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Something Azul is a full service travel and event planning agency operating out of Cochrane, Alberta and also serves Airdrie, Calgary and across the country. Impress your guests with a memorable destination wedding. Something Azul is led by founder Chelsea Landaverde and Kristen Holt. Chelsea is a Certified Wedding and Destination Wedding Planner by the Wedding Planners Institute of Canada.

Services offered

The team offers a consultation to discuss all your wedding details to bring your vision to life. The company can arrange travel for you and all your guests. The full planning package offered includes finding private locations off of your resort, decor advice, and planning your theme, food, attire, guest list, favours, centrepieces, wedding stationery, budgets, schedule management, and more.

For your convenience, the team can also travel to the venue and coordinate the wedding in person.

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Frequently asked questions

What wedding events do you provide services for?

Ceremony
Reception
Rehearsal dinner

What wedding planning services do you offer?

Budget analysis
Day-of coordination
Event design
Full planning
Guest list creation
Timelines
To-do lists
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What types of weddings do you accommodate?

Civil
Cultural
Destination
Double weddings
Eco-friendly
Non-religious
Religious

How many planners are on your team?

2

What is the starting price for day-of wedding coordination?

$1,000

What is the starting price for partial wedding planning?

$1,500

What is the starting price for full wedding planning?

$3,000

Do you offer an hourly rate?

Yes

What is the hourly rate?

$150
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Reviews for Something Azul Destination Weddings & Travel

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Hayley
Hayley Y. Sent on 15/10/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Made our wedding so stress free and easy!

Kristen with something azul has made this process an absolute DREAM! SO flexible and helpful with everything and always there to answer any questions we had. Made us feel so prepared and stress free for our big day. Truly the best of the best!!
Krista
Krista Sent on 03/06/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Highly Recommend!

We feel so incredibly fortunate that we found Kristen at Something Azul. We knew we wanted a destination wedding, but apart from that we had no clue how to narrow down a seemingly endless number of resorts, in an infinite number of destinations, all while satisfying all of our ‘need-to-haves.’ It was all so daunting! We interviewed a couple destination wedding planners/travel agents, and clicked with Kristen instantly. Having had a destination wedding herself, she knew the excitement (and anxiety) we were experiencing, and provided invaluable insight. We gave her a rather lengthy list of resort must-haves, and a list of nice-to-haves, and then provided a max price per person we were aiming for. She returned with a few options that amazingly met ALL of our criteria (which we honestly thought wouldn’t be possible!)

We ended up choosing the Iberostar Playa Mita (in the Punta Mita, Mexico area) for our destination wedding consisting of 60 guests. Kristen worked out an amazing package for our group, and gave our guests the option to upgrade if they were inclined to do so (which many did, actually!) She managed all 60 of our guests’ travel itineraries – booking their flights from various airports, and booking stays of various lengths. Everything was seamless. Our guests received clear, concise and reassuring communication directly from Kristen. And as the bride and groom, we were kept out of our guests’ specific booking details altogether (which was great!) One of our main worries in booking a destination wedding was that we’d become our guests’ “travel agents,” but with Kristen at our side, this never happened. Our guests knew their go-to-contact was Kristen, and she quickly developed a great relationship with everyone. Our friends and family really came to look forward to her super friendly and informative email updates.

On the wedding side of things, Kristen made sure we were connected with the onsite wedding planners at the Iberostar, and gave them nudges and pokes on our behalf when they were late to respond. We took things away with the Iberostar wedding team (who were also fabulous) ourselves, and everything truly went off without a hitch.

THANK YOU Kristen and the Something Azul team for finding us the resort of our dreams to host the wedding of our dreams. We are so relieved we found you to help us plan our wedding!
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Brodie T. Sent on 27/02/2020
5 out of 5 rating

My sister’s wedding

Chelsea went above and beyond to make my sister’s wedding gorgeous and as stress free as a wedding can be! I know that the amount of work she put into the actual wedding day was tremendous and everything went down without a hitch, was so beautiful, and my sister had practically no stress at all because Chelsea had things covered. Thank you for an amazing experience
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Bruna K. Sent on 19/12/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing Wedding Planner !

Planning a wedding involves a lot of decisions and my husband and I both agree that one of the best decisions we did during this process was to hire Something Azul (Chelsea). We found Something Azul online and decided to give them a call. My husband and I went for coffees with Chelsea so we could get to know her but mainly so she could get to know us and what we were looking for our wedding. She has a lot of experience and knows a lot of different resorts so she is able to help you choose the best resort (within you budget) for your group. In addition to travel agency, we hired Chelsea to be our wedding planner and honestly everything was in place and the wedding went smoothly because of this decision. We had 95 guests with plated dinners and everything went perfectly! We chose to flight Chelsea to Mexico so we could fully enjoy our time there because we knew she would get every detail of the wedding done for us. It was an amazing experience working with Something Azul. Totally worth it and stress free!
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Talisha M. Sent on 31/05/2017
1 out of 5 rating
By far the WORST experience I have had with a travel agency.

Chelsea was the least accommodating person I have dealt with in customer service. She never replied to my emails, phone calls, nothing. When I voiced my concerns with how the wedding party was being dealt with I finally received a "sorry you feel that way" email, that's it. Her prices are absolutely ridiculous and she did NOTHING to make the booking process pleasant.

I will never recommend this company and especially Chelsea to anyone I know looking to book a destination wedding.
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Lisa Sent on 05/05/2017
5 out of 5 rating
having Chelsea plan our wedding was the best decision we could have made. as busy parents with 3 little ones and full time jobs, i knew we would not have the time or energy to put into making our dream wedding come true, Chelsea was able to do it for us and exceeded anything we could have imagined. she was incredibly professional and very accommodating to our many last minute idea changes. we gave her a glimpse of what we were looking for, but we were basically clueless and she turned it into a masterpiece, all we had to do was show up, the rest was taken care of.
i would absolutely contact Something Azul again for future travel needs.
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Christie P. Sent on 23/11/2016
5 out of 5 rating
After meeting with Chelsea at the initial consultation we knew right away we wanted her to help us with our wedding. She is very professional and returns phone calls and emails promptly. Chelsea is well educated with the destination wedding process. One of her best attributes is that she takes the stress out of the whole wedding planning process. She constantly ensured we were ok and not stressing out. She was always there when I (the bride) was having a mini meltdown. She was able to address my concerns and put me at ease.
Our wedding was Nov 6,2016 at Moon Palace in Cancun and it was so much fun!
By choosing Something Azul to plan/book your destination wedding, you can be rest rest assured you will be in good hands!
Chantal
Chantal Sent on 01/06/2016
5 out of 5 rating
As soon as we met with Chelsea to discuss our vision and our plans for our wedding in Mexico, I was immediately comfortable and confident that she would be able to bring together the elements to make our trip and our day everything that we wanted. She was able to take the cross-border communication off my plate and ensure that we had all of the elements we wanted for our guests and for the day! We were simply able to relax and enjoy our time with our guests prior to the wedding and then fully take in the whole wedding day without distractions! Chelsea was more than accommodating to the changes we made along the way and really made us feel like she was there to make our day exactly what we wanted. It was truly a beautiful day, a wonderful hotel and hotel staff and an overall seamless trip! Thank you once again Chelsea for making it all happen for us!
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Vicky G. Sent on 31/05/2016
5 out of 5 rating
Msg from Mother of the Groom = Big Shout out to Chelsea.. Thnx again
Stress FREE right from the get go for us parents... From handling all of our questions to having everything taken care of, this truly was a vacation I felt Totally Relaxed.
We Highly recommend The Hard Rock in Puerto Vallarta. Gorgeous Resort, very Clean and super Friendly.
The beach wedding of our son Travis to his beautiful bride Chantal was absolutely breath taking. Thank you for making their day extra special and unforgettable.
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Laura Sent on 27/05/2016
4.2 out of 5 rating
Awesome wedding for Trav and Chan!!! Would definitely recommend !!!!! The Hard Rock in Puerto Vallarta was beautiful. The service was a amazing! Beautiful location. The spa overlooked the ocean and you could hear it in each room totally making the relaxation experience complete!
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