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    Isabel J. Sent on 01/17/2024
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    Emily is Incredible!

    Emily is an incredible wedding planner and I can't recommend her highly enough to everyone. She worked tirelessly to make my dream wedding come to life and she was accessible and responsive throughout the entire process. She recommended vendors that she trusted, coordinated with all of my vendors on the day of so that things would run smoothly, and executed every detail to perfection. Emily truly cares about her clients, listens to their wishes, and supports them throughout the entire process of wedding planning, especially on the day of! Not to mention, her prices are reasonable and she is such a good person all around. Thank you for everything, Emily!
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    Dina A. Sent on 04/02/2024
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    Day-of Coordinator- MUST HAVE!!

    I don’t even know where to begin. Hiring a day of wedding coordinator was the best decision we made when planning our wedding. Our wedding day would not have been as amazing as it was without Emily and her team. Prior to our wedding day Emily met with us to discuss our timeline and was constantly adjusting the timeline based off our needs. Just some of the many things she did that made us feel at ease included spoking with each vendor, made sure all necessary forms were filled out and when we had a hard time reaching a vendor, she made it her mission to get them to respond.

    She worked tirelessly to make our dream wedding come to life and she was accessible and responsive throughout the entire process. She recommended vendors that she trusted, coordinated with all of my vendors on the day of so that things would run smoothly, and executed every detail to perfection.

    She went above and beyond to ensure our day ran smoothly. I later found out there were hiccups that Emily quickly resolved and never mentioned so I wouldn’t stress! Emily and her team were beyond good to us.

    Workin with Water and Wine VA was such a delight! Met every exceptions and the very reasonable priced as well!

    These are just a few reasons to hire Emily and her team! JUST DO IT!!
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    Hayley P. Sent on 11/08/2022
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    Amazing wedding planner ❤️

    I hired Emily as my month of coordinator and she went above and beyond for me and I’m so thankful she was a part of our wedding vendor team. She is calm, organized, responsive, attentive, and really made me feel stress free on my wedding day. As the bride, you don’t want to deal with any issues that may arise throughout the day and it’s nice to have someone in charge that’s not you or any part of your bridal party or family. I cannot recommend Emily enough as a wedding planner!
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    Alex D. Sent on 06/10/2022
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    FABULOUS wedding coordination

    Emily and her team did such a great job at our wedding I can't even put it into words. She was so helpful with everything from recommending vendors to handling last minute changes. As a type A bride, I was nervous to let someone else handle the most important day of my life. My fears were immediately put to rest when I talked with her. Emily and her team were so on top of everything that it made me relax and trust her wholeheartedly. She was always available for a call and very responsive to emails. I was so happy I was able to work with her and the team and experience a stress free wedding day. Her team was very professional and knowledgeable of everything wedding related. I can't recommend booking her enough!
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    Jessica R. Sent on 04/22/2022
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    Thorough, Accommodating, & Fun!

    Emily and her team were beyond good to us. They were extremely thorough leading up to the day (and accommodating with our busy schedules), but more importantly, they gave us complete peace of mind to enjoy our wedding with friends and family. Emily also demonstrated so much kindness throughout our entire journey. I truly don't know what we would have done without them and would recommend Water & Wine to anyone in the area.
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    Hannah G. Sent on 02/16/2022
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    Amazing Wedding Planner (and Therapist!)

    The week leading up to our January 2022 wedding consisted of guests dropping every day due to Omicron being at its highest peek, and then tack on a looming snowstorm scheduled to hit on our wedding day. A stressful time indeed. Thank God for Emily - she knows how to execute in a challenge. She got in touch with all of our vendors and came back to us in a matter of a couple hours with every detail on which vendors were comfortable driving in the snow/availability if we had to reschedule/etc. She truly kept us sane in an emotional time and helped us make the decision to move forward with the wedding and we’re so glad we did. Emily and her team are masters at day-of coordination. Not a frame was out of place. Everything was exactly as we wanted it to be and the night was amazing and flowed seamlessly. Right before our ceremony, we took some pictures in the snow which messed up my hair a bit. Emily comes to the rescue like Mary Poppins with a bag of everything you could ever need, whipped out a straightener, and fixed my hair… In conclusion, hire Emily as your planner, or as your therapist.
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    Katie C. Sent on 04/27/2022
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    The best of the best!

    I am SO thankful we had Emily and her team to help with planning and coordination for our big day! First, she was SO supportive and flexible when we had to reschedule due to Covid restrictions. She was always thorough and thoughtful in answering all of my questions!

    On the day of, I feel like everything went perfectly ! Emily knows what she is doing and is able to keep things moving! Please hire Water and Wine for your events if you want an experienced, cheerful, and organized team!
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    Alyssa M. Sent on 04/25/2021
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    Amazing to work with

    Emily B., along with her team, Kaylyn and Emily, were absolutely wonderful to work with as coordinators. Emily B. took over communication with vendors prior to the wedding, though she was there for me from the moment I hired her. She was able to guide me through some very difficult/stressful situations that arose and kept me calm and relaxed throughout the entire process. On the day of, Kaylyn and Emily made our wedding day very relaxing and fun. They were great to work with, kept us running on time, and always made sure our drinks were never empty. At the end of the night, they packed up all of our stuff for us and delivered it to our on-site hotel room, which I am extremely thankful for.
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    Kayla C. Sent on 10/25/2020
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    The Best Day of Coordinator

    Emily was our Day of Coordinator for our 9/12/20 wedding in Charlottesville and we could not be more satisfied. Emily guided us through the planning process and answered all questions we had. Once COVID hit, she helped make sure we had plans in place with all of our vendors. Our outdoor ceremony had to be moved inside due to rain, and Emily helped execute our rain plan flawlessly. She coordinated the decor, the flowers, the vendors, and at one point, carried an actual sofa down the stairs so I could sit prior to the ceremony. She even made sure the bridesmaids bags were all packed and ready to be taken home at the end of the night. She worked well with all of our vendors, too. She is outgoing, personable, and really easy to talk to.
    We couldn't be more grateful for all that Emily did to make our wedding perfect!
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    Tori H. Sent on 10/01/2020
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    Best Day of Coordinators Ever!

    My husband & I could not speak more highly of Emily & her team! They went above and beyond to make sure that our wedding went off without a hitch! Even when problems arose or we were got behind schedule, they managed to make everything work so effortlessly! We would recommend them to everyone that we know :)
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    Susan Q. Sent on 10/21/2020
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    So easy to work with!

    Emily is so personable, bubbly, and easy to work with! We hired her for event designing and day of coordination at Adaline Acres for our 10/10/2020. With COVID, we were going back and forth about whether to postpone or cancel and she helped us process and rehash multiple times. She helped us with figuring out details, timeline, and made sure we made it down the aisle! It was a very wet, rainy day but Emily and her assistant made things happen. They were flexible, direct, and formulated a plan B on a whim. I personally did not have a rainy day plan because we literally only planned for an outdoor wedding/reception because of COVID. However, she made it happen and everything was flawless and seamless. She got a 30-person wedding party down the aisle, got all the guests out of the building on time, and broke down our wedding into vehicles all in the same night.
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    Kelley F. Sent on 11/26/2019
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    Emily was the best wedding investment we made!

    Emily is organized, engaging, and such a gem to work with! She made our lives so much easier throughout the wedding planning process and kept us on track the day of. She really was the best investment we made out of all our wedding vendors!
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    Rachel O. Sent on 12/31/2019
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    Excellent!!

    Emily and Mary were fantastic day-of coordinators for my wedding in Luray this past October. When we first talked on the phone, I immediately felt like Emily, as chief coordinator, understood what our needs would be and how to take the pressure off of the day. Emily was easy to be in touch with on email and phone, and both Emily and Mary's flexibility to come the day before to help us set up was incredibly helpful. They took the visions and materials we had and brought them to life, including a few unusual elements like guests bringing flowers to add to the centerpieces in the reception area. In addition, they took dealing with schedule changes and random family situations in stride (including a cousin who needed help tracking down his car and keys). The day-of coordination package was a great value for the cost. I wouldn't have been able to enjoy the wedding day half as much without their help. I highly recommend Emily and Mary! Thank you both so much!
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    Dorina Sent on 12/11/2019
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    Emily is a wedding planning master!

    We hired Emily Burke as our Month of Coordinator for our wedding in Washington D.C. in August 2019. Emily has exceeded all of our expectations and was truly the glue that kept everything together and moving forward. Aside from her bubbly and calming personality that were key in keeping us as stress free as possible, Emily is also extremely talented at planning and organizing every single detail that has to do with a wedding. She continuously checked in with us throughout the process, made sure to understand our vision clearly and offered many ideas that truly matched what we wanted. The day of, Emily operated at the speed of light (while looking as happy as one can be) and made sure that no detail went unnoticed. We were able to fully relax and enjoy the party we had dreamed of with no worries. I can honestly say, I couldn't have done our wedding without Emily! 100% recommend her services!
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    She’s The Reason Our Wedding Even Worked

    When I say Emily was there for us every step of the way, I truly mean it. From the moment I first got in touch with her, I felt at ease. We never felt alone in our planning process or on the day of our wedding, and we owe our entire wedding’s success to Emily. She is truly heaven-sent. Emily effortlessly fixed so many wedding mini-emergencies that I lost count. When our catering equipment arrangement fell through just six days before our wedding, she was there to help us arrange a viable alternative. When hot pink nail polish found it’s way onto my wedding dress, she was there to fix it completely. When one of our vendors was uncommunicative in the days leading up to the wedding, she arranged a backup vendor JUST IN CASE we had a no-show situation (thankfully, we didn’t need the backup, but this was a testament to her wedding industry connections and her level of preparedness). When our ceremony music didn’t play properly at the last minute, she came prepared with backup music and none of our guests knew any different. When our trash disposal situation got dicey at the end of the night, she was there packing up and moving TRASH for us so that we wouldn’t have to. There is nothing this amazing woman can’t/won’t do to make your day run smoothly. Emily ensured my husband and I actually ate food at our wedding and had drinks in hand throughout the entire night. Emily dealt with all the backstage chaos so we could just relax and enjoy our wedding. She coordinated every moment and every transition of our event flawlessly, and she even came to coordinate our rehearsal the evening before. At the end of the night, she made sure everything was packed away and cleaned up perfectly - a massive job that I’m still amazed she orchestrated. Best of all, Emily (and her assistant Kailynn) were friendly and kept everyone smiling the entire day. We couldn’t have asked for a better, kinder, or more professional coordination team.

    Going into the wedding, my husband wasn’t fully convinced we needed a day-of coordinator. However, after the wedding was over, he couldn’t stop raving about Emily’s value and how incredible she was. In the words of a skeptic, “I’m so glad we hired Emily. She’s the reason our wedding even worked. How much is that worth to you? Whatever we paid her, it wasn’t enough.” We cannot say enough incredible things about her. Emily is worth her weight in gold, and we fully recommend hiring her for your event. You won’t regret it.
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    The best day of coordinator!

    We hired Emily to be our go-to person for our big day. She reached out to all of our vendors to get in contact with them and create a timeline for when each one was arriving. She also created a timeline for the whole wedding day which was extremely helpful in making everything happen on time. We created a lot of our decorations and Emily was able to place them in their correct spots as well manage all of the vendors on our wedding day. Because of her, we had zero problems on our big day. We highly recommend Water & Wine to anyone looking for a wedding planner!
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    Kyndall B. Sent on 12/07/2019
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    Emily is the BEST

    The best decision I made when planning my wedding was hiring Emily and her team as my wedding planner! She listens to and keeps in mind concerns/wishes, she is detail oriented, and overall the sweetest person. Leading up to the wedding I didn’t stress at all thanks to Emily. My wedding day ran so smooth, and I found out later there were kinks that had to be worked out by Emily and Mary that were solved without any knowledge to me! I can not recommend Water and Wine enough! I will definitely be using Emily for all of my events in the future!
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    Sally Sent on 05/17/2019
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    Simply Amazing!

    Working with Emily was such a dream. She was such an integral part of the success of our wedding day, and we truly could not have done it without her. She is such an organized, experienced, fun, energetic, smart planner. She worked flawlessly with our vendors, kept our day on track, and truly made it so I did not have to worry about any of the details the day of. We were able to relax and enjoy our day. Our vendors have reached out to let us know how great it was to work with Emily. There aren't enough words to describe how much we enjoyed working with her!
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    Anna G. Sent on 10/29/2018
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    Emily is the BEST!

    Without hesitation, I would recommend Emily to plan any event. She is vastly knowledgeable about event coordination and all the details it takes for it to be a huge success.
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    Easy to work with & professional! Emily made the entire day stress free for us. She went above and beyond what we expected!

    Highly recommend Emily! She was easy to work with & professional. She made the entire process stress free for us. She was quick to respond and did more than we expected her to do.
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    Kathryn Sent on 12/12/2018
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    Emily is amazing!

    Emily is AMAZING!!! During the most overwhelming time of our lives, she was able to make sense and take control of the craziness. Once I showed and explained to her what I wanted she seamlessly pulled it all together leaving us with the most perfect day imaginable (I swear she was even able to hold off the rain!). Prepared, organized, and VERY detail oriented are just a few of her incredible attributes. She is also the absolute the sweetest person I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with. So if you are looking for a wedding planner/day of coordinator Emily at Water & Wine VA is your girl!
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    Very professional and passionate. Made the entire planning process stress free and seamless. Caring and supportive of every detail.
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    Elizabeth G. Sent on 01/17/2022
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    They had no idea what was happening

    I hate to throw anyone under the bus but I think all the 5 star reviews posted here might give you an inaccurate representation of what you will get with this vendor. Emily and her team (Water and Wine VA) were the worst money we spent on our wedding. For me it was not any one thing she did or didn’t do but the fact that my family and I didn’t realize that we wouldn’t be able to trust her until we got to the wedding and then were unable to relax on such an important weekend (or the month of). I was an incredibly organized bride working with an expensive wedding venue. We weren’t asking for any actual wedding planning and naively assumed that most anyone could follow our detailed instructions. My advice to all friends currently getting married is to cut costs elsewhere and make sure you have someone you really trust and who knows what’s going on come wedding day.


    Here’s a list of some of the areas where Emily’s team failed to deliver:


    She missed the final walk through with no phone call before or after to go over details. This proved to be the biggest hurtle as there are things we could have organized in advance had she made us aware of what we needed to ensure that the day ran smoothly.
    She didn’t check in with me before sending an email to the wedding party and left out a lot of important details that I would have included. She sent the timeline late and didn’t proofread it.
    Both she and her assistant were LATE to the rehearsal and clearly had not read the processional that I had e-mailed and drop boxed to her months in advance.
    She and her assistant were both late on wedding day and I continue to get reports from the bridal party and other vendors that she couldn’t answer any of their questions.
    She did not manage the hair and makeup to ensure it was on time.
    She did not do a dry run with the kids in the wedding as we had discussed.
    She did not have flowers ready for the wedding party prior to the processional.
    She did not organize the PROCESSIONAL or PICTURES (this is the BASELINE) and it was chaos.
    She did not give the reader her printed out reading that was in the folder I gave her.
    She did a half ass job on the minor decor items we asked her to set up - reserved seat signs & she did not move our arbor from our ceremony to behind us at the reception. These were expensive details and incredibly easy to execute.
    She didn’t FOLLOW MY SEATING PLAN!! My maid of Honor and Brother were at the other end of the table where I couldn’t talk to them.
    She did not quiet the guests on the terrace during our speeches (she later told me the guests were too drunk).
    She did not notify our parents of the cake cutting.
    She did not pack the car or make sure that vendors got paid.

    Emily had a lot of excuses. She blamed me and the venue but the truth is that we weren’t her priority and it showed. If she had been prepared in advance she could have easily managed the day. Make sure you have a clear idea of what services you will be receiving for the price when booking a wedding planner/coordinator and manage your expectations accordingly.
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    Caitlyn B. Sent on 02/25/2022
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    Emily was great but then she disappeared

    Emily has been my wedding planner since 2019. She worked tirelessly with us to reschedule our wedding three times. Before, she was responsive, thoughtful, and thorough. However, now I am finding myself disappointed in her. We are just several months from our third attempt getting married, and I have not heard back from Emily for months. I have called, emailed, and texted. She is completely ghosting me and I’m not sure why. Before was great, and now I’m frustrated, confused, and disappointed. I’m finally near my ceremony and find myself frantically trying to tie up loose ends and to find someone to coordinate my wedding. I feel cheated and wish I didn’t have to leave a poor review because Emily was so good before, but the lack of communication for months is just inexcusable.
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