Where do we even begin with the experience we had with Margie?! Margie made every aspect of our wedding feel fun, manageable, and exciting! Margie truly heard our vision/dream for the day, and supported us in achieving exactly that. Margie and her team absolutely rock! We wish we were getting married again just to have the chance to work with Dirigo Event Co! Margie truly filtered every thought, worry, and wondering we had about the wedding process. She is extremely patient, approachable, and kind. We can't imagine working with anyone else.

For any LGBTQ+ couples looking to work with Margie, truly look no further. It's cited on Dirigo Event Co that the business is "LGBTQ+ friendly" and that is an understatement. Margie truly saw us the couple we are and was mindful of everything we asked her to be mindful of. Truly can't say enough good things about Margie and her crew!

-Liz (they/them) & Phoebe (she/her)

We can't say enough about having Margie be your wedding planner! We worked with Margie for about a year on her half-in partial plan and we consider ourselves deeply lucky to have had her on our team. Leading with compassion and fantastic energy, Margie kept us on track and offered up great suggestions as we navigated the vendor space. She also worked with our vision and did not push a certain style or set up. Once we secured vendors, she took the lead as a great communicator, keeping the broader vendor team in the loop on timelines, run of show, and everything in between. The day of the wedding went off without a hitch in no small part because of Margie and her team. 1000% would recommend Margie and Dirigo Event Co!!

Margie is PHENOMENAL. It is hard to summarize all the ways that Margie is incredible, but simply put she is kind, warm, and funny and also an absolute BOSS.

After meeting for the first time with Margie, we felt immediately that she "got us" and we would remark on this often after talking with her. We had some unconventional details in our wedding (non-traditional processional, a casual buffet dinner, many speeches and a song performed by friends, 130 handmade friendship bracelets on the bar made by this Swiftie bride...) and Margie not only rolled with them, but celebrated them. We always felt that she was prioritizing our happiness above all else. She never tried to sell us on items we didn't feel we needed, and even found places to help us save money. We trusted that she was creating a wedding for us and our loved ones, not for content and likes. (ALTHOUGH it doesn't hurt that she has a fabulous social media presence where she made us feel like celebrities around our wedding and also really seen and cared for and celebrated).

The Monday before our wedding it became clear it was going to pour on our wedding day. (Because it was a Saturday in 2023). We asked Margie if we needed a bigger tent for cocktail hour. When she told us yes, we completely trusted her because she never tried to upsell us or push services on us. It was the best decision we made-- we keep saying "I'm so glad we got the bigger tent." Our original rain plan was to have guests sit at tables in the barn for the ceremony with a quick turnaround. However at the rehearsal, Margie asked me "what would your absolute ideal set up be?" When I hesitantly told her that it would be to have rows of chairs for the ceremony followed by a total turnover to long tables for dinner, she replied without hesitation, "then that's what we will do." I never heard another word about this and behind the scenes (I learned later) Margie expertly mobilized our team of vendors and groomsmen to entirely flip the barn, making our cozy twinkly barn dreams come true for both the ceremony and the reception.

Margie is meticulous and detail-oriented-- her planning software was easy to use and ensured that we had thought of every detail ahead of time. Margie's survey even asks tactfully if there are any family or cultural dynamics she should be aware of, which we found to be smart and thoughtful. She is the consummate professional and incredibly responsive over email. She expertly interfaced with vendors as any questions came up.

At one point in wedding planning, I said to my husband that maybe we should have gotten married closer to home since we live out of state. To which he replied, "But then we wouldn't have Margie" which pretty much sums it up. Margie will always be really special to us for the way she helped us execute our wedding with so much humor, warmth, kindness, and excitement. We could not recommend her services more highly and can't wait to see where Dirigo goes next!

Jemma + Keith