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Congratulations on your engagement! I am a full scale wedding and event planner with over 20 years of experience in the event industry. In my career I have had the honor of being involved in more than 2,000 weddings and over 5,000 social, corporate and charity events. I have seen it all, fixed it all and never break a sweat! Over the past two decades, I have run some of the areas most prestigious venues and multi-million dollar catering companies and had the opportunity to spend seasons with decor companies, DJ's, photographers and planners. After deciding to start my own company several years ago, my ultimate dream was fulfilled and now I get to spend every day helping couples like you to create the celebrations of their dreams! Call me today for a free consult, I can't wait to meet you!

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Frequently asked questions

What is the starting price for day-of wedding coordination?

$850

What is the starting price for partial wedding planning?

$850

What is the starting price for full wedding planning?

$1,500

Do you offer an hourly rate?

No

What wedding events do you provide services for?

Ceremony
Reception
Rehearsal Dinner

What wedding planning services do you offer?

Day-of Coordination
Full Planning
Partial Planning

What weddings do you have experience planning?

Civil
Cultural
Destination
Double Weddings
Elopement
Eco-Friendly
Military
Non-Religious
Religious

How many planners are on your team?

2
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Reviews of Mary Jacobs Weddings and Events

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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2024 Winner
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Mary\'s exceptional dedication and expertise in wedding planning has left a lasting impact on numerous couples who have hired her services. With her impeccable organizational skills and quick thinking, Mary has managed to turn dreams into reality, ensuring smooth and stress-free wedding days for her clients. Her passion, professionalism, and ability to handle any challenges that may arise during the planning process and on the wedding day have earned her high praise and recommendations from those who have worked with her.

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Mary\'s exceptional dedication and expertise in wedding planning has left a lasting impact on numerous couples who have hired her services. With her impeccable organizational skills and quick thinking, Mary has managed to turn dreams into reality, ensuring smooth and stress-free wedding days for her clients. Her passion, professionalism, and ability to handle any challenges that may arise during the planning process and on the wedding day have earned her high praise and recommendations from those who have worked with her.

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Molly G. Sent on 07/17/2024
5 out of 5 rating

10/10 Recommend

Mary was incredible. She exceeded every idea and expectation my husband and I had for a wedding planner. Throughout the planning process, Mary continued to show her passion and skillset in the wedding planning industry. Mary is impeccably organized and flexible. Her on the go thinking, and quick response really helped our wedding day turn out to be everything we could’ve wanted and more. I highly recommend Mary and her assistant, Gerri for all things wedding planning. We hired Mary as our wedding planner, but ended up with someone we now consider part of our family. Thank you Mary and Gerri!
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Kayla F. Sent on 06/13/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Mj is heaven sent!

From the second I met MJ I knew I had to hire her to make our wedding vision come to life!! She made the planning process so easy with her monthly zoom meetings & years of experience. She is super easy to talk to, always there when you are having a stressful moment and was the CAPTAIN OF OUR DAY. We had a lot of roadblocks during our planning & without MJ & her quick thinking/solutions, we would not have had the wedding we did! Thanks to her, our wedding was a dream. Everything went so smooth and her strong personality is exactly what you need on your wedding day to have not a lick of stress and just truly enjoy every moment of your big day. We love her to death and highly recommend hiring her!!! ♥️
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Ms. L. Sent on 11/15/2023
5 out of 5 rating

The BEST wedding planner in all of TIME and SPACE

If you are looking for a wedding planner - look no further! Mary was the absolute greatest! I know for a FACT that I would not have had the perfect wedding day that I did without her help!
I had booked my venue (the Lodge on Echo Lake) in Feb. 2022 and found Mary in Oct. 2022 (one year before my wedding). I was looking on Instagram and found her as a recommendation. I live in NJ, she is based in NY and has done many weddings at my venue before (also in NY).
I signed up with the "little more love" package that she offered which worked great for our budget & for the wedding day as well.
This was a once-a-month zoom meeting. She was extremely flexible with my schedule to set up times to meet.
As we got closer to the wedding, the venue's coordinator was NOT great in communication and THANK GOODNESS for Mary, she followed up until we got the answers that we needed for setting up and for communicating with all of the other vendors.
All of my other vendors were very impressed with her communication skills as well and ensuring everyone was on the same page with the timeline.
She beautifully set up the centerpieces and all other decorations that I had brought and DIY'd, it really was the most beautiful day!
I could not have done it without her, I am just sad that I don't have another big event coming up to plan with her again!
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Awards

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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2024 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2023 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2022 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2021 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2020 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2019 Winner

Professional Network & Endorsements

4 Endorsements
Rebecca Gatto Photography Rebecca Gatto Photography Wedding Photographers

To know Mary Jacobs is to love her... to work with her on a wedding is to be completely blown away by how awesome she is! Mary knows all the ins and outs of the wedding industry, since she comes from a background in catering and banquet management. She goes out of her way to make sure every vendor on the team ("friendor," as she likes to put it) is supported and informed. Her focus is on making the day perfect for the couple, and she pursues perfection by being exceptionally kind and detail-oriented. Can't wait to work with her again!

Susan Blackburn Photography Susan Blackburn Photography Wedding Photographers

Mary is the consummate wedding professional. With a variety of experience in all aspects of catering, Mary brings her expertise and caring to every event she works on. She is extremely detail oriented, and it is reflected in her work.

Music Man Entertainment Music Man Entertainment Wedding DJs

Mary ROCKS!! Hire her and your Wedding Dreams will come true! She will take your "Vision" and turn it into "Reality"! Plain & Simple!! I have worked with her for years and she is just PERFECT!! Very creative, cool and the most down to earth person you could ever meet. Love her!

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