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Bright Occasions

Bright Occasions

Silver Spring, MD
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    Jeannine R. Sent on 11/16/2023
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    Exceptional work!

    I had the privilege of working with Margo on our wedding design and month-of coordination and I am beyond impressed with her services. Her warm demeanor, unwavering patience and professionalism made her a joy to work with. She not only answered all our questions during the planning process, no matter how small, but also anticipated needs we hadn't even considered.

    On the day of the wedding, Margo managed everything seamlessly, allowing us to fully immerse ourselves in the celebration. Her organizational skills and calm demeanor were invaluable, and we were able to enjoy every moment without a hint of stress.

    The event's design was nothing short of breathtaking. Margo translated our vision into a reality that exceeded our expectations. The venue looked stunning, and every detail, from the decor to the flow of the evening, was executed flawlessly.

    I wholeheartedly recommend Margo to anyone seeking a planner who goes above and beyond to ensure a beautiful and stress-free celebration.
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    Raviv B. Sent on 01/09/2024
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    Can't get much better

    We contacted Bright Occasions only a few weeks before our wedding looking for a lifeline to help us get to the finish and that is exactly what we got. Margo took our plans and created a timeline working with all our vendors and getting everyone on the same page. She made great suggestions, especially during our venue walkthrough, and her team (Oli & Cristina) executed them beautifully on the day of our wedding. We felt completely supported and ended up having the wedding of our dreams.

    Margo and her team are professionals and we recommend them to anyone who is looking to be fully present at your wedding knowing that the details, transitions, and hiccups are being handled.
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    Genna C. Sent on 11/30/2023
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    Made our wedding easy

    Margo, Chelsea, and their team went above and beyond to ensure our wedding went off without a hitch. Their professionalism, attention to detail, thoughtfulness, and composure soothed any anxieties we may have had leading up to and during the wedding. We booked Bright Occasions for "month of" services, and had a very smooth transition integrating them into our planning process. Wedding guests all commented on how great of a job they were doing and how impressed they were with the team. We're beyond grateful.
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    Brooks Sent on 07/02/2022
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    The best!!!

    I would highly recommend that anyone planning an event enlist Margo and the Bright Occasions from day one! Margo is professional, empathetic, organized, and experienced. My fiancé and I were both extremely busy in the months leading up to our wedding. Margo helped us navigate the planning and get things in place, while always being patient and understanding. She worked with us to create an event that was exactly what we had in mind and reflected our preferences and tastes. She brings to bear significant expertise and great connections with reliable vendors. At the same time, she was always responsive to our thoughts, style, and desires. She kept track of a million moving pieces. In addition to making the logistics of the wedding manageable, she made the planning overall more fun! She is both a crackerjack planner and a kind, lovely person. You will love working with her.
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    Joanna F. Sent on 12/02/2019
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    Hire Margo! It'll be the best planning decision you make

    We were beyond happy with Margo and the team at Bright Occasions. Margo is exactly what you want in a wedding planner - she is thoughtful, responsive, well-connected, and has a calming presence. We are two very busy people who didn't really consider ourselves "wedding people" and Margo helped us plan a perfect event that felt true to us. She is also exceptional at managing people. All our vendors knew exactly where to be and we had multiple folks mention that they were thrilled to be working with Margo. She is also great at helping to manage and organize families and wedding guests. Our mother of the groom even remarked that she would follow Margo anywhere. We, too, would follow her anywhere!
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    Andi C. Sent on 11/11/2020
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    The Bright Occasions

    From the first intriductory phone call to the last moments of the wedding day, Margo was an absolute dream. Her calm demeanor and attention to detail was wonderful. There was never anything that we asked of her that wasn't met with "of course". She has a great relationship with many DC/VA vendors which was an added bonus .

    Thank you Margo for all your hard work in making the wedding everything we had hoped for..I would highly recommend Margo and her team when youre looking for a wedding planner..
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    Samantha M. Sent on 09/23/2020
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    Exceptional Planner!

    Margo from Bright Occasions was an absolute life saver!
    We reached out to her after needing to change our wedding plans last minute due to COVID. Just 5 weeks from the wedding she helped us start from scratch after already having a full wedding planned. Within 24 hours we had 5 venues to look at, all within a limited budget. She was professional, reliable, and very quick to help when we needed it. I would highly recommend anyone in the DMV area use Bright Occasions to help plan their wedding!
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    Joolsday Sent on 01/07/2020
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    Memorable Occasion!

    Bright Occasions maintained cooperation and coordination between us , the hotel and the vendors all the way up to the wedding day and beyond it. In addition, they kept us informed in timely fashion of all the necessary details which we would otherwise have forgotten and which when taken care of contributed to the success of the occasion.
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    Kelsi F. Sent on 09/21/2020
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    Proactive, Responsive, Professional, Helpful... and Beyond

    We hired Margo after making the COVID-19-induced jump from our 150+ person August wedding to an in-town 30 person September wedding. At the time, we had a rough idea of what the new plans would look like but little to no details worked out. We were also less familiar with vendors in the area than we were previously with my hometown. Margo was recommended by my coworker who'd used her services for her wedding.

    Margo brought calm, professionalism, and reassurance to every interaction. I'm type A and appreciate someone who can act before I even have to ask and that was Margo. She identified great vendors for us to work with and worked beautifully without a hiccup with those we'd already identified. She was also flexible and adaptable to our needs when they varied from what we had planned and what was standard, all while being highly respectful of our budget and providing actionable opportunities to reduce costs. On my wedding day, things went more smoothly than I could have imagined. Margo corralled vendors and supported me through some challenging family dynamics. Pack-up the next morning was a breeze thanks to Margo and her team.

    Hire Bright Occasions and expect 1) clear, consistent, timely communication 2) proactive and responsive help/coordination and 3) a calm, kind professional on the other end of all interactions. 100% recommend.
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    Rebekka I. Sent on 08/09/2020
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    I wish we knew her sooner!

    Margo and her team were fabulous! We hired Margo (as the reception day of coordinator) about a month from the wedding due to all of the new changes with the pandemic. She was a great resource to bounce ideas off of and to answer my questions. All of my vendors said she was very pleasant to work with. I wish I would have hired her sooner and for the entire day!!
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    Julia L. Sent on 10/06/2022
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    The Bright Occasions - THE BEST!

    I used The Bright Occasions for my wedding in Washington, D.C. Margo was the BEST. I truly enjoyed working with Margo, and she helped to create the best day of my life. Every single vendor Margo recommended was great, and I trusted her with every decision. I would recommend Margo to anyone who is planning a wedding of any size. Margo stays calm throughout the entire process, no matter what the circumstance was. We decided to change our wedding venue and she handled everything flawlessly from start to finish. I would HIGHLY recommend using Margo. Everyone from my family enjoyed our experience with Margo, and I could not have asked for a better wedding planner.
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    Tamar M. Sent on 03/16/2020
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    Amazing. Supportive. Necessary

    Wow. My biggest recommendation to brides, don't wait to hire Margot. I hired Margo about three months before my wedding when I finally realized I could not plan my wedding by myself. Margo was always available for advice, even if it seemed trivial. We hired her for "day-of" support as I had already hired most of my vendors and needed to tie up the loose ends. In reality, she helped with everything. She took care of all the questions from family, helped with last-minute vendor questions, and really made both me and my (now) husband feel at ease.

    She is by far the best investment we made towards our wedding.
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    Olivia W. Sent on 10/21/2019
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    Best decision we made!

    My husband and I decided to hire Margo about one year before our wedding and it was the best decision that we made. When we began thinking about our wedding, we both were adamant that we wanted a stress-free wedding and thanks to Margo, we had that experience! Margo understood our vision for the wedding and made it a reality by helping us find wonderful vendors. She was always easy to get in touch with and always made us feel like we were her only clients (which we knew was not the case!). She is also a lovely and kind person so it was a treat to spend time with her throughout the process and on the wedding day. We have been recommending Margo to everyone who we know that is planning a wedding. She is the best!
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    Maggie M. Sent on 08/31/2019
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    Margo is Marvelous

    Margo made our dream wedding a reality. I seriously don't know how to tell you how awesome she is. I was initially on the fence about hiring a planner at all, because of the added expense, but it was hands down the best choice we made -- because of Margo. My only regret is that I didn't have her by my side right from the start!

    I started referring to her as Marvelous Margo about a month in, and with every single interaction, she re-validated that nickname. She is the perfect combination of creativity, organization, and calm. She took my random Pinterest musings and overly vague ideas and turned them into something truly magical. She was also great at helping me think through budgeting and was mindful about my financial constraints without ever making me feel self-conscious. She was especially *marvelous* with advice on where to cut costs and where to spend maybe a little extra.

    I may have to plan a wedding 2.0 just because I'm going to miss her so much. Hire her. NOW. You will NOT regret it.
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    Courtney N. Sent on 08/06/2019
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    The greatest planner in the DC area

    I’ve worked alongside Margo for almost five years and when I got engaged, I couldn’t picture working with anyone else to plan my wedding. Margo was professional at every turn, was responsive to emails and texts, and helped us bring our vision to life. So many of our guests commented on her positive demeanor during the wedding; she was informative without being pushy (as I’ve seen far too often at other weddings I’ve attended). She was incredibly understanding of our cost constraints, as my fiancé and I were paying for the majority of the wedding ourselves. She had great ideas, solved problems quickly, and made my wedding day experience perfect. I am so lucky to have had Margo and her team with me throughout the day.
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    Amy F. Sent on 07/18/2019
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    Amazing Experience

    We can’t say enough about how wonderful Margo was throughout the entire process of planning our wedding. We worked with her for partial planning for nearly a year and a half leading up to our wedding. Margo initially came recommended to us after we had asked our venue what wedding planners they preferred to work with and Bright Occasions was at the top of their list. It was essential to us that we had a planner as we work overseas in Taiwan and would only be able to make two trips back to the DC area prior to our wedding. Hiring Margo was the best decision we made when planning our wedding as she was always prompt in replying to our messages and was willing to skype/meet within our schedules (a twelve-hour time difference!). She also made sure that we stayed on track and helped with any etiquette questions we had as our situation was a bit different. Margo recommended some wonderful vendors that helped pull off our vision and made everything so seamless on our wedding day. We had several vendors comment to us that they really enjoyed working with Margo and were glad that we had chosen her as our planner.

    On the day of the wedding, everything was perfect and stress-free. She really exceeded our expectations as everything was so beautiful and well thought out in terms of timelines and set-up. Following our wedding, we had so many people comment on how wonderful everything was and that it was the best wedding that they have attended in years. We credit that to Margo who truly helped to make our vision a reality.
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    Amy Sent on 07/19/2019
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    Margo is Amazing!

    I can't even state how much I recommend Margo. She was so great throughout the year that we worked with her as our planner. Margo went above and beyond by recommending numerous vendors, solving problems that came up, and being very responsive. I live in New York and got married in Maryland. I also was starting a new job at the time when I got engaged. There is no way I would have been able to plan this on my own. From recommending the best vendors, to meeting with my mom and vendors when I was unavailable, to frequent phone calls, she was truly the best and easiest to work with. We also had a lot of issues with our venue and Margo made sure I was not stressed out and took care of any issue that came up. We loved her so much we are having her back to plan my sisters upcoming wedding !
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    Monica Sent on 06/15/2019
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    Bright Occasions is the Best!

    Margo with Bright Occasions is the best! She is incredibly organized, has tons of experience and connections, and great vision. Margo has a very calming presence yet will get everyone in line and take charge. She took the vague ideas we had and turned them into the perfect wedding for us. Our family and friends were shocked that we weren't more stressed leading up the wedding day, and we told them it was thanks to Margo. We couldn't have been happier with our wedding and our decision to hire Bright Occasions!
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    Cori Sent on 04/22/2019
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    Magically Magnificent

    There are a lot of things that go into planning a wedding and if you don't have the right vendor team behind you, it becomes difficult to make your dreams a reality. We knew what we wanted (a Harry Potter themed wedding), we just didn't know how to make all the moving parts fit... until we ran into Margo's page. We probably talked to 20 event designers before finding her page and hiring her was one of, if not the BEST decision we made regarding our wedding. Margo is absolutely amazing and our words won't do her justice. She met and exceeded our expectations for the very beginning. She made our dream wedding into a magical fairy tale. Margo is someone you want in your corner, she is quick and efficient when coordinating with other vendors, receptive to your ideas and figures out ways to incorporate them seamlessly. She is the finishing touch we needed to make our wedding a truly unique, amazing, and unforgettable experience. We could not have made this wedding what it was without her!!!

    Bright Occasions's reply:

    Thank you so much for your kind words Cori! It was truly our pleasure to be a part of your wedding! It was a magical day and it was wonderful to work with you on the event design.
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    Lisa Sent on 01/05/2019
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    Couldn’t have done it without Margo

    Margo and her team are so organized, thoughtful, and calming - we never doubted that they wanted us to have the best day of our lives. We instantly felt more relaxed when we started working with Margo for month-of coordination. She helped us with last minute requests (such as finding a videographer 4 days before our wedding), participated in numerous phone calls with vendors and kept everyone and everything on track. Margo is a rock star and we and our families are so happy Bright Occasions was a part of our wedding!
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    Liz M. Sent on 10/28/2018
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    The best decision we made.

    Working with Margo and her team at Bright Occasions was such a pleasure! Margo was very responsive and proactive in helping us coordinate our wedding day. Every time we needed to make a decision, Margo was there to guide us and answer questions. We really appreciated her attentiveness and thoughtfulness down to the last detail. Our wedding day went so smoothly, and we felt at ease knowing Bright Occasions was there to help. We had a great time, and our guests did too!
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    Sarah Sent on 09/17/2018
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    I cannot recommend Bright Occasions enough. During the planning process, Margo ensured that we thought through every major issue and had very helpful organizational documents to help streamline planning. She attended some month-of meetings with vendors and asked key questions, which was incredibly helpful. She was always responsive via email and kept in touch leading up to the wedding. Margo and her team were warm, friendly, supportive, organized, and discrete. On the wedding day itself, Margo and her team made it possible for my family and me to truly enjoy the day without worry, knowing that they would handle any issue with vendors and keep us all on schedule. Hiring Bright Occasions was, without a doubt, one of the best wedding decisions we made. Thank you!!
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    Anne Sent on 03/17/2018
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    Margo is amazing! I don't know what I have would have done without all of her help. She picked out the perfect vendors and designed a beautiful wedding that was better than I could have ever imagined. She responds quickly to any and all emails and is incredibly organized. The wedding was absolutely seamless because of all her hard work, and my husband and our bridal party loved working with her as well. Highly recommend Bright Occasions!
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    Ally Sent on 11/16/2017
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    I worked with Bright Occasions for my wedding this past fall. Margo and Courtney were wonderful to work with - professional, available and fun. They were able to anticipate my needs before I even thought of them, and were great about coordinating with all of the vendors I used. Overall, a must - I wasn't set on getting a planner but when I met with them, it was clear they knew what they were doing. A MUST for any DC bride.
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    Margo was the "asset of the day." Thanks to Bright Occasions, our wedding was seamless. We live across the country in California so having a planner in D.C. was crucial. Leading up to the wedding, I could email, call or text Margo with anything and she would respond immediately. Wedding planning is stressful. Margo is calm, smart, thoughtful and takes the anxiety out of preparing for the big day. Even in the moment, when faced with a rain plan decision, her suggestion made all the difference. She thinks outside the box and is a MUST HAVE when planning a wedding in the D.C. area.
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