Here’s the thing—you don’t know what you don’t know. That’s where we come in. At Endearing Events, we become your advocate, educator, logistics manager, and best friend. We believe your only job on your wedding day is to enjoy it, and well, get married!
From the initial inquiry to your wedding, we promise to be with you every step of the way. We pride ourselves on forming an honest connection with our couples. One of our favorite stages of the planning process is meeting with you in our studio space to present curated mockups that personify your personalities and vision. We also make ourselves available at any time during your timeline to provide you with exceptional support. Let us ensure all of the small details are overseen to create an unforgettable experience for both you and your guests.
What we have to offer
Our Services
Discovery: After you’ve inquired with us, we’ll sit down over a cup of coffee and become fast friends! We’ll review your plans so far and discuss your most significant wedding day stressors.
Booking: Within 24 hours of our meeting, you’ll receive a very detailed and transparent proposal, contract, and invoice from us. To save your date with us, we require a signed contract and a 25% retainer.
Planning: After booking with us, we will send you a questionnaire to connect with you on a deeper level. We will be incredibly open about our time spent planning your wedding and will be available to answer any questions!
The Wedding: It’s finally time to say “I do”! We’ll be there with you on your wedding day to make sure everything runs smoothly while you only worry about enjoying your big day.
Our Process
We recommend booking the Complete Wedding Planning service before booking any vendors, including your venue.
Please inquire with us to receive a custom proposal based on your wedding planning needs.
• Unlimited contact and scheduled meetings with your planner
• Complete design with unlimited design boards and design deck slideshows
• Vendor interviews
• Professional stationery wording, design, and format
• Cake design, menu selection assistance, and signature drink creation
Our Complete Planning and Design package is for couples who want a professional planner to bring their vision to perfection. This package entails handling every last detail to allow you to focus on enjoying your engagement and, most importantly, your wedding day. This package includes all services in the 90-Day Wedding Coordination and Partial Wedding Planning, plus:
Complete Wedding Planning
• Custom wedding planning checklist with monthly check-in calls
• Recommended vendor list based on your vision, style, and budget
• Budget and payment schedule management
• Review of all vendor contracts
• Design conceptualization of custom design boards and rental decor sourcing
• Stationery wording and design recommendations
• Custom design of venue layout
Our partial planning service is perfect for couples who have already reserved a date with their desired venue and have begun reviewing vendors. We will be there to guide you through the remainder of the planning process to bring all of the details together seamlessly. This package includes all services in the 90-Day Wedding Coordination, plus:
Partial Wedding Planning
• Personalized profile on our exclusive online planning platform
• Unlimited guidance within the platform
• Review of layout, event flow, and guest experience
• Detailed wedding day timeline for the bridal party
• Vendor communication
• Ceremony rehearsal and processional management
• Complete wedding day management
Our 90-day service is ideal for couples who would prefer to handle the wedding planning and design but still want an expert to reassure them of their choices leading up to the big day. This package includes:
90-Day Wedding Coordination
• Complete design with color palette boards, design boards, and design deck slideshows of your custom wedding details from flowers to linens
• Stationery wording and design recommendations
• Custom design of venue layout
Our design-only service begins with learning more about you and your vision for your wedding day to create a unique design concept. This package does not include wedding planning or coordination services and includes:
Design Services
our packages
A: Yes! Our team plans and coordinates weddings anywhere in the world our couples desire. We are happy to work with you no matter where your wedding will be—from Youngstown to Mexico, Paris, and beyond.
Q: Do you travel outside of Youngstown for weddings?
A: Typically, a Catering Manager’s primary job is to oversee event details directly related to the venue, such as food and beverages. They don’t confirm or manage your vendors, run your rehearsal or logistically work out your event timeline. Additionally, they won’t ensure everything is running according to schedule on the wedding day. As professional planners, our primary goal is to oversee your wedding day with one goal in mind: you! We are your advocate and are there to support you from start to finish.
Q: Why do I need your help in addition to my Venue Coordinator?
A: The average wedding can take approximately 250 hours to plan—the equivalent to over six full work weeks! A planner can save you time spent researching and coordinating and assist you with vendor referrals, logistics management, and budget assistance. We also are there to confirm your vendors, create a timeline, run your rehearsal, and ensure you and your guests enjoy a stress-free day.
Q: Why should I hire a planner?
Frequently Asked Questions
- Brooke and Chase L.
“Angela’s work exceeded my expectations, and her organization is impeccable. She was this type-A bride's dream! She was there by my side through it all, even the most stressful of times. When the manager of our venue changed not once but twice, she sat through the same tedious meeting with me multiple times to act as my sounding board, making sure there were no obstacles to my vision. This was one of many testaments to how invaluable it is to have a wedding planner like Angela. Most importantly, despite her busy schedule, she made me feel like I was the only bride on her caseload and the only wedding that mattered. She was always available to answer my questions via text, discuss my checklist in detail on the phone, or just to send me a positive message when I was feeling overwhelmed. Angela truly became part of our family and will forever hold a place in our hearts. We cannot thank her enough and highly recommend her services to anyone looking for the sweetest, most talented wedding planner around.”
“I will never forget the moment when the doors to our venue opened, and I got my first look—it absolutely took my breath away.”
- Lori M.
“From the first consultation meeting, Angela was very helpful—even before we signed up for her services. The planning was going along very well until the pandemic happened. Angela followed the guidelines of the government very closely and replanned the wedding more than once. She handled everything, including multiple phone calls to vendors to reschedule for a later date. The greatest gift we could have received is what my daughter and her fiancé had to say about hiring Angela! They were literally calm and cool through the whole process of rescheduling, letting Angela handle everything while they just concentrated on getting married. Will your son or daughter get married during a pandemic? I hope not! However, I highly recommend hiring Angela and Endearing Events to help you with your special day!”
“Angela is 100% focused on the couple and their wishes and giving them the wedding day that they have dreamt of all their lives.”
- Peyton and Tyler G.
“Endearing Events was, by far, the best investment we made for our wedding because I know it would not have been the absolutely magical and amazing day that it was without them! Within minutes of having my initial consultation with Angela, I knew we just had to hire her. Looking back, I cannot believe I ever thought I didn't need a wedding planner; more specifically, I cannot believe I ever thought that I didn't need Angela and her team! I hired Endearing Events for the last 90 days leading up to our wedding. During those 90 days, I was literally 100% stress-free, seriously!!! Angela honestly made the last three months of planning and our wedding day so easy and enjoyable for us. One of the best things about Angela is she doesn't just get to know you because you are her client—she genuinely cares about her couples. Angela is talented, organized, kind, thoughtful, and beautiful inside and out. We will forever be grateful to her and the Endearing Events team for helping to make our wedding day one that we will never, ever forget.”
“Endearing Events will absolutely be our #1 recommendation to any engaged couple that we meet.”
- CAITLIN & JOHN J.
There is a lot to say about Angela, her team, and her company - Endearing Events. Planning a wedding is hard enough but when you're doing in the middle of a pandemic, whew! Angela was with us the entire step of the way - we had to contact all of the vendors, resign all of the contracts, find a new venue - it was a hot mess! I think if we had not had Endearing Events, I would have just forgone the wedding because my husband and I had already got married in November 2020 (at the courthouse with just our parents present, no reception) due to COVID. Angela and her team were so attentive to our needs, last minute changes, and the small issues that did pop up (they always will pop up gals so it's important to have someone there who can handle them!). They were extremely professional throughout the day and Angela throughout the almost 2 years I worked with her. When Angela was done working the day of our wedding I felt a little sad because not only was she an amazing wedding planner, but she became a friend that I could lean on during this insane process. If you're in Ohio and you're not hiring Endearing Events, you are truly missing out. I would hire this team if I had to fly them across the country - they are precisely that good! My life was far less stressful because of Angela and I seriously cannot thank her and her team enough!!
"When Angela was done working the day of our wedding I felt a little sad because not only was she an amazing wedding planner, but she became a friend."
- HARLEY & THAD S.
One of the best decisions I made for our wedding was to hire Angela from Endearing Events as my wedding planner. From our first phone call I knew she was the one to go with. Trying to plan a wedding over 1,000 miles away made me so nervous but Angela went above and beyond. Even looking at a venue when I couldn’t be in town, she sent me photos, FaceTimed, etc. she was amazing!
The pandemic unfortunately effected our wedding date but Angela helped me get everything rescheduled and we never missed a beat. You could tell she really listens to what you like and don’t like. Her design programs really help you vision what everything is going to look like and her creativity, dedication, and attention to detail really made the vision come to life. I loved working with Angela!"
"Trying to plan a wedding over 1,000 miles away made me so nervous, but Angela went above and beyond."
