A Regal Affair wedding planners

08/15/2007 Posted by aimers5

My husband and I were married March 10, 2007 at La Cantera and we used Jennifer as our wedding coordinator. I absolutely loved working with Jennifer!! She has a wealth of knowledge and my team of vendors were very excited about working with her, as well. While she did a lot for us during the planning process, Jennifer was invaluable in the final days. When I didn’t know what to do or how to speak up about something, she had it taken care of before I could even wonder how we were going to fix it. She got in touch with all my vendors right before the wedding and took care of all the loose ends for me. She picked up all of our belongings for the wedding, shopped for last minute supplies for us, attended our rehearsal to make sure that everything went well (the Church had a coordinator, too), ran the timeline Saturday, picked up our room from that morning before we returned that night, took us all food and beverages during the ceremony and reception break, oversaw the set-up of the reception to ensure it met our expectations and kept things running smoothly during the reception. We did a consumption bar at the reception and she kept up with it extremely well, notifying us only when it was time to increase the limit or close the bar down. She stayed until the wee hours of the morning to make sure that the reception site was broken down, loaded the gifts into my mom’s car, and made sure that I got all of my stuff back to my house. Basically, she did it al!!! I know that wedding planners are very busy people, and they have many brides to juggle at once. Of course, as a bride, you always want all the attention on you, even if it is unreasonable. Jennifer was always there when I needed her and I never felt like she was "unaccessable" to me. I cannot imagine what our wedding would have been like without her. She was a wonderful resource to us and has become a good friend. As my mom says, “She is the best wedding planner ever!!”

Pros: Wealth of knowledge, Detail Oriented

Cons: that the wedding is over. =(

07/11/2007 Posted by txmorris3

We met with Jennifer when interviewing consultants for our May 2008 destination wedding. She was very friendly, professional, and knowledgeable, and gave us many good planning tips during our free 1 1/2 long meeting. We had high expectation because we loved the pictures on the "A Regal Affair" blog. But we ended up going with someone else, because we were unsettled by Jennifer for the reasons listed below - perhaps they're red flags? 1. She was half an hour late to our meeting. 2. After we gave her our wedding details (guest count, location, tentative color and decoration ideas) she told us she would call or email us the following week with a quote for her services...and we never heard from her again. 3. She spoke negatively about other wedding planners in the area. 4. She represented herself as the wedding coordinator for Eva Longoria and Tony Parker's wedding...but after much prodding on our part we realized she was hired to handle / organize travel details for Eva's family from Texas - not actual details of the wedding. 5. She kept talking about how busy she was - we left with the feeling that she would not have time or personal attention for us. Had we had any desire to pursue the services of A Regal Affair, we definitely would have asked for references first - we suggest anyone else considering using them do the same!

03/14/2007 Posted by whitfed

To start, if you are currently using them as a wedding planner, keep your contract close, and make sure you pay your vendors yourself. We began to use "a regal affair" to plan our wedding and from the start it was bad. We had been recommended a couple of vendors by a higher up at one of the big name wedding shows, that we decided to use. Most of the vendors told us the only reason they would work with us was because of the recommendation, but usually they will no longer work with "a regal affair." That concerned me right away and later we found out why. "A regal affair" began billing my soon to be mother in law for work that had not been completed and due to the fact my in laws live out of the state, they didn't know the work had not been done. That took a while for us to catch, and when we did catch it we asked for that money back along with a refund for some invitations that they were making. Well, after 3 checks that bounced from "a regal affair", I called the "hot check" line at the DA's here in Bexar County. When I gave the name "a regal affair" saying they had written us 3 bad checks over a month for the same refund, the clerk at the DA's office just laughed because of the number of times the company has been reported. Just to make everyone feel better though "a regal affair" does pay the money back once reported. We just had to meet the owner of "a regal affair" at their bank to get in cash. After only returning a little over half of what a regal affair had billed and owed us. Seriously, do not let "a regal affair" pay your vendors for you! We filed a complaint with the better business before "a regal affair" finally gave us a partial refund. The complaint is still on file, if you care to look at it. "A regal affair" never cared to reply to the complaint, as far as I know. We ended up using a different wedding planner before all was said and done. Beware of this one!

Pros: Offers to do inviations for a discount.

Cons: Hard to work with.

07/16/2006 Posted by millie78

At the last minute, not literally, but a month out from my sister's birthday, I decided to have a themed Gatsby party. She found the place, did the themed invitations, decor and the food was awesome. I gave her a budget and she ran with it. I highly recommend them for your corporate and private parties too. When I get engaged, this is where I will go.

Pros: Listens to what you want then delivers the right people to get the job done

Cons: Summer time is vacation time, so plan ahead

02/24/2005 Posted by katbrou

My event went very well, I could not have asked for more! It was money well spent and I think you should do the same.