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Micah B. Sent on 11/20/2023A 10/10 Experience
Shannon does such a thoughtful and diligent job working with you that it makes planning a wedding so much easier. Beyond that, her overall spirit is so warm that you're excited to have your check-ins with her. Lastly, her understanding of our taste was so spot on that each vendor she recommended working with was just what we were looking for and made our wedding authentic to us. -
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Max R. Sent on 09/30/2023We couldn't have imagined a better planner
Shannon's ceaseless enthusiasm and top notch professionalism made our wedding planning experience a total blast. She went above and beyond what was asked of her and was a pleasure to work with throughout the entire two year process. Thanks Shannon! -
Elianna Sent on 01/27/2024
Aligned Events will make your Wedding Dreams come true
When we first envisioned our wedding, we had a clear but challenging idea: to create a magical day from scratch on our friend’s vegetable farm and set up a glamp-ground for our guests. The project was a bit overwhelming, that is, until we met Shannon. From our first consultation, it was clear that she was totally game to make our vision into a stunning reality. Shannon’s leadership in transforming the farm into a whimsical venue was nothing short of miraculous.
Every aspect of our wedding, from her expert recommendation of local vendors that fit our tastes to her seamless choreography of the many moving pieces, showcased Shannon’s exceptional talent and dedication. She wove our personal story into the fabric of our day, making our wedding feel and look like a forest fairytale.
Shannon’s ability to anticipate challenges and resolve them swiftly ensured that the day of our wedding was as stress-free as possible. It’s rare to find someone who not only understood our vision but expanded on it.
In choosing Shannon, we didn’t just find a wedding planner; we found a visionary who crafted an experience that was both deeply personal and extravagantly beautiful. Our wedding was more than a celebration; it was a testament to her extraordinary skill and passion. We are eternally grateful and would recommend Aligned Events without hesitation to anyone dreaming of a wedding that’s truly one of a kind. -
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Robin W. Sent on 08/01/2023
The Best of the Best!
Right from the start, I knew that hiring Shannon was going to be the best decision we were going to make throughout our wedding process. We hired her in the middle of a venue issue and she immediately swooped in to start mediating, reasoning, and fixing - which would soon become the norm for us. Shannon handled any and all problems we had with our vendors, and always carried herself with professionalism and kindness that consistently kept my husband and I at ease. We truly felt like we could trust her through it all. Shannon handled so many logistics that I feel like we didn't even know the half of what she was doing - in the best way possible! I would always look forward to our meetings because I knew it meant we were going to get things done and feel more and more prepared each day. She also kept a level head and insanely relaxed vibe when it became apparent that our fully outdoor wedding had to be reworked due to rain. She did everything to keep me calm and to ensure our weekend was as stress free as possible. Shannon is so smart, patient, level headed, reliable, fun, insanely organized, honest, trustworthy, and overall just a kind and cool person! She is truly an amazing planner and I could not recommend her more! -
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T&T Sent on 09/18/2022Shannon helped us have a fun and stress-free wedding!
Shannon is incredible. We hired Shannon over a year out from our wedding and she made the whole process go so smoothly. Our wedding was so much fun and perfectly reflected who we are. A big part of our enjoyment was knowing that Shannon had everything in hand. We could relax and be with our closest friends and family without worrying about managing vendors or whether things were running on time. Shannon's planning also meant that we could chill out in the days leading up to our wedding, because everything was in place and ready to go. She helped us find vendors that suited us, and did so much to make things low-stress. We can't recommend Shannon enough! -
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Annie S. Sent on 09/24/2022Incredible from start to finish
Shannon is incredible. I cannot adequately express how grateful I am for her. From our first inquiry call, to her wrap up emails after our wedding, she has been an invaluable resource. When we first started working together, because I wasn't sure exactly where or even when we wanted to have the wedding yet, she offered an hourly rate to help me explore and then narrow down all the possible options, so if the venue we settled on had a coordinator we wouldn't be locked into a planning contract unnecessarily. We ended up having the ceremony at Hancock Shaker Village and our reception in our backyard in Pittsfield. For over a year, Shannon help me find and narrow down all the vendors for our wedding. She has an incredible knowledge base and really understands whatever your vision is, even if you are terrible at articulating it like me. She has amazing eye for design, which was incredibly helpful when I was concerned my vision might not come together to have her expertise and reassurance to ensure it came to be. And boy did it, not only did she help me get the most incredible group of vendors together, but she made sure it all came together seamlessly. It was a stunning event and I've been reluctant to admit that it's over! I was grateful for her in the months leading up to the wedding, but the comfort and relief I felt when we left our house on the Friday, knowing everything would be ready and stunning when we arrived on Saturday was priceless. I would recommend Shannon to any and everyone planning a wedding the Berkshires and beyond! -
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Rayne M. Sent on 09/04/2022Best Wedding Decision I Made!
Choosing to hire Shannon with Aligned Events was undoubtedly the best decision we made during our wedding planning process. She was warm, supportive, and thoughtful from the very beginning, and this never wavered over the duration of the time we worked with her. Shannon saw us through two different postponements and was a source of positivity and peace while we dealt with the many unknowns that came with that! She considered every detail and helped them fit exactly as we envisioned. She ensured everything went so smoothly on our wedding day, and if there were any hiccups behind the scenes, we had no idea! Her professionalism and extensive knowledge of the wedding industry is balanced by her glowing personality, helping you to quickly feel like friends! I can't recommend Aligned Events highly enough! -
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Kristin B. Sent on 05/10/2023Cannot recommend enough
I do not think there are enough characters allowed to describe how much I would recommend Shannon and her team. She, my spouse, and I clicked from our very first call, and she made our wedding feel so seamless. People joke that wedding planning is very stressful, and it was to some extent, but knowing that we had Shannon and her wealth of experience to help us made it almost...enjoyable? We wanted to hire a planner who had experience with many types of weddings, including non-traditional ones, for a few reasons: we needed the project management help; we wanted someone who knew how and why couples made certain decisions; we're not super traditional; and we wanted someone who could help hone and guide our visions (neither one of us had been dreaming of a particular wedding, we just wanted food, music, and a party). Shannon answered all of our questions, kept everything so organized, and guided us every step of the way. Our guests continue to comment how seamless and fun our wedding was, and we truly could not have had exactly what we wanted without Shannon. She is such a combination of meticulous and calm in a way that made us feel assured things were being taken care of but that transferred absolutely no stress to us. We're so grateful to her and, again, highly recommend her. -
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Steph W. Sent on 07/17/2022Unmatched, Incredible, Essential
We initially hired Shannon for partial planning for a backyard wedding in the Berkshires in the Fall of 2019, never realizing that we would have to postpone our May 2020 wedding multiple times (May 2020, August 2020, June 2021, and finally June 2022).
Throughout this process, Shannon was a logistical and emotional ROCK. She kept us sane and organized, coordinated vendors, provided comfort and answers in our most challenging moments. Her recommended vendors were exceptional. She formed a team that made us feel supported and held throughout the entire process up to and including the SUDDEN UNFORECASTED RAIN IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE CEREMONY.
We, as a couple, were often overwhelmed by choice, we're not overly detail oriented with regard to aesthetics and design, and we needed someone who would make the choices we didn't wanna make, and guide us to the correct solution with matters about which we cared deeply.
We will never be able to express how grateful we are to Shannon for all her work. We have no notes, only praise.
Her energy is calm, competent, and caring. By the end of this wonderful (and at times harrowing) process we felt that we'd not only been guided and cared for, but that we had made a new lifelong friend.
Hire Shannon! You will be glad you hired Shannon! Tell those other people you spoke to "thanks" and hire Shannon! -
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Daniel L. Sent on 07/31/2022
The Absolute Best!
It's hard to imagine what our wedding would have been like without Shannon. It's safe to say that it's not a guarantee the event would have even happened. Shannon was essential to making our wedding as special as it turned out and we truly enjoyed working with her every step of the way.
Our wedding was not the most straightforward affair to plan, but throughout the planning process Shannon was on top of every small detail. We always left our calls & check-ins feeling confident (and often relieved) that our wedding was in the most capable hands. Shannon always looked for ways to make things easier for us and helped keep us on track and focused.
Shannon was, without a doubt, our best friend through the planning of our wedding and we couldn't recommend her more strongly. -
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Julia B. Sent on 05/21/2022Don't wait - book Shannon now!
Hiring Shannon was the single best decision we made for our wedding. I'm a fairly "type A" person and wasn't sure initially if I needed to hire a planner. But after beginning to work with Shannon, I realized just how many details and logistics there were that I wouldn't have thought of myself. Shannon was extremely responsive and easy to work with through the entire process. She was always calm, cool, and collected, and her calmness helped me feel more calm and confident myself. Shannon provided me with information, software tools, vendor recommendations and more that made planning SO much easier. On the day of the wedding, she went above and beyond to ensure everything was perfect. She even bustled my wedding dress! I cannot thank her enough, our wedding would not have been nearly as perfect without her! -
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Alicia L. Sent on 11/02/2021Super stress free
Shannon was super easy, responsive and very organized amidst the pandemic and all the rescheduling that happened over the course of 2 years. We were relaxed and stress free during the entire weekend! -
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Samantha L. Sent on 05/02/2022We'd like to nominate Shannon to the Wedding Planning Hall of Fame
The weekend following our wedding, I admitted to my husband that I was entirely unprepared to manage my jealousy of other people who got to work with Shannon, to which he replied how jealous he was of everyone who got to go to a Shannon event. Take this selfishness as a testament to the work Shannon does - she delivers everywhere, from behind-the-scenes to every last guest.
I (the bride) work in hospitality events which have, at times, intersected with the world of weddings. Because of this, we never anticipated hiring a planner - assumed my skillset would be a good fit for the wedding planning process. We learned (very) quickly that the nuance of planning your own wedding is a venture - one that no prior experience can prepare you for. Enter Shannon.
When planning a wedding, peace of mind - it is everything, the greatest gift of all - and we’d like to nominate Shannon for the Peace-of-Mind Hall of Fame. She is a planning all-star: organized, attentive, thoughtful, professional, patient, calm, thorough, detailed-oriented, responsive and joyful. We never once worried that details were unaccounted for or that the budget wasn’t exactly where it should be. Shannon kept us on track with every to-do list and turned the seemingly overwhelming moments into ones that were completely manageable. She approaches every conversation and decision - whether with us, our families, our vendors - with thoughtfulness and professionalism. An October 2021 wedding meant we had to account for Covid’s unpredictability throughout our planning, and Shannon had a Covid plan B covered for every last detail.
And no time was this peace of mind felt more than on the day of our wedding. Shannon at the helm meant that John and I could be fully present for every moment. And with a weather forecast that seemed to change (by the minute) from one extreme to the next, there were plenty of day-of, last-minute decisions that needed to be made - all left in Shannon’s hands and all were exactly right. She was the Wizard of Oz pulling all of the strings from behind the curtain - knows where to be, when to be there, and where she’s headed next - all with such calm, which meant we were afforded the same.
Shannon prioritizes getting to know her clients - not just the couple, but their families and loved ones too. She took the time and asked the questions to make sure she understood our vibe in its entirety and, though our wedding was big (175 guests) making it feel personal was important to us (the food, the ceremony, the music, the flowers, the list goes on and on) - Shannon made it all a reality. There were a lot of family nuances to account for (the good and the bad), details to cover, and combining two religions meant we had to be that much more thoughtful when it came to navigating all - couldn't have done it without her. She even had some secrets up her sleeve - worked behind-the-scenes with our families on some day-of surprises. She takes so much joy in her clients' joy - there is simply nothing like it.
Perhaps among the most important qualities of a wedding planner - and something we really lucked out with as we had not thought of prior - is the importance of the planner/vendor relationship. And all we can say is: WEDDING. VENDORS. LOVE. WORKING. WITH. SHANNON. Cannot count the number of times that they went out of their way to relay this sentiment: those who had worked with her prior shared their delight to do so again, and for the first-timers, each went out of their way to say how easy and seamless their jobs were thanks to her. She created specific timelines for each, anticipated everything they might need leading up to and on the day of the wedding, and answered all of their questions quickly and thoughtfully along the way.
Not only did Shannon help us stick to and stay within our budget, but she guided so many of our decisions along the way. When it came to where and how we allocated our money, she was mindful of where we stood budget-wise throughout the entirety of planning, reminding us of costs still unaccounted for and, if we spent a little more here, where we might be able / need to cut down a bit there. She helped us think about the day as a whole - where our dollars mattered most, where they’d be most effective, and why investing in certain vendors would be worthwhile, while others were less so. She helped us interpret proposals, account for costs that might sneak up along the way, and navigate budget conversations.
My sister got engaged last month and, once all the family and friend phone calls were out of the way, next up on the call list: Shannon :) No better person and team to have by your side throughout - we're so grateful to have found her, cannot imagine a wedding any other way. -
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Daisy L. Sent on 03/01/2021Loved working with Shannon
My fiancé and I really enjoyed working with Shannon and actually my FMIL was using her as well for our would-have-been rehearsal dinner. We had planned basically two weddings with Shannon and are super bummed not to see it all come together (we're just going to do a micro wedding because of all the craziness with COVID.) I really don't think you can go wrong with Shannon. I personally was like a fish out of water planning a wedding so it was really helpful to have a professional like Shannon keeping us on track time-wise, budget-wise etc. I would definitely recommend Shannon.
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Rebecca Z. Sent on 01/23/2022Shannon is the best
The first and best wedding decision we made was to hire Shannon. We started planning our wedding in February of 2020. We didn’t know then we’d be looking at a global pandemic that would cause so much upheaval to our lives and make planning a celebration feel so much more complex.
Shannon helped us navigate all of it and made us feel so held in the process. Rescheduling and navigating COVID protocols could have felt so stressful but Shannon brought a groundedness and calm from start to finish. Not only that, but she took the time to get to know us and understand our vision—and made it happen. I honestly don’t know how it would have all happened without her or how people plan weddings without a Shannon at the helm!
The end result was the best day ever—a wedding that totally captured our unique vision. Knowing that Shannon was so on top of everything also made it that much easier for us to fully be in and enjoy the day without having to spend one second worrying about the logistics. Because we were relaxed and able to focus on our connection with each other and our people—it made the whole day more enjoyable for everyone. Hire aligned events—it’s a decision you’ll be so grateful you made!!! -
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Taylor Sent on 11/15/2021Wonderful - only one regret!!
We worked with Shannon from 2019-2020 on our wedding which was supposed to be 4/4/20. Shannon was so wonderful to work with and made everything so easy, even for this indecisive bride with two very different style/vision ideas. As with most covid times weddings…. we had to schedule, reschedule and reschedule again. Could not have done this without Shannon.
The one regret of note is that we ultimately had our party (19 months later) and DID NOT have Shannon around to help (our choice, not hers!!) I can say without a doubt that she would have made things less stressful the day of.
There were a few engaged folks at our event and my husband and I both explained that the best money you can spend for your event is on a coordinator, and not just for the day of.
We hands down, 10/10, every single time would recommend Shannon to anyone in the western Mass area (or anywhere Shannon is willing to travel)Aligned Events's reply:
Taylor! So many huge congratulations to you and Mike. You deserved every second of your beautiful reception and I am so glad it was finally able to happen. We so wish we had been there, too, but are so glad for the time we had working together. Thank you for all your kind words - big hugs to you! -
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Zoe H. Sent on 10/02/2019Seriously, look no further.
I'm not really sure how people get married WITHOUT Shannon, and I do mean that literally. We brought Shannon on thinking it would be nice to have someone dedicated to navigating venue delivery on the day of our wedding, we did not realize that Shannon would soon become a cherished member of our family. Countless emails were sent over the next few months, many of them just to ask, WWSD (What Would Shannon Do). She was infinitely patient and sweet with us, and when she finally left the venue the night of our wedding, I was more sad to see her leave than I was many of my beloved family and friends. That is not hyperbole! Shannon is extremely LGBTQIA/NBPOC friendly (and probably POC friendly in general, I'm sure, but my wife and I only belong to those two minority groups) and most importantly, patient, kind and nice. She was worth far more than we paid her, and far far more than we could ever afford. Someday she will realize she's undercharging her clients substantially for the level and quality of services she renders and you'll want to book her before that happens, so do not delay!
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