Sunkissed Events Reviews
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Rew Sent on 08/03/2020
Best Decision I Made During my Planning Process
Any bride will tell you that 2020 presented the most challenges in planning a wedding. However, with Jill and Sunkissed Events, we were able to pull off our wedding without a hitch. I hired Jill as a partial coordinator at 7 months out from my wedding because I was having trouble securing a caterer. When COVID-19 began, Jill took panicked phone calls with new state phases / guidelines, planned the extra step to ensure all cleaning products were available for guests, and provided the confidence every bride needs when going into their big day that she and her team will handle everything from there. I was able to have a fantastic wedding weekend that was safe, socially distanced, and fun (with no COVID cases reported). I cannot emphasize enough that if you want someone who has the personality for coordinating, that you should hire Jill and Sunkissed Events for your big day! -
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Alexa N. Sent on 10/27/2021Amazing- would give a million stars
I don’t even know where to start with Jill! She TRULY went above and beyond to make sure our day was so special and that my vision came to life. Jill and her team are so professional, kind, and ORGANIZED! Would hire her over and over again. Best money spent. Thank you Sunkissed Events! -
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Ashley S. Sent on 11/06/2021Best Wedding Planner in the Business
Jill is truly amazing, I wish she could plan my entire life for me! We hired Jill as day-of coordinator for our October 9, 2021 wedding ceremony and reception and she went above and beyond to make sure we had the perfect event. She listened to my vision and provided perfect vendor recommendations, she helped us understand our contracts, and she gave advice on the best course of action in any circumstance. The week of our wedding it was calling for 90% chance of rain and she quickly helped organize a backup rain plan - thankfully there ended up being no rain and we were able to adjust back to the normal plan! Lizzy was our onsite coordinator and Jill had done such a great job educating her on all our details, it felt like she had been there all along. I trust anyone that Jill trusts! Our family has now had 2 weddings and 1 birthday party planned by her and we will continue to recommend her to friends and family. -
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Tamara E. Sent on 08/26/2021Sunkissed Events made my wedding a dream...even with COVID
Jill is the most responsive, organized, and assertive wedding planner I've ever met. I interviewed a handful of wedding planners in the VA Beach area when I started planning our wedding in the winter of 2019. I hired Jill as a partial planner but she supported me throughout the planning process. Not only is she extremely knowledgable in all facets of weddings and events she is connected to nearly every vendor in the area. Jill's personal and professional relationships in the wedding community streamline communication allowing me to find the perfect vendors for my dream wedding. If you are planning a wedding, big or small, simple or extravagant, look no further than Sunkissed Events. -
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Brittany S. Sent on 08/29/2021Our Best Investment, Hands Down!
I cannot say enough great things about Jill! She was the planner for my cousin’s wedding and they highly recommended her to us because of their great experience and I am happy to share that I had the same great experience! We hired Jill as a day of coordinator so we booked all of our other vendors ourselves and came up with our own style/design ourselves. Jill let me know right off the bat that if I needed any help along the way that I could simply shoot her over an email and she stood by that! She always responded quickly and thoughtfully even though I know she was juggling several weddings. She really went above and beyond what I would imagine a typical day of coordinator would do! She was so supportive when I told her we wanted a backwards wedding (cocktail hour, dinner, sunset ceremony, reception) and she helped us execute it flawlessly - even when it rained buckets! Sadly, my dream wedding was to get married outside at sunset at the Williamsburg Winery but when we knew the rain was going to change our plans (and I’m talking flash flood sideways rain!!!) Jill stepped up and saved the day! She called my florist and made arrangements to really make our new indoor ceremony site at the winery pop! She got herself soaked while making sure I was covered under an umbrella during location transitions. She just totally rocked and I cannot say enough great things about her! She gave me my dream wedding and I got to enjoy every second of it thanks to her! 10/10 recommend! -
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Marissa B. Sent on 07/06/2021Incredible service - highly recommend
Jill was incredibly responsive and helpful from the get go. She though of everything I did not and made thoughtful suggestions and guidance throughout the entire process. I am confident that I would have lost my mind without her and her team. They were professional, knowledgeable, and positive always. I can't recommend her enough! You will not regret it and it will be the best money you spend for your wedding! -
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Haley O. Sent on 06/15/2022The best around
Jill from Sunkissed Events was the absolute most amazing planner I could’ve asked for. She has a variety of packages to choose from but we went with “Day of Coordinator”. Even as the day of coordinator, she was available to answer any questions I had leading up to the wedding and at the 3 month out mark she became very involved in the process which definitely eased the inevitable stress of planning a wedding. I never for a second doubted she was on top of her game and when it was wedding weekend all I can say is WOW. This girl knows what she’s doing and she does it SO well! She was on top of everything and if anything went wrong that weekend, which I don’t think it did, I had no idea about it. She is so sweet and professional and I would recommend her to anyone and everyone over and over again! Thank you so much for making our wedding seamless and stress free! You are the best!! -
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Jennifer S. Sent on 07/12/2021Sunkissed Events - The BEST in the Business
Jill and her team at Sunkissed Events were the absolute best and complete lifesavers in our wedding planning experience. We started planning our wedding way back in 2019, and had just picked out a venue when we realized we were in way over our heads. We called Jill after getting a recommendation from a friend, and we went with the partial wedding planning service that Sunkissed Events offers. It was HANDS DOWN THE BEST DECISION WE MADE IN PLANNING OUR WEDDING.
Jill knows this business inside and out. She knows the best vendors, the best locations, and she gets to know you in order to help you choose the best options FOR YOU. We had to cancel our original date and replan due to COVID-19. We thought that this was going to be totally hectic and crazy. It was a tough decision, but Jill had a new venue for us (our original one couldn't support our new date options) and had already coordinated with all of our original vendors within a few days of making the tough decision to move our wedding date. She was a total dream to work with the entire time.
On our actual wedding day, Jill made every vision and dream we had come true. It was the day of a lifetime because of Jill and her team. If something went wrong, we didn't even know about it because Jill had already taken care of it or fixed the problem. She really made sure we enjoyed the day we had been dreaming about for so long.
We couldn't have asked for a better wedding planner whom we now can call a friend. Having her help us through the whole process was truly the best decision we made, and we're constantly recommending her to everyone we know who is getting married.
Thank you Jill and Sunkissed Events!!!
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Mandy A. Sent on 01/27/2021SunKissed Events
What a dumpster fire 2020 was, especially for trying to plan a wedding. Originally we hired Jill for day of services at a venue for 250 but as the months carried on, we downsized to a smaller venue with 50 guests. This venue mislead into thinking we had to use their onsite coordinator, which pushed Jill into a ceremony role only. Over numerous emails and in person meetings that lead to no follow through by the venue, unspecified internal vendors which were forced on us, and no flexibility/individuality in our event- enter Jill. After feeling and seeing the stress surrounding us in using this venue, and with only two weeks until our wedding, Jill insisted she help us navigate the situation. She came to a meeting with this nightmare venue and professionally took over. Not only did she reach out to all of the other vendors and update them with everything that was happening she also found us a bomb caterer for the event (filling our desire for an Asian menu which was dairy, gluten, soy free), which was an eighth of the price of the original! A week before our event, the state mandated that only 25 person gather in an event, but Jill was there to brainstorm ideas and we ended up working out 25 at the rehearsal dinner and 25 at the reception (50 at the religious ceremony). Even with that last minute hiccup, our wedding was executed in flawless fashion, with no anxiety from the point of Sunkissed Events being in charge. Jill even coordinated our wish to have MacDonald's as the wedding favor! What a dreamboat company, I've been raving about them to anyone that will listen! -
Morgan Sent on 08/13/2019
Amazing Job!
Jill was such a great planner! She helped make major decisions while also always keeping the style/theme I had in mind. Everything turned out even better than I could have imagined! She also handled everything like a total professional. I highly recommend her! -
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Jenny H. Sent on 08/13/2019
June Wedding with the most amazing wedding planner.
We can imagine having had this special time without Jill. She was incredibly detail oriented and organized from Day 1 of our planning process. By the the day of the wedding we all did not have a single concern about having her in charge. We were able to relax and enjoy the entire day without a worry. Everything totally exceeded our expectations without a single issue. We must add it was great working with someone who is always so positive and up beat. Amazing and fun! Must add our family has two weddings in 4 months and we have been blessed to have Jill by our side for over a year for these special times. -
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Dave Sent on 08/23/2019True professionals who made our wedding day as perfect as possible
We did most of the planning for our wedding on our own but knew we'd need a professional to be our day-of coordinator. Jill and her team at Sunkissed Events really came through for us! We met with Jill about six weeks before our wedding. During that meeting, we went through the program for the church service, talked about the wedding party and family seating for the service, talked about our receptions and vendors, and showed her the mock-up of our centerpiece design. She had a lot of helpful tips for us on the plans we'd already made and some of the things we still had left to finalize.
She reached out to all vendors shortly after that meeting to introduce herself and start laying the plan for the wedding day.
When the pianist who was booked to play at our cocktail reception had a motorcycle accident and broke his hand a few short weeks before the wedding and the company was having difficulty finding someone else who was available, Jill was the one who found us a substitute. (And he was absolutely wonderful!)
Our wedding was a little unique in that we had two receptions. We invited our entire church congregation to the service, so there was a cake and champagne reception in the church hall immediately following the wedding. A few hours later, there was a formal cocktail hour and reception at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott.
We met Jill a few days before the wedding at the Marriot, where we dropped off many boxes full of centerpiece items, decorations, photo booth props, cocktail napkins, goodie bags for overnight guests and other miscellaneous items. She and the Marriott's event coordinator, Tiffanie, took charge of the items and handled everything from there.
On the morning of the wedding, Jill met us early at the church. Our photo sessions with the photographer were scheduled for before the service. Jill was in a constant flurry of activity making sure everything was ready but was somehow right there at our side any time we needed her. Her "emergency bag" came in handy when I bent the pin on my corsage and she had plenty of spares. She got the sign language interpreter settled in, coraled the church volunteers who were helping with the reception, got the musicians all set, got the flower girls in place, and did a last visual inspection before she let Paul and I enter the church. LOL, it's all a blur from there, but my memories are of everything going perfectly.
The reception hall at the church brought a tear to my eye when I saw it. Same again at the Marriott Ball Room. Lizzy, Jill's assistant, did a wonderful job decorating and coordinating with the Marriott staff.
During and after the event, Jill and Lizzy were coordinating everything. Someone was by our side to tell us where we needed to be. The few things I asked, they made happen. When all was done for the night, they packed everything up and put it into our cars and hotel room.
I certainly recommend them! In retrospect, my only regret is that we didn't hire them earlier to do some of the early planning and coordination instead of taking that all on myself. -
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