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Your Guide to Planning the PERFECT Wedding in New York City in 2024
New York City is the most dynamic and historic place to be when you are planning your wedding. With thousands of possible venues for weddings, incredibly talented photographers, florists, and musicians, the task of planning your dream New York wedding sounds like a daunting task! Let us ease your mind as we break down the most important things to think about when planning your 2024 New York Wedding.
Why Wedding Planning Details Make a Huge Difference
Beauty is in the details and when you are in the process of wedding planning, it is often the small things that make the biggest impact. How can you make your wedding day unique? What wedding details will actually make an impact? Planning weddings in New York City, we...
The Best Off-Season Wedding at New Brooklyn Venue
Welcome to the 2023 wedding season! We were so lucky to start the year off with a bang at the new Brooklyn Winery location. As nerve wracking as it may be to book a venue that is not yet built, trust us when we say magic happens in this industry. About a month prior...
Ten Ways to Kick-Start Your Wedding Planning
Welcome to engagement season! I have been asked so many times “where do I start planning my wedding?”, “I’m so overwhelmed, what do I do first!?”, “I don’t know where to start, we’re just going to elope.”. So, here is a list of 10 things to do to kick-start your...
Top 5 2023 New York City Wedding Trend Predictions
As we approach the new year, let’s not dwell on past trends, but get ahead of new ones! The wedding industry has been turning over trends more rapidly than ever before, and here is what we have been noticing at New York weddings and what you can look forward to for...
Fall Wedding at an Iconic Venue in a New York Park
Picture it- a fall wedding in an iconic New York wedding venue in the heart of Brooklyn's Prospect Park. When the trees finally start to change color, your first thought might be, “Fall is right around thecorner! Halloween, football season, Thanksgiving…” But for...
10 Reasons Why New York City is Best Place to Throw a Wedding From A Top Rated Wedding Planner
Whether you are planning an elaborate destination wedding in the city that never sleeps, or you are a born, raised, and have never left the big apple New Yorker, there is no better place to throw a wedding than New York City. Top Ten Reasons to Get Married in New York...
Beat The Heat: 5 Tips to Stay Cool During Your Summer Wedding
Summer weddings are so fun, but they can quickly match and even exceed the heat outside. Even indoor weddings with air conditioning blasting can quickly get too warm, especially when the dance floor gets moving. Keep your guests – and yourself! (hello wedding dress...
5 Reasons to Have a Weekday Wedding from a New York City Wedding Planner
Have you ever been to a weekday wedding? While many couples choose to throw their wedding on a weekend, there are actually a lot of really good reasons to hold a wedding on a less traditional day. Here are our 5 Reasons to have a weekday wedding from a New York City...
10 reasons why you need a wedding planner!
Whether you just got the ring and haven’t thought of one single detail for your wedding, or you're months in and already picked out flowers, a dress, a caterer and the invites – you may be asking yourself, do I really need a wedding coordinator? Of course, you’re...
6 Tips for Planning A Multicultural Wedding from a Top-Rated NYC Wedding Planner
Multicultural/interfaith weddings can be difficult to navigate. As many of us know, it is impossible to make everyone happy, but oh boy, do we try! So when you weave through the wedding processes that are already difficult, planning a wedding while being cognizant of...
3 Highest Wedding Costs in 2022 for New York City Couples And How To Handle Them
For obvious reasons, the last couple of years have been tough on the wedding industry. In addition to rapid inflation, many vendors and venues are trying to recoup lost income from the pandemic. Whatever your budget was for your 2022/2023 wedding, you may want to...
Cut the Guest List: How New York Couples Can Save Money on Their 2022 Wedding
Weddings Costs in New York The cost of everything has skyrocketed, and weddings are no exception. As the price of goods and services continues to climb, many vendors have been forced to raise their prices. And just like everything else in New York City, weddings are...
The Most Popular and Surprising Wedding Trends for 2022
It has been a bleak couple of years and many couples either postponed their 2020/2021 weddings or opted for a small ceremony with the hope that they could have a large celebration later on. It’s 2022, restrictions are being lifted, and many of us are ready to...
How to Plan A Public Park Wedding
Are you planning to have a wedding in a public park? Who wouldn’t want this. It is cost effective (on the surface), perfect and easy backdrop- win, win, win!
Planning a Covid Wedding and Avoiding Burn Out
Brides are OVER this pandemic and honestly rightfully so! So how do you not burn out during wedding planning, let alone planning a covid wedding?Well I could sit here and tell you to just call us up and bam! No more stress (HA!) but I guess we can share some of our tips and tricks to keep your sanity.
A Covid Wedding Story- Face Masks and Food Trucks!
I love weddings. Whenever I have clients ask me- do you think we can skip the garter? Do we have to have a flower girl? Is it weird if we have a buffet? My answer is always the same- THERE ARE NO RULES!! It is your day- make it what your heart desires.
Why We Love Winter Weddings
Spring summer and fall may have the best weather and sunlight but there is really something truly romantic about a cozy winter wedding. The festive time of year lends very well to a wedding celebration. Fireplaces, warm colors of bold reds and deep greens and blues, strong drinks and sparkly accents- it all lends so well to a festive and luxurious wedding.