Janaki & Kevin

PC: Emma Cleary Photography

Seema did a truly outstanding job with our multicultural, double-ceremony wedding last month. Hiring her was one of the best decisions we made in the planning process and her support on the day-of and in the months leading up to the wedding was invaluable. She is incredibly kind, diligent and hard-working, and brings exactly the kind of calm, cheerful energy you want around on your wedding day.

We had a fairly complicated wedding, with two ceremonies in one day at separate venues — an Indian/Hindu version in the morning followed by lunch, and a western version followed by a reception in the evening. There were a lot of moving parts and a pretty tight schedule, and I think Seema was really essential to how smoothly everything went, and how seamless the day felt for us and our guests. She was also hugely helpful with vendor communications before the wedding. After putting in so much time, effort and mental energy into wedding planning for the better part of a year, one big fear I had going into the day was that I would feel stressed and not actually enjoy myself that much. Looking back, it was such a fun day and I felt incredibly relaxed, and that was in huge part because I knew Seema was there, that she was on top of everything and that I trusted her to handle any hiccups. That is honestly the biggest gift you can give yourself on your wedding day — the ability to be in the moment and hand off all the details, timelines and logistics.

I interviewed a few other coordinators before hiring Seema, and honestly felt like they all brought a sort of formulaic approach to the weddings they worked on. I never got that impression from Seema, and felt like she really personalized her work to us as a couple and made an effort to get to know us and understand what we wanted from the day. She is extremely responsive, was always prompt with things that needed to get done ahead of the wedding, and she and her two assistants were so helpful to have around on the day. Particularly with our morning/Hindu wedding venue (a major hotel chain whose events staff was very disorganized and difficult to get a hold of), I’m fairly confident that event would have been chaos if Seema and her team had not been there to wrangle people and guide them between locations. Lastly, she is just a fun person to talk to and I always felt better about wedding planning after a check-in with her! Would strongly recommend her to other couples!!"