Suzy Berberian

My partner and I hired Suzy to provide partial wedding planning services for our domestic partnership ceremony on May 27, 2012, at the Villagio in Yountville. In the months leading up to our event, Suzy kept us calm, organized, informed and on track. Not only was she efficient and effective, she was pleasant to work with. She is very well connected in the Napa area and made a number of excellent vendor recommendations. She also met with us several times to get a feel for our preferences and incorporated our feedback into everything she did for us. Suzy particularly shined on our big day. She was a calming presence and ensured that everything went smoothly and just as planned. Without her help we would have been in over our heads and we are grateful for all the hard work she put in to make our event special. As a gay couple, it was also a relief to work with someone who was willing and able to help us tailor our non-traditional wedding so that the event was just the way we wanted. We highly recommend Suzy.

I can't even give a review that will do Suzy justice for how amazing she really is at her job! I received numerous compliments about how low key and stress free I was throughout the year of wedding planning and I owe that 100% to Suzy. She kept thorough notes on every single detail, gave us superior recommendations of the best vendors in the area, was extremely responsive when we had questions or needed assistance, kept all of our plans and vendors organized so everyone was on the same page, and was critical in keeping us in budget. Her diligent work throughout the year was a testament to how seamlessly our wedding came together and how much my husband and I were able to enjoy every second and every detail of our wedding. Even when the Napa Valley inevitable red wine stain down my wedding dress by a sloppy guest happened, I didn't fret for a second, I went directly to Suzy knowing that she would have a plan and I was absolutely right, she had me cleaned up and picture perfect in minutes!! The whole wedding planning process was so much fun and dare I say easy and stress free because I had Suzy at the helm. My husband and I took the task of picking our wedding planner very seriously and spent a considerable amount of time reviewing and interviewing wedding planners and Suzy is by far the person who impressed us the most so let us save you the time and look no further, Suzy is who you need to plan your wedding if you want an absolutely perfect and extraordinary experience. On top of it all, you will absolutely love her, she is the sweetest and most thoughtful woman on Earth and there is no one else I would have in charge of such a meaningful event in my life!!

When my now husband and I decided to plan a Napa Valley wedding while living in London I expected many stressful days. To ease my anticipated stress, I partnered with Suzy on planning our big day. In a word, she was brilliant! She got to know us at the beginning of the process in order to create a wedding that was personal to us. She listened to my ideas and made recommendations based on her experience and local knowledge. She responded to every question, no matter how many, and always did so with professionalism and a warm demeanour. And while I anticipated stress throughout the planning process, I found it to be mostly exciting and fun. When our big day arrived, Suzy gave us the amazing gift of being able to enjoy every moment. We worried about and wanted for nothing as Suzy ensured every last detail was attended to. We had the most amazing wedding, a day that I will forever cherish, and I owe many thanks to Suzy for helping to create such an amazing experience for us and our guest.

Suzy was our wedding coordinator for our July 2011 wedding at the Calistoga Ranch in Calistoga, CA and we couldn't have asked for a better coordinator. Due to the added cost, we were hesitant at first in hiring a "day of" wedding planner. However, upon hiring Suzy we quickly realized that she was worth it and the most valuable asset in planning our wedding! She was readily available and responsive and had great ideas for vendor recommendations. Very organized and detail oriented. Always responded in the most pleasant way possible. From the moment I met Suzy I was very impressed with her warmth and professionalism. She's one of the most patient individuals I've ever met! On the day of the wedding, I was able to enjoy every moment because I knew we were in good hands! She took care of all the details and our guests are still blown away by how incredible our wedding was. Suzy did a great job with the rehearsal and the wedding day that everything went smoothly. Honestly, I can't say enough great things about her. She was born to be a wedding planner! We highly recommend Suzy!!!

Suzy was absolutely the best and most important choice I made in planning our wedding! I live in Atlanta, GA and was getting married in Napa Valley so it was important to have a wonderful wedding planner. I flew all the way out there, interviewed a bunch of planners, and didn't fall in love with any of them, however, as soon as I got home, I spoke to Suzy on the phone, I knew she would be perfect. She is organized, very knowledgeable, kind, creative, very detailed, and most importantly always calm. Even on a crazy wedding day, she handled everything calmly and with a lot of poise. I now even consider her a friend and I couldn't be happier about our choice in hiring her.

If you are searching for a wedding planner that is organized, prompt, calm, and professional than you must have Suzy Berberian on your team! She truly was our guardian angel as we planned our destination wedding from halfway across the country.

If something needed to be handled, Suzy handled it quickly. She was always there for us to answer a question, make a recommendation whilst respecting our ideas/vision. Numerous times, she made suggestions to other vendors we needed to make our day complete, surpassing what we could ever imagine for a team working on our big day.

We didn't even meet her in person until the day before our wedding, but we felt like we already knew her as a long time friend- I would have even had her sit down and celebrate with us as our nearest and dearest! I highly recommend everyone using Suzy for their event- you would be lucky to have her by your side.

From the minute we talked to Suzy we knew our wedding would be absolutely perfect. She is friendly, upbeat, attentive to details and knows the ins-and-outs of almost everything related to weddings — essentially the person you want to trust "the most important day of your life" with!

Thank you Suzy for your quick responses to emails and vast knowledge base! It was a pleasure working with you!

Suzy was our wedding coordinator for our april 2010 wedding and we couldn't have asked for a better coordinator. She was always available, and had great ideas for vendors and for all the details of the wedding. She answered every question I had no matter how silly. Since my husband and I were planning our wedding from across the country, she was so helpful and made us feel reassured that everything would work out fine.... and it did. All of this for the "day-of plus" package. On the day of the wedding, I was able to enjoy my day because Suzy is so good at what she does and definitely worth every dollar spent plus more! Suzy did such an amazing job orchestrating the rehearsal and the actual wedding day that everything went off without one problem. She was so good with all the families and even got my crying nieces who were my flower girls to walk down the aisle the day of even though they wouldn't do it at the rehearsal. Professional and definitely a pleasure to work with I would highly recommend Suzy to other couples who are planning a wedding in wine country.

I can not say enough about the incredible job Suzy Berberian did for us in helping to plan our out of town wedding in Napa Valley! She went above and beyond what I would expect of a wedding planner by dealing with the hotel event staff, picking out our reception wine selections, picking up attraction brochures for our guests, and so much more! She truly made the difference between stressing out over my wedding and being able to really enjoy getting married!

Suzy was a complete delight to work with! From our very first phone conversation she was organized, creative & dealt with the challenge of over-seas planning confidently. The wedding we worked together was a Napa Valley destination affair with many logistics and on the day of it flowed perfectly. The couple and their families were thrilled. She companded the many details with ease and created a beautiful day for the couple & their guests.

We were so happy to have Suzy helping us with our wedding. I am a perfectionist and a control freak, but it’s a testament to Suzy’s abilities and personality that I was able to completely let go of the wedding details the morning of the big day and let her do her magic. We were truly able to enjoy every minute of the day knowing she was in charge. Our wedding was perfect and guests commented how seamless everything was. Originally we were not too keen on the additional expense of a day of coordinator, but after having such a successful event, we both agree that Suzy was worth every penny!

My husband and I worked with Suzy to plan our wedding at St. Francis winery. She is absolutely fantastic! She is so friendly and really went out of her way to explain the details to us and answer our questions. She also made the day of the wedding very relaxed and worry-free.

Suzy made planning our wedding so simple. The vendors she referred us to were extremely professional and took the time to really understand what type of wedding we wanted. The result was a wedding that more than exceeded our expectations!

Our vendors were:
Dennis Urbiztondo - Photographer
Kimberley Thompson - Officiant
Fleurs de France - Florist


I highly recommend all of our vendors. You will be very happy working with Suzy.

I can't believe it has taken me a year to write this review. Suzy is AMAZING!!! Even to this day we have been in contact just to say hi. We had a destination wedding at St. Francis Winery in Sonoma. Originally, I had planned to organize everything myself from Seattle. Then I met Suzy and thank goodness I did. Suzy was so professional, organized and totally understanding about any and all requests. Our wedding was truly perfect. All of our guests commented on Suzy and the other vendors. I truly did not stress about one single thing. She was so in control it was awesome. Honestly, don't even hesitate. You will be so happy that you have Suzy working with you. We loved her! Thank you, Suzy!
Our other vendors were:
Minister: Peadar Dalton www.yourceremonymatters.com
Photographer: Richard Wood

They were both amazing too! You can see our wedding on Peadar's website.

Overall: Suzy surpassed all of our expectations! She was wonderful to work with and extremely friendly in general. Not that I am the "bridezilla" at all, but Suzy was always calm and collected and really helped us get through a couple minor hiccups we had...that are typical of any wedding day.

I wish that I had elaborate parties all the time so I could work with Suzy, I really can not say enough good things about her. In all honesty, I can not think of one little thing that I had problem with....we had excellant vendors (lots of research to get them) but I could give you some minor constructive feedback on pretty much all of them...but not Suzy - she was great with no changes!

Booking: We spoke on the phone and booked her before we actually met We felt very comfortable doing this as she came highly recommended from other vendors, brides, and we could tell she would be very easy to work with based on our initial conversations.

Cost: My husband and I tried to minimize costs for our wedding and he was very worried about this extra expenditure, but even before the wedding he was so happy that we had contracted her as she was able to help pull together last details and provide general advice on areas we were unsure about.

Organization: She went through several lists of items prior in order to understand what we were doing for our wedding (our vision and all the details that came with that) since we had completed a lot of the planning already. She had great questions and kept us on our toes for some lingering items and also gave us great ideas/recommendations for the last details we were working through. She followed up with vendors to make sure we had all our boxes checked, was fantastic on the day of making sure things were ready to go, and just was a dream to work with overall.

Day of Concerns & Issues: We had one area that concerned us greatly - transportation. We needed to bus all our guests in and vendors leave on time, if not supporting the reception (this included cake, florist...), and move extra cars as the parking made it almost impossible. There were many times my husband and I would sit down and wonder if it could be pulled off. This is an area that Suzy helped us with greatly. She kept on top of vendors to make sure they were gone when they needed to be and even gave a ride to a photographer to help reduce the number of vendor cars onsite and make sure they were parked in spots that were not visible to our event space. Lastly, we had one guest that drank a little too much and due to the parking - Suzy offered to give him and his girlfriend a ride to their hotel.

Thoughtful: Suzy was there to answer questions and take some of the load off to make our day run smoothly and allow us to enjoy it and not worry about the small OR big stuff. She was so thoughtful by being there to help us cut the cake when we weren't sure how we were "suppose" to do it and she made sure that when it was dessert time that we got a plate of it as we were busy with other things.

Thank you Suzy for making our wedding "A Dream Day".

Suzy Berberian is one of my all-time favorite planners. She is a wonderful balance of organization, kindness and 'get-it-done' attitude. She puts all of my clients at ease and designs gorgeous weddings!
I know it's going to be a treat when I get to work with her!

Over the years the Eloquence String Quartet and Trio has had the pleasure of working at various venues with Suzy on her weddings,including Auberge du Soleil, St Francis Winery, Paradise Ridge Winery and V. Sattui Winery. Each one has been beautifully choreographed down to the last detail. As musicians we have always felt welcomed cheerfully, were well informed of details, and never felt any kind of stress or hectic emanating from Suzy. I think her clients and their guests just float into their fairy tale wedding never realizing the hours of preparation that were spent ensuring that everything flows together so perfectly. Playing a few weddings without experienced coordinators has pointed out to us just how important this is. We think Suzy is top notch!

Suzy Berberian is the most knowledgeable and professional Event Coordinator that I have met. She knows every aspect of the Wedding industry. Ms. Berberian has an extremely Wonderful and Pleasant personality. Her expertise and attention to detail ensure that her clients have a Memorable and Joyous Celebration!

Suzy Berberian Weddings & Events-Where do I start! I have worked side by side with Suzy for many years and seen first hand her work with couples from high end events to an elopement and EVERY wedding is without a doubt- will always be an AMAZING SUCCESS. Suzy, works great under pressure, high demands, and does not miss a detail She is one of the first people I call upon if I need additional advice and direction. She is always a consummate professional! Everyone loves her in the wedding industry as well as her couples and we should all tip our hats to Suzy! I look forward to many more wondeful weddings! Kimberly

I have worked with Suzy for many years, and I am always thrilled when we are collaborating and designing a wedding or event together. She is an excellent wedding planner, her events are always stunning, and flawless. I am looking forward to the many more events we have together this season. Jessica - Fleurs de France