Zest it Up Reviews
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Asli Sent on 04/30/2025Best wedding planner ever!
We could not have asked for a more perfect wedding planner. Sam is clearly an expert and knows how to handle all the tiny details that are part of the process. Throughout the whole process, she gave us peace of mind because we knew she was handling everything while surfacing the right decisions to us and keeping us in the loop as needed. Sam was so helpful to have during the design process because she gave us plenty of suggestions and ideas, while still granting us the flexibility to bring our own vision to life.
The week of the wedding, rain (and even thunderstorms) were forecasted for our wedding day, but truly when the day actually came,... -
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Meltem Sent on 04/29/2025Sam is the best!
My daughter got married 2 days ago! We started our wedding planning adventure in April 2024 with Villa Loriana as our gorgeous empty venue that needed to be filled with anything and everything a wedding required! We needed a wedding planner from day one to coordinate every detail from the flowers to the salt and pepper shakers… As soon as our initial interview was over, we knew Sam was the right person for us. She was very knowledgeable, fun, down-to-earth and practical. She was well connected and friendly with all the vendors in the area and she asked us the right questions to match up with the right partners. She was very patient with our questions and easy to... -
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Nikki Sent on 12/16/2024Seamless Experience Every. Single. Time.
Samantha in one of the best in the business. As a wedding floral designer, I have worked with Zest it Up for over a decade (countless events together!) and always have a smooth and supported experience. I appreciate the team's upbeat demeanor, stressless get it done attitude, keen design eye and professionalism. Samantha's energy is infectious; her events have an elevated style and feel seamless from start to finish. She is grounded, quick on her toes, highly organized and does everything with a smile. I'm always amazed with how she handles a full plate gracefully and joyfully. She's top shelf!! -
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Steph Sent on 11/15/2024The best!!
As a wedding vendor, having a good wedding planner is gold, but Samantha and her team at Zest it Up are not just good—they're the best! Her organizational skills and hard work are only matched by her warmth and ease at creating a seamless, stress-free experience for both her couples and vendors. Every wedding we’ve worked on together has been beautifully executed, with thoughtful attention to detail and an incredible atmosphere for everyone involved. We always look forward to collaborating with Samantha and her team at Zest it Up and would absolutely recommend them! -
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La Lomita Sent on 11/14/2024A pleasure to work with!
I have had the pleasure of working with Samantha numerous times at both of our wedding venues. As a venue manager, I appreciate getting to work with talented professionals like Samantha that plan and execute an event to perfection! I know that when Samantha and her team are managing an event, everything will run seamlessly. She is professional, has a great eye for design, and is simply a pleasure to work with. I highly recommend Samantha to any couple planning a wedding!
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Taylor Sent on 11/14/2024Zest It Up is an amazing choice!
As a fellow vendor in the wedding and event industry, we love working with Zest It Up! They’re true professionals and know how to create a flawless experience for clients. Every event we’ve collaborated on in San Luis Obispo County has been expertly planned and beautifully executed, whether it's a wedding, corporate event, or special celebration. Their team’s attention to detail, creativity, and seamless coordination make our job easier and the events truly memorable. If you're looking for a top wedding and event coordinator on the Central Coast, Zest It Up is an amazing choice! -
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Samantha Sent on 10/02/2024Best wedding coordinator ever!
In the beginning of the wedding planning, I debated hiring a planner, because I had a clear vision of what I wanted. Having Zest It Up be our wedding coordinator was the BEST choice we could have made! From start to finish, Sam was absolutely incredible. She is extremely knowledgeable about what goes into planning a wedding, paying attention to even the smallest details, and has great connections to vendors on the Central Coast. She was very easy to communicate with and quick to respond. She took all of the worry, fear, and stress out of not only the planning but also the wedding day. Even with a last minute venue change and power outage on the wedding day,... -
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Samantha Sent on 09/11/2024Fairy Godmother
Sam was my fairy godmother! Before her, I didn’t have a cohesive plan or vision for my wedding. Sam held my hand through it all and helped develop my dream wedding! Not only that but her calming presence was also what I need in those frantic moments of vendors not getting back to us or option overload. She was always available over text and email whenever a random question popped into my brain, no question too small or silly! We had quite a long engagement, and Sam was with us for the entire time. I was grateful that she kept track of everything, made sure we were on time with booking our vendors, and made sure no detail fell... -
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Audrey Sent on 09/01/2024Wedding Production Perfection!
We were mid-stride in our wedding planning when we realized we needed professional assistance. We feel very lucky to have found Sam and Zest It Up! Sam stepped right in to handle all the details and pulled off a fantastic event with ease. If you are looking for someone who knows everything about the process, and can turn your day into a dream come true, Sam and her team will remove the stress and bring back the joy! -
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Susan Sent on 07/25/2024Samantha Nason of Zest it Up Made the Wedding Planning Process Actually Enjoyable
Book Her! She will make the whole process, which can be daunting, so much less stressful and actually quite enjoyable. Sam has such a calming and reassuring presence. She's incredibly knowledgeable about the whole process. The others vendors we worked with had nothing but wonderful things to say about her. Sam covered so many details, even all the little ones that we would have never thought of on our own. When it came to the big day, you could see Sam's special eye for details everywhere. We absolutely loved our experience working with Sam at Zest it Up, and the results were a truly beautiful and enjoyable wedding day. -
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Autumn Sent on 07/24/2024The absolute best!
As somebody who has worked on hundreds of weddings with a plethora of planners, it's always a sigh of relief when I find out I get to work with Sam and the Zest It Up team. As a vendor, you know you're going to have all the details nailed down before you even have to ask, and you know your couple is always in good hands. Plus, she's an extremely talented designer, so every wedding she has a hand in is absolutely stunning! I highly recommend Zest It Up to anybody who is looking to not have to worry about a thing during their planning process. She's the best! -
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Alicia Sent on 07/12/2024Run don’t walk and hire Samantha today!
Our venue works often with Samantha from Zest It Up and we can’t say enough great things about her and her services. She is professional, reliable, organized, friendly, and extremely talented at what she does. If you are in need of a special events planner do yourself a favor and reach out to Samantha today! We can’t wait to have her and her team back at our venue making our clients dreams come true. -
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Megan Sent on 06/28/2024The BEST Wedding Coordinator
Choosing Zest it Up for our wedding coordination was the absolute
BEST decision we made. Going into the planning process, my husband and I were pretty overwhelmed; neither of us had planned an event of this size before. Sam not only helped us develop a clear vision for our wedding, but she helped us execute it beautifully. Throughout the entire process, she was extremely quick to answer questions. She offered much-needed guidance, helped narrow down choices, and kept us on track with our timeline. She never missed a beat. And did I mention this is all while giving birth to her third BABY, who we were thrilled to have as a guest at our wedding. :) Since she... -
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Meredith Sent on 05/07/2024We love Sam!
We got engaged during COVID, and after taking a few months to enjoy our engagement, we started interviewing wedding coordinators to help with the planning process. we talked with a few, but the minute we talked with Sam, we knew she was the "one".
Since then, she helped us through 2 wedding venues, an almost 2 year-long engagement and helped us juggle all of the moving parts of our wedding, our family dynamics and just about everything in between. She is patient, and she explored and talked through every idea we had. She is well connected and introduced us to so many amazing vendors, and coached us all the way from signing contracts to vendor meetings. She... -
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Carlena Sent on 11/02/2023THE best decision we made when planning our wedding!!!
I don’t even know where to begin - if you’re in need of a wedding planner who can truly do it all, RUN don’t walk to Sam and her team at Zest It Up!
After booking our venue (CASS Winery in Paso Robles) and securing our wedding date, I reached out to Sam and we truly clicked from the moment that we met. Like many brides, I felt overwhelmed at the start of planning and didn’t have a specific vision in my mind of what I thought I wanted - in comes Sam! The planning process was about a year and a half, and from beginning to end, Sam was there every step of the way answering... -
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Jason Sent on 10/30/2023Bride and Groom
From the moment we first contacted Samantha "Sam" she showed us we were the most important client she had! For a 9-month period, Sam stayed connected with us almost weekly planning every single aspect of our wedding day at Cass Winery while going above and beyond by helping to work outside of our contract and help plan a few aspects of our rehearsal dinner as well as the brunch and our wine tasting weekend which followed our Friday wedding!
We wanted to take a moment to point out some of the small details we never knew a wedding planner would handle.....
Sam met us for every single meeting with the DJ (which she found), the flower... -
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Karissa Sent on 05/15/2023The best!
Sam and her team at Zest It Up created the most perfect wedding of our dreams! Sam was so helpful in every conversation we had from planning, to budget, decor, food, etc. I would not have been able to do it without her. She put me at ease with the stress that wedding planning can ensue on a bride and assured me that everything would be taken care of (and it WAS!). She was very attentive in our planning meetings to ensure my vision would be executed and put together an amazing flroal design package that I could share with my florist. I loved having her take charge on emailing vendors with specific requests for the wedding and coordinating... -
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Maxwell Sent on 02/18/2023Unforgettable Wedding Day Thanks to Zest It Up
We recently had the pleasure of working with Sam as our wedding planner, and we couldn't have been happier with the experience. From start to finish, she was organized, responsive, and incredibly skilled at bringing our vision for the wedding to life. She helped us with every aspect of wedding planning from vendor selection, design, budgeting, fine details and day-of logistics.
The planning process was stress-free and enjoyable, thanks to Sam’s clear communication and attention to detail. She took the time to get to know us, and really listened to what we wanted for our big day. She also offered great suggestions and creative solutions for any issues that came up along the way.
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Giselle Sent on 11/11/2022The best decision we made!
I cannot say enough good things about the lovely Samantha and the Zest it Up team! She was amazing, from beginning to end. Sam made planning our event just shy of effortless, and most certainly she took all the worry out of it. Think about that--I didn't have to worry about any detail! It was a relief to be able to lean on her expertise, experience, and connections to have an event surpassing even our best vision. Everything was beautiful! Hire her team. You will not regret it! -
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Rachel Sent on 10/05/2022BEST coordinators in the county
I feel the need to start with the fact that my husband and I were skeptical on whether we actually needed a wedding coordinator for our wedding. However, I was going to school full time and didn’t want the added stress doing it all on my own so we went ahead and booked coordination services with Zest it Up. After the professionalism, attentive, friendly, responsiveness that Samantha expressed from day one (and we had a 2 year engagement) completely changed mine and Evan’s perspective for the best. We are SO happy we booked them. When Samantha found out she was due with her baby boy 2 weeks before our wedding, we still didn’t have a doubt in her ability... -
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Stevie Sent on 09/07/2022Sam & her team of Zesties are BEST IN CLASS! Look no further for your wedding coordinator/planner!
All I can see is, WOW! We cannot imagine having planned our wedding without Sam by our side every step of the way. From the first time we connected with her over the phone, and after reading through the details included in her packages/proposal, we knew Sam was the wedding coordinator/planner for us. Sam is incredibly experienced, detail oriented, thoughtful, easy-going, and an absolute pleasure to communicate with and work with. Right off the bat she helped us with planning around our wedding budget, proposed incredible vendors within our budget, and set us up on a wedding planning platform with a planning checklist that made the planning process and staying on-schedule a no-brainer. We bounced design ideas off each... -
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Brittany Sent on 06/20/2022Sam & Zest It Up are AMAZING
Sam and her Zest It Up team are simply amazing! We worked with Sam on planning our wedding for a little over a year and she was so helpful along the way! From vendor recommendations, to double checking contracts, answering all of our questions, and more, she made wedding planning less stressful.
Sam is extremely organized, quick to respond, and very knowledgeable about the wedding industry. She made planning our Paso Robles wedding from Southern California so much easier for us. On the day of our wedding, she had solutions for any little problem that popped up, and solved issues before we even knew they were an issue. She made sure we had enough to eat throughout... -
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Kat F. Sent on 05/26/2022Perfect for ALL stages of planning a wedding! We cannot thank Sam enough!
I cannot express just how thankful we are for Sam and the Zest it Up team! They took so much of the stress away from planning a wedding. We spent about a year and a half planning the day, and Sam was there from the very start to guide us through every process. She is prompt and thorough when answering questions, and she is always down to hop on the phone to talk ideas through. Moreover, my husband and I were planning our wedding from out of state (all the way on the East Coast!), so having someone local to the area where we were getting married was essential, since we couldn’t see venues or meet with vendors in... -
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Jim L. Sent on 11/04/2021Sam and team are AWESOME!
Sam made us feel incredibly comfortable and supported from our very first zoom call to the dessert and flowers she left us in our room after the wedding night. She's the whole package, a keen eye for details and design (e.g. menus came out beautiful with sprigs of rosemary from her garden), incredibly organized (e.g. juggled 5 parallel threads with vendors during the last couple of weeks) and a warm, generous, awesome human. We went from initial skepticism of whether we needed a wedding planner at all, to regretting not going up to the Central Coast more to spend time with Sam. We recommend Sam without any reservations!! -
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Coleton Sent on 10/04/2021Far Exceeded Our Expectations!
If you are looking for a wedding planner in the Central Coast area, Sam and her team at Zest It Up should be the only option! From the first time we spoke with Sam (before working with her), we could tell that she genuinely cared and wasn't just treating us as another client she was trying to sign. Throughout the entire process, Sam was super responsive and always there to answer our questions and keep us on track. She recommended the perfect team of vendors that were all awesome as well. She uses great tools like HoneyBook and Aisle Planner, which were both great for communication and organization. Sam took our random ideas and thoughts and turned it into...
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