In Focus Events

Lauren was the coordinator of a wedding that my business partner and I photographed back in November of this year, and we absolutely adored working with her! She’s organized, professional, an excellent communicator, and put her heart into everything she did. We knew instantly that she’s the kind of wedding professional who goes above and beyond what is expected, not to mention, her staff was also super friendly and helpful with anything we needed! So if you’re looking for a great coordinator, look no further — because her name is Lauren Flores! :)
— Emily Birkeland of Dahlia & Finch Photography

When it comes to making dreams come true, InFocus Events not only created my style wedding beautifully but designed the day in a way I myself couldn’t imagine it to be! They made our day stress-​free, magical and at the price range we wanted! Lauren went above and beyond searching and finding the perfect details to make this day our very own! I would highly recommend her talented skills to anyone needing a company to host their special event! Wonderful job!

We hired In Focus Events to act as our day of coordinator for our small wedding in May. I knew from our first meeting with Lauren that we made an excellent choice. She is very organized and has lots of experience and wedding/​event knowledge.
We had a minor crisis a few days before the wedding when the 12 dozen shortbread cookie favors that we baked and shipped from our home in Texas arrived in crumbs. Lauren was quick to help with suggesting alternative favors and bakeries that could help, even offering to help bake some herself.
My husband and I only have the happiest memories of our wedding day, and I know that we couldn’t have done it without In Focus Events. They were worth far more than their (very reasonable) fee. Thank you Lauren!

Lauren is a highly dedicated and hard-​working wedding planner and she bent over backwards to help with preparations for my wedding in Southern California while I lived halfway across the country in Chicago, Illinois. My wedding was more challenging in that the church ceremony was several miles away from the reception and Lauren made the planning much easier. First and foremost, she was highly responsive and answered my questions promptly. In addition, each time we met in person to discuss the wedding she was cheerful and ready with ideas to make the event a special one. I especially appreciated her enthusiasm and willingness to assist me with last-​minute requests. Lauren will take care of you for your Big Day!

This review is long overdue…
Lauren, of In Focus Events, was recommended to us by our venue coordinator. Our wedding venue required us to have a Day-​Of Coordinator on our wedding day. We didn’t know where to start so they gave us a list of preferred vendors and In Focus Events was on that list. I contacted many of those wedding coordinators, along with a list we found on Unilocal.However, of all the wedding coordinators we contacted, Lauren of In Focus Events was by far, the most responsive, timely, thorough and friendly– and fit within our tight budget! (Whereas other vendors were either already booked, or responded to my inquiries 2 weeks later, or responding to my inquiries more than twice saying they were already booked, or wanting to charge $ 2,500 for a day-​of… to not responding at all…)
When we emailed Lauren, she responded on the same evening with a highly detailed breakdown of the scope of her services, timelines, costs, and general advice. Since we were planning our wedding remotely (we live in Bay Area and our wedding was down in Southern California), we had our first call via Skype. After signing our contract, she emailed us regularly to check-​in (6 months leading to wedding) and provided us with prior examples of planning schedules. About 2 months prior to the wedding, we met in person down in Los Angeles to go over day-​of scheduling. She provide valuable feedback of the schedule, procession, recession, etc. (Who knew…) She also gave us general advice on day-​of issues and because she had planned another wedding at the same (small) venue, she was able to provide additional tips that were specific to our venue.
On the day-​of, she brought along her assistant who was a tremendous help. (They even went to the local drugstore the day-​of to get emergency supplies for an elderly wedding guest of ours!) Our day went so smoothly, despite the 102 heat. We could not have done it without her and her team, who went above and beyond. She took care of everything on the day-​of; from last-​minute decorations, to seating issues, to music request– to helping clean up… OMG, thank our lucky stars we found her!
Based on our in-​person interactions with her, she WAS and IS the utmost consummate professional. I can not stress how very lucky we were to have found her and the fact her service rates fit within out budget! I would not hesitate to recommend her and In-​Focus Events in a heartbeat. 10 stars if Unilocal would allow it!

So my Wedding Theme was a rustic Garden Wedding that was held on 9÷20÷2014 — My Total number of guests included 96 Adults and 4 children that were a part of my wedding party. I was engaged Last november 16^th, 2013 and I decided that I wanted to hire a «Day of Wedding Coordinator» because I plan events for my College all the time whether it’s Graduations with invites of 3000 guests, orientations etc and I know it takes a lot of work behind the scenes to pull of a big production. When I started my Wedding Search I was looking for someone similar to my working style with a great personality that would be easy to work with. I Interviewed 4 wedding planners in my area and they quite didn’t have the organization that I was looking for like Lauren nor the personality. Lauren had everything in order including the contract, had spreadsheets on how she keeps herself organized etc. I knew after meeting with her that she was going to be my day of wedding coordinator.
I would recommend Lauren and her team to all of my friends — My best friend may be engaged soon and she absolutely feel in love with Lauren and saw her in action the day of my wedding and she has asked me for Lauren’s number.
Lauren impressed me in many ways — but the day of my wedding I was so impressed how she just pulled it all together so beautifully and seemless and how I nor the groom had to worry about a thing. It gave me the opportunity to Love my wedding, enjoy my wedding and allowed all of my guests, my parents, My maid of honor and bridesmaids to relax and enjoy it too without doing a thing the day of. Lauren had it all covered and that really impressed me. *it’s good to note I had my ceremony and the Reception at two different locations and she was at both making it happen.
I think Lauren did her job very well. She’s very professional but she has this amazing personality you can just work with and she communicates very well.
I hired Lauren to be my «Day of Wedding Coordinator» so I did all of the planning but I did get stuck on many occasions during the planning and at all times I made a call to Lauren because I was stressing out and all times she assisted me. An example is when I was freaking out about the Day of Timeline — I couldn’t make it work. She sat down with the both of us my Fiancé at the time and myself and together she assisted us in creating the best timeline that suited us. She did this on many other occasions with many different items and that was more than what we had hired her for. She went above and beyond what she said she would do. Basically anytime I got stuck — I would text her or call her and she would keep me on track.
You will be in great hands and so grateful that you hired her. I had the best wedding ever and it was so much fun because I had someone that took the stress away from us!
The best investment ever!

I have been in the wedding photography business since 2009 and have been apart of events, from back yard lo-​key types to high end LA rooftop extravaganzas. By far my favorite wedding coordinator to work with is Lauren with In Focus Events, that is why my wife and I asked to her coordinate our big day! She does, hands down, the most amazing job. The first thing that stood out was she is on top of communication. If we needed anything she would always answer her phone or e-​mail with advice or a plan. another characteristic we appreciated was she was invested in our day. She was always excited, carried a good attitude, and nice throughout the whole wedding planning process, something that isn’t always true of a lot of people working this high-​stress job. I highly recommend In Focus Events. I am sure that if it were not for Lauren and her crew my wedding day would not have been as smooth and fun as it was. Thanks Lauren!
–Dj