Question 1

What is a Wedding Planning Virtual Advisor?

Accepted Answer

A Wedding Planning Virtual Advisor is your best friend with professional knowledge on running successful weddings! This new program we are excited to offer allows us to help you plan your wedding yourself by giving you all the necessary tricks and tips you will need. This program allows you to save money on your top quality wedding. This program includes some amazing information to help you plan your wedding and it, also, includes two private virtual hours with one of our professional wedding advisors. These private sessions are a perfect way to make sure that you are on the right track, get extra inside tips and tricks of the trade, receive personalized help with your timeline, and more.

Question 2

What type of services do you offer?

Accepted Answer

At Shaping Memories, we offer wedding and event planning services, décor & design services, and the Wedding Planning Virtual Advisor Program.
 
Our planning services includes our professional team working extensively on the year/months/weeks/days leading up to your special event. We, then, take responsibility on the day of your event so that you can relax and enjoy every moment!
 
Our Wedding Planning Virtual Advisor Program allows us to help you plan your wedding yourself by giving you all the necessary tricks and tips you will need. This program allows you to save money on your top quality wedding. This program includes some amazing information to help you plan your wedding and it, also, includes two private virtual hours with one of our professional wedding advisors. We are your best friends with professional knowledge on running successful weddings!
 
Take a peek at our packages on the Service page and contact us for a free consultation to customize a package for yourself!

Question 3

Why should I hire Shaping Memories as my wedding planner or event planner?

Accepted Answer

Hiring us will allow you to spend the most precious moments with your friends and family while we bring your dreams and visions to life. We want to work alongside you to keep this experience fun and stress-free, your event should be a day of celebration! Your day will go by fast, let us give you the gift of time! We will keep you on track during the planning process, help you with all the fine details along the way, and create a personalized timeline to suit your event allowing you to get a great night sleep knowing your special day will go off without a hitch!

Question 4

How much do you charge?

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To find our prices, please see the Service page and run your mouse over each package photo. You will see the price appear and you will have an option to read more about each package by clicking the 'Packages' button. 
If you have any further questions, please reach out to us via email which you can find on the Contact page or scroll down to the very bottom of each page.

Question 5

What is a free consultation for?

Accepted Answer

This is the perfect opportunity to get to know one another! We want you to feel like we are a great match for you, your guests, and your event! At our first meeting, we will talk about your wants and needs for your event, as well as what you have already completed in preparation for your special day. We love developing a personal connection with you and hearing about the details of your day! Allow us to show you our professionalism and our love towards what we do! 
When hiring any vendor for your wedding, you want to feel comfortable and connected with them, they will be apart of your wedding or event with your families and friends.

Our free consultation can be done in person, over the phone, or even via video chat!

Question 6

Do you charge anything for a consultation?

Accepted Answer

We love to meet our potential clients and get to know them! Our consultations are free because we want to developed a perfect connection together!

Question 7

Do you work by yourself? Or do you have helpers?

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At Shaping Memories, we have an amazing group of professional event coordinators! We love to make sure that our bases are covered at all times. We will review each event and decide the best option for our clients. Whether you have one or five coordinators at your event, it will still be amazing!!

Question 8

When should I reach out to book you as my planner?

Accepted Answer

We would love to hear from you anytime! We would suggest reaching out 6-12 months before your event day. However, our team is fully capable to jump in at any time to help you  with your special day!
For a corporate event, please reach out to us as soon as you can!

Question 9

What venues do you work at?

Accepted Answer

Great question! We have worked at many locations over the last 10+ years across Vancouver Island, surrounding Gulf Islands, Vancouver, and various places within BC.  If we have not worked at your venue before, this is very exciting to us and we would love to add another name to our list! Please know that we are not limited to Vancouver island weddings or even Canada! We love to travel and would be thrilled to hear more about your event!

Question 10

My venue already has a venue coordinator. Is it common to have both?

Accepted Answer

This is wonderful news! We are happy to work with venue coordinators at your wedding or event! We like to combine our amazing skills so that your wedding or event is perfect! What makes us a perfect team is that we know your vision inside and out and your venue coordinator knows their venue inside and out. It is common to have both a venue coordinator and an event coordinator!

Question 11

Which vendors do you normally work with?

Accepted Answer

We have worked with many vendors over the last 10+ years across Vancouver Island, surrounding Gulf Islands, Vancouver, and various locations within BC.  If we have not worked with your vendor before, this is very exciting to us and we would love to add another name to our list! We love creating the perfect team with your vendors for your special day! If you do need some suggestions on where to start looking, reach out to us and we can offer some suggestions for vendors!

Question 12

Do you travel and how far?

Accepted Answer

Throughout our years as coordinators we have been blessed that our clients have taken us on many exciting adventures! We have had the pleasure of working all over Vancouver Island (from one side to the other!), Vancouver and Fort St. John BC.  If you're planning a destination wedding or elopement we would love to be your wing-ladies! BC, Canada or anywhere weddings! We love to travel and explore new places!