420 Hubert St Ofc 2,Raleigh,North Carolina
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We can't recommend Lauren and Co enough! Our previous planner went unresponsive on us and we ended up hiring Lauren two months before our wedding. Despite hiring Lauren on a shorter notice, she went above and beyond to ensure our wedding was a success. Lauren is extremely organized, prompt, and so easy to work with. Every time you meet with her she makes you feel at ease during what can sometimes be a stressful experience. She is so knowledgeable and gave us such helpful advice and suggestions throughout the process, on everything from vendors, to design, family, guests, etc. We really feel like our wedding wouldn't have been a success without her and her team! We had a pretty large wedding with hectic families and we got so many compliments from our guests on how smoothly the whole wedding went which was all thanks to Lauren's attention to detail and the timeline she put together for the day. A good planner is so important in the wedding planning process and if you want a kind, knowledgeable and dependable planner to guide you through, Lauren is your girl. We really can't thank her enough for pulling together such a beautiful, perfect day for us!!
Wow! I cannot say enough good things about Lauren O & Co! When I decided to plan a wedding in 9 months, while also working full time and attending grad school full time (what was I thinking!), I knew I needed the perfect wedding planner and I found JUST that! Lauren made sure that the process went smoothly, was always available to answer my thousands of questions and was very responsive via email. She worked to alleviate my fears and always assured me that the day would be absolutely perfect and it was! Her attention to detail and unflappability were unmatched, despite the inconveniences of the day! Having a good planner and advocate is essential during the wedding planning process and day of. If you are looking for a planner that will allow you to enjoy your engagement and wedding stress free, book her NOW! My husband and I cannot thank her and her team enough for ensuring that our day was absolutely perfect :)
I hired Lauren O Events for full planning and would do it again in a second. TLDR; Lauren + team are fabulous: detail oriented, organized, execute flawlessly on a wide range of responsibilities and have excellent taste / creative vision. This is why she is awesome: 1) Organization: Lauren is one of the most organized people I have ever met. She kept 100% on top of everything from vendor contracts to tasting/hair trial etc. schedules to the color tulle we wanted for the church pews. Her memory /note taking is insane: something would come up like seating cards, and she would say "A few months ago you pinned some examples with succulents, do you still like that?" It was incredible. 2) Execution: Flawless. Her team did A LOT. They stuffed our invitation envelopes, decorated our tables etc. etc. I never anticipated working with a team that was so dedicated to our wedding in every way. I kept wondering "who is going to do this? or that?" and every time Lauren's team took care of it. 3) Day of: I did not worry at all on my wedding day. Neither did my mom, my maid of honor, or anyone else who should be enjoying the day. Lauren and team had everything covered. She had someone making sure the guys arrived on time, someone making sure everything was good with hair and makeup, someone at the venue, someone at the church, someone at the cocktail reception. Between Lauren and her two colleagues (also awesome people!) we had not a care in the world. Crisis management was also EXCELLENT. For example, we had a problem with the electricity at our venue (old town-owned park) even though we had tested and Lauren's team came through in a big way. They had to completely re-wire and it ended up working out great. Lauren came over to me immediately and said "Don't worry, we are re-wiring, it will be fine." Phew! 4) Vendors: Lauren found most of our vendors through her network and they were all awesome. I highly recommend each and every vendor we worked with. They were also all expertly managed by Lauren to make sure what they did was 100% lined up with our vision. 5) Budget: Lauren was great at helping us with the budget and trying to keep us on track. She helped by suggesting areas we might be able to cut without sacrificing anything notable. 6) Style: Lauren has excellent taste. She knows what will work and what won't work. She totally bought into my ideas / vision but wasn't afraid to let me know when she thought something might look strange / off. 7) Awesome personality: I miss Lauren! She is so great to work with, super friendly, always nice to me even when I was being crazy, very calming, and just generally a good human. I cannot recommend Lauren O Events enough. I am very detail oriented and was a bit obsessive as a bride and Lauren was right at my level. Also, hire a wedding planner generally. Just do it. You won't regret it.
Wow. I cannot write enough wonderful things about Lauren O and her team. I honestly never thought I would need/want a wedding planner but looking back on my wedding day, I cannot imagine going through the process without Lauren. When we started wedding planning, my now husband and I said that our one goal in planning would be to have fun. We wanted our only focus on our wedding day to be about the marriage ceremony and celebrating that special moment with our family and friends. I can tell you with 100% confidence, we only got to have that experience because of Lauren O and her team. They are the most professional, kind, passionate people we have ever met. Lauren made every moment of the planning process feel special and exciting. Her and her team were so organized and helpful. She guided us through the process providing suggestions and her expertise while constantly ensuring our personal wants and needs were the main focus. Not only did Lauren and her team help us manage all the vendors, details, dates, times, payment, etc., they did all of that with genuine excitement. It honestly felt like I was planning all of these details with my closest group of friends. They could not have been more supportive or excited about our wedding. My husband and I got to enjoy and savor every moment of our engagement and wedding plan because of Lauren O and her team. Any one that has been apart of a wedding or planned a wedding knows that the wedding day can actually be incredibly stressful. Nothing ever goes exactly as planned; coordinating everyone's schedules, needs, and all your vendors while still trying to enjoy your special day is nearly impossible. Or so I've witnessed at other weddings. I can't tell you what that is actually like as a bride because Lauren and her team made sure I never dealt with any of that. She took care of everything from the second we woke up until the second we went to bed. It was absolutely amazing. We got to savor every moment of my wedding day stress free which is something we would have never been able to do without Lauren O and her team. Every couple deserves to have their perfect wedding. If you are going to spend money and time making sure every detail in your wedding is perfect so that you and your soon to be spouse can have an amazing day, then without a shadow of a doubt, you need Lauren O and her team. It is crazy to spend all your money on the details if, come your wedding day, you aren't going to be able to enjoy all of those details in the way you want to. My husband and I have said a million times since our wedding, hiring Lauren O and her team for our wedding was the best decision we ever made. We are endlessly grateful to her and whole heartedly recommend her and her team.
We hired Lauren from LaurenOEvents a mere three months before our daughter’s wedding on May 13, 2017. The wedding took place in a Catholic church and the reception was held in a tent at our home. We cannot say enough good things about Lauren O and her wonderful team. They were on top of every detail, dealing with every vendor, solving every problem and were just a dream to work with, even responding to special requests a week before the wedding! Thanks to the efficiency of Lauren and her team, we were free to enjoy ourselves thoroughly. The day of the wedding was when her team was there in full force from early in the morning to make sure everything worked perfectly and were there long after the last guest left. We would recommend her and her team to anyone!