Armando was such a fantastic planner! From the very beginning he was organized, responsive and professional and that never changed. Together, we created a vision that came to life and was simply jaw dropping on the actual wedding day. His calm demeanor throughout the entirety of the planning process and on the wedding day was so greatly appreciated! I would recommend Armando to anybody getting married. Such a great experience!!!

Armando was absolutely amazing, patient, and supportive. Never having been to a wedding, I had no idea what I was doing or getting myself into. Armando was so helpful and guided me in all the right directions with such kindness. The ceremony and dinner for the wedding were at Hotel Californian, which Armando recommended. It was absolutely stunning, intimate, and beautiful. Armando picked up everything that would be used to decorate the day before the wedding and walked us through everything. Come the wedding day, Armando was so wonderful to my family. Everyone commented on how calm, friendly, and professional he was. It was clear that Armando has excellent relationships with the people he works with. My family all mentioned how nicely he treated the venue staff. The venue, hair and makeup, photographer, and florist were all so sweet and knew each other, which allowed the day to run even more smoothly. Armando truly made the entire experience so easy and special. Again, Armando, thank you for your patience, hard work, and expertise!

Armando helped us plan our wedding in Santa Barbara while we live in Chicago

We started with a budget and some basic ideas. From there, Armando called upon his design skills/experience as well as his peerless breadth/depth of relationships with local vendors to extrapolate our initial concept into a beautifully presented and executed wedding day.

His capability for aesthetics aside, he is extremely organized, detail-oriented and responsive
For all the legwork required to go from initial concept to the final day, Armando capably bore that burden and greatly simplified what was needed from us. Overall, the workload and stress we experienced in pulling off our wedding was way less than what we expected due to Armando’s ability to effectively communicate and capably execute/delegate towards the final goal.

Our wedding day was an expected realization of nerves but Armando was a steady and stoic presence –guiding us and keeping us to our scheduled timeline and events. It truly felt like nothing went wrong on our wedding day. Moreover, Armando helped us ensure a truly memorable celebration for us and our family/friends.

For anyone looking to plan a wedding in the Santa Barbara area, we cannot recommend Armando (and Alegria Design) enough!