Portia's reviews

Perfect place to get ideas and inspiration - for free. Also check out Friends of the Library bookstores - I bought 5 Modern Bride magazines for 50 cents.

This has been by far the most helpful and entertaining Web site I've come across during planning. The Knot it's not - it's more for brides to be with their own ideas of what their weddings should be. Not for everyone, but definitely for me.

Came with great recommendation, but everybody's booked (9 months in advance). We just wanted someone to orchestrate the day of, but we kept getting passed down the line. Decided to go out and find someone else on our own.

Very receptive to our ideas. Price breaks for Sundays, less experienced second photographer, etc. Make sure you ask if there's something in a package you don't want or want to add, she's very flexible. I'm staying at 4 stars until after the wedding.

Very helpful with run-throughs for my hair. Trials are about $25. $100 for the day-of, since it's a Sunday she'll have to come to me.

I can only base this on the preparation since we haven't been there yet, but the people have been so, so helpful planning our perfect honeymoon. We even changed the location where we're going and they didn't charge us any transfer fee. They gave us a lot of information about the areas, travel policies, etc., a lot more than required. Even shared personal experiences about the area. And they've had great sales going on for months.

Perfect. They've worked with us on budgeting, menu, wine selection, suggestions for decor and seating - way, way above and beyond in my opinion. This is the perfect place for us because we love Fleming's, it's not expensive (do a late lunch, it's way cheaper), and we don't have to worry about decor, service, food quality, etc. It will be lovely and the people are fabulous.

While I do love my dress, I will have to make some changes to the design so I don't feel like I bought it at the WalMart of bridal shops. Just about everything is overpriced for what you get, and all but one salesperson I dealt with (on multiple occassions) were pushy and not really helpful. Certainly nowhere near the bridal shop love-fests you see in movies. Really pretty sad actually.

Everything tasted homemade, not like bakery desserts. Bianca, the owner, was very helpful and flexible, even took some very special requests, both with design and because of allergies. Pricing couldn't be better for cupcakes instead of cake. Tasting was great - we did each cake and each frosting seperately so we could make up our own combinations. Highly recommend it. The bakery is a little off the beaten path, but well worth it. www.whodoesntlikecake.com

Great deal on the site, gave us a discount for Sunday rather than Saturday. They've been very helpful, both with things pertaining to the site and making suggestions for additional things - music, etc. So far, so good.