Backpocket Hero

The recipe to a perfect dream wedding starts off with amazing vendors! The Backpocket Hero Team, who coordinated my special day in September, exceeded my expectations by working along side me in making my day momentous. Janice, the lead coordinator was detailed orientated, organized, and well focused about the execution. Let’s start off with the bundle of assistance we needed as we were perplexed by how much coordination goes into a wedding celebration. Janice and her assistants supported us in refining our vision of the wedding, the overall flow of the wedding schedule, and most importantly the execution!
As the months turned into weeks, our vision of the wedding evolved and often times became blurry. We needed to refocus. By engaging in weekly meetings with Janice and her team prior to the wedding day, we were able to resolve the details that appeared to rattle our nerves. Our vision became clearer that our wedding was about us and that all the planning would eventually fall into place.
Planning a wedding always seems so easy but putting the parts together and making it happen is the struggle. We wanted to make sure every moment was captured and by reviewing our wedding day schedule carefully with Janice and the team, we were able to incorporate the moments we wanted. They provided thoughtful and realistic feedback that helped us keep the schedule moving along but still flexible. The team furthermore provided support at our Rehearsal smoothing out last minute details.
When the day finally arrived, the team worked with our amazing vendors to make sure the operations ran smoothly for both our ceremony and reception. The team provided every level of support from monitoring the schedule to the setup up of personalized decorations. Everything was beautiful and breathtaking! When I arrived to my reception, there was a moment my heart skipped a beat because of how put together the venue looked. At the end of our night we were able to capture all the moments we wanted. We had the time of our lives! From the start to the finish, there really is no secret to the perfect wedding recipe. Just as long as you believe in your vendors, they will make your visions come to life. You will be in good hands with the Backpocket Hero team!

I hired Janice to help me put together a continuing education event to help me build my business. She helped research and identify invitees, designed and ordered promotional items, created an EventBrite site, etc. She was terrific. Besides doing great work (I have high standards), she is incredibly responsive and communicative about her availability and ability to meet deadlines, is professional, has great attention to detail, has good common sense, has an ability to anticipate the next decision and what information will be needed to make it, has a solid command of written English (90% of our interaction was on email), and is easy and pleasant to work with. I completely understand why someone would want to hire her to help with an event. I highly recommend her for just that!

We hired Janice to help our firm get started on a detailed and long-​running customer relationship management plan. Janice is easy to get in touch with and responds quickly. Our plans changed a few times, but she was adaptive to the changes every time.
Janice lent us a helping hand when our firm was at our busiest and helped us take care of tasks that otherwise would have sit for months.
Thanks, Janice, for all your hard work and time!

Backpocket Hero helped my wedding day run smoothly. The most important part of the wedding for me and my husband was the guest experience. We wanted them to enjoy themselves, be fed, and not witness any type of hiccups that could occur during the wedding. Janice made this all happen and we couldn’t be happier.
As a very DIY bride, Janice was a perfect compliment. Janice helped me put together and ensure that the timeline of the actual wedding day was organized and thought through. She was there for the wedding rehearsal a day prior to our wedding and helped us with the ceremony. This was great because we had no idea how to orchestrate a wedding ceremony. On the day of the wedding, Janice made sure that all the vendors arrived on time. Janice and her assistant stayed with us until the very end of the wedding, along with organizing and packing our stuff to put away in the cars.
All my guests gave me great feedback about how the wedding day went smoothly and they didn’t see any hiccups or disorganization if there were any. This is all due to Janice and her assistant. Having a Day-​Of-​Wedding Coordinator is a must for any bride. Taking away the chaos of having your family and bridal party manage your wedding day is so worth it.
Hire Janice for your upcoming wedding!

I contacted Janice at Backpocket Hero because the mess in my home office was holding me back – it was quite literally keeping me from expanding my business. Janice guided me calmly through the process of going through piles of papers and office supplies, keeping me on task when I got distracted. She was very hands-​on, getting in and helping me dust and vacuum. Janice also helped me step back, look at the big picture, and think creatively about the overall organizing process when I got too caught up in details.
The whole experience of working with Janice was great, but the best part of having her help me organize my home office might have been that she took all the things to be donated with her, so I didn’t need to worry about about them! (This may be a particularly big deal for me since I don’t have a car.)
Thanks Janice!

Backpocket Hero helped me coordinate my wedding just a few weeks ago, and I want to SING from the rooftop about what an AMAZING job Janice and her team did for us on the big day!
From the beginning I wanted to be a DIY bride and make EVERYTHING for the big day, so I knew that I had to have someone help me put my vision together. I met with Janice about 4 months before the wedding, and from the very start I knew she would perfect to help us — she was super fun and energetic, but also SUPER professional and knowledgeable (which is very calming when you are planning a wedding!)
Over the few months before the wedding Janice helped us coordinate the vendors we had not yet booked, calling for quotes and offering recommendations for what she thought would work best for us. She also helped us prioritize our «to do» lists, and reminded me of those little details like — oh yeah, the seating chart!
The few weeks before the wedding Janice and I met once a week, where she took over the relationship with the vendors (so she would be their main point of contact for the day of the event instead of us — SOO nice.) She also talked me off the ledge a few times with extremely helpful statements like, «why are you going to pay $ 3,000 for a tent to have the 15 ceremony outside in the rain when you can do it inside for free? We will make it work» hahaha!
The weekend of the wedding, however, was where Janice and her team REALLY shined! They met us at the rehearsal to help walk through the ceremony, offering suggestions from where to seat the guests, to how to have the bridal party stand — all very helpful considering the grooms brother married us and none of us had any idea how to put together a ceremony!
The day of the ceremony, Janice and her crew arrived several hours early to meet the vendors, and coordinate the set up of everything — including the several tubs full of decorations we had made and collected for the big day. We didn’t get to see the room until we were announced before dinner, and I can’t tell you how thrilled we were to see everything look even more amazing than we imagined!
Throughout the night Janice and her team continued to keep party on track, subtly keeping us on the schedule she had worked with us to set ahead of time. She and her team were with us until the last gift, cupcake and guest was packed in a car and on their way back to the hotel.
I realize that this review is a long one, but there are SO many unexpected things that pop up when planning a wedding, and if you are looking to make it a totally fun, personalized and STRESS FREE experience, these are your ladies!