While we can’t necessarily compare Kate and the Cygnet team to other vendors in the planning space, I’d find it nearly impossible to believe there’s anyone else out there that does this better. We worked with Kate on a “full plan” basis and can’t say enough about how great she was to work with and how amazing the final product was. Kate was responsive, kind, thoughtful, articulate, and an overall amazing partner to work with. She guided us through every major decision and provided just the right level of guidance to give us space to make decisions but with a level of confidence that we were making the right ones. She was always on top of things, staying in touch with us on a regular cadence when things were slow and then providing us a detailed timeline of everything to do once we got closer to the big day. The months leading up to the wedding day felt easy and stress-free thanks to Kate.

On the day of the wedding, she handled everything so well that we had nothing to worry about, and everyone on-site with us was shocked at how “chill” the hours leading up to the ceremony were. As far as the day itself, everything came together perfectly across all our vendors: design, catering, floral, photography, rentals, DJ, etc. all thanks to Kate! She handled all communication with vendors during both planning and day of, so we were able to feel like guests at our own wedding instead of checking our phones and emails all day. Looking back just a few weeks later, there is absolutely nothing we would have changed, and we owe it all to Kate and Cygnet.

I can’t stress enough how instrumental they were in giving us a perfect wedding - and would encourage anyone that’s on the fence about having a planner to have one conversation with Kate to be convinced it is 100% worth it.

Hiring Cygnet Events and Designs was one of the easiest decisions we made for our wedding. They were featured at our venue for planning a stunning wedding which prompted my now-husband to reach out since we already booked our venue-the University Club of Chicago. Cygnet has done many weddings at the University Club which was helpful as we wanted an easy planning process. We worked with Kate Reavey who understood our vision from the start - she was able to describe our vision before we even knew how to describe it. Before my husband finished describing their first call, I was already sold! We did a partial planning package with Cygnet Events and Design and it really helped us enjoy the process knowing we were working with an industry expert who could guide us with recommended and trusted vendors that fit our budget.

Kate is outstanding at what she does - and it really led to the most perfect day of our lives. Our friends and family praised how smoothly our wedding went starting from the rehearsal she ran. She was able to help us with all the important details of our wedding that didn’t go unnoticed by our guests. We were grateful to have such an easy and enjoyable planning process with Cygnet Events and Designs and cannot recommend Kate and her team highly enough!

My husband and I hired Kate for the partial planning package. Her service is more than worth it and Kate is extremely good and what she does. She's been the kindest soul and best advocate throughout the wedding planning process and is the reason why I had 0 stress on my wedding day. If anything wasn't perfect, no one (including my husband or myself) noticed. The entire wedding weekend was flawless from design to implementation. Thank you so much Kate and team!