Dream Big Events LLC
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Introduction: Dream Big Events is Nebraska's premier event and wedding planning company. At Dream Big Events we strongly believe there is no dream too big or event too small and we are committed to creating an experience that is everything you are envisioning and so much more. All of our services are fully customizable to create the package the best fits your unique event or celebration.
We specialize in services such as Corporate Events and Meeting Management, Wedding Planning and Coordination, Event Design, and Social Events. Our clients range from the stay at home mom and true do it yourselfers to the hight end coperate professionals. Dream Big Events is the planner for you.
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Nathaly L.
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Jennifer K.
May 16, 2016
I got married in October. I have, just now, calmed down enough to describe my experience with Dream Big Events. I don't think I can even go into too much detail without feeling very emotional about it. What I will say is that she broke the contract and did not do what was expected of her. It was in the contract that she would have at least three helpers with her. The job that needed to be done--it couldn't be done alone. However--alone was how she showed up--and she informed me of this only two days before the wedding. Her helpers, it turns out, are her relatives--and her mother was sick, so they had to stay with her. What am I supposed to do in this situation?! I didn't want to be a horrible person and say, well then, you just find three more people then. I was very skeptical, but I took her word for it that she could do the job alone. The day of the rehearsal--I was very stressed out. I was having trouble with about three other vendors and I was very frustrated. I am not the most organized person on the face of the earth--but that is why I hired a planner. I was finding that she was forgetting quite a few things, but in the last few days, was tending to direct her own mishaps toward myself. She had started to get short with me, but I just blew it off, because I realized that she had a sick mother and was trying to be understanding. I was a little late for the rehearsal--and when I walked up there, she barely even said hi. Not a smile--just a bad attitude and a bossy demeanor. I could tell she felt like she was herding cats--but we were attentive and ready to do what we were supposed to. We weren't some drunken wedding party like some are--we were all sober, ready, and trying to be happy in spite of her. Yes, she was stressed--she was trying to pull off something that she wasn't able to--and didn't. She said smart-alecky things to everyone and not in a friendly way. She told the groomsmen when they were discussing lunch during the wedding day that she would bring the entire wedding party lunch--she was a total no-show on that front. I walked down the aisle on an empty stomach--there was just no time to get lunch and we were under the impression that it was taken care of. My brother and my husband made a sign to indicate the turn-off to the church--she insulted their sign and said she had her own. The day of the wedding--there was no sign. Her decorations--some of them were what we wanted. The centerpieces were great, but no one I talked to remembered there being any wild flowers on every napkin as we discussed. I didn't see them. There was supposed to be a backdrop behind the cake table, as well as a series of flowers and decorations on it. The backdrop fell down as she was putting it up--and she gave up and never put it back up. The cake table was very plain--just the cake and napkins. The candy table was supposed to have flowers and decorations, and different stands for the candy dishes to add depth--they were just sitting on a table. Her attitude on my wedding day was--abysmal. It took everything I had to ignore it and concentrate on what this day really was and what was happening, but I was miserable until I actually started walking down the aisle and saw my husband's face. It was a wonderful day, but a shadow was cast upon it. Later--more than one person asked me why my wedding planner was so mean to me. She was literally--mean. She treated me like I knew nothing and like I had done everything wrong--and that everything that was going wrong was my fault. I knew that she was a type A--I just didn't know that she was very unsuccessful at it and was capable of projecting her mistakes onto others--others such as a bride on her wedding day who was paying her a LOT of money to receive very little of what she was promised. This bride wishes she had done it all herself--it would have been much less confusing and much less trouble. She picked out many good accessories for my bridesmaids--but she did show up with some things that I wasn't fond of, but couldn't change, so I just said that I liked them. No use in raising any sort of stinks that there was no immediate solution for--the woman just wasn't a very good listener. Every single person in my wedding party was confounded and brought down by her behavior. The professional pics in the church prior to the ceremony show everyone looking somber--and I know it was because of her. Everyone said it was a beautiful ceremony--and it was. I understand that guests don't know the difference and I was able to stand back and appreciate what was happening and forget about what was going on. The planner in the reception hall quit working at that facility two weeks before my wedding, so they assigned me a new one. What I had discussed with the old planner for that hall was not all the way relayed to the new one. I had already discussed times with Audra, my invitation girl, and my photographer. I had told her--yet, when I got to the reception, she asks, accusingly, where we'd been--she, and the reception hall, thought that dinner started an hour earlier. I angrily told her to take a look at the invitation and had to quell my anger before what was supposed to be one of the happiest moments of my life: walking into my own beautiful wedding reception being announced as husband and wife. We immediately went on our honeymoon after the wedding. My mother was the one paying for her "services." When we got back--my mom had already paid her. I was beside myself. I told her that we were going to sit down and discuss with her what had and hadn't taken place and debate the original price--because she broke the contract in numerous ways, and not only that--she was awful. My mom is 75 years old--Audra should have dealt with us before taking the full amount. She knew she had not held up her end of the bargain--but she took the money and ran. I have not spoken with her since and I do not plan to. It has taken me this long to post a review. I do not suggest this person as a wedding planner. She has a military manner, not one that is conducive to camaraderie or the fragile balance of a bride's emotions on her wedding day. I have quite a few challenges--I am a busy woman who has to take extra special care in organizing my life. I have an autistic daughter and I am on the spectrum myself. She knew this--yet, she treated me like some kind of irresponsible idiot...on my wedding day. And I wasn't--I did the absolute best job that I could and did my best to respect her feelings and what she was going through. I feel, however, that it was no excuse for what I experienced that day. My husband, as he is reading what I'm writing, is adding instance after instance other than what I have put here--but I think I have gotten my point across. I have heard that others have had complaints about her work, as well. I do not suggest her at all.
Dream Big Events LLC's reply
Jennifer,
Every service in your contract was carried out to its fullest. Nor were your charged for the 2 planning meetings you failed to attend that included over 6 hrs of travel each time or the free cake stand included with your cake table. While yes it is true that my mother became very sick days before your wedding I did in fact have back up assistance there that day. You never requested or paid for a second backdrop nor was one ever constructed for your cake table. You were advised over 1 week before the wedding the the lunches needed to be ordered 48 hrs in advance and I reminded you of this at the rehearsal as I was willing to make an exception because I knew that sometimes life happens and people forget however no lunch order was made or paid for so unfortunately no lunch was provided. After going over the customer satisfaction survey with your mother and talking about how happy you were with the services you received she then happily agreed to finish paying the remainder of your balance. Thank you for your review and sharing your thoughts and feelings. We do appreciate your comments.
Ruth R.
May 17, 2016
I have been working with miss Audra for about a year and some change now planning my wedding with me long-distance and deployed with the U.S. Army. She has gone above and beyond my expectations of a wedding planner and has made this an incredibly painless process. We are constantly updated with budgeting information, and she keeps a running list of what needs to be done next. This woman is like a unicorn, made of dreams, magic, and rainbows. The only cons I have are that I could not be there more in person and I felt bad making her take care of so much without me!!
Michael H.
May 20, 2016
Audra had planned and organized an event I was documenting and did a standout job. It's rare to be able to work with an event planner that is so organized, able to quickly think on her feet while juggling multiple tasks for the event to keep everything running smoothly while staying positive and happy and not showing any signs of stress in front of clients, guests or vendors.
Bethany K.
May 22, 2016
Working with Audra and Dream Big Events was an amazing experience. Audra helped plan and put on my baby shower. I was very busy with work and pregnancy and she helped the planning be stress free and efficient. She took all my wants into account and when I didn’t know what I wanted she made great suggestions to choose from. My shower was more then I could have hoped and best of all I didn’t have to worry about a thing!! The decorations where fun and thoughtful, the food was perfect, and all my guests had an amazing time. Audra is full of positive energy and it is infectious.