Reviews of Opihi Love Wedding and Events (Event Planner)

Carolina Carabetti

We love working with Melissa and Kristin from Opihi Love, they are one of the best in the industry! Very organized, detail and design oriented. Since day one they always innovative and extremely friendly. Look no further.

Amanda Shillinglaw

My Opihi Love started in September 2016. My fiancé and I knew we wanted to get married in the Hawaiian islands but didn’t quite know when or where to start our planning process. Cue our search for a wedding planner and my delve into the enchantment of Opihi Love’s website. From here grew my appreciation of everything dreamed by Melissa Padilla…Her taste is impeccable, and her wedding creations are the quality you only see in magazines. After reviewing Melissa’s work, I sent an inquiry (aka begged her) to help design my wedding. When she called me, she was so sweet, down to earth, and genuinely excited for me. I knew she was “the one.” ;-) Over the next two years Melissa worked SO HARD for us. We exchanged phone calls, text messages, emails, and did facetime meetings on the internet or over lunch on Oahu and Maui. We did site visits with her on almost all the islands and she came with us to food tastings and floral design meetings. She was always there to lend a helping hand in the planning process, give advice, set up meetings, make the most of my budget, and sort through the jungle of my eclectic design ideas. When I was with Melissa, she made me feel like the most important bride in the whole world. She had such great energy and enthusiasm and was professional but also fun and fresh. She was full of wedding wisdom and creative ideas. After about a year into planning my wedding (and probably a ton of other weddings I had no idea about because mine is the most important obviously ha ha ha) Melissa hired her perfect “other half,” Kristin. Kristin is smart, dedicated, and organized…she was (and is) an incredible edition to Opihi Love. I literally did not need or want for ANYTHING when Kristin was around because she was so attentive and responsive (Kristin, you’re amazing!). So now I had “The Dream Team” and they worked tirelessly to “breathe life into my wedding visions.” Planning was fun and happy, even for my fiancé (who was the true bridezilla in our pair- lol). Literally not a day went by I wasn’t thankful I hired Opihi Love. Fast-forward: my June 30, 2018 wedding was ah-may-zing. I could elaborate but I believe Opihi Love’s work really speaks for itself. So with that, I am posting photos from my wedding (PC: Tamiz who you also need on your wedding vendor list STAT) which represent what one might expect after hiring. Every wedding needs some Opihi Love!