Reviews of Luna Soiree Events (Event Planner)

Liz Bergren

Kaeli is exceptional to work with! She is incredibly talented with a great eye for design and bringing together an events vision. She is so organized and a pleasure to be around. I cannot recommend her more for your wedding or event!

JULIE MARTIN

Recently I asked Kaile and her team to accomplish the impossible with little notice. Not only did Luna Soiree execute the impossible, they did so in a fashion that exceeded expectations. As an Operations Manager for an extensive restaurant group in Detroit, it took a bit to swallow my pride and ask for help executing an event. Kaile did so with professionalism, caring, and vision. I am truly in awe of her and her team. Luna Soiree will coordinate all of our future events.

Jackie Madison

Our wedding presented significant challenges, and Kaeli/Luna Soiree Events totally rose to the occasion to pull off a beautifully executed weekend of events. We hired Kaeli to help literally build our wedding venue. I always wanted my wedding to be held at my family's summer home, but to accommodate over 200 guests, this meant creating a venue in a field with no electricity, running water, or cell phone service on a historical property 3 hours from Ann Arbor. Saying this presented challenging logistics is putting it mildly! Despite the daunting task, Kaeli worked with us and our families to combine our designs and keep us on time in planning a beachside welcome dinner for all guests, the wedding ceremony and reception, and brunch the next day. She connected us with some of our most significant vendors (band, photographer, rentals) in addition to working with local vendors we hired ourselves (caterers, florists, bathrooms, transportation). Kaeli and her team really impressed us in the weeks prior to and weekend of the wedding. She gave us detailed itineraries to make sure there was a plan for all deliveries, set-ups, and events. This helped coordinate deliveries from all over the state of Michigan. When hiccups occurred, even major ones like a storm delaying installation or the tent company bringing the wrong tents 2 days before the wedding, she worked with us and the vendors to troubleshoot and managed many issues without even bothering us; she always maintained her calm professionalism and sense of humor. She worked through the night and did so with the general exuberance she brings to all activities. By the time of our welcome dinner, everything looked perfect and we knew that the wedding would be equally gorgeous the next day. I couldn't believe how beautiful our reception tent and ceremony site looked! Kaeli also succeeded in making the wedding a great experience for guests, too, who had no clue of any of the challenges we faced, and a year later describe the wedding as "legendary." I'm really not sure how we would have accomplished this event without her. My advice to others is to be realistic about how much help you will need (in our case a lot!), and if you are looking for a beautiful event, a planner who will stand up for you if a challenge occurs, and a great experience for you and your guests, then hire Luna Soiree Events.

Lindsay Davis

Luna Soiree can execute! We had a 175 backyard wedding that went off without a hitch. The level of detail, effort and planning that Luna Soiree put into our event was above and beyond what we asked. It was truly a human fairytale and it would not have happened without Kaeli and her team. Thank you Luna Soiree, our wedding was PERFECT!

Ruth Wilson

Kaeli planned our son's wedding and she was outstanding. She was a delight to work with and everything ran perfectly. She pays attention to every detail and truly becomes friends with those she works with, I highly highly recommend her. Kaeli is a real expert at her trade.

Ariana Bostian-Kentes

Luna Soiree made our dreams into a reality. We described our vision and Kaeli and Micayla carried it out to perfection while accounting for all the details. Their insight and expertise were invaluable as we made decisions together to create a once-in- a-lifetime experience for us and our family, and when the day of the event came around we were able to focus on being present and feeling all the good feels. We were selective with our choice of planners and interviewed more than one. Our desire to work with someone who was LGBT-affirming and inclusive was paramount, and any worry we had about finding vendors who were also inclusive were put to rest when Kaeli found us a selection of professionals who were not only totally on-board with our Big Fat Greek Lesbian Wedding but also really talented! We highly recommend booking them to bring together all the details and to orchestrate the best day of both of our lives.

Gregory Schepers

Our daughter and her now husband live in Chicago. We were all so excited about their winter wedding earlier this year. They both grew up near Ann Arbor, Michigan and wanted their “dream wedding” to be in this area since most of their friends and relatives were from this area as well. They wanted a unique, over-the-top with florals wedding--which is not easy to do in the middle of winter in Michigan. And obviously, planning a wedding from a distant city is not an easy thing to do. After interviewing a number of wedding planners, they selected Kaeli and Luna Soiree Events after hearing Kaeli's name recommended from multiple friends and vendors--including the designers at Planterra, the venue they selected. Kaeli’s skill in coordinating and leading wedding efforts was impeccable and it allowed them to continue focusing on their busy careers, knowing the wedding planning was in good hands. Kaeli and her team helped select, coordinate, and design the guest hotels, transportation, rehearsal dinner, rehearsal, photo locations, ceremony, reception, Sunday brunch, and probably more that I'm forgetting! With Kaeli leading the way, they planned a wedding weekend that was creative, incredibly beautiful and meaningful to my daughter, son-in-law, and all of us. My wife and I provided feedback when asked, but mostly were able to sit back and enjoy the planning process and the weekend itself because Kaeli and her team were on top of everything and made it run smoothly. Kaeli provided a comprehensive timeline, planning out the entire weekend down to the minute, which was so helpful to a detail-oriented person like me. And more importantly than that, the wedding was stunningly beautiful. Kaeli really brought the beauty and creativity to the rehearsal dinner at Vinology and the wedding at Planterra. She designed and created the entire rehearsal dinner from start to finish and worked seamlessly and tirelessly with Planterra's design team on the ceremony area, the reception area, the dance area, and the dinner area. This was my first of my children to get married and I was really nervous about how everything would turn out. I shouldn't have been. I was blown away! Everyone I talked to expressed how much they enjoyed the whole wedding weekend and were quick to point out that it was hands down the best wedding they had ever attended. The credit for this wonderful wedding belongs to Kaeli Garcia and the Luna Soiree team. I recommend Kaeli so highly as a person, as an extremely competent wedding designer, who creates and brings beauty and uniqueness to each of her events, and as someone who will end up feeling like a friend to the bride, groom, and their families by the time the weekend is over.

Iris Nguyen

I had very high hopes working with Kaeli, but I unfortunately would not recommend her based on our day-of experience. She sent us an invoice the day before the wedding and charged us 30% over our initial contract and said the payment needed to be completed before wedding day setup. During the wedding, she handled and broke one of our décor items (worth $300) and did not tell us about it until I inquired about it the day after the wedding – she also refused to compensate us for the item. She was responsible for coordinating with our venue for setup and there were not enough chairs for our guests during the ceremony and our head table was also one seat short. Finally, after giving her feedback about our experience, she stated extra charges and labor were on the invoice due to my “indecision” and she asked us not to post a negative review in exchange for her refunding us $300 (less than a 1/3 of her additional, day-before invoice). She was never asked to put in additional hours and took it upon herself to draft a seating chart two months before the wedding when we had no idea what our actual guest count would be. While there were pieces of the wedding that went smoothly, Kaeli lacked the professionalism and communication needed to make this a positive experience. Needless to say, we did not accept her offer and wanted to post this in hopes of preventing anything like this from happening again – we would never want anyone to go through what we went through.

Erica Jenkins

Kaeli is hands down one of the most talented and professional people I've ever met. I started the wedding planning process without a very clear vision. I had a sense of what I wanted, but had the hardest time articulating it. Kaeli is truly an expert at her craft; she pinpointed my EXACT style and brought my blurry ideas to life. Kaeli has the most incredible connections in the wedding industry (I swear, she knows everyone!) and I found her advice to be incredibly helpful. She approaches her work with kindness, honesty, and a touch of humor (which is perfect on what could be a very stressful day!). From selecting the floral arrangements, to finding the perfect photographer, Kaeli was there for every meeting. Everything about the day and the planning process, from start to finish, was absolutely perfect. A year later, our friends and family are still talking about how beautiful the ceremony and reception were! My husband and I can't thank Kaeli and the Luna Soiree team enough for making our wedding dreams come true. I highly recommend Luna Soiree for your wedding and event planning needs!

Camran Wilson

Kaeli and Micayla did an unbelievable job with our wedding. We could not have asked for anything more. Aside from being exceptional event planners, they are also terrific people to work with. Every single detail was addressed, and every issue in the planning process was handled quickly and with the utmost care. I'm sure there are other good planners out there, but I certainly can't imagine anyone better. We could not have been happier with them.

Dave Sullivan

Cool place for events.