Occasion Queens

We love these ladies. Having our wedding in a dry hire, we had to be pretty organised but we’re not Monica-with-a-headset organised (reference for the kids there…). Thankfully Nina, queen of the clipboard and spreadsheet, is. Just without the shouting. We never knew how much we needed a wedding planner until we chatted with Nina. Nina gave us some great ideas with her inspiration session and helped us nail down the planning, particularly the all important timings. On the day itself, another event meant she didn’t get to see the fruits of her labour but she left us in the safest of hands with the amazing Ashleigh. So groom, best man and a van stuffed with bits turned up to an empty space at 9am, wedding in T-minus six hours. Ashleigh and Clarice worked like troopers alongside caterer and suppliers to transform the room into our dream wedding, including running up and down a ladder to help us hang a massive neon sign! Ashleigh was on hand all day, her enthusiasm helping it all run so smoothly, and nothing was too much trouble - need some scissors to cut a label off a glittery headband? No worries, Ashleigh’s got it. And she was still there to pack it all down again at 2am as we drunkenly bounced off into the night. Did we say we love these ladies? We cannot recommend them highly enough. We need to find an excuse to throw another bash so we can work with them again!

I can’t even think of the words to describe how bloomin’ happy we are that we chose Occasion Queens. We knew from the start we were going to be a tough gig and challenge our suppliers: we had so many moving parts and 3(!) venues. Nothing we chose was easy but Nina managed it all seemingly effortlessly. Just knowing she was there, taking care of it, was so reassuring. On the day, I’m sure she handled a thousand things that we didn’t see, but the ones we did left us feeling so grateful. We knew we didn’t have to worry about anything and we could enjoy our day. The simple things were the biggest for us: not have to worry about timings, as Nina had it all under control - everything from when to get on the buses, to a ‘call to sit’ for dinner. Looking back, I honestly can’t imagine how we would have done any of these transitions without her. We were able to spend our day floating around just enjoying the day we had put together. Nina knew that we had put so much of ourselves into the wedding and her brilliant experience meant she recognised it was going to be difficult for us to let go and let it happen on the day. And she was right! But she helped us so much with this and gave us the opportunity to relax, have fun and enjoy our day (which we definitely did!) Nina put together an impressive (and absolutely lovely) team of freelancers and was, amazingly, handling another wedding on the same day. How she did it all? Absolutely no idea - She must be a wizard or something. But we couldn’t recommend this wizard highly enough.

Nina was the linchpin of our wedding day. From the first email she was on the ball and left me in no doubt that she understood exactly what we needed. On prep calls, she gave great advice to help us ensure things went smoothly. On the day, she was totally discreet and yet always there when we needed her. And, she made a major problem with another supplier totally invisible to our guests, re-engineering the day seamlessly so we had nothing to worry about. Booking OQ was the best decision we made!

Dearest Nina, thank you for being the most incredible wedding organiser ever. Together we were able to plan the perfect wedding and your pre meet a couple of weeks before was so helpful at focusing our minds on how we wanted our day to go. I loved having you there with us, right from the moment I saw you arrive on the day I felt calmer and knew everything was in good hands. You kept everything going, nothing was too much trouble and remained calm throughout. You are an inspiration and totally incredible. Thank you so much Helen and Andrew xxx

Occasion Queens were phenomenal at our wedding and without question the best investment we made for our wedding day. Nina kept everything on track with both military precision and great warmth - no mean feat. She gave us amazing ideas and suggestions, confidence that every key detail was covered, kept me calm when worrying about the weather and led her superb team to deliver fantastic results on the day.

From the first moment I met Nina I understood that she had it all figured out, super nice, friendly and really organised. Having someone who can professionally make sure your venue is perfect too for your special day, makes a huge difference. I was so relaxed and happy it was not on me on the day. I cannot recommend Occasion Queens enough.