Impresario Events

Zerlene came highly recommended to me by my maid of honor and wedding venue, and I am so glad I hired her! She is a "Type-A" Bride's dream, always responding quickly to emails with great guidance. She patiently and enthusiastically helped us adjust our wedding plans every time the covid restrictions dramatically changed and ensured our plans followed all the bylaws. She also called all our vendors the week before our wedding to confirm plans with each of them and ensured everything ran super smoothly coordinating on our wedding day. We are so grateful to have had her wedding planning expertise especially amidst all the uncertainty and chaos of the covid era, we could not even imagine trying do replan and figure everything out without her! Zerlene is a total gem of a wedding planner/coordinator and the single best "peace of mind insurance" you can give yourself for a pleasant planning experience and well-coordinated, smooth-running wedding day.

I found Zerlene through WeddingWire when we were planning a wedding in a different province and found her rates to be really reasonable. Once we started working together, I realized how much I underestimated the planning that goes into weddings based on how much she had organized and communicated to us. She was amazing to work with as she is very down to earth and easy to talk to, extremely organized, and made the wedding planning process a breeze. She never hesitated to answer every little question I had no matter how dumb or tedious they were. Given how much COVID19 changed everything, she made everything work down to replacing vendors and venues cancelling last second (as in within a month or two of our date). I can't even imagine doing this by ourselves without her help. We could honestly say we had no stress about our wedding (except the obvious of whether our wedding could happen) because she literally handled everything down to adapting everything to be COVID friendly. When our day came, our day went by so quickly and smoothly. Our wedding was beyond what I could have expected, and I wouldn't hesitate to book her again for any other celebration-type event we can have once life goes back to normal. If you want to sit back and enjoy your day, she's your person hands down.

Calling all COVID19 brides – I have been there and done that. My situation: I had a fully planned wedding for Nov 2020 when COVID19 derailed everything. Now I was hoping to plan a Toronto wedding from Ottawa all while glued to the TV and all the Facebook groups that were freaking out about how to put a wedding together and balancing COVID19 restrictions. My brain was spinning and I was overwhelmed. Let me assure you, that it can be done and for me, it was only possible because of Zerlene and her phenomenal team. I managed to plan a wedding from Ottawa in Toronto in 3.5 weeks with her help. Here are just a handful of the many reasons as to why I would choose her and have kept her onboard for my 2021 reception– aka my original wedding plan). A) Professional: It’s your wedding and its blissful! But it a lot to juggle and plan for. Zerlene was professional, available and always answered in timely manner no matter what time of day. She heard what I envisioned and always provided her expert opinion and recommendations. B) Resourceful: I had 0 vendors at the start and within 2 weeks we had called over 30 vendors for a reception venue. She had every connection from my photographer, Floral/Decoration and even my videographer. I requested for a videographer 9 days before my wedding and it came through. She will provide you with event vendors that are targeted to your budget. She had contacted and confirmed for vendors, provided a schedule and additional recommended resources that were invaluable to a smooth and enjoyable wedding. C) Realistic: She is extremely pragmatic and ‘gets you’. I know my budget was something I was trying to be mindful for due to the already large investment placed for my original wedding. She was able to link me in with perfect vendors that fit my vision and my budget! D) Worth every single penny: She is personally invested in you, attentive to details, extremely experienced with a wealth of resources. She inspires creative changes and can rapidly adjust to last minute changes. I can’t speak any more highly about her than to say, I’ve already chosen to bring her on to my reception in 2021, no matter what happens because she provides me with everything opposite of stress – reassurance, wisdom and professional expertise on the most important day of my life. Thanks Zerlene!

Zerlene began helping us plan our wedding in early 2019 for our planned celebration in October 2020. Prior to the pandemic, she recommended and connected us to everything we needed, whether it was flowers, venues, caterers, music, etc. Her involvement made the research and decision-making process easy. When the pandemic hit in early 2020, Zerlene was quick to help us plan around the changes and patient among all the unknowns. We kept the same wedding date, but she helped us re-plan everything (including the venue). In the end, with Zerlene’s help, we held a wonderful microwedding that our videographer live-streamed for all our family and friends. The ceremony was beautiful and we are so fortunate that everything went forward without a hitch. We highly recommend Zerlene. She stayed on top of the agenda and provided great professional advice throughout the planning process. Her wealth of experience was a huge benefit and we could not have done this without her.

Zerlene is an exceptional wedding planner and was an absolute pleasure to work with. From the very first meeting, my now husband and I knew she was the wedding planner for us. She made us feel comfortable right away and not only took the time to understand our vision for our wedding but also to get to know us. She is warm, genuine, dependable and attentive. Throughout the wedding planning process, she was very organized, resourceful and on top of every detail. Zerlene has great wedding vendor contacts. She was mindful of our wedding budget and provided shortlists of vendors that met our budget and vision. We booked all our vendors based on her recommendations. The vendors were professional and great to work with as well. Even though my husband and I only had about five months to plan our wedding, Zerlene made the whole wedding planning process effortless. She made herself available to you when you needed her and provided smart and effective solutions to problems. My husband and I highly recommend her services. We are most grateful that we had such a capable, professional and thoughtful wedding planner to help us through the wedding planning process. Thank you Zerlene!