JL Events -

Dahlia Ma

Working with Justina on planning our wedding was the best decision we made. We went and used her full planning service and it was SO worth the price. My husband and I had already found a venue prior to hiring Justina. After we found the venue, we were completely at a loss with where to start with the planning as it was overwhelming. But Justina removed this burden completely and she was so patient with us. One trait of Justina that we greatly appreciate is her transparency. Before we signed a contract with her, she was straightforward with us about her giving birth in the middle of the wedding planning process. Despite having to give labor in the middle of planning, Justina's continued to impress us with her clear communication on timelines and expectations. She only stepped away from about 2 weeks after labor and resumed with us; just WOW, we wanted to tell her that she should rest more. During the planing process, Justina handles all of the timelines, organization, and paperwork; which saved my husband and I so much time! Justina was especially a godsend for me, as I was working full-time and wrapping up my master's degree in the same year. We loved how she is prepared with templates for us to follow and takes notes of our every meeting. She is also extremely efficient and was conscious of our budget, and tries her best to help us stay within the budget range we specified. Justina has a lot of connections, so her recommendations were helpful and often helped us save time on researching more vendors. Furthermore, Justina is always willing to come out to meet in person when necessary, and she enjoys choosing fabrics and equipment for the wedding with you -- which we thought was so nice. One thing we also noticed is that all the vendors we worked with also had endless praises for Justina.

When it came to actual wedding day, we were surprised by how smooth our wedding event ran. We were prepared to yolo things if things got out of handle, since we have heard a lot of stories from friends about how some of their weddings did not go as planned. Our wedding was a more complicated one as we crammed a lot of events during reception. As the bride, I had one outfit change, we had 7 toast speeches from family/friends, we played the shoe game, and had 3 musical performances prior to opening up the dance floor. Honestly, we did not expect to be able to go through with everything, but Justina made sure we were good on time and we were able to do everything we planned!

We were so happy with our wedding and it was everything we expected. Thanks to Justina, we did not feel nearly as stressed out as we initially thought. Due to Justina's immense experience and professionalism, a daunting planning turned into a piece of cake. I would HIGHLY recommend Justina to everyone to plan their events. She is absolutely amazing and we felt so inspired by her work ethic and reliability. Once again, thank you so much for making our dream wedding come true Justina!

Misao Tran

We first saw Justina in action at our close friends' wedding and were blown away by how smoothly everything ran. They raved about her, so we reached out about 9 months before our own wedding. From our very first call, Justina was incredibly thorough in explaining her services and offered so many helpful tips. We booked her wedding coordinator package, and she was amazing throughout the entire planning process.

Justina was always responsive and provided fantastic suggestions. Two months before the wedding, she really helped us nail down the timeline, which was the most stressful part for us. She even stayed late to make sure we had it perfect and asked all the right questions to ensure everything flowed smoothly. As a bonus, she helped us incorporate some Vietnamese traditions that we didn't know about, which we really appreciated.

Before the big day, Justina did a walk-through of our venue and coordinated with all the vendors to confirm timings. On the wedding day itself, she was an absolute rockstar! She handled every detail with such care, even saving our cake topper when it took a tumble! She took care of everything and everyone - us, our wedding party, and even our guests. She even helped with our ceremony reception the day before, making sure we were fed and on schedule. And to top it all off, she packed up all our belongings at the end of the night and even took some amazing photos for us!

Justina is incredibly reliable, communicative, and organized. We are so thankful we hired her; she made our wedding day truly perfect! Cảm ơn, Chị Justina!

Janny Tran

We were on the fence about hiring a wedding planner but decided to do it since we are not living in the Bay Area. We wanted someone experienced in planning Asian-American weddings and someone with who we vibed with. Hiring Justina was one of the best choices we made, especially as the wedding day got closer and things got more hectic. Having her and her team plan, coordinate, and manage the vendors decreased the overall workload and stress on us. Justina turned our vision into reality while keeping everything realistic and feasible to our budget. She communicated promptly, provided excellent vendor options, and helped tackle any concerns, questions, or issues we had, which ensured everything was smooth leading up to the wedding and on the day of. It was nice that we could just fly in for our wedding and know that Justina and her had everything under control. We wholeheartedly recommend Justina and her team to help plan your special day.

Nancy Le

My husband and I just had our wedding last week on 12/15/24! Justina was our wedding coordinator and she was truly amazing. She is not only detail oriented, responsive, organized, and professional, but she is also thoughtful and personable. She even helped save us money on not going into over-time with our wedding venue! She also saved our wedding timeline (we initially had an early start time for our ceremony because we thought sunset photos were always taken afterwards, but she helped us move things around and coordinated with our photographer to really make our timeline better and more efiicient)! Leading up to our wedding day, she was on multiple video calls with us to make sure we were on track and had everything we needed. She was so good at anticipating our needs and helping us execute every little detail that we wanted for our wedding day. I also knew Justina was good because she helped plan my best friend's wedding, who was my matron of honor at my wedding! A full circle moment haha.

Justina was so professional, but working with her also felt like planning my wedding with a good friend. She is so kind and sweet and I will truly miss working with her. She even helped to keep me warm when I was standing outside in cold December night weather.

We really couldn't have done it without Justina and we are SO glad we picked her to be our wedding coordinator. We couldn't have asked for a better person to help us plan the best day of our lives!

Andrew Shu

Choosing JL Events and Justina was hands-down the best decision we made as part of our wedding planning.

We were late to the planning game (trying to plan within 10 months) and were overwhelmed by all the possible choices of vendors. We were also planning a wedding in San Francisco, while living in Sacramento! We were about halfway through picking our reception venue (a Chinese restaurant for a traditional banquet, since food was a big priority for us), and we realized we needed a lot of help.

When we started looking for a planner, JL Events and Justina totally wow-ed us with the reviews (from former clients and former vendors), the thoughtfulness in her design/photos--she and her team totally lived up to the hype throughout the planning process and day-of-coordination! We went with Justina's full planning package. For each vendor, she asked us what we were looking for and was able to suggest a few vendors in those categories for our review; if those vendors weren't to our liking or out of our price range, she came back with additional suggestions. My partner is fairly particular, and Justina was incredibly friendly, professional, and understanding (and easy to be honest with) throughout the whole process--meeting with us at our venues on weekends, having phone calls and video chats with us throughout to make address any concerns, make sure we were staying on schedule, and smoothing out communication with potential vendors (quotes, availability, etc.). Ultimately, most of the major vendors came from Justina's recommendations (ceremony venue, florist, photographer, band, make-up artist, bartender) and we couldn't have been more pleased with how our wedding turned out! In terms of cost and quality of the vendors, Justina managed to help us identify where our money would have the greatest impact and where we could save--ultimately, she probably saved us more than the full cost of her services!

On the day-of, Justina and her team managed everything so smoothly, my partner and I didn't have to worry about anything. We threw a bunch of random design elements (random paper crafts, vases) at Justina and her team, and they managed to make our reception venue look like we had planned an incredibly tasteful design all along! On an additional note, Justina and her team stayed until all our guests were gone, making sure everything was accounted for from start to finish.

I could go on raving about JL Events, but I think the most ringing endorsement came from my mother, who initially wondered whether a wedding planner was worth the cost. After our wedding and seeing JL Events work their magic, all that Justina and her team did, how much less stress my partner I had, and how amazingly everything turned out, my mother completely changed her opinion.

If you pick JL Events, you won't regret it. JL Events (Justina and her team) are totally worth every penny.

stella jew

If you are getting married or holding any kind of event and need a planner, Justina of JL events is the one for you! When I started wedding planning, I knew I would need a day of coordinator and I interviewed her and one other person, I instantly felt comfortable talking to her on the phone. She's super nice and personable! We opted for day of coordinator because we knew from previous friends weddings that venue coordinators leave after a certain time but paying for someone outside of the venue makes sure everything runs smoothly til the end. On the day of our wedding, Justina was amazing she was putting out small fires everywhere. From the Dj to the boba bar being prematurely announced as being open. She also made sure the day before we had a rehearsal and that we knew how we were walking in and how my mom would hand me off to my then fiancé. She's not just a planner/coordinator she becomes someone you trust and will be able to confide in. We are truly grateful for all her hard work for our wedding! If we ever have any events in the future like a Baby shower or any party planning needs, we will 100 percent hire Justina again! Also she moonlights as undercover photographer, it was such a nice surprise that she also helped us take a couple photos throughout our wedding for the setup to us doing the first dance , ceremony and cake cutting!

Shay Truong Sin

We're so happy we hired Justina & JL Events. We booked the Intimate Package to have Justina help with day of & she helped with so much more. I'm a very organized & detailed person but knew I needed someone who understood wedding timelines and ALL THE DETAILS -- so happy Justina was by our side.

BEFORE:
* When we booked Justina about a year in advanced, she shared a Google Drive with to-do lists & more to keep us on track & organized.
* 2 months prior, we did a video call to go through the vendors, contracts, to-lists, vision. And did about 2 more final calls leading up to the wedding. After every conversation with Justina, we felt like a huge weight was lifted off our shoulders. She got our vendors together, reached out to those missing insurances, shared the timeline, etc etc.
* There were many things we didn't know regarding marriage certificates, what to incorporate or not in a timeline, contract review, and many more details. Having Justina on our team was a breath of fresh air.
* Venue walkthrough & rehearsals - Justina helped us & our wedding party get in order and set up for walking down the aisle.

WEDDING DAY:
* True emotional support, with Justina - we were able to 100% be with our friends and family and everything went smoothly.
* The team made sure we ate, gifts + cards were safely collected, everything flowed with the timeline, all our vendors worked as a one team mentality, and so much more.
* Did I mention we had 230 guests, a huge family, did table visits, got family photos with everyone, AND still had time to be with our guests, enjoy every moment, and more? Justina made it happen.

Thank you Justina & Andrea! It wouldn't have been the same with out and I'm sad it's all over.

Susan Phung

A very long overdue review- but let me tell you about the best wedding coordinator ever! Justina is very professional, organized, and friendly. She was also very patient and easy to work with.

I booked with JLEvents in 2019 for my 2020 wedding. Although it got delayed to 2021, Justina checked up on me every now and then to make sure my planning was going smoothly.

I had my traditional tea ceremony the day before my wedding and was stressed. She was able to put together a whole seating chart for the reception in less than 12 hour notice. I am so grateful for her support!

The day of the wedding, I had Justina and Dana. They had the venue set up exactly the way I wanted and all the details were there. They communicated with all the vendors and made sure they knew what to do. My husband and I were well taken care of as they fed us appetizers and got us cocktails while we were busy taking photos. They kept us on the timeline and made sure we were doing ok throughout the whole event.

At the end of the night, they packed everything up in our car. I didn’t have to think about any of it! I truly believe booking Justina and her team was the best thing I did for my wedding. She really goes above and beyond for her clients.

P.S. I would totally book her for her balloon services.