Cheryl the owner of glitzzy events has a network of vendors and has done many fusion/Indian weddings. Through her experience it is evident she has come up with a specific recipe of how she likes weddings to flow and with a good timeline for planning you have time to really think and plan each aspect of your wedding. Here’s where things went wrong for us and I wanted to share, I’m South Indian, groom is American and Cheryl began planning with preconceived notions of what all South Indian weddings are like (which fails to acknowledge the significant differences in pujas, traditions, expectations within the different states/languages in South India). I'd respectfully push back, try to educate on these matters and also voice that I wanted to do some unique things (with full support of my family and priest) and this is when she started looking down on us and being condescending to my entire family. Then the fake smiles and passive aggressive remarks started to hurt and I started having my dad sit in on the planning meetings quietly because I as a bride felt like I couldn't comfortably ask for what I'd wanted to do...Eventually we realized this was all because we didn’t want her cookie cutter recipe for a South Indian wedding and had wanted to change a few things. As a wedding planner you should be PLANNING how to blend and merge what the couple wants and how they want it while giving advice where it’s needed. Not forcing what you do for all the previous weddings you’ve done because you care more on how it reflects on the wedding guests you see as future clients. 1.Repeatedly she started being difficult about our food vendor because it was not one of her own. She refused to coordinate with him so me the bride became the go between for a few vendors that were not on her list simply because she “didn’t know them” (isn’t the point of being a planner to broaden that network of vendors 2. Insisting that all South Indian priests take too much time, despite ours, my dad and I walking her through it to show it’s a very streamlined version that’ll take 45 min but she didn’t trust it so on the day of at the last minute her team pushed for us to start the ceremony 15 min earlier than planned only for the last minute guests to now “disrupt” the ceremony and yes my priest finished in exactly 45 min when we had 60 mins schedule, and Cheryl turned it to 75 minutes. 3. At the very beginning when we signed a contract with her, she had offered a $500 discount on her husbands catering support staff and why wouldn't you take a discount so sure! The very last step of our planning process was hiring support staff and low and behold we did not get vendor options, we had one choice, her husbands company, how convenient that at the very end of the planning we have no choice but to go with the quote you provide and either way pay it or we don't have staffing. From a business stand point, its smart, but its unprofessional to not even offer a second vendor/quote to choose from and forcing our hand to pay whatever you decide to charge us. 4. She constantly pushed back on the fact we wanted to split our 4 speeches and 2 dances before and after dinner so the guests wouldn’t wait too long for food (I could go into all our reasons but in the end what matters is that's what we the couple, we the hosting families wanted and we ended up getting positive feedback about this.) During one of our planning meetings, after I had said this is how we want it and she walked right over me pushing back "no lets keep it like this". My dad intervened to politely say this is what we preferred, she laughed and then condescendingly said "I've done a lot of high profile weddings and we've never done something like this...." Ultimately she had her assistant try to speed through dinner/photos with guests to get back on their timeline (we were not behind schedule by any means, we were early actually) and after all the time, effort and money that went into this wedding, WE DONT HAVE A RECEPTION PICTURE WITH MY PARENTS because they were so focused on the way they wanted to do things they had rushed through calling tables and forgot the bride's parents. In the end, I loved my wedding, I was a very relaxed bride putting out fires left and right calm and cool and going with the unexpected rain and anything else that didn't go according to plan, but I could have done without feeling ashamed, embarrassed, and walked over during the planning process. She’s very successful, has a big network and will continue to get a lot of business in multiple Texas cities and if you’re a bride who is is busy and/or okay with a wedding planned her way she’ll probably do great for you. But I lost count of how many friends/acquaintances/vendors during the planning process said just be careful she has an attitude and I never thought I would be one of them too.

It was an absolute delight to work with Cheryl and her team at Glitzzy Events for our wedding! Cheryl is extremely hard-working, has a warm and calm demeanor, is passionate about what she does, and truly cares about the couple and their families. She is extremely knowledgeable about all the ins and out of wedding planning. She has great working relationships with vendors and is wonderful at communicating and coordinating with them. She perfectly guided us step by step during our 2-year wedding planning process and kept us hopeful and on track. The day of our wedding was perfectly organized by Cheryl and her team, and our wedding vision was seamlessly brought to life. Our families could be present to fully enjoy the events, knowing that everything is being taken care of. It was more magical and special than we had envisioned and we cannot thank Cheryl and her team enough! :) We highly recommend Glitzzy Events’ services to anyone looking for a thorough, experienced, and compassionate wedding or event planner!