We are four planners who look after the budget, the vendors, the timeline and the rain plan, so your engagement is spent on the decisions only the two of you can make. We take twenty-two weddings a year between Charleston, Kiawah and the sea islands, and each couple keeps the same lead planner from the first call to the last dance.
Now booking spring and autumn dates for next year.
Most of planning is paperwork and phone calls. We keep it visible, so you always know what has been decided and what is still waiting on someone.
Your shared budget sheet changes the moment a vendor sends a quote or an invoice. Each line shows what is paid, what is due next and how much we negotiated off the first number, so the final month holds no surprises.
We suggest florists, caterers and bands we have watched cope with a heatwave or a late shuttle bus. You meet two options for each role rather than a list of twelve, and one of us sits in on every tasting and walkthrough.
Three weeks out, every vendor receives the same timeline: load-in times, the family photo list, who carries the rings and where the umbrellas are stored. On the day, two of us run it on radios while you stay with your guests.
Forty-five minutes on video about guest count, budget range, the feel you want and any family situations we should handle gently.
We shortlist three venues that fit your numbers, book the visits and read the contracts before you sign anything.
A mood board, a floor plan and a vendor line-up chosen with you over two long planning sessions.
Confirmations, the seating chart, the rehearsal and a weather decision five days before the wedding.
Your lead planner and an assistant arrive at breakfast and leave once the getaway car has turned the corner.
A few of the days we planned recently, shared with each couple's permission.
These are planning fees only; venue, catering and flowers are paid directly to each vendor. A 30% retainer holds your date.
We step in six weeks before the day, once your vendors are booked.
$3,400planning fee
For couples with a venue who want help with design and the vendor team.
$6,800planning fee
From the first venue visit to the thank-you cards, with one lead planner throughout.
$11,500planning fee
Yes, anywhere within three hours of the city, plus a few destination weddings a year. Travel and lodging for the team are billed at cost.
Every venue we book gets a written rain plan with a decision time. We place the tent hold or indoor backup when you sign the venue contract, not the week before.
Of course. We call them early, share our timeline format and walk the venue together so the day runs the same way.
One per lead planner. Your planner will never leave your reception for someone else's.
The retainer holds the date, a second payment is due at the design meeting and the balance two weeks before the wedding.
“Ines found our florist, talked the caterer down by eleven percent and still remembered that my grandmother needed a seat near the aisle. I never opened the budget sheet in a panic.”
“It poured an hour before the ceremony. By the time we noticed, the chairs were under the oaks, the band had moved and someone was handing out umbrellas.”
“We live in Chicago and only flew down twice. They ran every tasting on video and sent photos of each sample table before we chose.”
Send us the date and a rough guest count. We reply within two working days with availability and a time for a discovery call.
A few answers are enough to start. Ines or one of the planners will reply personally.