Best Day Ever Hawaii Wedding Planning

Erika and Nicole… They are the best wedding planners ever! I had my wedding last year at Halekulani. I’m live in Canada so they did everything for me. My dream wedding with all my friends and family… I never ever forget it. I wish I could do it again! Maybe I’ll for 10 years anniversary! If you are planning for your wedding in Hawaii, just simply email to Erika or Nicole! My wedding was the best day ever! Thank you soooooo much Erika and Nicole:) Akemi Yamashita from Toronto, Canada

When planning a wedding things can be exciting yet stressful. My husband and I have always dreamed of going to Hawaii. We both had never visited any of the islands, but decided to have a destination wedding so far away from home where the sky is blue, the ocean is gorgeous and the people are so welcoming. We are so happy and grateful that we chose Best Day Ever wedding planners. The experience was amazing right from the start. Alyssa was our main contact through the whole process and really helped us throughout the planning. She started by giving us 3 top beach choices based upon a questioner. We decided on Waimanlo Beach Park which is absolutely stunning. The next decision to make was, who do we choose for a minister? We decided on Kahu Bruce with a non-​denominational ceremony. Honestly what an amazing person. My husband and I could not even begin to tell you how wonderful he was. Kahu met with us a few days before and really got to know us and what was important for our ceremony. Our photographer was Crystal Channel who couldn’t have done a better job. So impressed with her skills.
Our wedding day couldn’t have went any better. Erika and Nicole did a wonderful job at the ceremony. These two are amazing. They both made sure everything went perfectly. Honestly we wouldn’t have known what we would have done without them. Alyssa helped us also making some of our decisions and just keeping us on track. She was one of the reasons this whole experience was not stressful at all. Our family still talks about how everything went so smoothly and couldn’t believe we did all the planning on line with these guys. My husband and I are so blessed with found such awesome wedding planners. We as a couple could not be any happier!!!

Nicole and Erika were great wedding planners. I had them for the full coordination package and worked mostly with Nicole for the first few months. After a few phone calls, looking at my pinterest board, and discussing our budget, she got a feel of what my husband and I wanted and was able to give us 2 – 3 options for every vendor. This took a few months, since we had to do tastings and trials, but we were super happy with all our vendors. They all matched the style that we were looking for and she even knew who I’d end up picking. She was very conscious of what we budgeted and never showed me a vendor out of our price range. I think that maintaing a budget is one of the most important qualities in any wedding planner.
Erika was also a godsend. I dealt mostly with her the last two months leading up to the wedding. She put together awesome layouts of our reception that we chose from and was super accommodating to my changes. Most importantly she made the days before my wedding as stress-​free as she could. Since I live in California, I had a whole list of things that I needed to do when I got to Oahu and she took that all off my plate (which was the best wedding present I could have asked for). Nicole and the rest of BDE also took care of all my DIY projects which saved me, my mom, and my mother-​in-​law from tying 1000 ribbons on 1000 different things.
The day of was also great. They were all running around taking caring of things that I had no idea needed to be done. We had a small power outage in our tent during a performance and I didn’t even realize — I thought it was part of the performance. They took care of it super quickly without my husband and I even knowing. Also, my bustle was taking about an hour to tie up until finally Nicole stepped in, worked her magic and had it up in a few seconds! Lastly, they packed up all the things that were left at the venue and delivered it all to my mother-in-law’s house so we didn’t have to do anything after the wedding. Overall, great team and (more or less) stress-​free wedding!

Ok, so if you read through my recent reviews, it may appear that I’m just doling out the 5s like it’s Christmas, but it’s only because everything was PERFECT. And I owe it all to these two ladies, Nicole and Erika of Best Day Ever!
My bridesmaids and I met with Nicole first when we were looking for prospective wedding planners. Nicole is all business and is very organized with her handouts and spreadsheets. My type-​A personality LOVED that!
A few months before the wedding, Erika entered the picture to handle all of the day-​off details. Erika is also very detail-​oriented and handled all of my vendors with the expertise of a professional juggler. You can tell this wasn’t her first rodeo because she knew exactly what to add, subtract, and substitute. She saved me soooo much money and who doesn’t love that?
The two days prior to my wedding, it rained like no other. Erika kept me calmed and collected and assured me that everything would be ok. And it was. There is nothing about my wedding that I would change.
I love these girls so much and would highly recommend them to anyone in search of a wedding planner. They put out so many fires for me and made my wedding as stress-​free as possible!

My new husband I would replicate all of the other 5 star reviews that have been shared. We, too had a destination wedding and it would have been a mess had it not been for Nicole and Erika. We visited the island a few times prior to the event and, each time, they had lined up meetings with vendors to maximize our time. Every vendor that we met with was wonderful (like the best dj EVER, DJ Kevo). As the day approached, I would start to feel a bit panicky… all I needed to do was talk with one of them and the weight was lifted. I cannot stress hat point enough. I realized that they had it all under control.
I really appreciate that they had suggestions when I was without an idea and helped me to make decisions when I asked. They provided support to every one of my family and bridal party members with help that they needed. What I realized is that, unless you have done this a few times before, you have no idea about all of the small decisions and planning that goes into even a small event. On the day of the wedding, all my fiancé and I had to do was enjoy. Everything was taken care of, and I mean everything! It was truly beautiful and we wouldn’t have changed a thing. The details that they added made it so much more special. They stayed until every last person (including us) had gone home. And their help didn’t stop there. They returned rental items so that we did nothing but enjoy our honeymoon. We would HIGHLY recommend Nicole and Erika to anyone and everyone. Thank you so much Best Day Ever!

My fiancé and I were planning a small destination wedding in Hawaii – from Boston. We wanted a beach wedding with a small number of guests. We had a lot going on leading up to the wedding during our short engagement. We could not have pulled this off without Nic, Erika and Kelli. They were prompt in their responses, very knowledgeable with the island and the wedding scene there. They started by asking several questions to get a sense of what we were envisioning. Then they provided us with a small number of excellent options based on our responses. This made the whole process very manageable and not-​at-​all overwhelming. The venders they suggested were excellent. The actual wedding ceremony was everything we had hoped it to be. They even surprised us with some pictures and video they took during the ceremony which were gorgeous. Those will keep us occupied until the pictures from the professional photographer come. Yep, two thumbs up for Best Day Ever!

From my wife: We hired Best Day Ever for our wedding last month based on Nicole and Erika’s reviews — my husband and I both agreed that it was the best investment we made in our wedding! I’m a bit of a control freak but was worried about ordering the rentals for our site (we had to bring in EVERYTHING) and didn’t want to have to run around frantically on the day of our wedding, so we opted for the month-​of planning package with an event coordination add-​on (they determined our needs and organized all of our rentals, from table and chairs to silverware). I liked that we were able to customize their services to our needs, since I felt confident I could hire the right vendors and had a clear vision of what we wanted for our big day but realized we needed help if we wanted to truly enjoy our wedding.
The month of our wedding rolled around before we knew it, and as promised Nicole took over all of our contracts. I was happily surprised that she took over all communication with vendors — I didn’t have to interact with anyone but Nicole the month before my wedding, and she responded quickly to every request, communicating all our needs to our vendors. The week before the wedding we met with Nicole to go over last minute details; she provided us with the most detailed timeline imaginable and took all the décor items to bring to the wedding venue.
The timeline gave me confidence that she had a great handle on all the wedding details but the best part was that I didn’t have to look at the timeline at all — on the day of our wedding, Nicole directed the day flawlessly and deftly coordinated our many vendors.
I can say without reservation that Best Day Ever met and exceeded our expectations — we are so grateful to them for making our wedding day beautiful, fun, and most importantly, worry-​free!

Words can’t even describe how ecstatic I am with Nicole and Erika! I really needed a wedding coordinator just to help with timeline and prepping the reception since we had them in two different places but what I got was that and WAY MORE! I worked with Erika and she was like an angel! I hired her almost a year and a half prior to my wedding all freaked out and she kept me on a straight path! Everything was super organized and she kept track of things that you would have never even thought of! She was even on top of my brother-​in-​law who turned a 5 minute Best Man speech into a 45+ minute lecture on nonsense. LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE BDE! I can’t even say enough good things about them and I’m sure I’m forgetting a lot. You definitely get what you paid for and more! If you got the money for a coordinator I highly recommend you higher BDE because like I said you’ll get more than what you are paying for. Erika and Nicole really made our day the BEST DAY EVER and I’m so thankful to have had them.

There was absolutely no way we would have been able to pull off our dream destination wedding without Nic & Erika’s help!
We booked BDE’s partial wedding planning package a year out in advance while on a week long vacation in Oahu. Nic and Erika worked with our limited time on the island and helped set up meetings with different photographers, florists, DJs, and linens. By the end of that week we basically had most of our big vendors booked. We were able to select the highest quality vendors for the best value. BDE especially went above and beyond with helping us secure a café and paper lantern décor company by meeting up with the hotel manager and décor vendor at our hotel venue to finalize the set up requirements. Come wedding day, Erika and her team had all the bases covered allowing us to enjoy as much time as possible with our guests. Erika even brought us drinks so that we could enjoy the limited time we had together to eat!
Bottom line, you cannot go wrong with BDE. They provided an excellent service at a great value. All the the vendors they recommended exceeded our expectations especially our photographer Shawn from Black Tie Cinema, DJ Kevo, Hawaii Photo Booth, It’s So Pretty Linens & Décor and Accel Décor.
Erika, thank you for all of your hard work, awesome malasadas and great memories. Mahalo!
(You have a stressful profession but handle it with such grace)
Katie & Henry
NYC, NY

From the day my husband (now) and I got engaged in Feb 2013, I knew I wanted a wedding planner. I did my research and found Best Day Ever, and to this day, my husband and I reminisce about our October wedding every day, because it was truly, our BEST DAY EVER!!!
From our initial meeting with Nicole, I felt so at ease. I could tell from our meeting that Nicole was a PRO, she knew exactly what questions to ask us and she was so organized!
My husband and I chose most of our wedding vendors ourselves. Nicole and Erika helped us with a few, but to be honest, most we’re out of our budget! They did a great job narrowing down choices for various vendors depending on what my husband and I wanted.
The last month and a half before our wedding, we worked mostly with Erika. She is the sweetest person to work with! She basically had two things on her mind for my husband and I, for us to have fun on our wedding day, have the greatest time of our lives, and secondly for us to EAT, have something in our tummies so we could enjoy the day. Erika coordinated our meeting with Hawaii Prince Hotel’s Catering Manager and Banquet Captains. If it wasn’t for her speaking on behalf of my husband and I, we would be so lost! She explained ALL details (big and small) that we wanted at our reception. She coordinated our wedding rehearsal and told everyone what they needed to do and when. I even wanted to do some DIY things for the reception two days before the wedding, but Erika saved me and took it upon herself to do it. She made little signs that explained to my guests what I wanted them to do with my sign-​in puzzle pieces, and a sign not to touch my display ONLY cake. It was the little things that I totally did not think of, that «SAVED» me. I also totally forgot to make the money envelopes for the two lion dance dragons, and of course Erika saved me with that as well, literally two minutes before they performed.
I can only thank Erika and the rest of her staff for coordinating everything including:
1. Calling all my vendors and finalizing all plans, looking over all of our contracts making sure nothing was missed!
2. Making our reception timeline intricately detailed so that nothing would be missed
3. Making sure my personal table runners made it to the reception because I forgot to give them to the Banquet Captains the day before
4. Getting last minute items I needed two hours prior to the wedding and bringing them to my hotel room
5. Putting together my guest list and sign-​in sheets for my reception table helpers, and telling them what they needed to do
6. RELIEVING all of my husband and I’s stress by taking care of everything. I DID NOT have to worry about my vendors calling me the day before and the day of my wedding and we ACTUALLY had the chance to enjoy our wedding day from beginning to end.
In the end, my husband and I only have GREAT things to say about BDE. I put all of my trust in these ladies and everything was PERFECT! My husband and I always say, if we could do everything all over again we would, because we had such an AMAZING time at our wedding and it was so memorable! BDE was definitely a big part of that!

My Fiancé now Husband and I live in LA– I am from LA and he is Australian. I work in Entertainment and he founded and runs a non profit… we have crazy day to day and knew that planning the kind of wedding that we would want (super fun, unforgettable and won’t put us in the poor house.) we would need help.
Hawaii is the middle for our American and Australia guests. SO we knew we were going somewhere in Hawaii! I cross referenced every review and these blogs and it was an easy choice Best Day Ever — Nicole and Erika deserve every review. They helped us pick the Island — Oahu — They gave us the best list of locations and we picked the Ihilani at the JW Marriott they connected us with the most fabulous range of vendors and set up trial runs and meetings. They basically made wedding planning fun and easy. I do not know much about flowers or cakes or anything. and they brought me the best in their field and we picked from there. Nic and Erika get to know you and help you fill in the blanks when you may not be able to articulate what you want «but you know what you want» they helped us stay on and in our budget.
AVAILABILITY — They emailed and called and were available to us 24/7.they would always get back to emails in a timely fashion and were efficient and effective with our time and theirs. Couldn’t ask for more.
COST — They have a package style for every budget and every need. We went full package because we didn’t have the time really. But there is no doubt that their cost is offset by the deals and savings they negotiate. Hawaii is not a simple place to navigate price wise you need these girls on your side. Save yourself time and money and peace of mind.
Overall, Best Day Ever and these girls have Hawaii wired they know how to do what they are doing and you as a bride/​groom get to benefit because of their awesome relationships and stellar reputations. They have gone above and beyond in so many instances I can’t even count. Hire BEST DAY EVER to plan your wedding. It will be the best decision you make (other than picking your future spouse.) Our wedding is on their blog check it out. It was 125 people and the budget didn’t break our banks.
But the biggest reason to bring the Best Day Ever team on is because they prioritize your wedding like it is their own… they are purest in the best use of the term. On a personal note I was not excited to have a wedding because planning it was a constant reminder that I lost my father last year and lost my mom to cancer a few years back. No mom to help me do the fun mother daughter planning and no dad to walk me down the aisle and all the things as parents they looked forward to doing. Nic and Erika made sure to make sure my parents were present in the ceremony in a unique hawaiian spiritual way they did something I didn’t think possible. They created moments for my parents for me and my family and that is priceless. They just want to make your wedding the very best experience in your life and they truly care about creating that for their couples. Life for us is about experiences with friends and family because you never know how long you will have people. Life is precious and we wanted our wedding to be an opportunity to shower our friends with love and have them share the most special moment of our lives together. Yes we could have used the wedding budget towards buying a house but to us the wedding was a bigger investment and it was wisely spent because we had BEST DAY EVER.
Hire them.

It was just me and my fiancé planning our wedding at the time and I thought, «I’m gonna need some help on the day of.» They really helped mefeel at ease on such a milestone in my life.
Absolutely worth the investment and the very reason everything fell into place so smoothly at my wedding. Even with all the last minute changes they both remained calm and magically everything fell into place.
At first meeting these ladies the connection was instant! I LOVE how they were calm at all times and even cleaned up and left flowers and wine at our suite bedroom.
The timeline was to the T and even my now husband is a believer in them after being skeptical at first thinking we wouldn’t need on site coordinators. Hands down they’re the only ones I would recommend to others.
Nicole and Erika and their assistant were so great to work with. I hope I’ll see them at another wedding in the future.

Erika & Nicole from Best Day Ever Hawaii were our wedding coordinators – thank God! As a super-​organized and completely involved bride/​groom couple, we thought we could handle everything… until a few months before the wedding and we realized that our wedding nightmares were causing us more stress then we could handle! Haha. Insert – BDE. They were recommended to us through a friend who also used them for a wedding and gave a good review. We set up a meeting and signed the contract! Since all of the major work was done, we signed up for the month-​of coordination.
Like many other brides, we didn’t really leave room in our budget for a coordinator as we didn’t think we would need one for our small, intimate wedding of 75 guests. But come the day of our wedding I couldn’t stop saying.“I’m so glad we have a wedding coordinator!” When we realized just how organized BDE was and how helpful it would be to have coordinators since we had 2 separate venues, we knew it would be loads of help. I thought I was organized with all of my excel sheets and wedding binder – they were the most organized I could ever dream of! So many small details that I would’ve never considered, they had it all down pat! Even when I through some last minute details in, they made it happen.
Wedding week was busier than I anticipated, with small odd tasks taking more time and family coming in daily. The few days before the wedding, I barely had time to talk to my guests as I was running errands, but I’m SO thankful that BDE were communicating all the important details to the bridal party and family. It was nice to have someone else answer all of the many questions my family and bridal party had, and not having to repeat myself and worry if everyone knew what to do. They really gave us peace of mind and I knew we’d be able to enjoy our wedding day.
And of course — the wedding day went off without a hitch! Everything was BEYOND perfect – and I know a lot of it was due to their behind the scenes work. I didn’t have to worry about a thing, and I was so happy to enjoy the day we had spent over a year to plan! (Not to mention all that money ;)
All in all, I would highly recommend this vendor! Even working with them for such a small amount of time, they felt like close friends:) It was truly a dream come true wedding and I’d hire them again in a heartbeat!

At first we were a little hesitant to go with a wedding planner or just do it all ourselves. We had already chosen out most of our vendors, location, and general theme, but as the wedding date approached, we found ourselves overwhelmed. We then turned to Nicole and Erika @ Best Day Ever (BDE) to bring it all together!
We decided to go with the partial coordination (Barbie & Ken) package as we had most of our vendors already selected and mostly needed help in bringing everything together. Nicole and Erica were easily accessible via email or phone through the entire process. They helped us in bouncing ideas back and forth for décor, favors, and the day of wedding details. They definitely gave us the creative freedom to go with our ideas, yet also provided suggestions from their years of expertise.
From helping with table assignments, floor layout, tipping suggestions, ensuring the correct relatives got leis, and holding all of our vendors accountable, they seriously had all the bases covered. At one point we had trouble contacting one of our vendors (not hearing back from them) as well as errors on their invoice, but Nicole and Erika stepped in and got everything straightened out with ease.
The day of the wedding went so so smoothly. They planned out the entire day, from the time my wife awoke from her beauty sleep, thru getting ready, meeting vendor deliveries, the wedding itself, and saying after to clean and ensure everything was complete. They also (without us knowing) contacted our wedding party to incorporate their well wishes and memories (some embarrassing) that they had of me and my wife into the wedding program. It all was truly great and we couldn’t have been any more happy with how the day went!
If you are hesitant on going with BDE or a wedding planner in general, I suggest you reach out to these wonderful gals and put all your wedding worries and concerns to rest!

A self-​proclaimed über organizer, I was a little hesitant to hire a wedding coordinator and turn over my most important day to someone else. Living in Las Vegas and planning my wedding in Waikiki, my mother insisted that I find one and I’m glad she was so persistent. I reached out to a few companies, but knew as soon as I had my initial meeting with Nicole from Best Day Ever that I had found the perfect coordinators.
Erika & Nicole were on point with everything — extremely organized and thorough. I booked the Bonnie & Clyde package. The girls met with my parents and I during our only planning trip months before the wedding and my parents instantly fell in love with them. They were very easy to work with and responded to all of my emails in a timely manner. Turning everything that I had worked on over to them when the time came was a lot easier than I thought it would be because I trusted them fully with my wedding. Erika assisted with my layouts and timeline and had everything down to the T. She was as organized as I hoped to be and then some.
During my wedding week, Best Day Ever went above and beyond what I excepted. The girls ran my rehearsal and made sure everyone was comfortable with their roles. On the day of my wedding, Best Day Ever definitely did not disappoint. They were there the ENTIRE day, from setting up the ceremony to reviewing/​signing the final BEO at the end of the night. They also handled a few minor issues that we ran into throughout the day. Having them as our go-​to people on my wedding day allowed my parents to enjoy my wedding A LOT more because they were confident that Nicole and Erika were taking care of everything. Knowing that we had Best Day Ever on our side took a big weight off of my and my parents’ shoulders.
Looking back on this whole wedding journey, hiring Best Day Ever was definitely one of the best decisions we made. I recommend them to anyone who needs any kind of wedding coordination. They were truly awesome and my husband and I definitely had our Best Day Ever.

I am so grateful and appreciative of you guys! Initially, I didn’t think I needed help planning my very small and intimate wedding, but w/​Nicole’s expertise, she suggested many details (I wouldn’t have thought of myself) which made the ceremony extra special. We were extremely satisfied with the photographer, officiant, and private chef recommended by «Best Day Ever» — they have the best connections!
In addition, Nicole was kind enough to make my bouquet and flower crown when I couldn’t find a florist with the specific flowers I wanted. She designed and created exactly what I had in mind.
Not only are they detail oriented but extremely artistic and creative. I realize now how important it is to have a wedding planner on your special day. I was able to relax and enjoy the ceremony knowing that they were there to keep everything running smoothly. Much love & gratitude for Best Day Ever!

Erika and Nicole were a huge help the whole year before our wedding. When my fiancé and I got engaged, we knew we’d need help planning our wedding in Hawaii since we lived in California and weren’t able to take care of everything on our own.
The best part about having Nicole and Erika was that once we told them the general look and feel we were going for, they were able to help us execute and plan out all the little details.
I can’t count the number of times the girls brought up issues and things to consider, stuff we never would’ve thought of on our own. Their insight alone saved us so much stress, time, and money, and we can honestly say their services were worth every penny.
They’re extremely on-​task, organized, and efficient, and those qualities really kept us at ease. The month or two leading up to our wedding day, there were so many contracts to keep track of and wedding details to iron out, but Nicole and Erika kept us calm and helped us through each one. On top of that, whenever we had late-​night freak-​outs, they were always available via text and email to answer questions. Super awesome.
Our wedding day went flawlessly, exactly like we had hoped. If there were any issues, Nicole and Erika handled them perfectly and we had no idea :)
We just wanted to have a relaxed, memorable night with our little group of 50, and there’s no way we could’ve had that without the girls. Now, we’re happy to call both of them friends. Nic + Erika, if you’re reading this, we love you guys! See you next time we’re on the island.

We had our wedding on oahu island’s Ko’Olina.
They helped us almost everything especially for the location. We got 4 choices with very detailed information and picture, and we chose the first suggested one «paradise cove beach». I highly recommend this place, it exactly matches its name.
They helped us arranging perfect minister (Kahu Bruce), Hair & Make up (Dorys) and photographer (Shannon Sasaki). They are all very nice and helpful like this two girls. I believe they all have good cooperation for a long time.
I also recommend to choose the option for hand bouquet. The one they made for us is even better than our expectation.
They really helped us to prepare this event like their own stuff:
Replied email every day.
Contacted the minister, make up artist and photographer.
Arrived on the site very early and even helped us to hold a parking lot by their own car.
I’m very lucky that I chose Best Day Ever. The wedding is smooth and our parents are all very happy to have this kind of beach wedding.
I appreciate Nicole & Ericka gave me a so wonderful most important day in my life.

My now-​wife Emily and I found Best Day Ever here on Unilocal,and they have (as you can see) awesome reviews. I was a little hesitant to get a wedding planner at first, because our wedding ceremony was just us, no guests, and we had a year before the wedding, and I figured we could handle it on our own and save some money. Looking back, I am SO HAPPY that we decided to use Best Day Ever! For the stress that they saved us, and all of the time and effort, the beach permit and officiant and photographer, etc. Everything was taken care of for us, all we had to do is show up.
I am pretty sure that if we had done it ourselves we would have ended up paying more, we wouldn’t have found the quality of services that they did, we would of wasted our vacation time in Hawaii running around taking care of stuff, and it would have just generally been stressful.
Nicole and Erika were very accomodating, we basically found a picture of a beach that we liked and let them know where it was. They showed up before we got there and found a perfect spot, put up signs, and coordinated with the photographer, videographer, and officiant, so when we got there we just walked down near the water and the ceremony started right away.
Emily and I are so happy with everything, and we highly recommend Best Day Ever. :)

I can’t thank Nicole and Erika enough. They made my wedding planning as smooth as butter. They provided vendor recommendations, set up appointments, reviewed contracts, provided information for name change for after the wedding and so much more (even saved me some money with a few vendors). They kept me well informed throughout the planning process and were prompt to respond to all my concerns.
The girls at Best Day Ever did a great job making my vision for the wedding a reality. They were able to accommodate all my request (like making sure I got my ice cream truck) and provided information on a lot of DIY stuff I wanted to do. If your not a DIY person BDE provides event design or graphic design packages. Although my budget did not allow for me to use their graphic design services, I did get to see some samples and it looked fantastic.
The day of the wedding my groom and I were completely stress free (my groom even took a nap that day!). Even my mother did not have to do a thing so she started to make up things to stress out about (she one of those people who always needs to be doing something). It was truly a memorable day for my husband and I and all our guest. Everyone had a blast.
I highly recommend BDE if you planning a wedding. If you can’t afford full coordination, I still would highly suggest using them for day of coordination in order to have a stress free day.