If we could recommend one partner in our entire wedding planning, it would be Rachel. She is the most organized, calm, cool, thoughtful person, and she was so integral in bringing our wedding together. We had a long engagement, and we booked Rachel about a year and a half before our wedding date. She balanced the most amazing organizational skills with a relaxed attitude, and she helped us prioritize our list of tasks. She also is close with all of the MDI wedding companies, and is constantly speaking with BHCC, Salt Farm Flowers and others which made the whole process feel more unified. Rachel really picked up her involvement in the ~six weeks before our wedding, and she was an absolute savior the week of our wedding. There were so many last minute curveballs, and Rachel took care of all of them, often without us even knowing. Every time we told a vendor that Rachel was our planner, they responded “oh you’re in the best hands.” She’s someone we loved getting to spend time with, and our wedding would absolutely not been the same without her. She’s truly the best, and we are so grateful that we found her.

RL Sisson Events is the answer to your prayers. We retained Rachel’s services to plan our Welcome Party and wedding in July 2021 and it was easily the single best decision we made in planning these events. We love Bar Harbor but planned our wedding celebration in 6 months from 5 hours away. Once we picked our date and venue, Rachel outreaches to some wonderful bands and pointed us in the direction of bands who were available for our date. Time and again, when we needed to choose a vendor, Rachel had the most fantastic recommendations. When it was time to do the cake, she connected us with her preferred vendor. I don’t actually like cake normally because I dislike frosting. But OF COURSE the baker we connected with was able to make us a chocolate and yellow cake with chocolate ganache and peanut butter mousse filling WITH a whipped cream frosting. It is the best cake I have ever eaten. It’s been 5 days since the wedding and the cake has retained its moisture and tasted just as good as it did in the day of.

I also wanted some blueberry baked good for the welcome bags. Rachel found a local baker to make the most scrumptious blueberry muffins. They were TO DIE FOR. Our guests talked about them for days and even sought out the vendor to buy more.

Rachel could not have made the process any easier or seamless. Rachel is experienced, professional, available, and a joy to work with. She has strong relationships with the vendors on the island which seemed to make us VIP customers wherever we went. I so appreciated Rachel’s ability to support us in making our own decisions while also being available for her counsel when we needed it. Getting married in Bar Harbor was a dream of ours. She somehow brought our dreams into reality in ways that far exceeded our expectations. Rachel made the process stress free, easy, exciting, and fun. Not only is she fantastic at what she does, she’s an awesome person to be around. She became our biggest cheerleader during the wedding planning process. Her staff is wonderful as well. During our wedding reception, some of the guests were in direct sunlight (as it was an outdoor wedding). She and her staff went above and beyond to hang table linens to temporarily shade our guests. Rachel’s staff was just as professional, hard working, and lovely to work with as she was. I feel incredibly lucky that we were able to work with Rachel. If you have any hesitation on whether or not you need RL Sisson events, I hope I’ve convinced you.

After two failed covid attempts, my daughter finally had her dream wedding in Bar Harbor this past July....thanks in no small part to our wedding planner (who we like to think became our friend). Like other reviewers have stated....if you're looking to get married in, MDI...LOOK NO FURTHER than Sisson Events to plan your wedding day! Rachel is incredibly smart, kind, attentive, enthusiastic, punctual, innovative and full of fabulous wedding ideas. This clearly wasn't her first rodeo! Rachel actually listens and hears what your wedding vision is and makes it become a reality. We were planning the wedding long distance and had to ship quite a few boxes to Maine. The package that held lobster shaped cookies for our welcome bags was sent to the wrong address and my daughter was visibly upset. Rachel very calmly told us that she had a friend who could bake us 200 fresh blueberry muffins that night to replace the cookies in the bag....AND, Rachel went to the grocery store to buy the blueberries and delivered them to the baker! Above and beyond!! Rachel's services were excellent...I can't think of one negative!