Wedding Bliss Begins with Exceptional Planning
Your wedding is a significant event that requires every logistic to be planned and organized with precision. As your trusted partner, I will manage these details so that you and your family can be completely present and mindful of the beauty and joy of this special day.
“Andrea made it a stress-free event…”
As your primary collaborator, I take the time to fully understand your wedding vision and bring it to life. I listen to your needs and consider all the nuances, opportunities, and proactively identify potential glitches, and offering resolutions to ensure a flawless celebration.
The Andrea Reno Guarantee
My promise to you on your wedding day.
I guarantee two things to all my wedding clients.
Number One – you will be only focusing on your fiancé and the happiness of each moment, or the swell of emotion you felt as you took your first step down the aisle, or the pure happiness you felt dancing with friends and family at the reception.
Number Two – that you won’t focus on whether the caterer delivered the proper color linens and set the centerpieces correctly, or if the DJ received the playlist, or if the bar service was up to par, or any other event logistic.
“I can’t express the relief I felt knowing she was taking care of the ceremony and reception logistics so that I could be fully present as a bride…”
– Carson, bride
Where do I come in?
Approximately 8-10 weeks before the wedding when logistical decisions and planning progress quickly. I provide pre-event consultation and wedding day management services to ensure perfect execution. I will oversee and execute all details—translating contract terms, responding to third-party vendor questions, ensuring deadlines are met, considering the guest experience, to name a few. And then there’s the actual onsite wedding festivities—rehearsal, ceremony and reception—where I lead the work and ensure the experience you dreamed of flawlessly transpires.
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After the wedding, my daughter and I laughed to ourselves and remarked ‘what were we thinking that we could this on our own?’ Thank goodness Andrea was there!
Carla, mother of the bride
Wedding Services
Pre-Event Consultation & Wedding Day Management
Standard fee of $1,950 includes these client services (travel stipend not included). Please see current rate sheet for travel stipend, expense coverage, additional consult hourly fees, and deposit requirements.
Pre-Event Consultation
- Conduct five pre-event phone or video calls with bridal partners to plan and review vision and execution
- Conduct one in-person, pre-event assessment of the ceremony and reception venue+ (up to 2 hours)
- Create a minute-by-minute ceremony timeline with assigned tasks and accountabilities
- Create a minute-by-minute reception timeline with assigned tasks and accountabilities
- Review bridal party composition, determine processional and recessional order
- Review guest count, outstanding RSVPs, and changes to seating or catering logistics if warranted
- Review guest journey and experience (arrival, parking, seating chart, gift table, etc.)
- Review all third-party vendor commitments to confirm contract terms and promised deliverables (venue, caterer, florist, musicians, DJ, photographer, videographer, etc.) and contact each vendor two weeks out and again two days prior to the wedding date
- Review floor plans to ensure alignment with ceremony or reception logistics and third-party vendor accommodations; share floor plans with vendors as needed
- Write a pre-wedding email to the bridal party, parents, and significant others with on-arrival and ceremony/reception instructions
- Communicate with the officiant to ensure ceremony set-up, timeline, and any custom nuances are fulfilled
- Identify potential gaps or omissions in plans and determine resolutions
- Coordinate wedding rehearsal and provide instruction briefing for bridal party+ (up to 2 hours)
Wedding Day Management
- Liaise with the venue service manager on all facility needs and logistics
- Review timeline for the bridal party and immediate family at the start of the day
- Meet with you and your fiancé at the start of the day to finalize any last details, plus check-ins throughout the day
- Greet all third-party vendors and oversee the proper execution of their services per timeline
- Assist vendors/venue with ceremony and reception physical set-up if needed
- Greet immediate family arriving early or VIPs
- Conduct quality assessments for ceremony and reception set-up including reserved seating
- Review audio/visual set-up with venue and DJ
- Initiate ceremony, direct wedding party processional order, recessional order, and receiving line if needed
- Ensure reception logistics are executed per timeline, cue speeches and toasts, check in with DJ if serving as emcee, ensure cake is cut and distributed, etc.
- Distribute third-party gratuities
- Solve issues as needed
- Close out the event with the venue service manager and third-party vendors
Please note: Wedding Day Management fee covers up to 14 hours
Services are open to all and reflected in the language on the Andrea Reno Studio (ARS) website.
Officiating Services
Say I Do
Just as important as finding the perfect wedding venue or deciding the bridal party attire, you and your fiancé want a ceremony officiant who will create the most memorable moment when you say “I do” in front of your friends and families.
As your officiant, I take the time to understand your wishes for your ceremony. And most importantly, I offer moments to customize your ceremony—personal stories illustrating your love journey, traditional or non-traditional unity rituals, integration of faith-based or secular messaging, highlighting the significance of family or friends, and more. My goal is to ensure that your ceremony reflects your unique love story and your personalities resulting in a memorable experience for your guests who will feel inspired by your commitment.
I offer a contemporary marital message grounded in the concept of marriage as a personal covenant and a promise to love one another through your daily choices that lead to a long-lasting, loving partnership. I am ordained by the Universal Life Church Ministries.
- Two, 45-minute pre-ceremony phone or video calls to plan ceremony vision and wish list*
- Collaborative review of ceremony elements, customization and final ceremony script
- Wedding ceremony rehearsal with bridal party and wedding coordinator (up to one-hour**)
- Wedding ceremony (up to 30-minutes**)
- Facilitating marriage license documents and submission per state/county requirements
Note: Officiating services do not include pre-marital counseling.
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Andrea was invaluable to me, my daughter and son-in-law. She collaborated with me in Illinois, my daughter (the bride) who lived in Texas and the groom who was stationed in North Carolina…and the wedding was in Indiana!
Kellie, mother of the bride
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Everything she did was to perfection and with such care—she truly wanted the day to go as perfectly as I did.
Carson, bride
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Her eye for detail and her organizational skills are unmatched! She is extremely professional and prepared for anything, even unexpected rain right before the outdoor ceremony.
Mary S.
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She was calm, encouraging, and went beyond to exceed our expectations. She (and her team) prioritized our needs by taking care of all the details and allowing me and my family to truly experience the day without worry or stress.
Allie C.
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I thought to myself many times on the wedding day, I'm so glad Andrea was here coordinating things or it would not have been as great of an experience for the bride and groom.
Carla S.
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Andrea put diligent effort into creating schedules and timelines so on the day of the wedding everyone knew what they were supposed to be doing at what time and it went so smoothly. She was amazing at communicating with me and my fiancé even though we were in two different states and time zones.
Megan T.
Testimonials
MOTHERS OF THE BRIDE COUNT ON ANDREA
Kellie – Mother of the Bride
Andrea was invaluable to me, my daughter and son-in-law. She collaborated with me in Illinois, my daughter (the bride) who lived in Texas and the groom who was stationed in North Carolina…and the wedding was in Indiana! She attended the venue tour to become acclimated to the property and their service team and was most helpful by proactively asking event planning questions we wouldn’t have thought to ask yet were spot-on and relevant to my daughter’s wedding vision and planning process. Andrea ensured the planning was both peaceful and very easy for all of us given our geographic challenges during the planning stage, and especially once we all gathered for the big day. She accepted the challenge of working with a very difficult venue and mitigated issues as they arose on my daughter’s behalf, and successfully advocated for our needs and desires.
On the wedding day, my family enjoyed the celebration together and felt truly present with our guests because Andrea eliminated any stress by managing the minute-by-minute logistics and took care of all the details for us. Even the photographer was impressed with how organized she was on the wedding day. We are forever grateful to her, and I recommend Andrea to everyone I know that has a daughter getting married.
Mary – Mother of the Bride
It was a great experience working with Andrea. Our daughter’s wedding date was expedited to include out of country guests, so we had just six weeks to plan the entire event with Andrea. Her eye for detail and her organizational skills are unmatched! She is extremely professional and prepared for anything, even unexpected rain right before the outdoor ceremony. As the mother of the bride, the best thing Andrea said to me was, “Your only job today is to look and feel beautiful and treasure each moment—the rest is up to me.” Andrea went above and beyond to make that happen for us.
Carla – Mother of the Bride
Andrea joined the planning process just weeks before my daughter’s big day. I didn’t realize how great and, turns out, how necessary it would be to have someone coordinating the night of the rehearsal and logistics on the day of the wedding. My daughter was organized, proactive and enjoyed planning the wedding herself. However, we hadn’t really thought about who would take care of all the details she planned on the wedding day since we couldn’t. After the wedding, my daughter and I laughed to ourselves and remarked “what were we thinking that we could do this on our own?” Thank goodness Andrea was there! Andrea had all the details, lists and schedules and made sure everything transpired the way my daughter had imagined for so many months. She also had lots of ideas and adapted quickly when things did not go as planned, or when my daughter needed advice or needed to change her plans.
I thought to myself many times on the wedding day, I’m so glad Andrea was here coordinating things or it would not have been as great of an experience for the bride and groom. All I had to worry about was getting ready and was free to enjoy all the special moments, our guests and take the beautiful day in without worrying about the details unfolding as planned.
GRATEFUL AND HAPPY BRIDES
Carson – Bride
I had planned my wedding for months and as the date drew near, I realized I needed an extra set of hands to finalize planning and coordinate logistics on the wedding day. Andrea jumped in to help me address so many questions and day-of needs. Everything she did was to perfection and with such care—she truly wanted the day to go as perfectly as I did. Her oversight and integration made the day run so smoothly. She was attentive to the schedule, ensured everything was in its proper place, coordinated service deliverables with vendors, kept the groomsmen in line, organized the bridal party for procession, and even distributed vendor gratuity on my behalf while my husband and I danced at our reception. I can’t express the relief I felt knowing she was taking care of the ceremony and reception logistics so that I could be fully present as a bride engaging with guests and experiencing every emotional nuance of this special day. I know there are countless things Andrea did for me and my family behind the scenes that I won’t ever know, because that’s just how she works. My wedding was the best day of my life and Andrea’s partnership in planning and coordination played a large part.
Allie – Bride
Andrea added amazing value to our wedding. She was great at giving advice and guiding us while encouraging our vision and ideas. Andrea showed her problem-solving abilities when there was unexpected rain for our outdoor wedding. She was calm, encouraging, and went beyond to exceed our expectations. She (and her team) prioritized our needs by taking care of all the details and allowing me and my family to truly experience the day without worry or stress. To put it simply, she’s amazing and I could not recommend her services enough!
Megan – Bride
Andrea was so helpful in coordinating my wedding. She made it a stress-free event by connecting with the venue on my behalf and securing responses to planning questions when I could not. Andrea put diligent effort into creating schedules and timelines so on the day of the wedding everyone knew what they were supposed to be doing at what time and it went so smoothly. She was amazing at communicating with me and my fiancé even though we were in two different states and time zones. She made my day run so smoothly and I never had to worry about anything!
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