Megan was truly our wedding fairy godmother – my #1 tip to all friends who are getting married is to have a wedding planner, and for that wedding planner to be Megan. Most people describe wedding planning as a stressful activity, but I never found that to be the case because she took care of everything. She made decision making easy and straight forward, and kept us on track with both timeline and budget. The few small (inevitable) issues that crept up on the day of the wedding, I only found out about after the fact. She planned my wedding with the same care and attention to detail that I imagine she would pay to her own.
Thanks to COVID, Megan ended up essentially planning our wedding twice. She stayed on top of the ever-changing government regulations leading up to our event and helped us ensure our guests remained healthy and everyone felt comfortable. She also didn’t charge us anything extra even though I’m sure she ended up working way more hours than she would have if we had been able to stay with our ‘Plan A’ event.
That brings me to her rates – they are extremely fair. Any discounts she gets from vendors (in our case this included our DJ, florist, and rentals) she passed on to us. She is active in the Calgary Weddings community and has relationships with a ton of vendors. This allowed her to recommend companies that were pleasant to work with but also reasonably priced and that matched our vision for the event.
I could go on but I think you get the idea. I don’t plan on getting married again but am hoping that Megan will venture outside of weddings to help us throw whatever our next event is – probably an anniversary celebration with all our friends and family once the pandemic is over.
Photos are by Kendal + Kevin Photography.