Smiles In Paradise

Talk about making an exception, Maureen packed her sweaters and came out to help plan and officiate our wedding in NW Indiana. Joe and I wanted a small, intimate, fall wedding, and had two months to plan it all. Many emails and phone calls exchanged she made my stress level from 10 to a 3. The day of the wedding couldn’t have gone more perfect. Whenever I thought of something that I forgot, she already had it done. She had everything planned out and I didn’t have to worry about a single thing the entire day.
Maureen is a wonderful woman, she constantly made me smile and laugh, and had both mothers calm (Big PLUS). My father put it perfect the day of our rehearsal, “Maureen is a amazing we would have no clue what we are doing without her.”

Quality, Value, Flexibility, Professionalism, and gives the best hugs-- Maureen has it all!!

Calling ALL brides and grooms to be...... Words cannot express our heartfelt gratitude and love for Maureen. Her ceremony and event planning at our son's wedding was exceptional. Maureen has that gift of spirit which brings joy and happiness when in her presence. You will immediately feel this spirit of love, frienship and commitment upon contact.

Don't delay one more second, call Maureen at Smiles In Paradise.

Our Padre wedding was perfect and Maureen is a lovely lady. She helped me with everything I needed from our first phone convo to the big day. I felt so lucky to find her. At the last minute during my ceremony I got choked up while reading my vows (we wrote our own) and she finished them for me without skipping a beat. Every part of my ceremony was completly unique. I loved it. Maureen is professional and exceeded all of my expectations. If you want the best officiant stop looking now and pick this one. THANK YOU MAUREEN! -Tracie & Elliott Quinn

Maureen was very professional and pleasant to work with. The ceremony was beautiful and went perfectly. Highly recommend her :)

Maureen is a complete joy. She is very down to earth and helpful in sooooo many ways. Her price was the LEAST exspensive of all that we contacted. But boy is she underpaid. You will not go wrong with her, you have my word on that. Maureen really does take pride in what she does for couples. I would reccomend her to any and everybody. You will not be dissapointed. Maureen made our day that much more special.

she did exactly what we wanted. fast easy and right on the beach. they even endured the red tide for us thank you!!!

Maureen is delightful to work with - extremely positive, professional, and ready to do whatever is needed! She really came through for us after a bad experience with another planner. Maureen was MVP on our wedding day, responding on a dime to an urgent need that delayed our wedding, and still making our reception location beautiful despite the unplanned interruption and probably about 2 hours of lost time (hence 5's in "responsiveness" and "flexibility")!

Wonderful!!
Maureen officiated our June 18, 2011 wedding and I can't say enough wonderful about her. Our ceremony was so much better than we could have planned or hope for. We are so pleased she officiated for us. Through the planning stage of the wedding she was always very responsive and willing to work with us on all of the little details of our ceremony and any changes we wanted to make. She went out of her way to meet us when we traveled down to Padre from out of town and working with us to get us our beach permit for our ceremony. She was very flexible with good input and advice based on her experience. We had no doubts that we chose the perfect person to perform our ceremony. She is such a warm, friendly and caring person and it's apparent she has a genuine love for what she does. This is truly her calling. We would recommend her many times over!!
Our warmest wishes Maureen. Thank you again for everything!
Brian & Teri

My father (and wedding planner, John E. Hall) recommended Maureen as the officiant to my wedding ceremony. I took my father's suggestion and could not ask for anything more than the services provided by Maureen to my husband and I. Maureen was on the same page as we were from the initial consultation. She took the time to listen to our story and got to know us for who we are and who we had become together. Throughout the planning of the ceremony itself, she offered suggestions based upon our expectations and minimalistic needs. She delivered 110% on the day of the service. Her sense of calm was comforting, since I (and my husband) were a nervous wreck!! Maureen undoubtedly contributed to the success of my wedding. THANK YOU MAUREEN!!!

MAUREEN IS A REAL PRO......I HAD NOT MET HER UNTIL THIS YEAR. WE ARE BOTH GOLF COURSE RESIDENTS AND WE WILL SEE ONE ANOTHER ON OCASSION. AFTER THE WONDERFUL JOB SHE DID AT MY DAUGHTERS WEDDING I HAVE MADE A NEW FRIEND! A PRETTY ONE TOO!

She was friendly, fun, and amazing! I couldn't have asked for a better day!!

Maureen came through in helping us put everything together in the days leading up to our wedding. She definitely met our expectations, and was extremely patient with this OCD, in-control, Type A bride. She was flexible, very polite, and always professional.

Outstanding! Maureen takes such great interest in the couple and their needs and desires in the ceremony. She is truly engaged in the ceremony. My Mom thought she was like an angel!

She gave me a perfect ceremony, customized perfectly.

As a wedding photographer on South Padre Island it is great to have planners like Maureen T. Schiner to work with. She will not disappoint!