Simply Eventful

SABRINA is hands down THE BEST wedding coordinator I could have ever asked for! Initially, when I starting planning for my wedding, I never thought twice about hiring a wedding coordinator because I thought my husband and I could do it all on our own, boy were we wrong! My mom insisted on hiring a wedding coordinator, so she did and I am so, so glad she did! Sabrina is extremely detail oriented and very organized, which also made me be in my toes with planning and getting everything together. I worked with Sabrina overseas as my husband and I live in Hawaii. Sabrina was always prompt and responsive to our every request and questions. The week of our wedding was stressful, but Sabrina took 90% of that stress away from us by connecting with our vendors and our wedding party. Sabrina is excellent at what she does and I will recommend her to anyone, especially brides & grooms to be! Thank you so much for EVERYTHING Sabrina, we are so grateful for your services!

long story short, Simply Eventful is AMAZING. if you have any doubts what-​so-​ever message me and I will put your doubts to rest: D
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My husband and I got married in Sept 2013 and people are still talking about how beautifully put together and organized the entire ceremony and reception was by our wedding planner, Sabrina! She is hands down the best investment we made ;-)
I was living and Orange County and my husband was living in San Diego and we decided on a Catholic church in Anaheim and the Hyatt Regency near Disneyland. Though Simply Eventful is based out of SD, Sabrina was very willing to drive up and coordinate for us. She is VERY effective via email, text, and phone, but we also arranged face-​to-​face meetings quite often (especially in the 3 months leading up to the big day!)
We reached out to many wedding coordinators after getting engaged about 15 months before our chosen wedding date. Simply Eventful had the best proposal and price range. We agreed upon a 1 year contract and we were provided a high level overview of what was needed to be done each month leading up to our big day!
My husband and I decided to vet many of our vendors on our own, but once we chose the specific companies, Sabrina handled all the contracts and coordination for us. Sabrina is also very creative and also does stationary/​card stock work that immensely helped us with our place cards and table numbers ;-) She helped us keep within our budget and made sure we didn’t feel stressed at all!
The day of went off without a hitch, and our 250 guests all agreed! Sabrina easily worked with our Parish, the Hyatt Catering & Events Department as well made sure to work in our Chinese tea ceremony & Filipino money dance for our families.
I sing her praises to everyone I know that is getting married and planning a wedding, Simply Eventful is as good as it gets!

Make the right choice and go with Simply Eventful!
Sabrina was amazing and an absolute pleasure to work with. Her attention to detail was impeccable and her timeliness was never a question. She always went above and beyond to ensure us that everything was under control and to limit our stress that inevitably goes with the planning of a wedding event. She is at the top of her game! It was gratifying to know that when we needed something done or a particular issue addressed, she was there to take care of it. She maintained this positive attitude throughout the whole planning process and up through the day of the wedding. We couldn’t have been happier to work with someone of that nature.
We cannot express how attentive she was. We had so many questions for our vendors and Sabrina was right there with email correspondence to get those questions addressed. Sabrina contacted all the vendors to ensure that they were all on the same page following the time-​line with the events and with their time of arrivals and departures to include all those who participated in the wedding. We meet with her several times throughout the wedding planning process. She provided multiple ideas to help keep our wedding lively and entertaining to include helping out with decorations and party favors. A couple of days prior to the wedding she picked up all of our things and set them up at the venue and returned them to our room when the wedding was done. I don’t think we hardly stressed about much the day before or the day of the wedding.
The day of the wedding was flawless in our opinion and we couldn’t have asked for anything more. Several wedding guests also commented on how superbly the activities were executed; all went so very smoothly. Even over the last few days since the wedding, Sabrina is still addressing any questions that we may have with our venue. This experience was the best start for our married life. This, newly married couple, highly recommends Simply Eventful!

I really cannot say enough great things about Sabrina and her team! She is extremely organized and responsible, very helpful, has great ideas, very sweet, and extremely responsive. We planned our wedding remotely since we were in San Francisco and the wedding was in Coronado, but Sabrina made the entire process seamless. The wedding was this past August, and I have to say, without Sabrina, it would have been a total crazy mess. But with her amazing help, it turned out to be an absolutely perfect day– we couldn’t have asked for more!
For the pre-​wedding planning process, she coordinated with the vendors, providing them with all the details, timelines, etc. but kept us up-​to-​date. We had several meetings beforehand, where we fleshed out all the details and she provided us with so many helpful tips, suggestions, and advice. Her attention to detail was exactly what we needed, since the pre-​wedding time can be so stressful and so many things can be overlooked. She was also available for my endless questions and even helped calm my late night bridezilla freak outs! She really know her stuff, know the industry, and knows what brides need, even if they have no clue. The week before the wedding she collected our many wedding decorations and provided us with a detailed schedule, contact information, layout of the ceremony and reception, etc.
The day of the wedding, we just trusted her with everything. She was zipping around the wedding site with her team, and made everything seem so easy and stress free that it appeared as if all things were falling into place magically. The day of, she coordinated with all our helpers (ushers, officiant, etc.), all our vendors (no joke, we had 11 different vendors, with over 40 individual people to keep track of) to have them set up each piece of the puzzle in the right place at the right time. She set up all our decorations (sign in table, gifts, video game station, etc.) and helped take all of it down that evening. She handled the payment and tips to the vendors, rounded up and cued all of the wedding party members, kept us on schedule, etc.
In conclusion, I highly recommend Simply Eventful for their amazing service!

if you are looking for a peace of mind around your upcoming event, then you absolutely need to go with sabrina. she is an all-​inclusive planner that is on top of everything ranging from DIY decorations to vendor management. i worked with sabrina throughout my wedding journey and she was absolutely invaluable around every tiny detail, even around the execution of minute details like personally hand-​making my programs, making bachelor party gift bags, scouring the internet for floral arrangement inspirations, wedding shoes, décor themes and more!
she has a wealth of creativity and is super crafty. all of her outputs are of the highest quality at the most reasonable costs, as she’ll work with you to find what is the best option within your budget. she is super responsive, professional and always has a positive attitude, helping to calm me down in my most control-​freak, frenetic moments.
there is no way our wedding would have gone as beautifully and smoothly without sabrina, and since then, i’ve employed her again around friend’s weddings, bridal showers, baby showers and more! i’m working with her again on my upcoming 30^th birthday and i could not be more excited to see what she has planned.
no matter what event you might be planning for, i am confident that sabrina will be sure to bring her value, creativity and expertise to it!

My wife and I have been discussing how we write this review without making it sound fake since we have nothing but superlatives to say about Sabrina and her team, but we didn’t know how to do that. This review is glowing since Simply Eventful went far beyond expectations and executed our wedding to perfection — we couldn’t have asked for more.
My wife found Simply Eventful on Unilocal and contacted Sabrina based on the few reviews she had at the time. Our hope was that we could find someone competent and hard working that we could trust to manage our wedding. Really we just wanted a day-​of coordinator because we thought we had it under control.
After working with Sabrina (mostly via email at first) we realized just how wrong we were and how much we missed in our planning. I’ve done project management for most of my career and even I was not prepared with the amount of work that goes into planning your own wedding. Thankfully we had Sabrina. Sabrina put together a playbook of all of our venues, vendor contact info, wedding party details, full itinerary and a full inventory of all the items and what she needed to do with them after the wedding. Sabrina contacted every single person involved in our wedding from the restaurant manager to the DJ to each member of our wedding party; and she provided them all with detailed instructions on what was expected of them. Her attention to detail was mind boggling.
Sabrina met with us once in person a few weeks before the wedding and again the day before the rehearsal at the wedding venue for our walk-​through. My wife was pretty frazzled by the time the wedding came around and Sabrina put her mind at ease. Sabrina also orchestrated our rehearsal and got everyone (including our parents) to follow directions — a minor miracle.
The day before the wedding my wife said «Sabrina was the best money we spent for the entire wedding. I don’t have to worry about any planning because of her.’ As a groom with an already stressed out bride-​to-​be, this piece of mind is worth more than money can buy.
The wedding itself, from the ceremony to the reception, went off without a hitch. The Simply Eventful team decorated our wedding venue beautifully and did a masterful job of setting up the reception site. Sabrina’s attention to detail was evident throughout the night in every aspect of her work. One of my groomsmen said that we had the most organized wedding he had ever seen. We partied late into the night and we didn’t even think about anything other than having fun. It was the best night ever.
The next day Sabrina had everything taken care of including saving all of our personal effects, paying all the vendors, storing all of our wedding crap in her car and even saving some wedding mementos that we didn’t know we would want. I don’t know how she did it.
If I could give more than five stars, I would. If I ever need any type of event planning done I will contact Sabrina first.

Amazed with Simply Eventful’s work! Sabrina exceeded my expectations as an event planner for my daughters’ 1^st birthday and baptism. As a mom who needs to be in control over everything, I needed a duplicate of myself but knew that wasn’t possible so I figured that I could use the help as long as I delegated precisely what I needed. When I met with Sabrina the day before the event, she gained my trust by recognizing that I wasn’t handing over the reins as I should and told me that she’ll take care of everything, from picking up the cake to decorating the restaurant (since I can’t be in 2 places at once). When I arrived at the restaurant after the baptismal ceremony, I was more than pleased to see the work she did in placing the balloons, banner and center pieces nicely. She also decorated the cake table and arranged the party favors in a creative way — better than anything I could do! Her assistance did not stop there — she orchestrated the staff on when to begin serving the food, followed up on drink orders and made sure all kids in attendance had a goodie back for entertainment. The icing on the cake was her attentiveness to me — if she ever saw me getting up for anything, she took care of what I needed immediately so I can sit back, relax and enjoy the party. Plus, she even made sure I looked good by providing accessories (since I had forgotten my necklace)! The attention to details were greatly appreciated and unexpected which are signs of a truly prepared event planner. I would highly recommend the services of Simply Eventful.

I would like to think that I know weddings … last year alone, I went to 8. So needless to say, I know what I’m talking about.
I went to 3 weddings that Simply Eventful worked on — one in September 2011, one in December of 2011 and one in April of 2012.
I think most people don’t realize the importance of a wedding coordinator because a good one will make the event go so smoothly that you won’t notice they’re there. Sabrina is that type of person that pays attention to details, gets on people’s asses when necessary and adds a creative flair.
I saw really cute place cards, invitations and programs hand made by Sabrina. For the wedding in April of 2012, there were a ton of vendors and the wedding was pretty big (about 250 people?) and everything went so smoothly. None of that chaotic mess I’ve seen with larger weddings.
I highly recommend Simply Eventful!

My fiancée and I got married this past weekend in the Orange County Area and Simply Eventful helped us execute our vision. Typically I have this apprehension about hiring anybody to help throw a party (The Wedding) for me, because I’ve got this saying «If you want it done your way, you have to just do it yourself». But this wasn’t the case with Simply Eventful. Let’s just say it felt like we had a team working for us. Simply Eventful became the liaison between my fiancée and the other vendors. Simply Eventful understood our vision and they made sure to propagate that information to the other wedding vendors.
My fiancée and I basically did not have to worry about anything. We left it at the hands of our wedding coordinator to handle everything. They had a detailed itinerary setup and there was never a communication lag. Whenever we needed an answer or wanted something changed at the drop of a dime, Simply Eventful made it happen. They were very knowledgeable in wedding planning and knew exactly what to expect for the big day. There was never a sense of urgency seen from the Simply Eventful camp.
I would suggest Simply Eventful to anyone looking for a qualified wedding coordinator. Your money will not go to waste and they will always pick up the phone when you call for something.
Thanks again Simply Eventful, you helped make our big day stress free and fun!

I had the pleasure working with Sabrina at the Anaheim Marriott for a wedding. As soon as I got to the event, she was on top of things and made sure everything ran smoothly. Usually when I work with a coordinator, they tend to forget the photo booth guys… but she made sure we were okay and kept us in the loop regarding the itinerary of the wedding. I hope that we can work later down in the future! I would highly recommend her services to others!