Alison Howard Events

Disclaimer: I have not had the opportunity to work with Alison Howard Events, though I did try!
Great photos on website, great reviews. However, no one ever got back to me. I filled out the online form with all my event details, hoping to schedule someone to help plan my wedding. I was frustrated to not hear back.
Funny thing is, I was automatically subscribed to the Alison Howard Events newsletter when I submitted my event information, so I know my information was sent to the company because I get newsletter emails now.
From the pictures, it is evident the company does great work. They just may need to tune up on communication for potential clients.

Alison Howard Events is amazing! We met with Alison in November 2013 via Skype and my husband and I knew instantly this was the wedding coordination team for us. Monica was our assigned as our coordinator. Monica is THE BEST! I genuinely mean that. Monica took an active interest not just in our wedding but in our life as a couple. She was able to answer questions at the wedding for us without asking; that is how well she knew us.
Monica was extremely patient with all my questions :) She put together a binder with all our vendor information and was so prompt in responding. She even got on the phone with me when I was having wedding family drama. She set up vendor meetings and our rehearsal dinner arrangements. She went above and beyond for our rehearsal dinner menus and re-​did the design the restaurant sent. She did not ask to do this, she just did it. And her design was so much more beautiful than what the restaurant provided. She knew I would not like the first draft because she knew me so well. These little details made me an oh-​so-​happy-​bride!!!
Between Monica and Alison, we found vendors all within our budget. We were able to get pretty much exactly what we wanted for the budget we had. When I arrived to the venue on our wedding day, I was floored with how gorgeous everything looked.
Meg assisted Monica the day of and I had met her at a final floral meeting about 6 weeks in advance to our wedding day. Meg is wonderful and helped us with beautiful calligraphy for our wedding. The M&M (Monica and Meg) team is unstoppable.
I cannot recommend this team enough. We went for the full coordination package. It was the best money spent on our wedding… having the crew we did in our corner.
Monica gave my husband and I the best gifts. The first gift was a personalized and hand-​made gift she gave us as wedding present. It is something we will treasure always. It will hang in our home forever.
The second gift was the peace of mind that we had a professional helping us every step of the way. Our wedding day was magical and we have the best memories, thanks to Alison Howard Events!

When my (now) husband and I first got engaged, we immediately knew we wanted a wedding planner to help us with the overwhelming task of planning a wedding. Alison was the first wedding planner we met with and instinctively knew that she was exactly who we were looking for. Her bubbly personality reeled us in! The planning started great: she would send me a list of vendors to chose from, making sure the vendors were within our budget. Every week she would check in, ask if we had any questions, and then refer us to some new vendors. She made the whole process so organized and easy!
We had a little hiccup in that the original venue we chose decided not to be the best fit. I called Alison sobbing explaining that I had a change of heart and she was so reassuring, professional and caring. She handled the situation perfectly and really put me at ease. And within a few days, we had cancelled our other venue and had booked the venue of our dreams! She contacted all of our vendors, explaining the situation, and making sure our new wedding date would allow for all of our vendors to be available. It was a seamless transition from the old to the new! I’m sure there was a lot of work on Alison’s part, but we saw none of it! She handled every little detail.
On the big day, it was a dream! Alison and her team were so on top of putting all of our little details together and creating the perfect wedding for us! Knowing that Alison and her team were taking care of every little unimaginable detail allowed my husband and myself to have the perfect day celebrating our love. Because that’s what a marriage is all about, right? One of my most favorite parts of our wedding was after we were pronounced husband and wife, we turned to walk down the aisle and Alison’s smiling face was the first one I saw at the end of the aisle. She was the first person to congratulate us and it felt like at that moment, she was family!
Alison is a complete blessing in our lives. I am so grateful that she will forever be a part of the most important, special day in our lives.
My family always commented on how not-​stressed I was during the whole planning process, and I always told them it was because Alison was so good at what she does that I never needed to be stressed! Newly engaged couples always ask us what the best piece of wedding advice we could give them is, and we always say the same thing: Hire Alison Howard Events!

Simply amazing! Alison was such a breath of fresh air during one of the most stressful times of our lives! My wife and I loved working with Alison.
From day one of our journey together, Alison was punctual and organized and an absolute joy to work with. She is such a fun and energetic person– it is hard not to have a great time when you are with her.
The planning process was so much easier with Alison on our side. She suggested vendors that she had worked with in the past and then let us choose who we wanted to work with. Once the selection of the vendors was done, Alison took the controls and made sure that our special day went off without a hitch!
Our wedding day is one of the most memorable days in our lives and we owe a large part of that to Alison’s wonderful work! THANKS ALISON!!!

We met Alison at the San Diego Bridal Bazaar, which involves hundreds of vendors, thousands of people, and a torrent of information. In the middle of all this craziness, Alison stood out to us because she genuinely connected with us at her booth and gave us individualized attention. She was one of the few vendors that we really connected with and we were impressed by her personality, professionalism, and relaxed manner.
We initially didn’t really want a wedding planner, and were convinced we could plan the wedding ourselves. While we did a lot of the work, we are so happy that we hired Alison because it simply would have been too much without her. Weddings can be very overwhelming in terms of the amount of work that has to be done and all the small details that have to be worked out. Add on top of that the tendency for conflict with friends and family that get upset when you don’t take their ideas or agree with their suggestions, and things can easily get out of hand.
Luckily, Alison was there to handle so many details that we’ve lost count. She always had helpful suggestions and worked with us to create the perfect wedding. She was there to truly support and help us and often went above and beyond the call of duty. For example, she attended our first meeting with our florist (without us asking) because she knew we didn’t really know what we wanted and hadn’t given it much thought. Throughout the meeting, she made great suggestions, fleshed out the bare-​bones thoughts we had about the floral arrangements, and ensured that we got an amazing arrangement at a very reasonable price. Beyond this meeting, she also attended numerous meetings with the coordinator at our wedding site to ensure no detail went unnoticed or overlooked. Finally, she was very, very good about being a calming and reassuring presence for the bride. She answered all of our questions immediately, and her competence and professionalism were outstanding.
As for the big day, Alison kept everything running smoothly and the wedding came together perfectly. She managed a large bridal party and coordinated the timing of the wedding amazingly. We highly recommend Alison and we were honored to have her be a part of our wedding.

Alison & her team are amazing! They are complete experts from start to finish. Alison was very one-​on-​one and personal with us. We instantly got along and she was so interested in all of the details of our wedding, as well as each member of her team.
Along the way, if we had any questions or decisions to make, her input was extremely valuable to us. She and her team also helped us with many special details that we wanted to add in. It was so easy to express our vision and she executed exactly what we were expecting.
The day of the wedding was totally stress free thanks to Alison & team. They stayed behind the scenes but made sure everything was running smoothly thanks to their preparation.
I’d highly recommend Alison to any of my friends looking for a great planner!
Also: we lived 100 miles away from Alison & our venue, and she was great communicating and we had no problems with the distance.
Thanks Alison & everyone again for a beautiful wedding. It will be a year next week!