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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Yes! While we lean on each other for experience, advice and guidance with all of our clients, the planner you hire is all yours. Each package includes a planner and an assistant but additional assistants are required for a guest count over 150.

  • As a company, we average 60 - 80 events per year. Each planner is full-time and has made this their career. We all intentionally book a combination of all three planning packages throughout the year to ensure we don’t spread ourselves too thin.

  • We advise our clients to be prepared to invest between $400 and $500 per guest to achieve the style and scale of the events you see featured on our portfolio and Instagram. There are always exceptions based on venue, guest count, etc. but, in general, most of our clients have at least a $50,000 budget. Most of our weddings featured on our blog and Instagram are $75,000 to $125,000 events.

  • Absolutely. We have members on our team that identify as queer and we welcome and support love of all kinds. Progressive values are engrained in our belief systems and we also ensure the wedding vendors we recommend serve as allies by our side.

  • We offer a pre-hire consultation to get to know each other, either in-person or virtual. Once you are ready to commit, we’ll send you an electronic contract to review and sign. We require 50% down to book and the second 50% is due 60 days before the wedding. We accept electronic payments, cash, or checks. We can also create a more flexible payment plan for you if that helps.

  • No, it doesn’t. Some of our industry peers charge a flat rate plus a percentage of what the total wedding budget ends up being as the event approaches. We prefer to use our years of experience to anticipate how much you’ll spend, how many vendors you’ll hire and how much work we’ll need to dedicate to curate your event and charge that up front with transparent, predictable pricing. Once the contract is signed, the fee is the fee and we are all yours.

  • Short answer is yes. Venue coordinators are valuable assets to your planning process, no doubt about it. They know the venue like the back of their hands and can help our team ensure your wedding day is seamless. But their job is to represent and protect the venue, not you. Venue coordinators care deeply for each of their clients, but they are employees of the venue, not directly contracted by you. They can leave at anytime to pursue other jobs and you are at the mercy of whomever replaces them. Or if you have an issue with the venue owner and/or their rules, the venue coordinator is at the mercy of their employer, not you. Even on the wedding day, they typically aren’t there the whole day.

    Especially as we navigated covid restrictions and shut downs in 2020/21, our clients faced countless issues with venues as we rescheduled dates, downsized guest lists and, at times, changed venues completely. Having an advocate like a wedding planner that is contracted to help you is key to the success of your event, no matter where it ends up being.

    We work alongside the venue coordinator to ensure we are using the space in the best ways, create a floor plan and timeline that makes sense for the myriad of vendors and ensure your entire wedding weekend goes smoothly. We are by your side to handle the mental and emotional challenges of wedding planning, setting a total budget for all of your vendors, and guiding you through design + style decisions.

  • We are always excited to explore new places and we’ve handled quite a few weddings on private properties, but here is a selection of venues we’ve worked at;

    1000 Westover

    Amber Grove

    Ashton Creek Vineyards

    Barboursville Winery

    Barn at Turkey Ridge

    Barns of Kanak

    Barns of Timber Creek

    Berkeley Plantation

    Birkby House

    Blenheim Vineyards

    Blue Toad Cidery

    Boathouse at Rockett's Landing

    Bolling Haxall House

    Boxwood Villa

    Branch Museum

    Burlington Events

    Castle Hill Cider

    Commonwealth Club

    Common House

    Copper Hall

    Dominion Club

    Dover Hall

    Early Mountain Vineyards

    the Estate at River Run

    Fairview Farms

    the Foundry

    Gallery 5

    Great Marsh Estate

    Hermitage Country Club

    Hermitage Gardens

    Historic Tuckahoe

    Hofheimer Building

    Jefferson Hotel

    John Marshall Ballrooms

    Julep's

    Keswick Hall

    King Family Vineyards

    Kingsmill Resort

    Libby Hill Park

    Linden Row Inn

    Longview Art Gallery

    Lydia Mountain Lodge

    Main Street Station (head house + shed)

    Mankin Mansion

    Market at Grelen

    Maymont

    Melrose Caverns

    Mill at Fine Creek

    Montfair Resort Farm

    Moss Vineyards

    Pharsalia

    Pippin Hill

    Plant Zero

    Poe Museum

    Portsmouth Women's Club

    Private Residences

    Quirk Hotel Richmond + Charlottesville

    Running Mare

    Science Museum

    Seven Springs

    Studio Two Three

    the Lodge at Mount Ida

    the Valentine Museum

    The Virginia House

    Tides Inn

    Tredegar Iron Works

    Triple Crossing Brewing

    Turf Valley Resort

    Upper Shirley Vineyards

    Urban Roost

    UVA Inn at Darden

    Veritas Vineyards

    Virginia House

    VMFA

    Westover Plantation

    Wintergreen Resort

    Wool Factory

    Woodlawn & Frank Lloyd Wright’s Pope-Leighey House