Ida Rose Events Reviews
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Patrick B. Sent on 12/08/2023
Extraordinary Planning from Laura + Team
My husband and I are so incredibly grateful to have found Laura and Ida Rose Events for our wedding. From venue selection a year out to the minute details on the day-of, Laura was unwavering in her support of our vision and ensured it came to fruition. As a gay couple, it was important to find a planner with experience in inclusive weddings and Laura was the perfect person for the job. She and her team are well-connected leaders in the wedding industry, particularly in DC, and adept at throwing extraordinary luxury weddings. We highly, highly recommend Laura and her team, Edwin, Erica and Ashley. -
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Molly M. Sent on 11/05/2023
A joy to work with!
As a wedding photographer, I've had the pleasure of working with numerous wedding planners but Edwin of Ida Rose Event and his team truly stand out in their own right! His dedication and genuine passion was evident in every detail and he created an unforgettable experience for our couple and their guests. He and his team not only made my job easier but also went above and beyond to ensure our clients were able to enjoy and be truly present throughout the day. Edwin was an absolute joy to work with and I highly recommend him and Ida Rose Events to those looking to have a stress-free wedding day! -
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Brooke C. Sent on 01/16/2023So grateful to Edwin and IDA ROSE!
I got married on 10/15/22 and I am so happy we hired IDA ROSE! I ended up choosing their partial planning package because I had researched and hired all of the vendors myself (originally was just going to get a month-of coordinator) but I needed help with design and the rest of the planning details. Edwin Hernandez was our Lead Event Planner & Designer and I absolutely LOVE him! I wanted someone who was going to take my vision and make it a reality and he and his team did exactly that. One of the main reasons my husband and I hired a wedding planner was because we wanted to be 100% present and be able to enjoy our wedding day instead of having to run around handling crises or logistics and we loved that Edwin had a team working with him the day of the wedding and they handled absolutely everything! Shout out to Natalie who was my bridal concierge who bustled my dress, held my lipstick, fixed my hair, acted as a bee catcher, and literally changed and tied my shoes for me when it was time for dancing. My husband and I agree that hiring IDA ROSE was a great decision. The venue looked beautiful, Edwin handled all of the vendors, issues, decor set up, and timing, and literally everything else. He and his team made sure we had everything we needed and we got to fully enjoy our wedding day and it was exactly how we hoped it would turn out. 10/10 recommend! -
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Honeywood R. Sent on 08/15/2023Top-Notch Wedding Planner
Where do we even begin?? Working with Ashley from Ida Rose Events is always a great experience. We've had the pleasure of working with her on a couple of events this year and let me tell you, she does not disappoint as a wedding planner. Her work is incredible, she is always organized, and super communicative leading up to the event day. She is approachable and a perfect fit for this job. If you hire Ashley for your events, you will not be disappointed. -
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Andrew B. Sent on 11/09/2021Ida Rose Events saved our butts and made sure our day was perfect!
We initially planned on handling all the planning ourselves and using a relative for day of coordination. We found out about 4 months out we need some professional help and finding Ida Rose Events for Month and Day of Planning was the best decision we made.
We worked with Erica at Ida Rose as our month of and day of coordinator, and boy did she save our butts. We would not have made it through the last few weeks and the chaos of the day without her expert guidance and amazing support. Especially as the stress of all the little details began taking their toll.
Erica hit the ground running just about the 1 month out mark and immediately helped calm our nerves taking over most of the direct communications with our vendors and helping us make key late-in-the game decisions, especially when we had minor challenges reaching our venue coordinator with questions and some key deadlines approaching to provide them required information. Erica was instrumental especially in getting the walkthrough set up with the venue on a short turnaround, and leading that walkthrough, which took a lot of stress off of us!
On the day of, Erica was a wizard. She was bending time and space to be everywhere she was needed (especially with the Bride who, admittedly, was a bit overwhelmed the entire day and would probably not have enjoyed it if not for Erica’s reassuring presence)! Everything went smoothly, even when our other vendors tried to hijack the timeline a little, and made sure we as close to on schedule as possible, and were well taken care of throughout the day.
Our reception space was decorated perfectly to the bride’s expectation and as communicated. Everything was beautiful and we received many a compliment from guests on decor, which Erica and team basically handled with very little direction from us! We appreciated their selections and placement for the copious amounts of decorations we brought with us. Everything looked spectacular.
We also just have to say thank you for her patience! It wasn’t the easiest of group of personalities (/cough our mothers in particular), and she handled everything perfectly. She made sure we were enjoying ourselves first and foremost, which we greatly appreciated, and shielded us where necessary from potential stressors.
Also, her Tetris skills are very commendable, as I’ve never seen someone pack more stuff so efficiently in a car after the reception to make sure everything found its way back to us post-cleanup.
Erica, thank you again for everything. You are the best! -
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Maria S. Sent on 02/28/2022The absolute BEST!
We had the pleasure of working with Edwin from The IDA Rose team and let me tell you that to this day my husband and I both agree it was the best decision we made. We had our wedding in the fall of 2020 and with a pandemic everything seemed like it was falling apart even our venue closed down and so we opted to move our wedding to our new home that was undergoing some remodeling but also due to covid delays was not gonna be ready in time for the wedding. Edwin came in and saw our vision amidst the missing wall in our kitchen. When We look back we laugh wondering what he really thought but he not once let it show that this was a problem. We hired Edwin for month of coordination and let tell you that within that month our wedding truly came together because of him. Once Edwin took over all the missing things fell into place. I had scouted all over for a last minute videographer Edwin found me 3 options in under 24 hours that were available and ready to go for our wedding date. When we didn’t have draping Edwin found us the person for the look that we wanted.
Edwin took our open concept and created what felt like different rooms with different atmospheres come to life. When things didn’t fall into our original design I let him make the decisions for what he thought would be best and he did not disappoint. No rehearsal for ceremony? no problem! with Edwin’s cues it went flawlessly. Everything was absolutely perfect. He gathered all of our wedding vendors from florist, rentals, catering, hair and makeup and created a flawless timeline and let me tell you that day I really didn’t have to worry about a thing. I woke up with a smile and went to bed with a smile knowing everything was taken care of and thanks to one of the assistants of the IDA rose team I even had left over appetizers to snack on for later hahaha it was absolute perfection. To this day we think of Edwin as our friend and design god and cannot wait to work with him again and if he’s reading this to maybe hang out with us just because hehe that’s just how great of a person he is. The person that isn’t just there because it’s his job but that person that makes you feel like he’s that friend that is there no matter what. The friend you can laugh and cry with. Don’t think about hiring Edwin or the IDA rose team twice. They are the absolute best! -
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Susan B. Sent on 11/29/2020The backbone of the best day of my life
What can I say except when there is a pandemic, hire Ida Rose. Actually just hire Ida Rose all the time!! I mean, if anything can show you how a wedding planner will deal with challenges, it's how they deal with a crisis the world hasn't seen in a century. And Laura, our wedding planner, was simply incredible. She supported us through the months of "uhh what do we do??" "do we postpone our wedding??" "how do we postpone a wedding??" "I don't want to postpone our wedding!" "how do we do this safely??" on and on and on. Laura was a rock: upbeat, supportive, ready to roll with whatever was coming. We decided in the end to postpone our big wedding and have a smaller wedding on our original day and I couldn't be happier. Our big wedding is next year, but our smaller wedding went off without a hitch because of Laura. Essentially she helped us plan a second wedding - a different venue (my parent's backyard) meant a new caterer, the florist wasn't able to move so we had to find a new one, how do we do this outside - well here is a great tent company. Literally Laura crushed the planning of this smaller day. All of this to say - it was the best day of my life. A beautiful easy day for me because everything was taken care of by the Ida Rose team. I felt safe, the day was beautiful, the dinner was gorgeous. We love cheese and Laura had the genius idea of personalized cheese boards as seating indicators, literally a dream! There were little touches everywhere that made us feel loved and safe and celebrated. I would recommend Laura and the whole Ida Rose to any and everyone. Thank you for a beautiful wedding day, I can't wait for Round 2! -
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Amelia F. Sent on 01/05/2020Amazing, wonderful, fabulous experience!!!
I ended up hiring Laura for a full wedding planning package - she helped with every part of the experience. The only thing she didn't do was make our invitation list... Everything else was handled! Both me and my now husband are busy professionals, so Laura quickly picked up on what we wanted and brought it to life with limited management. She designed everything, managed all the logistics, and tracked down everything she needed to make it happen. During the wedding day, one of her people was always right around the corner. It was an absolute delight working with Laura and her team! -
Kerry Sent on 10/11/2019
The Most Fabulous & Organized Wedding Coordinator!!
Laura Held is a planner/coordinator extraordinaire who helped make our wedding day beyond magical and we felt like we were dancing in a magazine the entire day!!
From the early stages, she helped with vendor selection (all the vendors - Flowers/photography/etc - were stunning!!), designing, and answering all our questions along the way! Then the coordination in the last few days and on the wedding day itself was the most impressive feat of all! Every moment went flawlessly - calling me to check in on how I was doing, calling every vendor endlessly, and managing every little detail on the day itself - I just floated through it all - with only the happiest of tears!! Also, we had a dream of incorporating national parks into our table numbering and Laura helped make this into one of the most dramatic and memorable parts of our wedding - it still brings me to happy tears when I think about it all!
Every single aspect of the wedding was perfect thanks to Laura's brilliant input and I can truly say Laura helped make our wedding day the most spectacular day of our lives. We would absolutely recommend using Laura with Ida Rose Events for any and every single event - wedding, birthday party, anything!!
Thank you so so so so much Laura!! -
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Marta Sent on 11/30/2017Hiring Laura Held as our Wedding Planner was one of the best decisions on the wedding planning process. It was money well invested. And even though my now husband and I are really organized and we thought that we could handle a lot of the details, we are really glad we did it. She was fantastic to work with and her team was also great! I got the partial planning package and it was ideal for me. She was responsive, resourceful, had great ideas and recommendations and always had a positive, warm and professional attitude. We had some issues with our venue and she really stepped in and handled it in the best way possible. Her support and advice during the whole process were key. I'm sure there were a lot of things that she and her team handled behind the scenes that I never even knew it happened. I just saw the beautiful product at the end. I would absolutely recommend IDA ROSE Events and would work with them again in a heart beat.
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Kathleen Sent on 01/10/2018We love Laura of Ida Rose Events! Laura has an innate ability to take glimmers of ideas and turn them into amazing reality! I had to be talked into hiring a wedding coordinator but it was absolutely the best use of our wedding budget. Laura is efficient and focused and a delight to work with. My daughter and I had different ideas of how her wedding should be and Laura was able to blend our thoughts and turn them into a day more beautiful than we even imagined! And most importantly, Laura and her fantastic team made it feel like we were floating through the day while they kept everything on schedule and done perfectly. That kind of peace of mind is priceless! Laura also has wonderful resources and creative vendors and she really listens and cares about your thoughts and ideas. She always made us feel that my daughter’s wedding was the most important thing that she had on her mind. I cannot recommend her highly enough — I have 2 more daughters and I hope that we will be able to plan 2 more weddings together some day!
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Julia Sent on 11/20/2017I cannot say enough about how professional, gracious, and thorough in her planning for our wedding this Spring. We booked her for the full planning package, and felt like we were a huge part of the process, which was important to us. One the day of, there were some almost major disasters such as an extreme transportation delay, (not the planner's error), and Laura and her team handled these things without us even really knowing about it until after the wedding and the guests raved about how she handled it. I think thats what makes a good planner; handling all of the things like some kind of ninja. Thanks so much Laura! :)
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