A Day To Remember

I have been married for thirty years but I wanted to do a surprise recommittment ceremony for my unsuspecting and very sharp wife for our anniversary. Left to my own devises and big mouth the event would have been exposed the first week I came up with the idea. So to make this work I had to hire a third party to take care of everything and I mean everything Very similar to hiring a planner when you live out of town.
So I knew who I had to hire for my pseudo wedding. Lora owns and operates A Day to Remember. She took my idea and ran with it to perfection. She allowed me to surprise my wife, have a good time, and make the whole event elegant, classy and so memorable for my wife and myself. She made all the right suggestions for wedding day vendors, decorated the venue to beyond lusciousness but the best part was my wife was left speechless the whole evening. She marveled at how the whole event was pulled together under her nose. Not only that it was done so well. All my guests couldn’t believe two things. First, that I pulled it off with my big mouth and second, how well it was all put together. They totally enjoyed the evening to its fullest.
I am in the wedding industry as a wedding photographer so I have been to a few weddings :) So please take it from one professional talking about another-​hire Lora if you want a well run, well organized, stress free wedding. She is the bomb!!!

We had the pleasure of working with Lora Ward from «A Day to Remember «at a recent wedding at Orchard Gables Mansion in Walnut Grove, Ca. Lora’s preplanning was excellent and her day of execution was clear and precise. She was well organized and a pleasure to work with. Our event was a huge success and the client was extremely happy. We look forward to working with her in the future and would highly recommend her for your consideration.
Danny J
the Mixx

Lora Ward from A Day to Remember Wedding Consultants is an absolute peach! I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to write a review… There is no mistaking her experience as a wedding planner. I am a wedding DJ and if there is no wedding planner on-​site, the responsibility usually rests on the DJ’s shoulders. With Lora on the job, I can relax and focus on my performance.
Lora is very detail oriented and knowledgable with all things weddings. She is who I call with questions about proper etiquette, or traditional elements for a wedding. She has a natural ability to match the DJ’s personality to her client’s to ensure a good fit. It really takes the guess work out of shopping for a wedding DJ.
What I like most is at the very end of the wedding, if the time is right, the mood is set and the heavens are shining down on us… you just might see her out on the dance floor for one song. It’s in that moment you can really see it in the reaction from her clients how much they adore her as they jump for joy and pull her in for a hug and celebrate a job well done.

We hired Lora as our day-​of wedding planner. We had already booked all of our vendors on our own and thought that we could manage wedding day as well. However as the days drew near, we began to realize how much we HADN’T even thought about. We started becoming super stressed… until we met Lora. Lora was flexible and patient– she always found a way meet without despite the crazy schedule that my husband and I had. She helped us fill in all the gaps we had in our wedding planning. She coordinated our rehearsal, helped us design our wedding space, and on the wedding day… she was AMAZING! She was super organized, calm, and kept the flow of the wedding going smooth. The ceremony and reception space looked gorgeous!!! She really went above and beyond, definitely more than a day-​of wedding planner. Our wedding day was a dream come true, and we couldn’t have done it without Lora! I highly recommend her!!!

Choosing Lora was the best decision we made throughout the entire 14-​month wedding planning process. Without Lora, the rest of it wouldn’t have been impossible. We were hesitant to hire a planner because we thought the planner would plan our wedding for us and it would be the same wedding that everyone throws. Instead, Lora provided us with options after listening to what we envisioned. Lora introduced us to amazingly talented vendors who executed our vision better than we dreamed or imagined it. Lora never pushed your ideas down our throats and backed off when we were uninterested in one of her ideas. Lora provided us with proper etiquette, but didn’t harp on us if we wanted to go in another direction.
Lora handled every unexpected problem that popped up along the way. I think Lora’s troubleshooting went way above and beyond what I possibly could have reasonably expected. When our officiant was unable to perform the ceremony, Lora tried to find us another one weeks before the wedding. When Lora couldn’t find one, Lora provided me ceremony examples to write our ceremony. Then, she generously provided me feedback on the draft. Thanks to Lora many of our guests say that the ceremony was their favorite part of the wedding! Words cannot express how much I appreciated how quickly Lora responded to my questions via email or the telephone. Lora was more supportive and helpful during this process than any therapist or best friend could have been.
When we were searching for a planner across the country, we ultimately choose between Lora and another planner who is only involved during the last month of the wedding. The other planner would have handed us a list of «preferred vendors» when we became her clients. Now, I can’t believe that we even considering hiring another planner. It was crucial that Lora was involved throughout the entire process. Lora attended every vendor meeting to make sure that the vendor got our vision and to ensure things were executed perfectly on wedding day. I know that I was Lora’s client and not her friend, but over the last 14 months I became so comfortable with her and enjoyed talking with her so much that I already miss her friendly emails and voice-​mails.
If I could give her more stars on here, I would!

Lora Ward was my week of coordinator for my wedding at the Vintage estate in Yountville, Ca on May 28, 2011. She planned my best Friend’s wedding the year before and did such a great job planning her wedding that I wanted her to do mine as well. Lora worked with me on my budget and went above and beyond what I expected out of a week of coordinator. Lora is very organized and on top of every detail. The weeks leading up to the wedding, I felt like I was Lora’s only client. She made my husband and I feel very much taken care of and that was so appreciated as I was planning the rest of the wedding on my own.
I have to say the most impressive part about my experience working with Lora was the day of the wedding. Everything was supposed to be outside, ceremony, cocktail hour, dinner etc. The weather was terrible and started raining hard two hours before the wedding and we had to make the huge decision to go to plan B. Lora worked with the entire team– hotel, catering, DJ, florist to make the move inside. I know this was highly stressful on Lora but she did a great job of staying cool and taking care of everything. I was completely out of the loop on the move and was able to enjoy my day without the stress of dealing with the change and all the vendors.
Bottom line is I trusted Lora to get the job done and she came through with flying colors. I HIGHLY recommend Lora Ward and A Day to Remember.

All I gotta say is. LORA IS AMAZING! She definitely goes above and beyond to make sure all needs are met! With a baby on my hip, it was very difficult to get anything done with the wedding — well when we hired Lora, everything turned around! She made our June wedding the most wonderful experience EVER! I have to say, I wouldnt have it any other way. She was very patient with me when it came to getting back to her with my final decisions, and she wasnt pushy at all about any suggestions. She had wonderful ideas that suited me to a Q and was very much on schedule with everything! I had no worries throughout the whole planning process thanks to Lora! Not to mention, after all the hard work she put into making the day extra wonderful, she was such a joy to be around! After getting to know her, she became so close to the family that she would have been on the invite list anyway! Bottom Line: She is a Wedding Angel! We cant wait to hire her for my sister’s wedding or any future events! :)