As a member of the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce, Detailed Weddings & Events, is a South Carolina Midland's based full-service, partial and day-of wedding and event planning, coordinating, consulting, designing and honeymoon-planning company located in Sumter, SC and is 44 miles east of Columbia, SC.  It is owned by a retired Army veteran whom has studied the business of weddings and events and is a graduate of America's #1 wedding, floral and event design school, The Institute of Wedding & Event Design (IWED), ordained by the American Marriage Ministries to officiate weddings, can provide appetizers and desserts by the dozens for retail sale and is a registered member of The Association of Bridal Consultants (ABC).  As a registered member of ABC, the owner is also a Certified Sandals Specialist and can book and arrange Honeymoon and Destination Wedding accomodations to all of the Sandals and Beaches Resorts located throughout the Caribbean, as well as book accomodations for singles and families. .  

 

The owner has attended several colleges and universities throughout her miliary career, but had never decided upon a major.  Print journalism and radio broadcasting  were her initial pursuits, and these career fields have led to past employment opportunities as a newspaper editor and a major-market radio broadcasting job.  Small and major-market adio jobs have helped her to become a well-rounded event speaker and/or emcee.  Currently, she is pursuing a Business Administration Degree, with a minor in Event and Meeting Management with Purdue University,

 

Some of you may ask, what is the difference between a planner, coordinator, consulant and a designer?.  Here is an explanation of the differences for each title.  A planner is involved in a wedding or event from the beginning and to its end.  A coordinator works on a shorter timeline and is involved with a wedding or event a few months before the big day.  A consultant answers questions and provides etiquette guidelines for a wedding or an event host needing assistance with his or her plans.  A designer specializes in the aesthetics, and layout, such as floor plans, lighting, flowers, furniture, linens, and attire. etc.  In our opinion, planners, coordinators, consultants and designers all perform the same jobs, but some involve more physical work than others or none at all, as in the case of a consultant whom explains how and why something is done or serves as a guide.

 

At Detailed Weddings & Events, we offer all four of the aformentioned services.  We also offer honeymoon planning and custom collections tailored to fit your unique style, theme and needs.  With our certified event design styling and educated planning and floral designs, we will make every effort to transform your vison into a reality.  We will be there to manage all the details and logistics.  We will strive to ensure that every step along the way is enjoyable, from our very first meeting until the end of your seamless event.  We are dedicated to making your event truly yours, with a cohesive design that enhances extraordinary details.  Our bespoke (one-of-a-kind) coordination, planning and design services extend beyond the color palette and venue selection and encompasses everything from managing vendors to budget tracking, while helping to make a wedding or event affordable.

 

Detailed Weddings & Events, allow wedding couples and event hosts the freedom to enjoy one of the most important days of their lives - stress free.  We care, we listen, we know what we are doing and we deliver on our services with a keen attention to the details.  

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If you hire us,  you will not be able to discern that we are a new company.  You will however, still receive all of the pomp, glitz, glamour, sophistication and elegance as you would from a mature wedding or event planning company and all at a price that is easy to pay-down or all of it at once.  

 

In keeping with ABC's Code of Ethics, if we receive any referral-discounts for recommending clients to a vendor, we will pass the savings to our clients in order to help them save dollars and never pocket the commission. 

 

Other benefits allow couples to enjoy the company of family and friends, while leaving all of the details in the hands of an educated planner, designer and a member of ABC.  Our main concern is to organize a client's dream for a wedding or an event and bring it to life.   The secret to having the event of your dream is to give yourselves enough time to pay off all debts before the big day.  Although we accept clients on a short time-line, wedding clients are best served when the planning process is initiated a year out or longer.  Additionaly, we encourage clients to purchase wedding or event insurance at a nominal fee for at least one day, with WEDSAFE Insurance or Markel Event Insurance, in order to protect against losses, such as no shows, lost rings, damaged wedding dress, cancellations, wedding attendant illnesses, venue closings or fires or the onset of a pandemic, such as COVID 19 that has delayed or derailed previous confirmed weddings or other event plans.

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Individuals and couples should consider that whatever company they choose to help with their wedding or event plans, they will have to live with their decisions, but be sure to get everything in writing.  Some of the decisions made, may affect the stability of their loving families and may also create emotional rifts within.  With the professional guidance of Detailed Weddings & Events, we hope that clients will make wise decisions that will help to keep them and thier families happy and able to move forward without any regrets.  Finally, we hope that we can help to maintain or bridge a harmonious relationship with current and/or future families.  After all, "What's done cannot be undone." - William Shakespeare

 

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