Luba and Illeana.
I can’t thank you enough for all your hard work and success in planning such a beautiful wedding, even with the many challenges my husband and I, and the cruise-line, presented. As a former event coordinator planning massive galas, telethons, golf tournaments, community events, etc., I was certain I could handle all the details for my destination wedding from afar and that I just needed someone onsite to execute it all. I didn’t realize that when it came to planning my own special day, things would quickly become overwhelming.
We started running behind on decisions, and you were so kind and patient with us, over and over again. One of the biggest examples was when my soon-to-be-husband basically changed all of the colors of the wedding less than two weeks before (by buying the wrong colored shirts – changing from blue to browns and oranges), you took it in stride and immediately offered some great options, and they were absolutely perfect. I also panicked a bit while on the cruise ship, the night before we were to arrive, when I learned we were getting shuttled in 2 hours early, but that the ship was still on San Diego time(an hour different than Cabo, so it was really only an hour early) and an hour is harder to fill than 2 when you are moving 60 people around, but with less than twelve hours to go and without our being able to talk on the phone, you got my email from the ship, made arrangements to have the buses there early, loaded with the beverages I requested, arrange for a special visit to the Glass Factory (which I’m not even sure is normally open at that time) and get all 60 of those guests back on the bus and to the hotel bar in time for the pre-party to begin. You absolutely saved my wedding!!!
If I could go back in time and do it all again, I would have just put it all in your hands and trusted it would be beautiful. And for those unforeseen scheduling issues, you were truly amazing – that you were so dutiful and got my email and had everything arranged and greeted us at the dock with no other communication between us – absolutely demonstrates your professionalism. Please feel free to give my phone number to any of your clients or potential clients should they request a reference.
Thank you so very much.
Vanessa and Larry Matthews
