Simply Elegant Weddings

I have had the pleasure to be a part of many weddings with Susan and her team… she is not only extremely talented but also extremely caring and individualizes every Bride she works with to make sure that they achieve the wedding of their dreams. As a vendor myself it is such a pleasure to work with her and see the tremendous stress she takes off the Bride and Groom. I truly believe working with Simply Elegant Weddings is like a dream come to!

Oh Boy!!! Don’t know where to start…
I went to this lady in 2007, 6 months before my wedding. Talked to her and told her that I don’t have too much time and if she can help me with my wedding in Virginia since I was living in another state.
She assured me that everything will be OK if we can find the venue in next two weeks… we signed the contract and we looked at 2 venues that weekend and then I went back to MA and asked her to line up few more venues for the next two weekends that I could come to VA and take a look at them.
I gave her the deposit and thought everything will be fine. After I left, I didn’t hear back from her and tried to call her a few times and she never picked up. After a few voice messages that I left her I told her that if I don’t hear back from her I need to go with someone else since I am running out of time. Finally after 10 days she called me back with the attitude that I have no right to call her for 10 days and she will call me back whenever she feels like it. I was shocked and told her are you kidding me? and she said sometimes emotionally she can’t handle stress and this happens… WHAT??? You are a wedding planner … You can’t handle stress???
Anyway, we broke the contract and she was not returning my deposit because she said that she spent hours on line and she charges me $ 80/​hour for her Internet search… I went to court and file a complaint and wrote her an official letter… finally after few back and forth she gave me back the money with a super rude and unprofessional letter, which I did not read. (we never went to court since she paid us back) My husband said that it would make me angry and won’t accomplish anything. While our letter to her were very polite.
I have kept them all. If you think about going with this lady, think twice. I will be happy to provide a copy of her and my letters for anyone who likes to read them.
I wrote a review on her website and she filtered it.
Instead I went with a fantastic wedding planner that is super professional and in charge. Her name is Marshell Gray and her business is «Kreated from the Hearth». Give her a shot. She is really good.