When my now husband, Bryan, and I were originally looking for a wedding planner, the most important things to us were strong communication since we would be planning a Kauai wedding from New York and finding people who we trusted and felt comfortable with. We interviewed several wedding planners, but we absolutely loved our initial conversation with Brittany from Maui Love! Her warm and welcoming nature along with her extensive knowledge of wedding planning and the Hawaiian Islands were exactly what we were looking for. Additionally, she was extremely quick to follow up on action items from our initial call.

After locking in our contract with Maui Love, we got to work! Brittany built us a personalized Google Drive with a survey to understand what our dream wedding included, several instructional documents, budget and personalized item trackers, and lists of preferred vendors. Coming from a project management background, I was in love with the attention to detail. Initially, we relied mostly on written communication, but about 8-months out from our wedding, we set up routine virtual meetings.

I would be astonished if any wedding has ever been planned without a few speedbumps. Our first speedbump was a delay in our wedding venue’s opening, which got pushed out to just a week before our wedding date. Bryan and I were both amazed at how Brittany took charge of the situation. She set up bi-weekly calls with the venue to get status updates on construction and asked questions that we would have never thought of. She built out contingency plans and helped us remain calm throughout it all. During this time, Brittany began transitioning in a team member, Alyssa, to assist with the planning. Brittany and Alyssa worked as a team to lock in all of our preferred vendors and helped us negotiate down many of the proposed vendor costs. They were truly the dream team!

A year of planning flew by, and when we arrived in Kauai a week before our wedding, we got to enjoy a stress-free week with our friends and family thanks to our phenomenal planning of Maui Love. But alas, one final speed bump hit us with full force. Kauai had massive storms leading up to our wedding day, and our ceremony and reception were both planned to be outdoors. Alyssa found out two days before our wedding day that the service road leading to our venue was inaccessible due to the heavy rain, so our reception tent could not be delivered. This meant that our reception could no longer be outside. Before raising this issue with us, Alyssa and the hotel came up with a full contingency plan and presented it to us in a way where it came across as a positive change. After digesting the news, our one wish was that our ceremony remained outside, and it was clear that Alyssa was going to make that happen no matter what.
Fortunately, the sun came out on our wedding day, and everything was absolute perfection. Our wedding party and guests were so amazed by the seamless transitions throughout the day and the outstanding organizational skills of the Maui Love team. Bryan and I were even able to take a mid-morning nap the day of our wedding because of how confident we were that Maui Love would pull everything together.

Over the past year, Bryan and I learned that there is so much more than goes into planning a wedding than we could have ever imagined. Brittany, Alyssa, and their team know exactly what it takes to create a wedding that is comparable to a piece of art. They always knew the right questions to ask and were on top of every issue that arose, which took most of the stress off our shoulders. We could not recommend anyone more highly for planning a wedding than Maui Love! We will miss our frequent calls with them, but we know that they will always be our ohana.

I am so thankful I found MLW on instagram before we started planning our wedding! They are incredibly talented at what the do and are so kind. Alyssa was our planner and when I say she made planning an intimate wedding in Maui when I live in Missouri easy, I mean it! I was never stressed and my wedding day was absolutely PERFECT! She was always quick to respond and always shared great ideas/insight. If you are looking to plan a wedding in Maui, do yourself a favor and hire MLW. You will not regret it!

Planning a destination wedding is not an easy task alone. I highly recommend Brittany and her team! Everything went seamlessly from the beginning until the end. I loved every minute working with her. She created my dream wedding when I only provided her with a few photos form my half made Pinterest board. She made Maui Magic!! I want all my friend to get married in Maui just so they can work with Brittany and Alyssa. They became family working together for the last few months. So bittersweet to say bye. A hui hou !