Riviera Blu Events Reviews
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Evelyn Sent on 01/12/2025
Best Wedding Planner ever!!
If you want to have the best wedding ever and enjoy your wedding with no stress at all then you need to use Xenia as your wedding planner! She was extremely professional and detail oriented, planning 2 pre wedding events and our wedding day. A few examples of her dedication: the wedding day, she was at the venue at 4 am to ensure everything was set up properly and stayed until 5 am for our wedding reception to end. At our pre-wedding beach party, Xenia even came into the water to ensure the guests were having fun. Everyone said it was the best wedding they had ever been to and it’s all due to Xenia! -
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Jeanine Sent on 05/27/2024My beautiful wedding on the Athenian Riveria
**Exceptional Wedding Planning Experience**
Our wedding planner, Xenia, made our international wedding an absolute breeze. From the initial planning stages to the big day, she was incredibly organized, attentive, and went above and beyond to ensure we felt like guests at our own celebration. Her expertise in navigating all the logistical details of hosting a wedding overseas was invaluable, and they worked tirelessly to make the process as smooth and stress-free as possible. We are so grateful for her dedication and attention to detail as our wedding was absolutely stunning. We highly recommend her services to any couple looking to plan their dream wedding. Xenia truly made our special day everything we'd hoped for and more! -
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Marianne Sent on 02/12/2024Wedding of my dreams!!!!!!!!!
Xenia was absolutely incredible in the wedding planning process. She knew the right vendors to connect us to based on our taste, and it was such an organized and detailed process that she helped navigate with ease.
She literally helped with every single detail from the plate colors to the venue set up to coordination of guests on the day of. I have never been so carefree on such an important day and that’s because I knew Xenia was handling everything with the most top notch service!!
She really helped create the wedding of our dreams!!!! Thank you Xenia!! -
Fane Sent on 10/04/2023
Wedding of our dreams!
I cannot thank Xenia and her team enough for making our destination wedding a dream come true - it exceeded our expectations!! Our guests were speechless from all the beauty. Xenia was there every step of the way and made sure our wedding day was everything we ever imagined. Her guidance, communication and professionalism are exceptional. Her passion and dedication shows through her work. Xenia was an absolute joy to work with!
I highly recommend Riviera Blu Events, you will not be disappointed! -
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Lou V. Sent on 08/10/2023
Exceptional wedding planning
I cannot express how grateful we are for Xenia and her team's exceptional work in making our destination wedding an absolute dream come true. From the very beginning, their reliability and professionalism were evident. Planning a wedding from afar can be daunting, but Xenia's meticulous attention to detail, constant communication, and proactive approach put us completely at ease.
Xenia's ability to seamlessly coordinate every aspect of the event, from the venue setup to the intricate floral arrangements, was truly remarkable. Her team's dedication and commitment ensured that everything flowed effortlessly on the big day. No request was too big or small, and their flexibility in accommodating our last-minute changes was a testament to their unwavering commitment to making our wedding perfect.
The level of organization and precision demonstrated by Xenia and her team was beyond impressive. They anticipated our needs and handled any challenges that arose with grace and efficiency. Our guests were left in awe of the flawless execution and the magical atmosphere that was created.
Not only did Xenia meet our expectations, but she exceeded them in every possible way. Her passion for her work shines through in every detail, and her warm personality made working with her an absolute pleasure. We can wholeheartedly say that Xenia and her team are the reason our wedding was an unforgettable experience for us and our guests.
If you're considering a destination wedding and want a planner who is not only reliable from start to finish but also genuinely cares about making your vision a reality, look no further than Xenia. She and her team are a rare find, and we are immensely grateful for their dedication, professionalism, and the incredible memories they helped us create. Thank you, Xenia, for making our special day the best it could possibly be -
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Monica Sent on 07/09/2023
Truly the Best in the World
Our experience with Xenia and Riviera Blu Events was exceptional and beyond what we could have imagined or asked for. From the start of the wedding planning experience, right up to the moment we left the venue on our wedding day - we felt cared for and taken care of at a level of professionalism and hospitality that is truly unparalleled. When making our decision fir wedding planning, we had to first and foremost prioritize trust and a high degree of organization and dependency - given we were planning our wedding abroad. Xenia and her team gave us just that and more, explaining to us when we first met that when she takes a client she is all in. We can guarantee that firsthand, and truly owe a debt of gratitude to Riviera Blue Events for orchestrating our big day to perfection! From monthly planning meetings at strange hours in the day, to ensuring she knew us personally in order to cater the wedding our priorities, to speaking with our families, to securing a perfect back up for our pre-wedding party due to rain within hours, to checking on us at each point in the wedding to ensure it was the best day of our lives - we could go on and on and on!!! Look no further, you have found the best wedding planning team and wedding planner in the world, and a true friend. -
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Ted Sent on 09/25/2022Phenomenal Athenian Riviera Wedding
Xenia is an absolutely amazing, thoughtful, and creative wedding planner. We hired Xenia to plan our Greek wedding and worked with her over Zoom and WhatsApp in the United States. Our guests said our wedding was the best they've ever attended -- including when comparing it to their own! Xenia was a pleasure to work with, and kept us on track and up to date on all the latest issues and needs. Any couple would tremendously benefit from her relationships, expertise, and creative approach to wedding planning. Don't hesitate -- call her today. -
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Petroula Sent on 08/15/2022Mediterranean Paradise
Riviera Blu Events planned my wedding on the Athens Riviera in Greece in July 2022. I live in NYC so I did not feel confident in planning a wedding abroad, nor did I have the availability due to work. I hired Xenia and the Riviera Blu team to plan and decorate the entire wedding. This was the best decision I made. Xenia and her team exceeded expectations. The wedding planning process was very smooth and the wedding night was an absolute dream. My husband and I have a Greek background yet were born in NYC so we wanted a wedding theme of Greek/Mediterranean tradition mixed with NY chic glamour. It has been weeks since the wedding and people are still stunned at the entire event from the decor, to the amazing vendors, to the organized timeline, to the stunning venue setting. Hiring Xenia as our wedding planner was a great decision and highly recommended. Instead of dealing with logistics and details from the planning phase to the actual wedding day, my husband and I were able to focus on enjoying our engagement, and having fun with our guests on the night of the wedding. We can’t wait to see our professional photos & videos!!! -
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Jenny Sent on 05/13/2022Xenia is amazing!
Words can’t describe how amazing Xenia is! From the first meeting she understood what kind of wedding we would like to have made some suggestions and that was it! Everything she recommended was amazing and our wedding wouldn’t have been better without her! She made everything look beautiful! She is the best and I would recommend her with closed eyes! -
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Lia K. Sent on 10/20/2021
Xenia created the wedding of our dreams!!! We loved every detail of it.
There is only one word to describe Xenia and her team...AMAZING! Xenia was very friendly from the very first day we met her. She guided us through the whole process and was always very calm. We had to postpone our wedding once, but she managed the whole situation exceptionally. Her taste is just fantastic and she always had great ideas which matched our style and wowed everyone on our wedding day. We cannot recommend Xenia enough. The final result was beyond words. Just look at the pictures. Choose her to be your wedding planner and you won't regret it! -
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Eleftheria Sent on 10/17/2021
Amazing experience and an exciting journey , very friendly environment and lovely personalities.
I had the best assistance I could ever imagine for my wedding day. I met a great personality that was always next to me and tried to fulfill my needs and expectations to the maximum.
I had a dreamy wedding day, without this assistance my dream could never become a reality. -
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Theodora Sent on 10/07/2021Absolutely fantastic, could not have asked for me
Xenia is the most talented and professional wedding planner. I would recommend her to anyone. She was able to plan our three day wedding perfectly despite the pandemic and a number of date changes. The outcome was more than I could have dreamed of. Her vision and execution is second to none. I say this as a very particular person with very high standards. Xenia is very straight forward and transparent, will always give honest opinions (which are always to be trusted) and was a joy to work with. -
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Grace Sent on 08/17/2021Riviera Blu Event - The Best
Riviera Blu Event (Xenia) was in our care, there to make sure we didn't miss anything and that everything was going well.
Excellent proposals (Yes, she has very good ideas), Regular follow-up on the progress of the work and rich exchanges.
She was our eyes on the spot. Despite the distance, she shared everything with us so that we could experience the preparations as if we were there. She made the organization as easy as possible for us, she managed everything with patience and negotiation with all the other providers.
She is an expert in her profession and a passionate person. She stayed until late to make sure everything was going well. She even managed the contingencies linked to the covid measurements that came to us on site. She really did everything to make sure we were there to enjoy the moment. -
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James Sent on 04/08/2021A wedding in the time of COVID
A wedding in the time of COVID.
Rosemary and I had some major obstacles which almost prevented us getting married in Athens, Greece in 2020. In common with many other families that year, we experienced lockdowns, bereavements, loss of employment and obstructive bureaucracy. Through it all we stayed positive and kept trying to get an appointment at the local town hall for our civil wedding. By the end of the summer we were using the services of a wedding planner ('Xenia' - Riviera Blu Events) to help us negotiate the defences of the town hall. We had every possible piece of paper imaginable, yet it still looked impossible. We had been trying hard since June to make our date, but without success.
Then... all of a sudden, one Thursday in November when Rosemary and I were in the centre of Athens in the early afternoon we got a call from Xenia.
"There will be ANOTHER lockdown starting tomorrow morning 6am, but the town hall have said they have one appointment at 6pm this evening if you can get here in time! Do you want to get married tonight?"
We both answered "YESSS!!" and started running!
Of course, we only had the one car in the centre of the city, my old much loved Willys Jeep, plus we had the L'il White Dawg with us. Thank heavens 'LWD' had just had a bath only that morning. A good omen - she looked dazzlingly white! It was 1530 when I left Rosemary who went to the hairdressers in her wedding gown and bouquet. She would then jump into a taxi and meet me at the town hall in Voula on the south side of the city where we were due to marry next to the beautiful ocean. I drove with LWD in the Jeep through the Athens traffic and got to Glyfada to meet up with Hannah and Lawrence, my long suffering offspring, who would be our only guests and witnesses.
On the way, I heard that Xenia had arranged a photographer. Of course... photographs?! They would be nice to have after the event, but light was failing as dusk approached... I thought to myself, no problem, bring a photographer, but I am not sure what sort of images he or she will get. Then on the way through town, we got the call, "can you please hurry because the light is not good and the photographer needs to have you here to take the photos before the event if you can manage it..."
As I stepped out of the Jeep at the side of the ocean in my nice new wedding suit and busied myself getting LWD out of the vehicle I heard the click, click, click of a camera - it was Effie Grigoriou. Rosemary was there, she looked amazing and my son and daughter were there too.
With less than two hours notice, Effie had come to take photos at a wedding where she had very little time, soon it would be dark. With foreigners she had never met and a little white dog that would steal the show...
We are SO pleased with the results. Effie was completely wonderful in every way. Technically and personally. The beautiful images speak for themselves. We would highly recommend Effie as a wedding photographer for anybody's wedding. Even for those that are planned more than two hours in advance!
God Bless you Effie and Xenia, you saved the year for us and we will never forget your kindness. On the 5th November 2020 in a year of global crisis, suffering and loss, near the sea, in the south of the beautiful City of the Gods, you made our dream come true.
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Rosemary Sent on 11/09/2020Love in the Time of COVID
Our lovely wedding turned out to be a testimony to Love in the Time of COVID. But, it would not have been possible without the help of Xenia. When the pandemic and bureaucratic complications had thrown multiple obstacles in front of us, we knew we needed help. We called Xenia and within a short time, her patience, diplomacy, and organizational skills yielded our much-sought-after approval to wed in a civil ceremony. We rejoiced at the prospect of a wedding date that was just one week away. Hooray! At last we could finalize details of flowers, caterers, and colors to make the tiny event special. The virus with its international travel restrictions had prevented us from having even a small gathering of friends and family from “back home,”
What we didn’t know was that the Greek prime minister would call for a total national lockdown that threatened to interrupt the plan. When we expressed this fear to Xenia, she arranged for the city hall (Dimos) to hold our wedding on the eve of the lockdown. Only problem was that the ceremony had to be scheduled just three hours later. After months of trying to marry, we would have been happy to marry in blue jeans in a parking lot, but instead Xenia arranged for a fabulous photographer, a wedding cake, and my dream bouquet. Amazing, amazing. If she can do that in three hours, imagine what she will do for your wedding! Don’t try to do it yourself and don’t go with any other event planner. Xenia and RivieraBlu are the best. -
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Angie Sent on 12/02/2019Create - Capture - Deliver
A wedding is about creating the wedding someone has imagined, capturing those moments and delivering it on the biggest day of their lives. Planning a wedding is about understanding the bride and groom and making those moments come alive through a centerpiece, a floral arrangement, and so much more. Looking back on that day, Xenia at Riviera Blue did that and so much more, I could feel those pieces of inspiration in the smallest details of that day. -
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Melody Sent on 09/22/2019Beautiful Wedding outside of Athens
I highly recommend Riviera Blu Events and Xenia for wedding planning! My husband and I are based out of the United States and weren't able to travel to Greece before the wedding. Xenia made the planning so easy, she was available for questions and even did a Skype tour of the venue so we could see what it looked like. Everything worked effortlessly and all our guests were amazed and had so much fun. I highly recommend Riviera Blu and Xenia if you're planning a destination wedding to Greece, you won't be disappointed! -
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Lara Sent on 09/03/2019Mazen and Lara’s wedding with Riviera blue Events
Xenia,
We couldn’t thank you enough for all the efforts and support you have put in order to make our wedding outstanding. Even if we were not in the same country, the planning was very easy. Always reachable, sharing ideas, mood boards and engaged in every single detail . You directly understood what we want, worked on a specific budget and didn’t ask for more. Your wide creativity and elegant taste are just what any bride would ask for. Xenia, thank you for making our swing wedding , a wedding to remember. I absolutely recommend anyone that would like to do a destination wedding in greece to trust xenia and let her do what she is best at , Events planning. -
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Louise Sent on 06/26/2019Traditional Greek Orthodox Wedding in Santorini with flair
Absolutely amazing! Best decision we ever made was to hire Xenia from Riviera Blu Events to plan and coordinate our wedding in Santorini. Xenia has impeccable taste. She transformed our vision into reality and created a one of a kind event that we will never forget. I contacted multiple wedding planners on Wedding Wire that were based out of Santorini before deciding on Riviera Blu Events. We decided on Xenia because she was extremely responsive to my messages and all the photos we saw of her previous weddings were absolutely stunning! Most wedding planners based out of Santorini create cookie cutter events and also take 1-2 days to answer your messages. We wanted something special, something that was designed and created just for us and that is what we got, plus so much more. Many guests told me that this was the best wedding they had gone to. We couldn’t be happier! Thank you so much Xenia!!! You are amazing!!! You are a beautiful person and it is evident from your work that you love what you do. We love you and we thank you. Please keep in touch. Love, Louise and Jim. -
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Gemm Sent on 06/10/2019A dream to work with! Creative, personal and a perfectionist
Xenia created the most beautiful wedding for us in the Athens Riviera. We had a chic Grecian theme in mind and her creativity and vision matched exactly what we were looking for - our guests were blown away on the day by the stunning decor and fine detail that she had created for us. Everything was so stress-free, and Xenia has such a personal way in working with people (and a great sense of humor!) that she can make the planning of an event seem effortless. Xenia took care of every detail, we put our trust in her completely, and in return she delivered the most stunning and perfect evening. There was nothing for us to do but turn up and enjoy every moment; the creativity, delivery, and service by Riviera Blu Events is amazing. -
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Ourania Sent on 09/30/2018Xenia was absolutely amazing, she made our dream wedding come true. It was better than we could have imagined. We chose to work with her because communication was easy, there was no language barrier and it felt like a more personalised experience compared to other vendors. She got to know us as couple and managed to bring our personalities out into the wedding design and flow. It was a really enjoyable experience working with Xenia and I’d highly recommend her!
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Soula Sent on 08/30/2018Xenia understood our brief very well from the start and all the services and decorations matched this accordingly. Xenia is focused and has very good suppliers who are flexible and of high quality. Xenia ensured everything ran smoothly - including the various events surrounding the wedding. I would recommend Xenia, especially for a destination wedding, as she took care of things on the ground in our absence.
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Christina Sent on 08/29/2018I had seen Xenia’s incredible work at another wedding and knew I wanted to enlist her help with mine. And so we began, unsure of my exact vision, and with a destination wedding in just 6 months. Xenia effortlessly drew out my vision and executed it with her impeccable taste. She seamlessly blended cultures, guided me in things I wasn’t even aware should be done, found solutions to countless challenges, and delivered a flawless destination wedding unlike anything I - and all of our guests - had ever seen. What separates Riviera Blu Events from other event companies is unwavering professionalism, resourcefulness, and commitment to each client. No matter the request or question, she put me at ease and made me feel I was her complete focus, even during her busiest period. Throughout the whole process, she was a trusted advisor, negotiator, tastemaker, coordinator, and friend. Though polite and soft-spoken, Xenia is a planning powerhouse. She does not hesitate to go beyond the call of duty, and is so discrete you may not even realize that she did. For my wedding, she took my direction and actually sourced and produced incredible installations from scratch – all while making it appear effortless. And what’s best, her creations are lovely at absolutely any budget. I would strongly recommend Riviera Blu Events as THE event company in Greece, without question.
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