I worked with Mehreen for 6 months this year starting almost the same week we started planning for my son’s wedding. I knew I couldn’t do it on my own, with a full time job and lots of responsibilities. What made it even harder was the quick turnaround this wedding needed to be planned in and from day one I was already worried that venues and vendors would already be booked. In walked Mehreen and became my sanity in between all the wedding planning craziness!! She sat down with me to start understanding my needs, my budget and my overall feeling and vibe of the wedding I was trying to accomplish. For such a large number of invitees and many different requirements, she helped me narrow down the venue to two specific ones. We did walk throughs of both and made our decision. That was maybe the only time I needed to physically go somewhere and see someone, the rest of the times I trusted her and her decision making for her to do all the heavy grunt work.
Mehreen helped me in determining and securing every vendor from that point onwards, every time letting me know pricing and pros and cons of each one, which made my decision-making seamless. All decisions and budget items were recorded on spreadsheets and helped me in my planning process in the six months.
There were several events/moments to coordinate. Not just the wedding and Mehreen helped me with every single one. She kept me on time with her timeline, let me know when and what the next step was, and continued to scope out and research vendors and technology platforms that would help us with the wedding. For example, she helped me to figure out which invitation platform to use and what website to use to create a seating chart. Mehreen also learned and understood my needs so well that she’d tell me her honest opinions on vendors and pricing. She never made it seem like she was trying to push me to do or pay for a certain thing. I rarely had to speak directly to a vendor myself. She even dealt with the negotiating of prices and drawing up the contracts. This made my life much much easier!!!!
She came over several times to help with the big and small details and had her team help where they needed so much so it was as if she became a part of our family! :) On the day of the event, my only stress was to get me and my family to the hall on time, because I knew she had taken care of planning every single corner of the venue and every single minute of the evening. What struck me about her most is her even-keeled nature, composure, and calm stature. In the most stressful of situations she’d laugh and say don’t worry. Everything will be fine. And then would offer solutions to make everything fine! This in turn calmed everyone else around her also…and that’s invaluable to have someone like that around!!
I wouldn’t just use Mehreen again when planning a wedding, I now go around and recommend her to everyone I know! Highly recommend her and her team and her expertise.
