Bollo Hollow Weddings Reviews
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Lily L. Sent on 06/24/2024Courtney is the best
Courtney was responsive, helpful, and gave great advice. I didn’t worry at all on my wedding day thanks to her!!!! We loved having Courtney on our day. -
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Erin Sent on 12/15/2021Hire Bollo Hollow - and actually enjoy your wedding day.
Courtney of Bollo Hollow is the best wedding planner in Chicago and beyond. She created a sense of ease that I never thought possible in finally having our postponed wedding. If you're even considering a planner or coordinator for your chicagoland wedding, don't hesitate to hire this amazing, kind professional. She will blow you away with her organization and preparedness. Hire Bollo Hollow - and actually enjoy your wedding day. -
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Amber J. Sent on 10/30/2019Best Decision Ever to Hire Courtney!!
Hiring Courtney to be our "day-of coordinator" was by far the best decision we made in planning our wedding and it would not have happened without her! She was recommended to us through several trusted friends, and was worth every penny. Even though we had her "day of" package, she was so much more than that, as she was there for us as soon as we hired her and gave us advice for any thing we asked. We had a very non-traditional wedding day/location, and we could not have done it without her. She also helped us find our DJ and gave us immeasurable advice throughout the process. She was organized and made sure she had all the pertinent info to make our special day flawless. (She contacted all our vendors on her own and made sure she was the point of contact instead of the wedding party.) As for the actual day of- she went above and beyond several times. She brought her personal pop up tent to cover our champagne toast set up, and her emergency supplies saved the day with a very nasty bug mishap on the wedding dress. She also helped with our party set up and made sure the evening stayed on schedule. She was calm under pressure, made sure any issues that came up were handled, and we know this day would not have worked without her. -
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Wynter Sent on 07/29/2019Courtney is Amazing!!
We hired Courtney as our day-of wedding coordinator for our wedding this past Saturday, and she definitely delivered to our expectations. One thing that I really appreciated about her was how responsive she was to communications. It angers me when I email or text someone that I'm doing business with and I don't hear from them for days on end. Courtney was very prompt with her responses, and that helped me to trust that she would also be responsive to my needs at the wedding.
Also, don't let the term Day-Of coordinator fool you. From the day we signed the contract, she was there to answer questions and give advice and feedback on what steps we should be taking with our wedding planning.
When the wedding day came, she was at our disposal for the entire day. She helped decorate the venue, she made sure everything went smoothly throughout the night, made sure the vendors were doing their jobs correctly, and overall acted as a liaison between us, our vendors, and our guests. We didn't have to do anything except enjoy the night!
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Melissa Sent on 06/13/2019Best experience hands down!
Courtney was hands down the best decision I made in my wedding planning process. I hired Courtney to be my day of Coordinator and she was so much more than that. In the process she checked in with me to see how everything was going and kept in contact from the moment we met. She’s so easy to work with and it was the best feeling having someone there to make sure I had everything ready to go and in order for the big day! On the big day they always say “expect something to go wrong” but honestly (at least in my eyes) it was a seamless day. If there was anything needed Courtney was there and it couldn’t have been more perfect! I was referred to Courtney by my Officiant Bonnie Cortez (who was also a gem) and I couldn’t have been happier! Thanks again Courtney, you’ll be missed... if only you were a life coach! -
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Yasmin A. Sent on 05/05/2019Worthwhile investment in peace of mind!
My husband and I had our main wedding event in Panama (where I am from) and a second reception in Chicago (where he is from and where we live). Originally we had planned a DIY type of event, including setting up all the decorations ourselves, to be more cost-effective. However, we realized we would not be able to multi-task everything that needed to be done day of -- setting up the decor plus hosting our out of town guests plus getting ready for the event. We found Courtney and Bollo Hollow weddings online and reached out for day-of-coordination services - and we are SO glad we did! Courtney was extremely professional and warm, has a "can do" attitude, and went above and beyond to ensure our reception hall looked fantastic. She is detail-oriented and her planning spreadsheet is about as thorough as it gets. Our event was absolutely beautiful (we planned the decor elements, but Courtney gave us valuable feedback/tips and set it all up for us the day of the event. Will post pictures shortly)! My husband and I were able to enjoy ourselves and focus on our guests knowing that Courtney was behind the scenes ensuring every aspect of the event proceeded as smoothly as possible. Please do not hesitate to book the services of Bollo Hollow Weddings, you will not regret it! -
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Marissa C. Sent on 05/06/2019The greatest wedding coordinator EVER!!!
Hiring Courtney Bollettino as our day of wedding coordinator was one of the BEST decisions we could have made. Do you want people coming up to you on your wedding day with a million questions? Any sane bride will answer no. For those of you who are considering that scenario...it's a no...the answer is NO! You need Courtney! Relying on family or bridesmaids will not work. Your mom will be busy hosting along with you and your maid of honor will be drunk after 6:00pm. Plus, they deserve to not have to work...they have been helping you all year and should be celebrating alongside of you. What you DO want is someone strictly there to help run things and Courtney is going to do just that. I have seen the wedding where there isn't a delegator and ladies, it's not good. Things get missed, guests are not taken care of, you won't get the photos you want, things will seriously go awry and again, you will become the go to person to solve all problems and answer all questions.
Here is how Courtney operates. You first have a phone chat about who you are and what you are picturing your day to be. This is when you first hire her...so for me it was a year out. She then sends you this life saving spreadsheet, (you don't know how life saving it is until later...but trust me, it is). This thing outlines every single thing you need to figure out, seating arrangements, music, entrances and exits, you name it. This spreadsheet made it possible to plan my wedding. Not only that, when it came time to hand over schedules to the DJ, Photographer, Musicians and Bridal party...all I had to do in those last few weeks was click "print". She also is a huge problem solver. Our officiant got the time wrong for our rehearsal. Courtney took complete control of the situation, including telling me it is no problem and everything will be fine the next day. She then ran our entire rehearsal like a boss. In regards to the actual wedding day, she set up our entire reception space in a very small window of time. This included going through a ton of boxes with vases, beads and candles, (I had a very DIY wedding). The room looked stunning when we entered for our reception! For our ceremony, our wedding party entered from two sides of the building and Courtney made sure that everyone knew where they had to be and when. She directed the entire flow of the procession and made it look seamless. Then, at the end of the night she packed up all of those same boxes with our center pieces and other decor we brought to the venue.
The BEST thing though that she did was this....
The day after our wedding, (yes the day after), she sent me a dropbox file with photos from our big day. Before opening the file, I was expecting like, 10 photos. There were 65! As we all know, the photographer photos don't arrive for months. Courtney didn't just take photos and send them to us within 24 hours, but she took AMAZING photos! She actually got better photos of my little niece in her wagon coming down the aisle that even our paid photographer didn't get and my sister used one of Courtney's to print and frame! With her doing this though, we got to share photos already with our parents and guests the next morning in the hotel lobby. It was a really unexpected and appreciated gesture that she had zero requirement to do.
Ladies seriously, save yourself the research on other day of coordinators and book this woman. You are welcome.
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Tiffany Sent on 05/06/2019Worth every penny!
Hiring Courtney to be our day of coordinator was the best money we spent! After endless painstaking planning, I wanted to be sure that my vision went off without a hitch. With that, I wanted nothing to do with the details on the big day. I wanted to be able to be 100% present to enjoy and absorb the magic with my husband and friends and family who traveled to be with us. Having Courtney there allowed me to do just that!
A week before the wedding I handed everything over to Courtney - the lists, the vendors, the decorations, the bridesmaids/groomsmen - and she executed the day flawlessly! Nobody called me with emergencies or to do's. I was free to be in the moment. If anything went wrong, I was none the wiser! I trusted her completely and she made sure my every need was met. Not only did she make sure the flow of the day went smoothly, but she checked in with us, our parents and the venue throughout the day to make sure everyone was ok.
Find the money in the budget - you will not be sorry!! Courtney is a dream! Her skills and style are unmatched!
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