Category — Events States N-Intl

I hired Simone Endres of Je T’aime Weddings (her company) to plan my October 11, 2008 wedding in Corolla, North Carolina. She was very attentive and helpful until my fiance and I met her in June and paid her $1,000. After that, I did not hear much from her — and soon I did not hear anything at all. I actually thought she was sick or something bad had happened, so I called her home and asked her husband to call me. After that, she emailed me apologizing saying she was very busy planning other weddings. I was pretty angry. I had been completely ignored for over three weeks at this point, and I was depending on her to help me get my vendors lined up for my October wedding. Obviously in June I did not have a lot of time to waste.

In short, I fired Simone. She’s fairly new to the Outer Banks (from New York) and I don’t think she is as experienced as she claims. I am very unhappy with her services and very unhappy that she offered me absolutely no refund, not even partial. This was a blow to our wedding budget and it was a big mistake on my part for not researching her more before I hired her. I hope others will not make the same mistake and I absolutely do not recommend her.

Link to Vendor’s Site: Je T’aime Weddings — Simone Endres
Date of Service: June 2008
Vendor Location: Outer Banks, NC
Vendor Recommended: No

Larissa and I connected from our first emails. She was from Toronto, was a Running Room leader and is a type A personality. I live in Toronto, I met my husband at the Running Room and I am also type A. It was very difficult for me to plan a wedding from so far away and having never been to Costa Rica. This was one of the reasons that we chose Costa Rica, neither my husband nor I had been there.

Richard and I could not thank Larissa and Roberto enough for a beautiful wedding. The entire experience was incredible, positive, romantic and we highly recommended their company. We want to praise their company for the work, time, energy, professionalism, advice given and the compassion that they gave to us. Our wedding day was romantic, incredible, organized, on time and everything that we had dreamed of. Although the weather was not within their control, we could not have asked for better weather. The temperature was just right, there was not a cloud in the sky and the sunset was perfect.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
Vikki

Link to Vendor’s Site: Weddings Costa Rica
Date of Service: February 3, 2008
Vendor Location: Costa Rica
Vendor Recommended: Yes

I am so glad i found Lucie’s Events. Wendee Robbins is an exceptional event planner. Her and her staff are very professional and are filled with a plethora of ideas for any occassion or theme. I had a unique wedding experience, namely i had TWO weddings, due to some family issues, and i dont know how i would have done either without Lucie’s Events. Both events had a different theme, cake, food, decor, flowers, and Wendee managed to keep both within our budget thanks to her creativity and vision.

Link to Vendor’s Site: Lucie’s Wedding & Events
Date of Service: July 22, 2007 and Nov 10, 2007
Vendor Location: Austin, TX and surrounding areas
Vendor Recommended: Yes