The Elegant Event Reviews
Reviews
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Sophie Sent on 04/29/2024Stress Free Wedding
Megan Drake and her staff ensured that we had the most epic wedding day. From the very first day speaking with her my husband and I knew that she was the perfect fit for our destination mountain wedding at Overlook Barn. She helped us make decisions and provided us with a list of vendors and ensured that we never had to stress or worry about anything. She was very prompt with answering all my questions and concerns and helped to put me at ease during the entire process. During the wedding day Megan and her staff helped us have an easy and relaxing wedding that exceeded all our expectations. We did not have to worry about any details. We ended up having a small snow storm... and Megan and her team handled the change of plans impeccably. I would highly recommend Megan Drake for your next event, you will not be dissapointed. -
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Courtney Sent on 10/22/2023A True Source for Your Big Day
Megan and her team were able to execute our vision for our North Carolina Mountain wedding with seamless joy and intention. We were an out of town couple and Megan's vast experience helped make our wedding a reality. We leaned on and learned from her in many ways. Plus, our large wedding party and large family adored the opportunity to work with her. Our wedding was infinitely better because of her! -
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Alex Sent on 12/09/2017We had a fantastic experience, and highly recommend The Elegant Event. Megan made our wedding day so special, every detail was perfect. All of the vendors she recommended we loved, the whole process was very enjoyable. There is no way we would have pulled off the wedding without her. We cannot say enough good things, and we would absolutely go back to them for any type of event planning!
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Paige Sent on 12/30/2024The best!
Megan is very professional, and really listened to my “vision for the day”. When I had concerns that might have caused me to wake up in the middle of the night panicking😉, she calmly responded with the solution, never once making me feel silly or worried. As we approached the big day I was excited and left everything to her to execute! It was “flawless “ as far as I knew and I would definitely book her again without a hesitation. I believe her extensive knowledge is priceless! -
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Blyss Sent on 08/29/2018Megan Drake and her assistant Kristin Schonover made our son and daughter-in-law's destination wedding week end at Twickenham House and Hall, ceremony, and reception exactly what they dreamed it would be. We contracted with Megan for the Partial Wedding Planning package and it was perfect! Her recommendations for potential vendors to interview and consider were spot on. In particular, she did a superior job of matching us with spectacular photographer, florist, caterer/cake maker, and DJ, and wedding officiant. The combination of these vendors, along with Megan's direction and expertise brought the wedding of Hannah and Dylan's dreams to life. She clearly listened to Hannah's ideas, visions, and dreams, and gave her the direction and help needed to make it happen. Megan is very responsive and timely in answering questions, and easing concerns and doubts throughout the process. None of the bridal party, or family had to lift a finger the day of the wedding. Everything was done for us and it was seamless and looked spectacular. We have a couple of friends that have kids getting married in the next year, and my advice to them is to hire a wedding coordinator, and if its in the High Country, it must definitely be Megan Drake and The Elegant Event! We are forever grateful. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! #CheerstotheAlloniers!
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C Baumel Sent on 10/04/2022
Carolyn (Brides Momma)
I met Megan at absolutely the most glorious event and knew that should any of my girls want a NC event - there’s only ONE MEGAN!!!!!! And yes, Megan went above & beyond for all of our wedding events. I only hope that my other daughter will want a wedding in NC. Ask me anything - The Ekegant Event is the Best!!! Love you Megan & your crew too❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ -
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Melissa Sent on 09/06/2018Megan was so amazing to work with. I hired her as my month of planner, but she was always willing to answer my questions whenever I needed her. She was there the day of working with all my vendors to ensure everything went smoothly. She even did an additional boutineer when they got delivered and I realized that I ordered one too few. Thank you Megan. I am so happy that now I get to share my anniversary with you. -
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Leanna Sent on 10/04/2022Best Wedding Planner/Coordinator!
Megan is an exceptional wedding planner/coordinator! She has everything down to the minute to make for an extremely smooth wedding experience. Megan helped us choose vendors and is super quick in responding to any question or concern. Megan's expertise is astounding and I couldn't be more happy with our wedding and working with her. I highly recommended working with The Elegant Event. -
Kate Sent on 07/22/2022
Best Wedding Team!
Thank you! Megan for keeping us calm during the mix up at the church and ready with alternatives should we need to make a change! To ensuring the day went smoothly and keeping us all on track. Sarah, the set up of the space and s’mores bar was perfect! As was the entire venue space. And thank you for putting my mind at ease to the point that I was actually able to enjoy the day -
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Mariel Sent on 11/17/2022Chetola Wedding November 2022
If you need a competent, calm, and fabulous team, hire Megan! She is always on top of everything. She provides sage advice, but lets you control the day to ensure that it's exactly how you and your spouse want it to be. We had some weather issues (coming off Hurricane Nicole) and Megan was instrumental in helping us make a calm, informed decision. Megan and her team executed all the very special, small details perfectly. I could not imagine the day without her and her team! -
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Simona Sent on 11/30/2019Charlie's Angels Have Nothin' On You...#dreamteam
On October 12th, we had the wedding of our dreams and I cannot imagine our day without the Elegant Event team. We booked them as our day-of-coordinators and it was the best decision we ever made! During the planning portion of our wedding, we had ongoing communication with Megan Drake. Our wedding venue was near Boone, NC but we had to plan our big day all the way from Boston, MA. This process was seamless thanks to Megan! You guys, her knowledge, professionalism, reliability and down-to-earth nature are everything you need in an excellent wedding planner. Megan will go above and beyond for you! That’s just who she is. Days after giving birth to her beautiful baby girl, she was at our rehearsal to make sure everything went smoothly. Can you believe that?
On our big day, the day-of-coordinators, Liz and Lara, were phenomenal! They took such good care of us – physically and emotionally! They handled all the little details and were in ongoing communication with our vendor team. We did not have to worry about a single thing and had the time of our lives! Charlie’s Angels have nothing on them! Absolute dream team! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts, ladies! ☺
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Brooke Sent on 12/27/2022Flawless from start to finish!
Megan with Elegant Events was the sweetest person and extremely easy to communicate with. As a same sex couple, it can be difficult to find someone to work with who not only accepts you, but will also treat and help you like they would anyone else. Megan and her team far exceeded our expectations and made us feel so loved and supported. She was honest and gave some of the best advice and she also helped us in a time of crisis. We had so many questions about placement of certain things for the reception, since this was a destination wedding and we were planning a North Carolina wedding from Florida, and she instantly calmed our nerves by telling us to trust her that everything would be perfect and work out. Being able to trust her was super important, and at no time during the year-long planning process did we ever question her trust. If we wanted something to happen, she made it happen. Arrange a rainbow donut wall desert table? For sure! Set off 7 smoke bombs for a photo opportunity? Absolutely! She truly is amazing at what she does and we would recommend her to anyone. If you have the privilege to work with Megan and her team, jump on it, you will not be disappointed! Without her we wouldn't have been able to have the dream wedding that we had! -
Brittany Sent on 10/27/2017The Elegant Event made sure that everything for my wedding went off without a hitch. Everything was so AMAZING! My husband and I couldn't be more thrilled!
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Elizabeth Sent on 01/05/2020LOVED my experience!
I am very much a type-A personality and I thought that would carry over into my wedding planning. What I found instead was that I had a crippling anxiety and decision fatigue that made me feel so overwhelmed and not know where to start.
Enter Megan and her team. From my first conversation with her, I KNEW she was the one to help me with this process. I lived in a different state and didn't meet her until halfway through my planning, but she was incredibly helpful and always available to answer my questions. More importantly, she was always willing to talk to my parents, who in all honesty, did a lot of the planning and legwork for me. She answered their call every time they had a question and wanted to bounce ideas off of, even meeting in person several times since they are local.
When she found out partway through my planning stage that she was pregnant, I was honestly nervous. Who would be there on my big day? Everyone recommended The Elegant Event specifically because they thought Megan and I would click. I was so nervous but Megan's team was amazing on the big day.
Wedding planners/coordinators are expensive, but The Elegant Event was worth EVERY PENNY. -
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Bryan Sent on 10/24/2020Poor Execution
I used EE for my micro wedding in October. I worked directly with Megan to plan my wedding. She was terrific!
I trusted within her two coordinators the day of my wedding. There were several misses throughout the day. I found myself and my husband having to go find the two coordinators in the bridal suite on more than one occasion during the night. They were not aware of how terrible dinner service was going. Dinner was running more than 45 mins late and no one was having their drinks attended to. Several of the details like turning on the music after the toasts were not done. Overall I was left very disappointed. I would worry about having anyone other than Megan support your event. Megan is terrific but I have no confidence in her team. -
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Mary Sent on 10/03/2022Not worth the money
I hired Megan in October of 2021 for my wedding in October of 2022. I hired her for the full service planning and barely even got day of planning. From what I can tell, she takes on more than she can handle. I began reaching out to her immediately in October 21, knowing 2022 was one of the busiest years in wedding history and we were getting married in a small town with very few vendor options. None of my emails were replied to until she surfaced at the end of January. By that point I had booked all of my vendors on my own, to which I asked to redo our contract. Thankfully she was open to that. Every time I’d reach out, I’d have to follow up several times to make sure she even saw my email, to which I’d always get the response “sorry I had other weddings”. I sent her a layout of how We wanted all of the cocktail tables, photo booth, etc in the barn and when she sent me her layout of the main tables, it was glaringly obvious she hadn’t even looked at what I had sent to her, come to find out she had not even opened the email I had sent before we had this meeting. Our entire conversation was spent going over things that I had already sent her that she had ignored. I emailed her 4 days before our wedding about a backup plan for the hurricane that was suddenly going to hit and got no response. I had to text her 2 days before the wedding asking if she saw my email and what her thoughts were, to which she replied with her go to “sorry, I’ve had other weddings”. She states in her contract that a team will be there on your wedding day, which makes sense that she would need more people to help other than herself, but it never states, nor did she ever one single time bother to mention that she herself would not be present on our wedding day. Her contract also states she will handle vendor communication for you and I got calls all day the day before my wedding during my bridesmaids luncheon and rehearsal dinner from my vendors, and still am 2 days after, about my Linens not being returned yet (which she is supposed to be handling). I wish that my wedding had gotten 1/4 of the attention from her that all of the weddings she was too busy doing to respond to me over the entire year did. Her day of team was amazing and I was so thankful for them, especially once I learned she was not planning to attend my actual wedding because she was at another wedding. They were attentive and handled everything perfectly and were kind and efficient. Unfortunately, my experience with Megan herself was less than par and I was very disappointed.
In reply to Megan’s response below:
No bride should have to go searching through your FAQ’s in hopes of getting answers to anything. That’s a very lame excuse to you failing to communicate.
Also, stating that I failed to pay my alcohol bill and making it look like that was my lack of attention to detail is low, when you know that I requested an invoice 10 days prior (you were sent this information) and never received it from the vendor, who was happy to own up to his mistake and make it right when I spoke with him the following day.
Lastly, please don’t volunteer to do things like handle peoples linens “out of the kindness of your heart” if you can’t actually handle them in a timely manner. I would have rather paid the $350 delivery fee than had to deal with the stress of being threatened with another $1,000 rental charge for 3 days following my wedding because they were not returned on time like YOU had volunteered to do. Your team members other jobs and children are your responsibility when it is a task you volunteered for. You didn’t have to do that if you didn’t think it could be taken care of within the rental agreement terms . To say it was a miscommunication was an understatement, especially when you sent me to voicemail all day the day I was being threatened with late fees.
Please stop taking on so many clients if you cannot give them each the courtesy and attention they deserve. Thank your team for doing such a great job and best of luck to you in your business.
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