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ARJ Productions

ARJ Productions

Fairfax, VA
4.9 out of 5 rating, 57 Reviews
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    Ari is THE best. Stop looking - you’ve found Ari

    Ari and her team were stand our all stars for our wedding. She helped us plan a 150 person wedding from soup to nuts in less than 3 months (after our original location was blown away by a hurricane). Ari is professional, detail oriented, and a lady who gets it done. I cannot imagine a better wedding planner. Thank you Ari!!!!!!
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    Chris R. Sent on 11/22/2022
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    Best in the Industry!

    Ari & Kristin are two of the best in the industry! We booked them for our 180 guest wedding and it was the best decision we ever made. They were professional in every aspect of the planning process, and also personable in all of our conversations. We totally trusted them and felt so comfortable as we worked through the details of the wedding. From a communication standpoint, you wont find a better duo: We booked them in March for a November wedding, and they would routinely reach out to ensure we were still on task, schedule check ins, and send over updates. Anytime we had questions, they'd respond within 24 hours with the answers we needed. They are also so well connected to the other wedding vendors, that it almost felt like we had friends on the inside who did all of our bidding. From a resource perspective, their wedding planner software is top notch. We had our own online log in and could collaborate on our timeline, vendor contracts, guest count, checklists, etc. This online tool made our lives so easy because all of our conversations and ideas were put on the site and we could make daily adjustments and updates; If you're anything like me and want to tinker with ideas during your daily lunch break, this software tool will become your best friend. On gameday, they made the timeline as smooth as butter. We didn't have to stress over any details or hiccups and they gave us gentle reminders to enjoy the day and the special moments throughout.

    Overall, they created a wedding day that we will never forget. We are forever thankful to Ari and Kristin for how special they made our day and how easy and fun they made our planning process. 11 out of 10 would recommend!

    ARJ Productions's reply:

    Aw thanks Casey and Chris! It was such an absolute pleasure working with you guys! We will sure miss you both!
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    Margaret D. Sent on 07/24/2023
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    Best wedding planners ever!

    Ari and Kristin were an exceptional team! With their guidance the planning phase didn't feel too overwhelming and the wedding itself was flawless. Our caterer cancelled on us due to a disagreement with the venue a few months before our wedding date. Ari and Kristin were prepared with back up options when they relayed the news, which the caterer we went with ended up being, in our opinion, better than the original caterer we booked. It gave us peace of mind knowing how well connected Ari and Kristin are with wedding vendors in the area. All of their recommended vendors were remarkable. The wedding ceremony and reception were magical, and we did not have to worry about anything that day. Ari and Kristin made it so we could enjoy our day to the fullest. We would definitely recommend this team to any couple looking to get married!
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    Absolutely amazing. 11/10 recommend!!!!!

    Ari and Kristen were the most AMAZING wedding planners we could ask for!!!!! Extremely professional, organized, personable, and everything in-between. We had a 200 person wedding and a lot of logistics to coordinate and keep track of. They not only made sure everything went off without a hitch, but also went above and beyond. Could not recommend them enough!!!!!
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    Emily R. Sent on 11/26/2022
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    So Worth It!

    Ari and Kristen did such a great job with our September 2022 wedding! They were so easy to work with, responsive and Kristen made sure our day ran smoothly and that our vision came to life. I had such a calm wedding day and I was able to fully enjoy it because I knew Kristen had everything handled. Even though we chose to do a small wedding (50 people), I'm so thankful we hired ARJ for month of planning. It allowed myself and my (now) husband to be fully present with our family and friends. It also gave us peace of mind to know that all the money we spent and time we put toward planning would be worthwhile because our wedding day would be executed well. Having ARJ meant that our family and friends could fully enjoy the day and didn't have to do any work which was a huge plus for us since so many flew into town to celebrate with us. Highly recommend!
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    Kelly N. Sent on 08/16/2022
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    Highly Recommend ARJ Productions- Wedding Planner

    We hired ARJ Productions to help us plan my daughter's wedding which took place over this past weekend. We worked closely with both Ari and Kristin, and there isn't a single thing I would change about that day. There were treasured moments beyond measure, as Ari and Kristin helped to make my daughter's dream wedding a reality. They made vendor introductions across the spectrum- caterers, florists, DJs, transportation, officiant, venues, bakers, photographers, videographers, etc. and helped us narrow our selections. Each selection was perfect. Ari and Kristin made us feel like we were their only client. We are so grateful for their partnership in delivering a wedding that fairytales are made of. Their organization, attention to detail, and easy going style made this whole experience memorable and fun rather than daunting. Highly, Highly recommend!!!

    ARJ Productions's reply:

    Aw thank you so much for the kind words! You guys are dream clients and it was a joy working with you!
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    Katie C. Sent on 07/21/2022
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    A Perfect Planner!

    We hired ARJ Productions for our wedding and worked closely with Ari, and I have to say it was one of the best decisions we made to have our wedding go smoothly. We did the month of plan, but the communication with Ari started way earlier and she would always check in with us before hand to make sure we were on track or if we needed any extra help. Ari was and is so supportive and attentive through the whole time that we worked with her. There was a chance of rain the day of our wedding and Ari always checked in with us to make sure that we were calm and comfortable if we needed to do a last minute change with the rain plan, which we luckily did not have to do! Ari and ARJ Productions will always have my recommendation for planning a wedding in the DC/NoVa area!
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    Michele Sent on 07/17/2022
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    Ari makes wedding planning fun!

    We hired ARJ Productions for partial planning for our wedding at Stone Tower Winery. Ari and Kristin were so fun to work with throughout the entire process and I always felt like I was in excellent hands. Ari really took a lot of the stress out of wedding planning because she had excellent vendor recommendations, she was INCREDIBLY responsive, and she had great tools and resources to help each step of the way. On the day of, everything within Ari's control ran smoothly and according to the detailed timeline that she had created. Overall, we are so happy that we had Ari by our side to help plan and coordinate our wedding! She brings such a fun and positive energy to every interaction and is truly a joy to work with!
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    Leslie B. Sent on 05/13/2022
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    Ari is a dream

    I can't say enough good things about Ari and the team. We brought them on as partial planners after we made most of our big vendor decisions. It was the best thing we could have done. Between navigating different families, us living out of town, coordinating the small details we wouldn't know about, and helping us re-plan everything with a COVID delay, Ari became a trusted confidante and friend in the planning process. I would trust them with my life!

    ARJ Productions's reply:

    Aw! This is the nicest and we love you guys and your family. It's been an absolute pleasure and joy to work with you and become friends in the process:) Love ya girl!
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    Molly S. Sent on 07/28/2022
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    Wonderful experience!

    It was such a pleasure working with Ari and Kristin during the planning of our wedding. They were knowledgable, communicative, positive, professional, creative, and caring. Their help behind the scenes was the secret ingredient for a fantastic celebration!
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    Emily G. Sent on 10/10/2021
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    One of our BEST wedding vendors!!

    Ari and Kristin were amazing! Our wedding day ran so smoothly and calmly thanks to them. They handled various last minute changes from vendors and kept us on time for a beautiful day. The planning process was made so much simpler with their guidance, and they were incredibly responsive when we had questions. We originally scheduled our wedding in August 2020, so they were very helpful in the process to move it out to August 2021 as well. So glad we were able to work with them!!
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    Donna G. Sent on 08/09/2021
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    Amazing Wedding Experience

    Ari & her team made our wedding truly memorable. The big day came and went without major issues and Ari is a big part of having the day run smoothly.

    We made sure that the wedding party stuck to the schedule and made sure both our ceremony venue and reception venue was all prepared and set up how we wanted it to.

    We recommend ARJ Productions for anyone looking for a top notch, professional, and detailed oriented, wedding planner!

    ARJ Productions's reply:

    Aw thanks so much Donna! We absolutely loved working with you! I am so glad you had the wedding you envisioned and I look forward to staying in touch with you both to hear how you are doing!
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    Taylor T. Sent on 10/30/2020
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    Choose ARJ!

    Ari & Team did an amazing job at my wedding! Although we only hired her for the month of, she went above and beyond all expectations. Her connections with vendors, her go-get it attitude and her ability to put on such a smooth day was unmatched. Thank you Ari!
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    Allyson B. Sent on 07/27/2021
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    The best decision you'll make!

    Hiring Ari (full planning service) was hands down one of the best decisions we made at the beginning of our wedding planning process - which started in the fall of 2019 (aka the "before times"). With an original October 2020 wedding date, and a multi-day event in the works, you can only imagine the various vendor gymnastics required to postpone our larger celebration to July 2021, while also planning a small backyard elopement on on our original date. Planning a wedding during a pandemic is no small feat, and Ari was a godsend through all of it - flexible, supportive and on top of so many moving pieces. Between the fantastic vendor relationships she brings to the table, as well as relationships she's able to build thanks to her responsiveness and professionalism, navigating the massive amounts of uncertainty involved in pulling off our wedding just as restrictions were lifted in DC was made so much easier. I honestly have no idea what we would've done without her! If you are considering hiring a planner, I could not recommend Ari more!
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    Simply the best!

    We found and hired Ari in the summer of 2018 for our November 2019 wedding, shortly after we realized how daunting planning a large wedding in DC can be. Besides marrying each other, Ari was, by far, the best decision we made when it came to our wedding.

    She helped us navigate through each and every little detail of the process to help make our vision of a dream wedding a reality for us. She is super responsive, down to earth, realistic and energetic. She was a great advocate for us when it came down to any issues or difficulties we experienced (which was very few thanks to her!). Ari makes you feel like you have her undivided attention for the entire duration of wedding planning.

    Ari has a wide network of vendors in the industry that clearly enjoy working with her, as well, which is a great indicator of her personality and work ethic. I met and hired many of my vendors directly through Ari, which turned out to be a wonderful decision for us.

    In addition to being a wedding planner, Ari also doubles as a crisis manager. Just a couple days before our wedding, the Nationals won the World Series and we learned that the parade was likely to march right through our plans. When I woke up in a panic and messaged Ari at 7AM, she had already been awake and devising an emergency plan with our vendors. Ari is worth her weight in gold simply for her ability to stay cool and calm under pressure.

    Even at Ari’s full planning level of service, her prices are ridiculously inexpensive for the amount of time, work, and energy she put into our wedding. She was the superglue that held it all together, and we had a beautiful, seamless, smooth wedding that we could actually ENJOY.. all because Ari was working behind the scenes.

    She is simply the best, and we are sad that Ari cannot plan every other part of our life from here on out. Do yourself a favor and hire her!
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    Bethany Sent on 09/16/2019
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    Ari will make your wedding a dream come true!

    Ari is more than just a wedding planner, she's a miracle worker! We couldn't have imagined a more perfect day and it was all thanks to Ari. She organized and coordinated, and worked her magic so that the day was seamless and beautiful for us. If there were whoops's or mess-ups, I didn't know! I floated through my perfect wedding without a worry in the world all thanks to Ari's preparedness and professionalism.
    We started working with Ari about a year out from our big day. We signed up for the partial planning package which was well worth the expense. I can't tell you how many times my husband (still getting used to saying “husband”) and I said that this was the one line item on our expenses that we completely could not have lived without.
    My advice as a bride who's been through it: Don't think you can do it all, hire a planner, hire Ari! We absolutely love her and can't imagine our life without her now that the wedding is over.
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    ARJ Productions's reply:

    Oh my goodness!!!!! Love!!!!!! You guys are the best! Nothing made me happier than seeing your first dance and how much you beamed on your wedding day!!!! My favorite thing was getting to know both of you throughout this process. Friends for life as Barry says! Xoxo
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    Kristi Sent on 08/27/2019
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    Couldn't have done my wedding without her

    I truly don't know how I would have done my wedding without Ari. She was amazing in every aspect and went ABOVE and beyond what was required of her. Ari was extremely responsive and helped me stay in line with everything. Her expertise and guidance for timeline, vendors, etc. was impressive. She was the best decision I made for hiring her as my planner and now is a longtime friend to my family and I.
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    Taylor C. Sent on 08/27/2019
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    Absolutely incredible!

    THE BEST!! They say wedding days can be very stressful but unfortunately this is a feeling I never got to experience because Ari made this day so easy for my wife and I it was like we were practically on vacation. Ari was on top of every detail, ahead of every issue, and executing every aspect of the wedding with perfection.

    You will not be disappointed in Ari and her team. I guarantee you will not find someone better. If you don't go with Ari you are honestly making a mistake. She is AMAZING!!
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    Skip L. Sent on 08/18/2019
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    Simply the Best

    Hiring Ari Jones and her team was the best decision we made to host our Daughters wedding. She is so creative, super responsive and just gets things done. well worth the money- super value for what you get. I will miss working with her now that the wedding is over! TOP NOTCH- the best planner out there. Do it now!
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    Mengshi Z. Sent on 09/27/2019
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    Ari helped us planed the perfect wedding

    Ari did a great job planning our wedding. We reached out to several planner around 3 months before our wedding day, which is not a lot of time. And Ari is the only one responded. We met with her the next morning and decided to choose her as our planner.
    Ari helped us find a great venue, florists, musicians, transportation and an officiant. She also went with us for several sights and meetings. At our wedding day Ari also gave us a lot of help. She coordinated a lot of the details.
    We are thankful for Ari. She helped us planed a wonderful wedding!

    ARJ Productions's reply:

    Thank you so much! I miss you guys!!!! Hope all is well! It was such a pleasure being part of your special day!!!
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    Laurie M. Sent on 07/07/2019
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    Ari is excellent!

    We hired Ari as a month-of coordinator and she was great! She helped organize things for us before the wedding and kept everything on schedule on the day of. She was extremely responsive whenever we contacted her! She was overall great to work with and really allowed me (mother of the bride) to enjoy the day!
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    Lindsay S. Sent on 07/10/2019
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    Like taking a xanax

    My family and I would not have survived wedding planning without ARJ productions, there’s no other way to say it. As a “nervous bride,” Ari and her team completely managed my stress and anxiety about the event and found ways to make it FUN, which is what it’s about! We had around 250 guests so there was a lot to manage. We used a ton of Ari's vendors, but the ones we did find on our own Ari worked with flawlessly, which is not always the case with wedding planners. She was on every call with vendors, and my *strong* suggestion would be to do the whole package so you can use her unlimited time, it's just not worth feeling like you can't have full access since the team has a ton of clients at any given time. Ari should think about charging more for her services, because more than planning, wedding organizing for a large and formal wedding is stressful in ways you can't predict before doing it, and Ari and her team are providing not just actual planning but de-stressing reminders so you don't have to freak out! Lastly, Kristen is great. Feel free to reach out if you have more questions.
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    Jake Sent on 10/03/2019
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    Awesome Wedding Planner!

    We hired ARJ Productions to help plan our May 2019 wedding- and we are so happy we did!. We ended up picking her month of/day of service package. Ari was very helpful and was a great resource during the entire planning process. As someone that has never helped plan a wedding before, it was so helpful to talk through all the details with Ari. Because we chose the month of package, we did most of the planning and Ari brought it to the finish line. Ari will check-in on your progress and meet with you throughout, but the month of/day of package is very self-driven planning. A month before the wedding, Ari reached out to all our vendors to confirm details and ensure everything was good to go. The day of our wedding, I handed over my wedding planning binder to Ari and she made my dream a reality. I didn’t have to worry about a thing on my wedding day because Ari had everything under control. ARJ Productions also provided an online program that helps guide your wedding planning. My husband and I thought it was very helpful and a great way to keep everyone on the same page. If you feel like you need a lot more hands-on help, I would recommend booking her all exclusive packages. If you check out their social media accounts, you can see that ARJ Productions knows how to throw a party!
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    Jamie H. Sent on 07/05/2019
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    Fabulous 25th anniversary celebration

    Ari and her team put together an amazing 25th anniversary celebration for my wife and I. It was a fabulous evening with family and friends. We didn't have to sweat any of the details, as Ari took care of that. The party was outstanding.
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