Reviews of Shauna Loves Planning, LLC (Event Planner)

Leah

Shauna was the single most valuable asset I had when planning my wedding. I used her partial planning package, and she helped me every step of the way. She brought all of my ideas to life. If I had pictures saved of things I liked, she helped me execute them. Or, if I didn't know what I wanted, she gave me lots of tips from the past weddings she has planned. Shauna took care of all vendor communication, which was invaluable, because brides are busy enough as it is. Every single thing went perfectly on our wedding weekend thanks to Shauna. She ran our rehearsal perfectly, even in the rain! The rehearsal dinner was set up without me even having to think about it. The entire wedding day was flawless. My family and wedding party could not stop raving about her, from the detailed instructions she sent everyone beforehand, to how she handled the day itself. I didn't have to worry about anything and she brought my wedding dreams to life. I truly could not have had such a magical day without her. Thank you, Shauna!

Erika Schappell

Shauna was a lifesaver. Quite literally. We were planning to get married on Bald Head Island, NC. However, the weekend before our wedding, Hurricane Florence slammed into Bald Head Island, closing our venue and vendors. Needless to say, 5 days before the wedding we had to frantically come up with a backup plan. We had to plan an entirely new wedding. Seriously, an entirely new wedding. She was with us every single step of the way, supporting us and making arrangements. She brought a sense of peace and security to our entire wedding weekend experience when everything around us was hectic. Shauna’s organization and leadership is truly unmatched. I credit her with the flawless wedding day. The day of the wedding you would have never known it was a backup plan because Shauna made sure the day was distraction free and absolutely beautiful. Additionally, rather than going back to check on her home after the storm, she chose to meet us in our new location to plan the new wedding, which speaks volumes to who she is and how she cares for her clients. We felt unbelievably cared for and heard by her. Not only was Shauna amazing during the time of distress and tragedy when we realized the day we had planned together for 10 months wasn’t going to happen, she was incredible during the entire process. From constant communication, creative design ideas, organizing our wedding parties, coordinating wedding weekend plans/timeline, and on-and-on, Shauna was truly an INCREDIBLE wedding planner. Any vendor we mentioned Shauna’s name too, could not say enough amazing things about her. We would hire Shauna 1,000 times over again and would suggest that you do the same. We love Shauna.

Julia Davis

My husband and I got married on April 14, 2018 on Bald Head Island, NC. Working with Shauna was the best decision we made during the wedding planning process. I have been vacationing at Bald Head Island for 20+ years, so my mom and I thought it would be so easy to plan the wedding ourselves. We were completely wrong! To say Shauna is amazing is an understatement. She was pleasant, organized, professional, recommended the best vendors, and allowed me to have peace of mind. She turned my vision into a reality. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for making April 14th the best day of my life!

Natalie Gillam

Shauna is the BEST of the best. I have nothing but incredible things to say about her work, professionalism, endless knowledge, and how patient and friendly she was throughout the entire process, including our wedding weekend. If a vendor was booked for our date, Shauna had recommendations for a new one and reached out to them immediately. I didn't stress about many things I otherwise would have because of Shauna's insight and help. She put together a detailed timeline of who needed to be where beginning with the middle of our wedding week, and she made sure everyone had the timeline. If you are considering working with Shauna, you absolutely should! I am forever thankful to her for how much she did to make our wedding weekend a success!!

Shelley Giera

Shauna is an amazing wedding planner! We couldn't have done it without her. We got married on Bald Head Island, and she tied the whole event together, and was always one step ahead. Its rare to be able to find someone that you can fully trust to get everything done (especially something as personal as a wedding). Shauna is the person you want on the job, she nailed it. Would highly recommend her services.

Alexandra Wolfgang-Price

Shauna was an absolute a dream to work with! I can't say enough about her creativity, professionalism, organization, and resourcefulness! She juggled vendors from different locations effortlessly and established new relationships for our New Bern wedding! On the day of, I woke up with total piece of mind that our special day would be perfect with her working behind the scenes. Our wedding could not have been more perfect and we have Shauna to thank for it!

Kaelin Fraley

Shauna planned our September wedding on Bald Head Island and we can't say enough good things about her! She is warm, kind and very organized making the planning process really simple and fun. The weekend of the wedding she was all over everything and didn't let a detail slip. Thanks to Shauna our wedding was stress free. We can't recommend her enough!

Adam Box

Shauna was instrumental in helping us pull off the perfect day for our wedding on Bald Head Island. Having a Bald Head Island wedding involved some unusual logistics (ie, coordinating ferry times, arranging golf carts for friends and family, and keeping vendors in line), not to mention the usual job of managing the itinerary for the wedding itself. But she did a brilliant job of managing everything. Shauna was impeccably organized and prepared both before the wedding, and during our big day. All questions were answered timely, and all of our special requests - even the last minute ones - were well attended. We can't recommend her strongly enough, either as a wedding planner or day-of coordinator!

Theresa Schrider

We are from Maryland and our families and us traveled down the week prior to our destination wedding on Bald Head Island, North Carolina, July 21st, 2017 . Our wedding was a dream come true and surpassed all of our expectations. Our destination wedding would not have been possible if we did not have Shauna. She was extremely professional, organized, and insightful throughout all aspects of our wedding planning process and during final execution of all the planning on the wedding day. If it were not for her relationships and experience with the vendors in the area, we would have had a very hard and stressful experience planning from states away. Both our originally selected rentals vendor and hair/make-up services had fallen through months before the wedding due to uncontrollable circumstances, and Shauna was quick to find us new and even better substitutes who did an absolutely fabulous job on our wedding day. We trusted Shauna's experience planning weddings at Bald Head so much that we did not travel down for a catering or cake taste testing or to meet with the florist and rental vendors. She communicated all our needs and wishes to the vendors and saved us SO much time and stress. The wedding day timeline she developed was critical to our day running as seamlessly as it did and she made sure everything was set up exactly as I had planned with her. She was so prepared and level headed during the excitement of the day, and even came to the rescue by lending me her decorative hanger she had used on her wedding day for my wedding dress detail photographs, along with a sewing kit when the Best Man's pants ripped minutes before the ceremony! We really can not thank Shauna enough for all her help on making our wedding the best day of our lives.

Ellen LeRoy

As a wedding photographer who has been in the wedding industry for 10 years now, I've never experienced the level of organization, detail, and communication Shauna put into planning my client's wedding. I was impressed with her management skills throughout the entire wedding process, and can only imagine what a value she is to her couples. I highly recommend her if you need a wedding planner.

Paige Brulatour

Shauna is a wedding planning rockstar! We could not have done all the planning without her. Her organization, problem solving and attention to detail are some of her best strengths and really made the whole process go smoothly. She is proactive and asks all the right questions! Thanks for making our big day perfect!!!

Casey Cummins

Shauna was amazing in helping us plan our destination wedding on Bald Head Island. She was extremely patient with us as we were overwhelmed by the planning process and ensured we were always making progress and staying as stress-free as possible. She was so fun to work with and super organized. She really understood our vision and helped us make it come to life. We felt like she truly listened to us along the way and because of her our wedding weekend was perfect and went off without a hitch! We highly recommend using Shauna Loves Planning!!

Farrell Sullivan

Working with Shauna was the best decision we could have made! She was extremely organized, professional and knowledgeable. We chose all of her suggested vendors, including caterer, baker, wedding venue and the Coastal Beach house at Bald Head Island for the reception. Shauna was always quick to respond by text, email or phone call. It was the most special weekend I could have imagined!

Ken Oots

I photographed a wedding that Shauna was the planner for. We had five inches of rain on May 19, 2018 and the wedding was outdoors. Shauna made sure everything was on time and proceeded without a hitch. The couple and guests did not have to worry about anything. If your looking for a talented, professional planner I would highly recommend Shauna for planning and the design of your event.

Meaghan Pettigrew

Shauna was the saving grace in my wedding! I started planning my wedding in November 2017 and didn’t originally intend to have a wedding planner. Everything was coming together- I had a vision and vendors and a budget, but I still felt like something was missing. I “met” with two other planners before finding Shauna and they only offered phone calls instead of meeting in person and I felt like they were selling me on their services the whole time. When I setup a meeting with Shauna we met over coffee and she asked me tons of questions about my day that I hadn’t even thought about. She started giving me recommendations and was basically helping me before a contract had even been discussed. I immediately felt comfortable with her and even though I chose her “day-of” coordinator package she went above and beyond for me all of the days leading up to my wedding. When I say that my wedding day went off without a hitch it’s not an exaggeration- I would highly recommend Shauna Loves Planning to anyone who asks!

Katie Gilliland

Ever since our wedding, I have been trying to come up with the right things to say so as to encompass how much we LOVE Shauna and loved working with her. We cannot talk about her and compliment her enough! Shauna was like a fairy godmother who came into our lives and made the whole wedding process from start to finish seamless, fun, and wonderful. We did not think we would ever be able to have our dream wedding on Bald Head Island, a place that is very dear to us, but Shauna made it happen! Our wedding was initially scheduled for October, however we had to reschedule due to Hurricane Florence. Shauna was a life saver and handled everything with our vendors and made the whole postponement so easy on us. She made the whole day absolutely beautiful, and the whole process completely stress free. She is so sincere and puts so much of her heart into the planning and the actual wedding, we could not be more grateful for her! You can tell she has such a love for what she does! We love SLP!

Eric Boneske

Shauna is amazing at what she does and I always love working with her. As a full time wedding photographer I get to see a lot of wedding planners- and Shauna is one of the best!

Alberto Munoz

We had our wedding on Bald Head Island, NC and working with Shauna was the best decision we have ever made! I had been vacationing there for years but planning a wedding at Bald Head Island was something completely different. It required a lot of knowledge and expertise. She helped turn my vision into a reality! I can honestly it was one of the best days of my life! I would highly recommend Shauna Gartz for your next event. She is the best!!!!! xoxo, Ashleigh and Alberto Munoz

Tara

We live in New York and had our wedding in Bald Head Island NC. Shauna Loves Planning helped make sure everything went smoothly and thought of all the little planning details I would have forgotten. Without Shauna's help our wedding day would have been very stressful. I would highly recommend using Shauna Loves Planning if you are getting married in the area.

Margaret Holt Benusa

Shauna was the absolute best thing about my wedding! I got married last November on Bald Head Island and we had four days of parties with over 300 guests. Shauna worked tirelessly with me to get everything organized, and every step of the way she went above and beyond. From helping me navigate family politics, to SO many seating chart updates, to giving me new and fun ideas that were exactly my taste, Shauna made me feel so loved, known, and prepared for the weekend. Throughout the wedding weekend I didn't stress about a single thing, I knew Shauna had it all covered. I am a planner myself, and I say that investing in Shauna was the best decision we made for our wedding. I got to be involved where I wanted to, and in other places I just trusted her! Most of our guests said that ours was the best wedding they've ever attended, and Shauna was a large part of that! Cannot speak highly enough of her!