Reviews of Keepsake Events (Event Planner)

G Thi

Agnes was my main coordinator and she was so amazing! I highly recommend her and Keepsake Events if anyone is looking for a planner or coordinator. Agnes provided me with so many helpful tips before the wedding and made me realize there should be a third party that should go over your schedule. For example, when your makeup ends at 8:00am, you can’t just magically arrive at your venue also at 8:00am. Agnes also made sure that we were both fed and relaxed on the day of the wedding. My favorite part of the day was her ordering us coffee because the restaurant didn’t have any :) . Thanks to Agnes and Keepsake events for making our wedding such an unforgettable day!

Victoria D

Keepsake Events went way beyond our expectations to make our wedding so much fun and stress free! We met with a couple wedding planners and coordinators before picking Melanie. She was so responsive and easy to coordinate with and seemed super organized. Once the planning started this didn't change at all. She was really easy to get a hold of by email and phone, and was able to keep us on track leading up to the wedding. Before working with Melanie, we were pretty scattered with our wedding planning - we had our venue and some vendors booked but didn't have a clear idea of what we wanted our wedding to be like. We weren't able to give Melanie a lot of direction, but what she did with our little nuggets of ideas was amazing. The biggest thing for us was how, as the wedding neared, we as the couple had less and less to do. Once Melanie had enough information from us, she was able to just work behind the scenes and get everything arranged without adding any stress to us. Our wedding went so smoothly - the Keepsake team set up our decor so beautifully, and coordinated with everyone involved so that we were able to just enjoy our day. It definitely wouldn't have been possible for us to have so much fun at our wedding without Melanie's help.

Christine Storey

Mel and Keepsake Events did an amazing job organizing our event! Her organization and attention to detail exceeded expectations. The flower arrangements were very stylish. The menu and quality of food was excellent! Also, Mel is very personable and fun to work with. I highly recommend Keepsake Events! Thank you!

Jeffrey L

The thought of planning a wedding all by ourselves was daunting. Our wedding wouldn't have happened without Mel at Keepsake Events. She was flexible and creative with accommodating last minute changes in the context of ever-changing pandemic regulations. Most importantly, she kept us excited about our wedding and involved us with as little or as much as we wanted. She was also extremely organized and responsive to any questions we had. Mel also considered all the details and thoughtful touches for our wedding day. The day of our wedding was smooth and worry-free thanks to her organization and coordination of venue set-up and scheduling of events. All we had to do was show up!

Ou Ma

I have worked with Melanie from Keepsake Event multiple times for photoshoots over the past two years. She is one of the most professional wedding/event planners in Vancouver I've ever met. She has excellent taste with attention to all details. She planned everything with a strong and focused purpose and curated the best-suited vendors for them. The end results came beyond expected, which were featured in top-notch wedding magazines such as the cover of Rocky Mountain Bride and worldwide famous sites like Anti Bride. She is also highly organized with great communication skills. She always made sure to send the mood board, vendor list, timeline, and all information related prior to the event. She made sure everyone followed the COVID protocol during the pandemic. She is also a very sweet person that always brings coffee and snacks for everyone, as well as provides lunch for vendors. I love being taken care of by such a wonderful planner like Melanie and I am sure other vendors feel the same way, as well as real brides. If you are a bride looking for a tasteful and sophisticated wedding, look no further than Mel!

Jeremy W

Amazing experience having our wedding taken care of by Agnes! She was quick on her feet for last minute changes like flipping the ceremony venue to reception due to the rain. Took a lot of stress off our shoulders!

Jacki Lung

It was a pleasure working with Mel! As a couple who really had no idea what to do and when to do anything during the planning process, Mel was very patient and knowledgable. She was very personal and professional, and also took the time to explain the pros and cons to many options. She provided us with great options and advice with every venue, vendor, add-ons, and/or decoration that we were looking at. Throughout the planning process, she was very responsive and detailed. On our wedding day, Mel and her assistant were a dream team. They ran the entire show and I still have no idea whether anything even went 'wrong' at the wedding! She was very responsive and attentive to all the small details and made sure everyone was where they were supposed to be. Mel also worked well with the vendors as well and communicated clearly as to what we were looking for We wouldn't have been able to have such an awesome time at my wedding without Mel, so I am eternally grateful!

Christina C.

Mel was our day of coordinator and we truly could not have been in better hands. She is super efficient, organized, and has the most gentle and calming demeanor. We had our elopement and honeymoon in Hawaii before our Vancouver reception and probably wouldn’t have enjoyed our time on the island as much if we didn’t have Mel coordinating the last minute details in Vancouver. Many of our guests commented on how relaxed and happy we looked at the reception and we credit much of that to Mel’s support.

S L

Thank you Melanie for helping a clueless bride and groom. We were so relieved to have you coordinate from the beginning of the wedding planning process, right to the last minute on the dance floor. Your communication was always positive, calm, and prompt. Knowing that planning was completely overwhelming for both of us, you took the reigns from the start by contacting various venues for us, after understanding our personalities. Thank you for taking us on a shortlisted tour and for finding a ceremony and reception venue that we absolutely loved and suited our needs. You were instrumental in finding and liaising with our vendors. Organizing the hotel room blocks with my extended family was no easy task! We really appreciated your weekly to-do lists that kept us on track two months before the wedding (you are the master of colour-coded spreadsheets). You guided us on etiquette and thought of questions we did not even think of. Thank you for being there for us every step of the way, from giving us your opinion on invitation layouts to completely taking over the day before the wedding when a certain bride was too hungover to function. The wedding day was organized, flowed well, and most importantly, fun! Best part of all? Not one complaint afterwards from the picky mother-of-the-bride! A feat in itself. Thank you Melanie and Keepsake events for an unforgettable day.

Kate Lee

There aren't possibly enough words to describe how great Keepsake Events was! Melanie guided me through the whole wedding process with patience and utmost professionalism. She was on top of every details, extremely organized, professional and very easy to work with. Being a highly meticulous bride, I had countless long emails sent to her and each time, she had an answer to every question, a solution for every problem, suggestions to my idea and a quick response to every email. I really felt comfortable and confident that everything will go well and believed that I was in very capable hands. She is so creative and is full of ideas: she was able to incorporate all the programs that I wanted to include into our wedding day schedule. She took care of absolutely everything and I got the wedding of my dreams with all the details being perfect! I can see her passion and she will go above and beyond to create your perfect dream wedding. We truly cannot compliment Melanie enough as she made our wedding a beautiful and stress-free day for us. The planning could not have been the same enjoyable experience without her. Thank you!