needless to say It poured during my ceremony. The entire bridal party made up of 10 people plus me and fiancé had 4 umbrellas amongst us. All makeup ruined, hair ruined, tuxes drenched and all my guests in black tie soaking wet.
- Instead of my "planner" taking initiative I had to tell everyone to go get cleaned up after getting soaked to make sure we can still get some proper pictures.
-End of the night as she packed everything up (did a good job ) I asked about my rental chargers that will be needing to be returned (2 of them, prepaid, pre boxed). She told me on my wedding night it was best if I took them myself to make sure they were returned without issues.
At the time of booking Mallory, we had already found and booked the venue, catering & photographer. make up, hairstylist, florist, transportation services, hotel blocks, seating chart were ALL done by me or my husband The partial planning contract included "assistance creating budget, make sure client receives "fair price and service", on-site coordination and supervision at the Event, Assistant on site day of the Event. There was 0 help with budgeting. Mallory gave us a vendor list of hair/mua whom I did multiple trials with ( none of them seemed to listen to what I wanted, aka hundreds of $ wasted on trials. She also recommended a few florists, (gave me names and I had to call vendors to set up phone calls, none were in the budget nor available for my date. I reached out directly to a florist that my photographer mentioned, Mallory decided to tell me she had recently worked w the same florist after I had already scheduled a call myself. Most of the "planning" conversations were discussed on phone given we were not located in the same states. She visited the site once for walk through 3 months prior to the wedding and was present twice via web/phone w/ florist. The best thing Mallory did was bring Caitlin M on the day off, who I am so thankful for because she literally was present for ANYTHING that I needed the day of from making sure I had a drink to getting my makeup bag in the blink of an eye.Mallory Weiss Planning's reply:
Tasha,
I am truly sorry that you feel my services did not meet your expectations. In planning a wedding, there are decisions that only the bride and groom can make. Our partial planning service gives couples the tools they need to assist them in making those decisions. Those tools may include monthly email reminders and guides to assist clients with vendor relations and planning. These are spread out throughout the planning process to alleviate stress and to allow couples to make the best decisions. As an example of why these tools are effective is included in one of the last emails sent to you during the planning phase, which included information about gratuity and payment to vendors. It stated " Prepare final payments and gratuity envelopes (my team will collect these either at the rehearsal or the morning of to hand out)". Unfortunately this had not been taken care of and on the wedding morning, it took valuable time to calculate and make payments to the hair and makeup artists, which delayed the schedule even further. Regarding my start time, in the final phone call before the wedding to go over your custom wedding timeline, I reminded you that my team does not arrive until prior to the photographer’s arrival. This is also reflected on the wedding timeline that you agreed to. Once the hair and makeup schedule began to fall behind we immediately consulted with the photographer to adjust the timeline. The rain during your ceremony was unfortunate and unpredictable. The entire vendor team knew how important it was to you to have an outdoor ceremony and, when consulted, you agreed to go through with the outdoor ceremony. Once guests moved inside to be relocated to the backup ceremony space, my team assisted the venue in guiding guests to the location, handing out towels for those who needed them, allowing the bridal party space and time to get ready. Unfortunately we were not able to move the ceremony without interfering with cocktail hour. At the end of the night, my team and I assisted packing up the bridal parties’ vehicles with flowers and other details from the wedding. MWP is not responsible for returning rentals that are not contracted by us.
At the time of booking, a florist, DJ, hair, makeup, and signage details had not been contracted. Our preferred vendor list was sent to you as a tool for clients who are in need of suggestions for specific vendors. Unfortunately, none of the hair and makeup suggestions were satisfactory to you. Choosing hair and makeup artists is a personal and sometimes tough decision to make which is why we offer a variety of vendors who may suit the needs of the client. As part of the partial planning service, clients receive a site visit and up to three additional planning meetings. Because of your out-of-state location, these calls were scheduled via phone or video. Clients also receive two vendor visits. The first vendor consultation was with the DJ and the second was with the florist. Two floral meetings were set up, unfortunately one was not available for the date after we had already had our consultation and the second exceeded the budget. At the time of setting up the last floral meeting it was discovered you had already contacted them. After the first call, which I was unable to attend, did not go well, a second call was scheduled and I attended. My team and I work tirelessly on the back-end of each event to ensure that everything is up to the standards we and our clients set. Numerous calls and emails were exchanged with each of your vendors so nothing would be missed. As stated above, each of our partial planning clients receives one site visit and three additional in person meetings. Because of your out-of-state location and schedule conflicts, we were only able to meet in person once at the venue. All other planning meetings were done via phone or video. We do our best to work with each of our clients’ needs and schedules.
Thank you for allowing us to be a part of your day and I wish you all the best!
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