Reviews for Amanda Douglas Events
Reviews
4.8 out of 5 rating
4.8 out of 5 rating
17 reviews
97% recommend it
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Michelle Sent on 13/08/2023Peace of Mind
Th biggest thing my husband and I were looking for in our wedding planner was peace of mind. Neither of us knew anything about planning a wedding nor did we have the time/patience to chase down vendors. After interviewing a few planners, we settled on Amanda a she was so organized and had the best energy!
Throughout the planning process, Amanda was there for us every step of the way to answer question, check in, calm fears, give gold stars ;), just anything we needed.
When the day of came, she was on top of everything and we didn't have to worry about a single thing! it was exactly what we wanted and she helped us realize our dream wedding. -
Lori H. Sent on 04/07/2022
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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Samantha L. Sent on 22/04/2020Wonderful!
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. Sent on 15/06/2019Thank 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. Sent on 11/02/2019Absolutely Amazing
Amanda Douglas was an absolute pleasure to work with! I would recommend her to anyone getting married! -
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Heather K. Sent on 13/07/2018Heather 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 -
[Anonymous] Sent on 21/09/2013We got married on Sept 7th, 2013 and hired Lace and Lavender for day of coordination and to be our commissioner. I was a little unsure about hiring a planner as the planning part seemed to me like the part that makes getting married fun. All I can say now is I am SOOOO happy Amanda was part of our day and that we ended up hiring her. She ensured everything went 100% smoothly and that I was happy! My friends and family are still talking about how helpful she was! Amanda aimed to please and that is exactly what she did at our wedding! We could not have had such a great wedding with out her!Amanda Douglas Events's reply:
Ow! You're so sweet!! Well it was nothing but my pleasure to get to be a part of your guys' day!! You were so much fun, and I loved every minute of being there and supporting you guys through your day!
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