Lynsey & Alex
Civil ceremony in the Gazebo at Hotel Felix, Cambridge.
April 2008

Alex and Lynsey held their civil ceremony in the gazebo of the gardens of Hotel Felix, Cambridge. The couple live and work in the Middle East and their entire wedding was organised by ourselves with only one face to face meeting during the entire planning process. The reception followed in a marquee at the hotel and guests danced the night away to the resident DJ and a guest DJ spot who was a friend of the groom.

"Myself and Lynsey first contacted Vanessa to carry out full wedding planning services back in November 2007 for our planned wedding in Cambridge in April 2008. Following this we flew back to the UK to meet with Vanessa and to start the ball rolling with deposits and booking various suppliers/venue. Vanessa was briefed fully on our expectations and the issues we faced, owing to us currently residing in Qatar. Never the less she managed to organise potential suppliers and telephonic meetings with the suppliers to maintain momentum until our next trip to the UK in February when we finalised payments and final details for the big day.

Upon our first meeting we felt the utmost confidence in Vanessa and her capabilities to interpret our requirements and deliver them to us in a timely manner with no issues presented by the fact that we are based abroad. From there, Vanessa has gone out of her way to accommodate our requests and performed above and beyond our expectations to ensure that everything was progressing in the correct manner to enable what essentially was a very complex wedding, carrying very high expectations. This confidence allowed us to not have to return to the UK until the week before the wedding, which I certainly feel is testament to her and her calming capabilities.

Vanessa has worked to our timetable and understood that we work different working weeks and offered her own personal time to fit the difference in time zones. I would say Vanessa came into her own on the days leading to the wedding and more so the day itself. Vanessa had thought of everything and had organized everything we had forgotten, which just left it down to us to enjoy the day and the celebration of our wedding.

To be honest, from my perspective she offered a very calming friendly face on what essentially was a very nerve racking day.....and she even kept my Best Man under control!

From Lynsey's perspective, Vanessa carried out tasks on her behalf such as purchasing shoes and even innersoles the day before the wedding allowing her to relax and spend time with close friends and family that she had not seen for a long time owing to our current country of residence.

All in all I could go on for hours with a list of the positive aspects of the service offered to us by Vanessa, but the one thing that stood out the most for both us was the fact that we became good friends during the process and this helped make the day go so well and be such a success. My advice would be to hire her!!"
Alex & Lynsey