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Joy By Joelle is a wedding planning and event designing business based in Edmonton, Alberta.

My name is Joelle, and I'm the gritty entrepreneur, head of the creative shenanigans department, and owner of Joy by Joelle. Around here, we produce bold, meaningful experiences that create a hell of a lot of JOY. We dare to dream big, and we absolutely love flexing our creative muscles. We’ve produced over 100 weddings and events all over Western Canada, and well…we just really love to PARTY. You’ll always catch me ‘thinking outside the box’ in a backward hat (or some kind of hat for that matter!) and in my garage building/working on my latest client project! If there’s one thing I know about myself, it’s that I do things differently. I truly believe I was put on this earth to create, and I consider myself incredibly lucky to do it via our client's weddings and events–the best!! I also believe there is no cap on the amount of joy we can blend into our lives. So my wish for you when you work with me, meet me, or interact with my company is that you find some snippet of JOY!

Take a peek at what services we offer!

Full Coordination:
This is the real deal and, of course, our all-time favourite service! Our Full Coordination is where we get to work 1:1 with our couples to curate something SOO incredibly special with them. Our Full Coordination service fuses event design and the craft of logistical planning, which results in one hell of a memorable day for our couples and their friends + family. In True Joy by Joelle Lingo: we’re the “baileys to their coffee”--it’s just not the same without us! LOL, But in all seriousness, it’s really about creating as stress-free of an experience as possible for our couples. This is for couples who don't have the time and energy to plan out every aspect of the day, want to fully enjoy the experience of being engaged, and want their wedding day beautifully curated by our team. For our Full Coordination couples, we create a full-out visual design deck of their wedding day, we bring on vendors that fit both the couple's personalities as well as the creative direction their wedding is taking and we become their biggest support system throughout the entire process. Our focus becomes keeping every detail organized and handled from beginning to end. Once the wedding day comes around, it’s where we get to do what we do best: execute all the plans we've created like rockstars, buffer for any hiccups that come up, and keep an eye on the flow of the day so that it all feels like an absolute dream.

VIP Wedding Day Management:
Our VIP Wedding Day Management service was created by couples just like you! For them, the Wedding Day Management service wasn't quite enough as they wanted to be able to bounce ideas off of us and work through different aspects of their big day together. So we decided to add VIP time in! With this service, you'll receive everything involved in our Wedding Day Management service plus the 5 hours of VIP time for you to do whatever you like! We can chat about any questions or areas of uncertainty that you may have, we can do a site visit to your ceremony and/or reception venue, build out your wedding day timeline that all your vendors are asking you questions about, do up a decor + design concept and pick out your colour palette together. Whatever you want to work through is what we're game for!

Wedding Day Management:
This service is like that perfect maraschino cherry on a Sundae—“the cherry on top." The Wedding Day Management service is for couples who take on the leg work of planning the wedding themselves but need someone like us to be the eye for all the details on the big day, ensuring everything runs as planned! With this service, we'll get in touch with you one month before your wedding day when you hand over the reins to us, we will roll through everything you've planned thus far, look for things you may have missed, and ensure everything is in order so that you can sit back n' RELAX! In short, we’re going to create a wildly detailed wedding day timeline + reception floorplan for you, touch base and confirm all the details with each of your wedding vendors, help set up your personal decor on the day of, and then go about producing your wedding day! Of all people, we know how much goes on for the bride and groom on a personal level going into the month before the wedding. Our goal is to allow you to be as present as possible with all the moments leading up to your wedding day, leaving the rest for our team to handle.

To see more of our services, contact us today.

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Frequently asked questions

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?

2

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

$3,000

What is the starting price for partial wedding planning?

$3,800

What is the starting price for full wedding planning?

$11,200

Do you offer an hourly rate?

Yes

What is the hourly rate?

$175

Reviews for Joy By Joelle

Lindsay
Lindsay Sent on 03/07/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Do yourself a favor - HIRE. JOELLE.

I’m a hardcore planner, love throwing parties, live for the details, but when it came to contracts, logistics, and the pressure of pulling everything together, I was completely out of my element. Joelle and her team? Straight-up magic.

Joelle isn’t just a planner. She’s a powerhouse. She makes you feel like your wildly capable, tell-it-like-it-is best friend is planning your wedding, if your best friend also happened to be ridiculously creative, ultra-organized, and could handle anything with total grace and style. She’s bold. She’s honest. She’s fun. She listens, she gets it, and she delivers. I felt heard, I felt calm, and I felt like someone genuinely had my back. That kind of support is priceless.

And her team? Just as phenomenal. Joelle couldn’t be there on the day, but we had Chelsi, and WOW. She stepped in and absolutely crushed it. She brought the same level of professionalism, warmth, and control that made us feel completely at ease. Our wedding day flowed effortlessly, and that’s because Chelsi ran the show like a total pro.

Joelle built a team that reflects everything she stands for: excellence, heart, and a whole lot of badass energy. Our wedding was the best night of our lives, and this crew was a huge part of that. I truly can’t recommend them enough.
Keaton
Keaton Sent on 30/10/2024
5 out of 5 rating

The Wedding Wizard, Joelle!!!

We booked Joelle’s full coordination package, and we are so happy we did. We can't recommend Joelle (and her team) enough! From our first meeting to the final farewell on our wedding day, Joelle literally blew our expectations out of the water. Her easy going and bubbly personality made every meeting seem almost too easy and we always felt very comfortable asking or discussing anything wedding related with her. She is very personable, making it easy to connect on both a professional and personal level. Joelle brought our simple vision to life in ways we couldn’t have even imagined making our venue look absolutely stunning.

Her organizational skills and creativity are remarkable, our day ran so smooth it was almost too good to be true. Seriously, she planned every detail perfectly that not a single thing went wrong the day of the wedding. Having Joelle made our wedding week so easy and stress-free we could not imagine doing it without her.

Joelle allowed our day to run seamlessly and most importantly helped us throw the best party our family and friends have ever been to. Our day was perfect and we owe it all to her. If you are contemplating hiring Joelle and her team just do it, you will not regret it!!

Briana & Keaton Pietersma
Nicole
Nicole Sent on 02/01/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Dream Wedding Day Come to Life!

We purchased the VIP Wedding Day Management with Joelle Tripp and I cannot speak more highly of our experience with her. There are some things we knew we could take on ourselves, but there are other things (like an event floorplan) that it's best to have a professional weigh in on. She made sure our vision came to life in the thoughtful and beautiful way, and she took care of all of the details on the day-of that I promise you don't want to be thinking about on your wedding day. We thoroughly loved working with Joelle and we couldn't have done it without her.
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Kim N. Sent on 01/09/2022
5 out of 5 rating

10/10 Stars! Hire this miracle worker.

Where do I even begin...if you're on the fence about hiring a wedding planner or day of coordinator, I would not hesitate and tell you to DO IT asap! There are so many moving parts and factors to a wedding that couples do not realize until they start planning their own wedding. We would 100% recommend Joelle and her team over and over again as they made our wedding day a dream come true. It was truly a fairytale day and we felt very relaxed and stress free from the moment Joelle took over. All of our friends and family even complimented on how smoothly and organized the day felt. We ended up picking the day of management which includes a meet and greet, 2 meetings with Joelle, and the team taking over your wedding 4 weeks out. They took care of every little detail from scheduling to layout (which who knows what our wedding would of looked like had Joelle not taken over; not great flow I can tell you that much!), to dealing with all the vendors which is a task in and of itself. Joelle's humor, gung-ho personality, and get it done attitude is the icing on the cake and puts you at complete ease. We had so many laughs with her and wished we could do our wedding day over and over again. She even sewed on one of the groomsmen jacket buttons when it fell off! (Talk about a jack of all trades lol). We cannot recommend Joelle enough and you will not regret hiring her and her team as they will stop at nothing to create your dream day! Joelle, thank you for calming us, putting our vision to life, and for guiding us along this crazy journey.
Jill
Jill Sent on 17/10/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Absolutely incredible!

Joelle is PURE MAGIC!

On the fence of hiring a wedding planner? Don’t think, just book Joelle! Seriously, our wedding day would not have been the same and Joelle LITERALLY saved the day.

I’ve known Joelle from also being in the wedding industry and as soon as we started planning our wedding, I knew I had to have Joelle as our planner. Not only is her personality and energy so much fun and contagious, but her dedication also to making your day the absolute best is OFF THE CHARTS!

We postponed our wedding from 2021 to 2022 and the transition was so easy with her. From the initial conversation, I knew we were in good hands.

I had a long piece of peach (my fav colour) fabric that I’ve had for years and knew I wanted to use it somehow. I completely trusted Joelle with her creativity and she used it on our arch to create the most beautiful backdrop for our ceremony. We were blown away. Then, she magically transformed our archway flowers to be on our head table and it was so INCREDIBLE!

Joelle really went above & beyond. When our bartenders really fell short, Joelle stepped in and saved the day. She was ready to bartend and take over to compensate for their lack of professionalism. This is what Joelle does. She really cares and will help with whatever she can.

Joelle & her team have an unwavering passion for their work and I wish we could have another wedding, just so we could hire her all over again.

Brandon & I thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We admire you and your talents so much. Words can’t express how grateful we are.

We will recommend Joy by Joelle over and over again. She’s amazing, her team is amazing. BOOK THEM!

*All photos by Janine Deanna Photography
Kendall
Kendall Sent on 04/08/2022
5 out of 5 rating

She’s amazing

Joelle is really excellent to work with. We got her day of package and setup/take down service; but we were still in contact with her the entire time. Joelle gives you access to this great wedding planning software, which is really helpful. She also gives you recommendations to other vendors and is always available for questions. She’s very fun to work with and you can also trust her to take care of your big day. It was really nice on the day to have someone to run our event so we could just have fun. Joelle has different packages that can work for everyone. She also make wedding planning fun and less stressful. Would highly recommend.
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Jocelyn Sent on 13/01/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Incredible Human, Brilliant Wedding/Event Planner

When we started to plan our wedding I thought, “I am a project manager. I plan every single day. I’ve got this no problem!” And boy was I wrong! I started scrolling Pinterest and Instagram, talking with bridesmaids and parents and realized that this wedding was going to be unlike anything I had ever planned because there are so many emotions and expectations that we weren’t anticipating and stress from not having an actual clue how to pull it all together let alone within a reasonable budget. Thankfully, I was already a long-time follower of Joelle and have seen some of the beautiful weddings she’s put together so gave her a call for a Joy Date.

Let me tell you - this woman can work miracles! After listening to my ideas and getting an idea where we were at, she went to work figuring out our extralarge floorplan, gave me unique, Instagram-worthy décor ideas that will fit into our tight budget, problem solved some logistical issues, but more importantly, had us looking forward to our wedding day again. Her knowledge and experience in the industry was tremendously helpful. She rattled off answers to questions in minutes that I’d been stewing over for months. She gave us tips we never would have considered and solved problems before we even knew we had them. Her fun-loving personality and laid-back attitude had me feeling so much more relaxed and confident that it was all going to work out. I couldn’t recommend Joelle more if you’re planning a wedding or event!
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Liz J. Sent on 29/01/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Best investment ever!

Where do I start? We started planning our wedding back in September 2019 (2+ years prior to our actual wedding date) just before the pandemic hit. We hired our photographer, venue and catering company. I had been following Joelle (formerly Hitched by Joelle) for a while, thinking I could never afford a wedding planner (also how boujee of me to think I needed one when none of my friends did). We hit quite a few roadblocks with our venue which left me frustrated and lost. I convinced not only myself, but also my now husband to “just have a meeting” with Joelle. Well she quite literally swept us off our feet. It took one zoom meeting and one Starbucks coffee date and we were sold. We went with the VIP Wedding Day Management package and it was the best decision we ever made! Joelle helped us navigate the rollercoaster that is planning a wedding during a pandemic. Planning and creative vision was still in our control with the comfort of knowing we had our safety net of Joelle should we need her advice or expertise. Then as the month before our wedding crept closer and closer, we started to hand over the reigns and that is when the real magic of Joelle and her team takes over. Joelle and her team become your vendors’ point of contact, the keeper of your schedule and contracts and your overall best friend. Anything we needed answered or taken care of, it was a quick message to the team and consider it done. If there were any hiccups on the day of, we certainly did not know of it. Our venue reveal was nothing short of perfection, she took our vision and ran with it! Working with her makes you feel like you’re planning your wedding with your lifelong bestie. Her attention to detail, professionalism and enthusiasm for your ‘perfect’ day are just some of her amazing qualities; but maybe my favourite is her endless compassion for her stressed out pandemic brides.
Tayla
Tayla Sent on 21/01/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Hire This Girl. Have No Regrets.

Joelle Tripp. What word can we use to describe our life once Joelle found her way into it? BOMB-FRIGGIN-TASTIC.
We initially met with Joelle after joining up for her Bad Ass Brides membership, but it was far before that when I fell in love with this radiant lover of life and all things wedding.
Every time we worked with Joelle, whether it was through the Bad Ass Brides group, our consult, our first “Hitched Hangout” as it was formerly called, or our actual full on wedding planning, we felt completely at ease with how our big day would all come together.
Myself, I’m a planner. I organize bitchin’ parties and events socially and at my job, so I know what I like. That, coupled with the fact that my future husband is a chef, we had pretty high standards. But I also wanted to just sit back and enjoy the ride, so we handed complete creative control over to Joelle and her kick-ass team. Was I a little scared to just hand it all over? Uh, friggin’ yes. But let me tell you how absolutely AMAZING that all turned out to be for us.
Stress? What stress? I was drinking White Claws and smokin’ Prime Times with my girls all week before the wedding, with absolutely not a care in the world because Joelle and Katelyn were absolute frigging rock stars. From the second they arrived, everyone was in love with these cool wedding planner cats!
To be honest, when people asked me before the wedding what our décor was going to look like, all I could do really was shrug and brag about how I kept 80 cacti alive for 2 months. I had no idea what they were going to be for or what else was going to be going on top of or beside anything, but Joelle had this vision created, which I just let her run with, and she ABSOLUTELY FUCKING NAILED it.
Did she create a cigar lounge? Yup. Did she help plant two 8 foot cacti in my mothers yard? Sure did. Did she touch base with every single vendor and build them a timeline? Yes she did my dudes. Did she pickup leaves and branches in 100km/h winds, and turn on the song that makes my husband cry like a baby for our first look, and bring me jello shots and build the absolute best wedding ever in history? Fuck yes she did.
Joelle is a rockstar. She’s elbow grease and a paralyzer gettin’ shit done, and made for quite literally, the most memorable wedding our little town maybe has ever seen. “You’ve set a new standard for weddings in this town,” said one guest. “I don’t know what you paid her, but we would have paid her double,” said my dad. Have it be known, that I think if given the chance, my parents would trade me straight across for Joelle. They love her that much now.
Hopefully the photos do all of this some justice, because this girl and her fabulous team, put every ounce of their souls into our day to make sure that every ounce of our souls were in complete bliss.
Thank you, Joelle. Thank you for the time you put in and the thousands of texts and Voxxer messages you replied to at all hours, and the random video calls. And most importantly, thank you for letting our wedding day just be the best day we could have ever imagined, and complete perfection.

And whether she likes it or not, Joelle has to now stay friends with me forever because she's that awesome.
M
Mikasa Sent on 06/01/2022
5 out of 5 rating

VIP wedding day management

Joelle and her team (Katelyn and Anna) were nothing short of incredible for our wedding reception.

We booked Joelle’s VIP wedding day management and started consulting with her approximately 10 months before our big day. Joelle was very friendly, engaging and excited from the get go to be involved in helping us plan our dream wedding.

We had multiple meetings over Zoom and she even met me at Special Event Rentals to help coordinate a colour scheme and fine tune some of the ideas I wasn’t sure about. She was amazing in all that she did for us leading up to our reception, but I was the most impressed and thankful for all her team did in the week leading up to our day.

The ladies couldn’t have done more for us, whether it was doing the entire set-up of our tented wedding for 180 people, picking up and dropping off necessary things we needed (even when it wasn’t what we hired them to do) and coordinating everything on the day of to a “T”.

She is so talented at what she does and she takes all of the stress out of planning your most important day. There are so many great things I could continue to write about Joelle but will leave with this: if you want someone to take your stress away and do a perfect job in planning/coordinating/setting-up a wedding, I would recommend Joelle in a heartbeat. She is truly one of a kind and a badass bitch!🥰👏
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