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Amanda Douglas Events

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Welcome!

Amanda Douglas Events is an event planning company based in Winnipeg, Canada.

We specialize in creating weddings and events that are distinct and memorable, and are equally as comfortable at unique locations as established venues.

OUR MISSION

We celebrate togetherness.

We believe this experience should be fun — a lot of fun! — and that you deserve to be fully present, with your family and guests, through it all.

Details are our superpower. We believe in clarity, keeping our approach simple and straightforward; surrounding you with our expertise to eliminate any feelings of overwhelm.

We understand weddings and events come with their own weight and pressure. We agree, that sucks. We don’t want you to feel anxious or stressed through any of it.

We are the protectors of your event atmosphere, whatever you want it to be. Your day should be enjoyable to the max and we’ll be there to focus on the unseen elements to create an epic day.

More information

What wedding events do you provide services for?

Ceremony
Reception
Rehearsal dinner

What wedding planning services do you offer?

Budget analysis
Day-of coordination
Event design
Full planning
Guest list creation
Partial planning
Timelines
To-do lists
Vendor referrals

What types of weddings do you accommodate?

Civil
Cultural
Destination
Double weddings
Eco-friendly
Military
Non-religious
Religious

How many planners are on your team?

Our staff include 8 dynamic Planners, Coordinators, and Interns

What is the starting price for day-of wedding coordination?

$2,550

What is the starting price for partial wedding planning?

$3,500

What is the starting price for full wedding planning?

$5,500

Do you offer an hourly rate?

Yes

What is the hourly rate?

$65
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    Samantha L. Married on 07/03/2020
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    Wonderful!

    Amanda was so awesome to work with! She took charge when needed and helped the whole day run smoothly :)

    Amanda Douglas Events's reply:

    It was a joy to get to work with you and be a part of your day! Congrats you guys!! Cheers to amazing adventures, laughter, and lots of married fun. xo
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    Braden F. Married on 08/06/2019
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    Thank you Amanda, Heather, and Danielle!!

    Amanda and her team were very helpful and made sure our day ran smoothly! The decor was set up exactly how we invisioned, and it could not have been more beautiful! They were also available to answer any questions or accomodate any request we had, both before the wedding and on our wedding day. It gave us a lot of peace of mind knowing that they were there on our big day to handle anything that may have come up!

    Amanda Douglas Events's reply:

    You are so totally welcome! We loved getting to take care of everything, all the details and worries, for you :)

    Congrats again you guys!!
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    Courtney T. Married on 18/08/2018
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    Absolutely Amazing

    Amanda Douglas was an absolute pleasure to work with! I would recommend her to anyone getting married!
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    Heather K. Married on 16/06/2018
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    Heather and Rex’s Wedding

    Amanda did an amazing job on our wedding! We had a limited budget and it didn’t scare her away, she was kind, helpful, full of ideas, and helped make our wedding the best it could be. I would highly recommend, because she is the best.

    Amanda Douglas Events's reply:

    Awe, well thank you so much! We loved getting to work with you guys and help bring it all together! xoxo
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    Lori H. Married on 18/06/2022
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    Our experience with Amanda

    We had originally hired Amanda 2 years before our wedding, I was so excited to have Amanda because I had followed her for years on Instagram and for many years I dreamt of having her as our planner… Things definitely seemed better on social medial than in real life. At first when we hired her things were great but as time went on they got worse and worse. Every time we turned around she just wanted more and more money. As we went on with planning our wedding, we told Amanda we didn’t want anything extra and she tricked us into having a flower meeting and charged us an extra percentage on what she was already charging us, we were super upset after we told her we didn’t want anything extra because her bill was getting out of hand. After that we ultimately decided to let her go as our wedding planner and we hired somebody else and thank god we did. Our new planner ultimately saved the day and our wedding was everything we ever dreamed of. Unfortunately I don’t have very many good things to say about Amanda and won’t be recommending her to anybody ever.

    Amanda Douglas Events's reply:

    Hi Lori!
    Surprised to hear from you; I hope you had a wonderful wedding day (you looked lovely in your dress backstage - saw online)! I was thinking about you the other day as your date was approaching :)


    I’m SO happy to hear that you found a Planner that was a better fit for you. After many months working together — and making big progress in your planning — we respected your choice to terminate your contract, however, this review is a surprise.


    Even more so now seeing that you weren’t truthful in your reasonings for termination (image below). We understand that the truth can be hard, but an email directly, instead of half truths online (here) would have been a mature and professional approach. I’m disappointed.


    I’m sad that weeks after your wedding, after a year of not working with us — and Amanda Douglas Events not being a part of your planning or wedding in any way — you have chosen to come back and leave this review.


    To be clear, you were never charged “extra” (see images below). You paid your booking fee, the next payment, and a partial of the third payment (our terms are clear that “payment is for services rendered”. When you cancelled you ended up with a partial payment due at that time, which was explained and agreed upon). I’m happy to email you your invoices again to add to any closure you’re seeking; it can be hard to keep track.


    We did our very best via your contract, Info Package/s, Client Portal, budget review meetings, How-To videos, and all other meetings to explain to you how our process, payment structure and, fees work (images below).


    Additionally, the option to move down to Wedding Management which we both discussed and you were quoted on (instead of the package you booked) was always there, and you opted not to do that.


    Our Full Planning Package is a base merge percentage (contract screenshot below). We let you know that you may go over the base and have a balance (contract screenshot below) and advised you on options: what you could do, not do, not have us do, as we knew that staying close to our base - for budget sake - was very important to you.


    We did our best to explain this to you directly, Lucas directly, and again continued to encourage you to both attend meetings as it was clear things were not being understood between you.



    Again, I’m sorry to see that after a year of not working together — Amanda Douglas Events not being a part of your wedding in any way — you decided to come back and leave this review. Our communication and contracts are both clear and transparent; that’s important to us, and we did that each step of the way for and with you.

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    Wumi G. Married on 02/09/2019
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    Very happy

    Amanda & her team are amazing. With very short notice, they were able to help get things organized for us and get things on track. On the day of the event, they went over and beyond. They knew exactly what I wanted, they augmented the decor and made sure everything went smoothly, we had so much fun! We are so happy and grateful.

    Amanda Douglas Events's reply:

    Awe, I'm so happy to hear you were so pleased! We wanted to make it wonderful, fun, and stressfree for you.

    Congrats to you guys and your future together!

    xoxo
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    Breanna Married on 10/08/2019
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    Amanda is amazing!!!

    We cannot say enough amazing things about Amanda Douglas Events! Amanda was spectacular as our Day-Of Wedding Coordinator, and we feel so fortunate to have had her by our side on the big day.

    Amanda is friendly, professional, knowledgeable and organized, and her attention to detail is absolutely incredible!! Amanda was so helpful during our pre-wedding meetings, and was quick to answer any questions and provide valuable guidance as we planned our Winnipeg wedding from Calgary. When it came to the rehearsal and wedding day coordination, Amanda went above and beyond to ensure things ran smoothly. She also did such a fantastic job setting up our personal decor and coordinating all of our vendors. We have had family and friends repeatedly tell us how blown away they were by Amanda's professionalism and helpfulness throughout every aspect of our rehearsal and wedding day.

    We cannot begin to imagine what we would have done without Amanda, and we will forever be singing her praises!

    Amanda Douglas Events's reply:

    Awe, thank you! It was my pleasure and I LOVED getting to work with you and your family - you have amazing friends and family around you. Cheers to your wonderful future together! xoxo
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    Jynelle L. Married on 02/09/2017
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    We decided to hire Amanda Douglas to plan our wedding because neither of us had a clue about how to plan a wedding, we are terrible at planning, and we weren’t living in Winnipeg. Between her incredible organizational skills, serious knowledge of everything wedding related, helpful planning tools and lovely personality, it was the best decision we could have made!

    Amanda made the entire process fun and took away so much of the stress that comes with wedding planning. Our meetings were always a great balance of planning and fun (lots of laughs and bonding over our mutual love of dogs!). She is super easy to get along with, and it felt like she always had our back as she liaised with all the vendors and took care of all the little details that we would never have thought of. She kept us on track by sending us friendly reminders and to-do lists to get tasks done (much appreciated because we are such procrastinators!). She was available to answer all of our questions along the way (no matter how silly!), listened to all of our ideas and then helped bring them to life.

    On the day of our wedding, having Amanda and Danielle there was completely invaluable - coordinating with all of the vendors, keeping everything on schedule, setting up the venue – they kept everything running smoothly. We were able to just enjoy our day and not worry about a thing. We are so appreciative of all her hard work and honestly can’t imagine what we would have done without her! We absolutely loved working with Amanda!
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    Nadine K. Married on 27/08/2016
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    We worked with Amanda for day of coordination for our wedding at the end of August only a couple weeks ago. Amanda herself was already scheduled for another couple's wedding the same day as ours, so on the actual day we had one of her other coordinators and an assistant, Heather and Danielle.

    The meetings we had with Amanda through the process were a blast! We knew what we wanted out of the day, and her advice & skills kept us on track. And how can you not have fun when there's a visit from Ollie (Amanda's dog) during your meeting?

    The rehearsal and wedding both went off without a hitch. Heather and Danielle were there to get us in gear when we needed it, and handle any issues. Heather also had a chance to bust out her emergency boutonniere skills when my dad's didn't make it to the ceremony.

    Bottom line - if you're thinking of working with Amanda and her team, go for it! One of my bridesmaids commented post ceremony that I was incredibly relaxed while we were getting ready the morning of. I think working with Amanda Douglas Events was a big part of that since I could step out of planning finally and enjoy getting married.
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    Brittine B. Married on 27/08/2016
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    Amanda made everything so easy and relaxed from the moment we even considered getting a wedding planner. She gave us endless advice, and provided her expertise whenever I needed it! She was always pleasant to work with, and brought up ideas I may not have thought of. Best investment a bride-to-be can make!

Meet the team

Jenilee
Jenilee
Event Assistant

Jenilee is a vibrate, fun, happy, caring woman who loves the details, setting up decor, and experiencing unique events.

Danielle
Danielle
Lead Manager & Event Assistant

Danielle has wonderful attention to detail, and loves trying out new foods, new locations, and managing wedding days.

She's a huge animal lover and is fun, vibrant, and eager to get the job done and enjoy an event day.

Amanda  Douglas
Amanda Douglas
Lead Planner / Owner / Designer

Hi! I'm Amanda!

I love event planning, what can I say?

My fav style of wedding would be anything in nature (bonus points if there are dogs there).

If you didn't notice already we specialize in outdoor, backyard, tent, gallery, warehouse weddings; any sort of "build your own" style locations.

We love the dynamic of creating something uniquely yours.

On a personal side: I also LOVE starting a new show, cuddling on the couch with my current hobby (my dogs at my side), travelling with my hubs, chocolate, cupcakes, gardening and growing my own food.

Nice to meet you - we look forward to chatting!

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