Reviews of Elyna Kudish Events (Event Planner)

Oumaya Abbes

Like most couples of 2020-2021, we went through the covid-nightmare. We had already found the venue, DJ, photography pre-covid but we were missing decor, flowers and all the other small things that we didnt know about. Lucky for us Elyna came to our rescue. We didnt take her full package, so we used her on a hourly basis. Elyna was quick to the point, organized and hit ever detail that we were missing. Ever minute we had with her was put to good use. (15 hours total) If it wasnt for her and her team , we wouldnt had an amazing June 2021 wedding. She is very professional, has a great personality and is very passionate about her job, which in our opinion makes her the right person for any weddings or events. We highly recommend her. We will definitely be spreading her good name.

Kaivi Ekue

We hired Elyna to plan our wedding 3200 miles from where we live and with a 5 hour time difference. She was professional, extremely well organised, took the time to understand our vision, used technology to maximse efficiency, made absolutely perfect suggestions and responded to emails so promptly that it seemed like she was in the same time zone as us! But all these things can be learned - what cannot be leaned and left us completely awestruck was her natural creativity. It is a gift and it is overflowing from her. We feel so lucky to have found someone with such professionalism and skill and most of all with such extraordinary creativity. The result was pure magic - everyone had a great time which made it and even more special day for my wife and I. We are still getting compliments over a month after the wedding. Hiring Elyna is the best move you will ever make. Some of our guests asked for her details just in case a wedding comes up! :-) Dear Elyna - thank you, thank you, thank you.

Alex Patreau

We decided end of July 2019 that we wanted to get married before the end of the year. We reached out to, and chatted with, several wedding planners that just didn't click or impress us. We then received a referral from a friend in Montreal who had worked with Elyna in the past. As soon as we met with her, we knew right away that she would get the job done. Elyna's no BS approach was right up our alley. She has tons of amazing vendor contacts and relationships in the Montreal area, and is great for getting a feel for what you want, and then running with it and getting sh*t done. She is super responsive, talks you off the ledge when needed and provides great ideas you never would have thought of. When we felt like our budget was getting a bit blown up, and that we had lost control, she was great for owning where things had gone wrong, and immediately adjusted to get things back on track. Elyna, it was so great working with you! Best of luck with your 2020 wedding season. Jamie & Alex

Miguel Laliberte

I called elyna to see if I could speak with the owner or marketing director to discuss the vision for my upcoming wedding and she rudely hung up on me? I guess she thought I was doing a cold call but in any case why would you want to work with anyone who doesnt want to hear you out... Wont be doing business with her and wouldnt recommend you work with someone who is only after her self interests

Tatiana Lazaro-Lopez

The journey to our wedding day and the success that it was would not have been possible if it wasn’t for Elyna Kudish. Elyna represents the very best in planning and design and no interested couple should overlook her skills and personal engagement in planning their own wedding. Our story with Elyna began a year and half before our wedding date. We interviewed several planners and settled on Elyna because we shared one common perspective: we wanted to have a partnership to our big day. Elyna’s referrals, pictures, and portfolio were all evidence to her skillset but her personal engagement was something we required but were never sure she could deliver. Not only did Elyna deliver, she knocked it out of the park. Elyna’s work was magic. Elyna elicits two character traits that are fundamental to her success. The first is she is a perfectionist. We have found this to be a requirement in wedding planners. Elyna handled not just every detail of the wedding from introducing us to vendors and suppliers, setting up calls, putting forward agendas, following up on contracts, maintaining a budget, negotiating proposals, conducting transactions, and ultimately making sure her team delivered, she did so with a level of detail and project management that put us at ease. As a couple that elicits obsessive qualities, her personality became a disarming agent to the nervousness we had with making sure our day was perfect. Elyna managed our expectations with her consistent push to be perfect – Elyna was perfect. Elyna’s second trait that we came to deeply appreciate is her availability and attentiveness. Elyna went beyond her role interceding in conflict while always providing perspective from her years of experience. There was never a moment when she wasn’t around for us by phone, text, and email. We live in another country and Elyna made herself routinely available for us answering our questions and addressing our unnecessary concerns and anxiety. When we would visit, her weekend was ours. You expect a planner to simply put the right people in the right places at the right time. Elyna did that but she also made sure that whoever we were dealing with worked well together. She assembled the team so that when the big moment came, everyone knew each-others moves. That comes because Elyna put in the time and the effort to make the day happen. Countless hours were spent on her end and many more dealing with us. We were not an afterthought. She was our partner in this journey and her presence at every stage made the difference. When the vows were exchanged, and first dance had, and the cake was cut, we were speechless. The time and effort in the lead-up to our wedding made the experience deeply emotional for us. Our family and friends say it best – that was the best wedding they ever attended. Perhaps though the ultimate testament to Elyna’s success is that we now consider her a dear friend. We will never forget our day and the memories we made. Elyna is an absolute treasure. We offer her our highest recommendation.

Mike Dizgun

We hired Elyna to plan our fall wedding, and we do not have enough good things to say about her. She truly helped make our wedding weekend the best weekend of our lives. She always made herself available to talk, always eased our stresses leading up to the wedding, and really cared about making the wedding exactly how we wanted it. On the actual wedding day, we did not have to deal with 1 vendor, did not have to deal with any hiccups occurring. Elyna made sure the entire weekend was as seamless as possible. Elyna, thank you so much. We don't know how we could have gotten our wedding done without you. Would recommend her to anyone, and will be recommending her to all of our friends.

Maria Z.

My husband found Elyna who reassured him that for a $7000 fee she would fully plan our wedding as we were both very busy professionals from Toronto and only had 6 months to prepare. We were told she would take care of everything, all we had to do was pick colors, materials etc. However, weeks went by without progress, as she continuously pushed us into venues and vendors that were convenient for her and not to the rustic Montreal winter wedding we wanted. We agreed that we would make all the calls to vendors, to churches, musicians and then asked for a rebate. After a month of this we asked for all our money back since we did everything and she refused to credit us back anything. We then fired her. In retrospect we should have taken it to small claims, however it seemed more trouble than it was worth. Elyna kept our $3500 and for the next 5 months we finished planning ourselves and had our dream wedding. Had we made the right choice we could have saved much time, hassle and of course money.

Joy Levine

Elyna - thank you so much again for being such an amazing wedding planner! We are still stunned at the complete awesomeness of every single detail and moment from our wedding! It was beyond perfect, and you are to thank for making the entire process from start to finish easy and stress free, culminating into a seamless, fun, perfect wedding day! No detail was missed, it was even better than we could have imagined! Great job!

Nicole Albert

When we decided to plan a destination wedding in Montreal from Philly we knew it would be impossible to do without help. We found Elyna on Instagram and immediately could tell before even meeting her that her style and vibe matched ours. We didn’t even consider hiring anyone else and it was the best decision we could have made. For the past 14 months Elyna has been my savior. She responds to emails ASAP, no matter the time of day. She helped me with EVERYTHING, down to where to have dinner three days before the wedding. We wanted a very particular, out of the box vibe for our wedding - speakeasy/nightclub/no sit down dinner - and she nailed it. This type of off-formula wedding could easily feel unorganized with the wrong person running the show - Elyna has a well oiled machine that can handle anything. We did not want an MC that announced the transitions of the evening and was not a “wedding DJ” - Zo KILLED it. Our glam squad was incredible, flowers gorgeous and caterer amazing/accommodating. Our guests told us it was the best wedding they’ve ever been to, it reflected US perfectly and hit home on all cylinders (food, drinks, music and ambiance). Thank you Elyna for these memories; it will be weird not corresponding regularly but hopefully our paths cross again !!