The Best Decision of Wedding Planning is to Hire AVP!
I am not sure one review can encompass everything Ashley did to make our wedding a brilliant success and a day we were able to celebrate with all our hearts and no stress. We simply could not have brought together the day in the way we dreamed without her total involvement. Ashley was there for us 24/7 from the moment we brought her in, month-after-month, to 3:00 a.m. on the night of the wedding, and to wrapping up any little strings after the event while we were off enjoying our honeymoon. Even if you’re a super-organized, great planner, intend to ‘keep it simple’, think you know exactly what you want person – let me tell you, as soon as you start planning your wedding – you just don’t even know yet how much you do not know about creating your ideal wedding day. And with allll the other pressures you already have in life at the same time as you’re trying to pull off a great wedding – you really don’t want to make the months before it a terrible, overly-stressful experience! That’s where Ashley becomes your hero.
Because we had Ashley by our side through all the planning and the day of, we can now have memories of our wedding and the preparation time that are wonderful to reflect on. We really appreciated that it was important to Ashley that both myself and my fiancé be involved in the various aspects of planning. This allowed her to get to know us as a couple, and to make sure both of us were happy with the wedding day we were creating. She established our roadmap and all the checkpoints needed to get us there (and made sure we met them), helped us set up and maintain our budget, find all the right vendors, handled coordination of everyone, reviewed our contracts and even negotiated for us. She provided expert vision and suggestions on everything to do with the event look and feel; she was able to take our ideas and narrow them down successfully to a vision that was coordinated and reflective of us. She was innovative, coming up with creative, cost-saving and/or time-saving ideas for various design elements.
I also appreciated that Ashley was very flexible and professional, customizing her process to our individual needs. Where I wanted to take more ownership, she let me, but was always there if I needed her and to provide advice when asked. Where I needed to work partially on something but didn’t have the time to really drive it, Ashley took care of moving it forward and gave me all the information I needed for decision-making. Where it was something low interest or that I simply didn’t have time to deal with, Ashley took total ownership when needed and stayed true to vision.
We had many guests comment to us that the wedding day went so smoothly, and everything was just right. Ashley was the reason for this – she was there at every second, kindly ensuring the schedule was on track, that people were where they should be, assisting elderly ones over a curb, helping reception guests find their seats, and that the bridal party was hydrated and fed. She ensured the reception hall set up was absolutely perfect down to the last table napkin and flower arrangement, and that the meal service was flawless.
Our wedding day would not have happened the way we wanted without Ashley’s services. Please do yourself the best favour and one that will save you time, money, and stress – work with Ashley to plan your wedding!