Charming Occasions LLC

Though we had only hired Jennifer as our day-of coordinator, we were pleasantly surprised that she allowed herself to be available to us months before the actual wedding with constant meetings and e-mail communications. There was never a time after having hired Jennifer that she held back her expertise and organization from us. She was present at our two last critical vendor meetings � our final meetings with the ceremony and reception venues � and spoke up on our behalf when the vendors alluded to contradictory figures, and always offered her sound, knowledgeable, and unbiased advice when asked. Jennifer was aware of every detail in our wedding and handled all of the communication and timeline issues with the vendors in the weeks leading up to the wedding. For this reason, it was with complete and utter confidence that we handed over the entire wedding to Jennifer on the Big Day. She was on hand from the rehearsal the night before the wedding until the entire reception ended the following day. Needless to say, she was the reason that our wedding sailed by without any hindrances.

It has been two months since my husband and I have gotten married. To this day we still talk about how the one important decision we made was hiring Jennifer at Charming Occasions for our Day of Coordination. I was always so skeptical about hiring a coordinator because like all SuperBrides – I thought I could do it on my own. But Jennifer’s service was invaluable to me and is probably the best decision I could have made. All I can say is that every bride needs a Jennifer for their wedding. From start to finish, she was impeccable! Weddings are a big stresser, but she worked her tail off to take a load of my shoulder. I know coordinators are big money, but I can positively say that every dollar invested in Jennifer is well worth every single penny!

As I reflect back to my wedding day, all I can remember is the calmness and peacefulness I felt throughout the whole day. There wasn’t one thing that I had to think of or take care of that day except for looking marvelous! Jennifer was the first person at the ceremony site and the last person that left at the end of the day. The day went by so much more gracefully only because Jennifer was there by me as calm and organized as she was. My wedding day was flawless and relaxing for me. I had many of my family member and friends comment to me about how welcoming, friendly yet so professional and organized she was throughout the whole day.

Even though I hired Jennifer just for the Day of Coordination, she went well over what she was contracted to do. She communicated with me constantly to make sure everything was going well, she provided me with timelines and lists of items I should prepare or do, she made sure all my important premarital items needed to be complete, and she even offered to pick up all my rentals for my wedding! She even went as far as returning my rentals the following working day, without me even asking her to. What I was really impressed is when I completely forgot to make arrangements to get the rentals returned. In the midst of my honeymoon I called the rental facility and I was notified that Jennifer had already returned them. Jennifer even went over and beyond by contacting my vendor for my refund check while I was honeymooning. Her services were done the moment I drove away after my wedding reception, but she took it upon herself to completely finish her job as a Wedding Coordinator. I was really grateful that she was working to take a load of my shoulder, which was definitely what I needed.

When I was planning my wedding, I wasn't planning on using a wedding coordinator not only because I couldn’t fit it into my budget; but I've always been well organized and well prepared so I didn't think it was necessary. But then I met Jennifer from Charming Occasions and I figured it might be worth it to have my wedding run that much smoother, even though I thought I had things under control.



I met with Jennifer a few months before my wedding. I had already booked all my vendors and had all my designs and décor picked out. I gave Jennifer all of the vendor and contract information. She pretty much took over from there. I believe she did the equivalent of "month of coordination." From that point on she handled everything. Every little concern/ question I had, I just emailed her and she communicated with the country club. (And the person at the country club was very difficult to deal with). I felt like I was bothering Jennifer, but she assured me I wasn't and it was her job. She took care of every little thing I had mentioned and made note of it. She did the timelines for the day of (including hair and make up schedules and vendor arrival times). She was on top of everything. I thought I had everything covered, but she brought up stuff I hadn't even thought about. She made sure she knew who had what (my brother in law brought a projector for our photo montage as well as the dvd), she made sure she knew what to pick up (cake cutting set, toasting flutes, etc) and where to put them. She put all the presents away in my mother in law’s car and that was arranged before the wedding day. She literally did everything for me. I felt like I should have been doing more during the weeks leading up to my wedding.



Also, during the rehearsal dinner, we met with the banquet manager who was a different person than we had been dealing with all year. Jennifer convinced the banquet manager to let us use the smaller ballroom for our cocktail hour for free that they normally charge an extra $1000 to rent out during an event. The banquet manager even told my mother in law that Jennifer was the most professional coordinator he had ever met and he couldn't believe she was just starting out. He said a lot of coordinators like to run their own show and only have the bride's concerns in mind. She not only did everything we asked but she worked well with the venue. Jennifer had even brought my husband and his groomsmen their favorite beer when we were taking pictures after the ceremony. That won my husband over!



Jennifer kept me completely stress free. I actually had a hard time letting her take over, but I'm glad I did. You hear of brides that don’t get to relax and enjoy their wedding, but I was able to enjoy every aspect of my wedding. I didn't get consumed in the little details because I knew Jennifer would take care of whatever needed attention. She did an amazing job being on task with everything and everyone. She worked well with all of our family, bridal party and vendors. We couldn’t have asked for a more perfect night and we owe that to Jennifer. I highly recommend Jennifer from Charming Occasions!