Planners
This Santa Cruz and Bay Area partial planning wedding planner package, sometimes described as month-of planning, is for couples who have done part of the work, usually the venue and a few key vendors, and want a senior wedding planner to step in for the design polish, the remaining vendor bookings, and the full production wrap of the final month so the day actually lands the way you imagined it.
What's Included
- Budget management and review against the original plan
- Vendor outreach and guidance for any remaining bookings (rentals, florals, lighting)
- Two design consultations covering color story, rentals, florals, and beyond
- Attendance at up to four vendor meetings in person or by call
- Master production timeline and venue floor plan creation
- Rehearsal coordination the day or evening before the wedding
- Day-of event management with the lead planner and on-site team
- Vendor confirmations and a final-week walk-through with each contractor
Who This Package Is For
Choose the partial planning package if you have booked the venue and started on vendors but want a wedding planner involved in real design decisions, not just day-of coordination. Common patterns include couples who locked the venue early, hired the photographer they already loved, and now need a planner for the florals, rentals, paper, and timeline. It is also a strong fit when one partner is doing most of the planning and wants a professional second pair of eyes on the back half. The starting price for package's flat price is published in the pricing section above.
About Us
This is owner-run event planning, which means the same senior planner you meet at the first call is the one writing your timeline, sitting in your vendor meetings, walking your venue, and pacing the rehearsal the night before. There is no account hand-off, no junior coordinator taking over after the deposit, and no template plan you wedge your event into. Every package is shaped to the actual event, the actual venue, and the actual guest list, with a small, in-house team that knows the file end to end. Whether the engagement is a wedding planner role for a couple in the Bay Area or an event planner role for a corporate or milestone host, the structure is the same: senior planner ownership, transparent wedding planner cost up front, and a written plan you can hold the team to.
Approach
The process starts with a complimentary discovery call to confirm fit and walk through the package most suited to the scope of your event. Once you book, you get a structured plan with milestone checkpoints, a shared timeline, a vendor short-list tailored to your budget and aesthetic, and direct access to the senior planner for questions between meetings. As the date approaches, the team builds the master production timeline, runs the rehearsal, and steps in as the on-the-ground point of contact so you, your family, and your wedding party do not have to manage a single vendor question on the day itself.
Credentials and Trust
The planning practice is consistently five-star rated across every public review channel, with more than one hundred verified guest reviews and three years of industry award wins recognizing client experience. Couples and event hosts describe the team in the same words across multiple years of feedback: organized, attentive to every detail, calm under pressure, and able to take a vision that lives in your head and turn it into a real day that runs on time. The team operates from the central California coast and travels for destination events.
Travel and Logistics
Local coverage spans Santa Cruz County, the greater Bay Area, the Monterey Peninsula, and the wine country corridor north and east of San Francisco. The team also runs a Mississippi side of the practice serving Jackson, the surrounding counties, and the East Coast, which is useful if you have family on both sides of the country or are bringing a destination event to a venue away from home. Destination events outside these regions are taken case by case; travel and per-diem are quoted transparently in the proposal.
Booking and Add-Ons
This partial planning (month-of) package is priced at a flat rate published in the pricing section above, and is most often booked anywhere from three months to fifteen months ahead of the event date, depending on the package. A signed planning agreement and a deposit reserve your date on the calendar; the balance is split into transparent milestone payments through the planning timeline. Custom add-ons such as additional design consultations, extra rehearsal time, or additional staff for very large guest counts are quoted in writing before any work is added. Pricing is consistent regardless of channel: the same package priced anywhere is priced the same here.
