Bob Gail Special Events

Bob Gail Rocks! My husband and I had the extraordinary pleasure of working with Allyson who did an amazing job planning our 11/11/11 wedding! The flowers were stunning, I haven never seen roses look and smell that good. The decor was beautiful, even the last minute planning we had to do because of the rain, bringing the whole outdoor event into the ballroom at the Fairmont Hotel. Leading up to the event, Allyson and her team made sure that everything was handled and took all the pressure off my hands. The day of my wedding Allyson was right on point, never leaving my side. She had everything covered and kept my nerves so calm. I love Bob Gail and would highly recommend them for any event and will definitely use them for all future events as well.

Use Bob Gail for as many aspects of your party or wedding as you can. Every element of our wedding was seamless and the level of service is unparalleled in this industry. We had our wedding at the Ritz Carlton Marina del Rey and used Bob Gail for almost everything in our wedding - flowers, band (Jump Start), chairs and linens, lighting, candy buffet and day of coordination. We also used the vendors they recommended - Jennifer Roper for photography and William Ernest Brown for invitations. Our friends and family are raving about the wedding and saying it was the best and most fun wedding they've attended. The entire thing went off without a single hitch. We weren't sure of the details, but we wanted to throw a fun party and we achieved that using Bob Gail. The band was amazing and everyone loved them. We danced all night and ended up extending the band play time. We were skeptical about using a band but relied heavily on references that Bob Gail provided. We spoke with numerous brides that had used Jump Start and they were equally as thrilled as we were. We wanted an intimate and elegant setting that was not over the top. We didn't want to over spend on a bunch of "showy" elements, but we didn't want to look like we cut corners. The room reflected that. The team at Bob Gail is impressive. My husband and I are laid back but we expected perfection for our money, which is what the team delivered. We basically showed up to the rehearsal on Friday night, at which point they took over and ran everything until 1 am Sunday morning. We thought about nothing but having fun with friends and family. Each member of the team understood our personalities and gave us what we needed. My husband and I are both in professional services and we can't imagine a higher level of service than this team provided. The business model of offering most wedding elements under one house works very well for a wedding because it reduces the stress of worrying about multiple vendors. There's just no reason to look elsewhere or use a coordinator who will pull together a bunch of separate vendors.

I cannot imagine having planned our wedding with the assistance of anyone other than Bob Gail Special Events. Every single aspect of our wedding turned out even better and more beautiful than I could have ever imagined. Living out of state and planning a wedding in California seemed like a daunting task, but with the Bob Gail team everything was almost effortless. We were even able to schedule our table arrangement / flower run through on the Monday of Labor Day weekend to accommodate when we would be in town. Having an in-house team that provided everything from flowers, linens, lighting to musicians made the planning process a dream. I even found myself asking, "what should I be doing?" in the months leading up to our big day because everything was so well organized and planned, that I didn't feel I had enough to do! As a result, my husband and I were truly able to enjoy our engagement. I would, without any hesitation, recommend Bob Gail to anyone planning an event, wedding or otherwise. They were a joy to work with and truly are a first rate team!

Oh my goodness! The people who helped us at Bob Gail Events were so great - thank you, Brian and Katie! They were very responsive and very creative. I had some budget issues and could not do exactly what I wanted, and they worked with me back and forth to create the same feel from what I could afford. They were always encouraging and unstressed. I was so blessed by that because so many things seemed to change at the last minute - guest count, table count and size, flower placement, etc... Up until it was actually the time, they were adapting the final picture with pleasure! I would have been so sick of me! In the end, the place was amazing. The flowers were better than anticipated, and the clean-up was spotless. I wish I could have taken it all home with me!!! If you have any questions about how to do anything, ask... And if you have a need for any service and you cannot find it, ask... We ended up using Bob Gail for so much more than just flowers or chairs. They were a great design team and can do it all!

Our wedding is June 2009 but to date, we have had nothing but EXCELLENT service from Brian and Bob Gail Special Events. They have wonderful customer service and provide attentive detail to each and every event. My fiance and I are excited to work with Bob Gail & have them at our wedding and have confidence they will do a great job! Will update after wedding with more details!

I rented tables clothes, Chivary chairs with custions and a coffee table that lights up from Bob Gail. I chose to use them (aginst my coordinators advise) becuase thay had a shade of baby blue table cloth that I could not find elsewhere. It took some time to finnally book them becuase there were many phone calls involved hagaling over price as their prices were much higher then other rental companies I was working with. I always had to leave a message and quite often did not get return calls. They place you with an agent at their facility and no one else will help you if that person is not available. Took about 3-6 months to agree to terms.Along the line of pricing, this company charges a rather hefty delivery fee and requires a deposit. The other rental company I used did not charge either. My total bill was $2052.69. Alittle high for the amount I was renting. On top of that I had to pay an additional $600 for trucking, delivery and set-up/break-down. Plus a security deposit of $2000.00!!! Grand total of $4652.69!!! Compaired to the other rental company I used I can assure you, Bob Gail is over priced!!Everything was delivered and picked up with out hassel. However, 4 weeks later when I finnally received my security deposit back, they had only refunded $1300.00 of it. They claimed that 4 table linenes were damaged. $700.00 FOR 4 LINENES?!?!? Eventually after speaking with the owner (who was not very nice and kept talking over me as if his side of the story is all that matters) got them to refund another $400. All in all I would not recommend this compay. They are way over priced and there are just too many rental companies that do not charge delivery fees or security deposits.

Excellent band... I believe we got the "Players" (they have many bands under their organization). They give you a giant list of songs within many different genres and you can pick which songs you want (and also DON'T want). I was very picky about what styles of music I wanted and they were perfect. You can have as many as 11 people in a band but we kept it to 5 people, and that was more than enough from what I can remember (and we had about 250 at our reception).They also played acoustic guitar during our cocktail hour, and although I wasn't there to hear it other people told me they were great.If you want to do more than just a DJ, they may be a little pricey for some but I felt like we got our money's worth.

We booked them 5 months before for their ceremony music and band for reception. They ask for your music style and play you some demos and make suggestions. Then based on your budget you either add or subtract to their suggestion. It was one of our quickest and most pleasant vendor meeting. Ceremony music was provided by flute and keyboard, which was unique to us...affordable, but nice sounding for classical music. As for the band, they were very in touch with the crowd, even though we did not give them a specific list of songs...and they kept the mood up. Very professional and adaptively spontaneous. Very refreshing. If you do not know anything about your music, but you know what you don't want, Bob Gail is the place to go. Also, we got our day of coordinator through Bob Gail. We got Carol. She was the nicest planner ever. Also, she made sure that everything went ok and never forgot about the bride.

Fantastic. They covered everything I missed and di it with such a good attitude. The event went smoothly.