Liane McCombs Wedding & Event Planning

As a wedding photographer who photographs over 30 weddings a year, you could say that I definitely see my share of weddings! Every time I have a client tell me that they have hired Liane McCombs to be their wedding coordinator, I let out a sigh of relief because I KNOW that their day will be organized, beautiful & nothing short of perfect. Liane is super organized, friendly, professional, moves quickly & makes each wedding I've done with her effortless. There are so many wedding coordinators who haven't a clue as to what is going on as the wedding day unfolds but Liane is prepared for the entire wedding day down to the last minute. She is so easy to work with, so professional & I love working with her! I wish that all the weddings I photographed had Liane as the coordinator because I know without a doubt that their wedding would run smoothly, look amazing & that the bride & groom would be over the moon with her professional & incredible level of service.

I have worked with Liane McCombs at many events. She is very professional and excellent at what she does. She stays on top of what is new and hot in the event world. She works very well with all the vendors involved. She always goes above and beyond to ensure that your event is perfect. I highly recommend her.

Liane McCombs is a terrific wedding coordinator. She was vital to the success of our daughter’s wedding reception. This made it easy for us to enjoy the day, which we certainly did in every way. Liane uses responsible and dependable vendors and goes to the appointments with you if you wish. She has good ideas for you but doesn’t take over. You will make your own day unique to you, but with Liane’s help, you can do it better. I highly recommend Liane McCombs for your every wedding need. We are truly grateful for Liane’s coordination of our daughter’s day. It was one of the happiest days of my life! May your wedding day be as memorable.

I decided to read the other reviews before posting my own. I would like to make some comments regarding the dissatisfied brides who left distasteful and hurtful reviews about Liane McCombs Wedding and Event Planning. Two things came to my mind when I read these reviews: 1. Some girls are so high maintenance that no matter how much help they receive and how much time is spent babying them and holding their hand, they will always have something to complain about. Have you seen the movie The Help? Well girls, you need to take a look at your review and realize that you need to have an attitude check just like the girls on that movie. Liane McCombs is not unprofessional- you have reacted like immature little girls who need a lesson on how to have class. 2. I understand that your wedding day/rehersal didn't go as planned. I get it. You were upset that people were asking you, the bride, when you would like to cut YOUR cake, and have YOUR money dance. Maybe if you weren't so consumed with perfectionism, the assistants wouldn't have had to ask you the times of such events throughout the evening. Plus, how could anyone be offended by receiving a nice compliment such as "you're really organized"? Someone who isn't satisfied no matter what they get in life. Honestly, when I got married-I'm sure there were things that went differently than I imagined, but I didn't care. And why? Because brides shouldn't be spending the day stressing about what is going wrong-you should be focused on your new husband and all the people that came to support you and your high maintenance life. If it will make you happy and make you stop writing ridiculous and hurtful reviews-I'll send you a check so you and your mom can go and buy that ice sculpture and finally feel redeemed for what you "lost" on your wedding day. I know I don't know you and have been a little harsh but I had to get that off my chest. Moving on to more important things. Liane McCombs coordinated my wedding and it was absolutely flawless. I loved everything about my wedding. She was helpful, kind, and listened to everything I had to say. She paid attention to detail and knew exactly how to make my vision of a perfect wedding come true. I couldn't have imagined a more perfect evening, and I know that without Liane's help, my wedding wouldn't have been so amazing. I loved how easy she was to work with and how generous she was to give me her vendor discounts. Not only is she one of the most affordable wedding planners in town-I truly believe she is the best. She even gave me a wedding gift which I thought was so nice and considerate. I would recommend Liane's services to anyone I come in contact with, and know that all of my friends will be using Liane in the future for their weddings.

I could not be more pleased with the professional guidance that Liane provide for my daughter’s Lake Tahoe destination wedding. I was initially reluctant to hire a wedding planner, but as soon as I met with Liane I knew we had found the right person. She arranged and attended all of the vendor appointments with us. She is incredibly organized and pays close attention to every detail. Her services are very reasonably priced and she is the most friendly, kind and caring person. She made both the Bride and Mother of the Bride completely stress free before, during and after wedding. I feel so fortunate to have had the pleasure of Liane’s professional services. She is the utmost professional and I would highly recommend her as a trustworthy and extremely reliable wedding coordinator.

Liane coordinated our wedding and did a great job. She was very helpful in finding us the best quality food, flowers, decorations, location, and much more to ensure that our wedding fit our visions perfectly. She is such a kind, warm woman who was not only fun to work with, but professional. If you want a really amazing wedding, I highly recommend using Liane. She will meet all of your needs and expectations and help you every step of the way.

Growing up I always imagined my dream wedding and what it would look like. When I got engaged I had ideas for my wedding but wasn't sure how to make them become a reality. I had a friend recommend Liane McCombs, who also coordinated her wedding. She showed me her wedding pictures and told me about her wonderful experience with Liane, and I quickly decided that using a wedding coordinator would help me tremendously and make my wedding planning less stressful. From day one, Liane was incredibly helpful and each day she strived to make sure that all of my visions came true. She was very flexible and made my wedding unique and exactly the way that I imagined it to be. She was very professional but very fun to work with at the same time. She had wonderful ideas and made my wedding come together perfectly. Showing up at the reception and seeing how perfect everything looked, I was so grateful that I had used Liane as my wedding coordinator. She helped me to feel calm and to know what to do step by step on my wedding day. It was a wonderful feeling knowing that there was someone there to take care of everything so that I could relax and enjoy my wedding day. She treated each guest with kindness and truly made my wedding day a dream come true. I would highly recommend Liane to anyone who has a vision and wants to make their fairy tale wedding come to life.

Liane did my wedding last year in Virginia City, NV. She was very professional, my husband and I really enjoyed working with her. When I had first contacted her I was beyond stressed Liane helped me feel much better about my upcoming wedding and making everything come together. My wedding turned out better than I had ever imagined. The set up was just beautiful. Liane helped to make my ideas and vision come to life, and helped make it better than what I saw in my head. I would recommend her to any of my friends or family.

Liane, was an absolute pleasure to work with! I hired her as a "day of" wedding planner and I don't know what I would have done without all her help! She was there for me to answer any questions I had from the day I booked with her to the day of my wedding.......that meant the world to me. My wedding day was more fabulous than I ever imagined it to be thanks to Liane's creativity and help. I relied on her to make sure everything was taken care of on my wedding day so I could just "show up". With my "Type A" personality, that was a big task for a wedding planner to take on. She AMAZED me by going above and beyond to make my day the most special day ever. THANKS LIANE

liane was wonderfull as a wedding planer thank u liane for making easyer for me and sergio Bartola :)

I have hired Liane for 2 weddings. They were impecable. Her attention to dedail, organization and style as well as her genuine personal interest in our families were outstanding. I can't say I would change a thing! The receptions and events surrounding the wedding were a joy! My only wish I had another wedding to plan with Liane! You can't go wrong on this one

We hired Liane to do our "day of" planning. She was great the entire planning process, seemed very professional and organized. We were very confident in her services. However, there were a few issues that came about through the final days approaching the wedding. She was disorganized at the rehearsal and had a hard time telling us what to do. She also made a comment to my husband's step mom how she finds it so hard to work with blended families. These were not big issues and we were still very hopeful of her abilities for the wedding day. On the day before the set up, she was extremely unorganized and was unable to take simple directions. I literally had to tell her three times which tables were not part of the set up and which tables needed to be moved before she did anything. I was incredible frustrated with her the entire time. The day of the wedding came and the ceremony and reception were great. We had a wonderful time. The venue we booked required that all the chairs, tables and trash be cleaned. So after our final dance my family stayed to make sure this happened (the rental company was responsible for this). However, just before we left Liane approached me and asked me who I wanted to clean the bathrooms. I stopped dead in my tracks, asked her what she said then upon repeating it I told her no one. I told her to look at the contract for the venue because cleaning is not required. I told her not to ask a single member of my family to do that and talk to the manager with the contract in hand. I expected that she would do as I asked. However upon returning from our honeymoon, I heard from my family and in-laws that she did not talk to the manger and made my family clean the bathrooms and mop the entire venue. My father in law actually dealt with the situation by getting the manager's boss on the phone and clarifying that this was not in the contract, nor was it expected of them. Needless to say, I was livid that she did not follow my direction, did not stand up to the manager and made my family do things that no one should have to do at a wedding as a guest. Liane still does not seem to believe that any of this was a problem as she has asked me to complete reviews for her on several wedding websites. Since I first posted a review she has sent an email to apologize, however told me what my family had said was not true. I appreciate the apology.

This review is in regards to Liane McCombs planners Claire Ann and Annelise and is the letter I wrote to Liane regarding their services: Hi Liane, It has taken a while to get back to you as every time I think of the level of service Claire Ann and her assistant delivered on the day of our wedding causes me so much angst I cannot even attempt to continue writing. Let me explain why I feel this way. First off the rehearsal dinner was a disaster! We had a large wedding party so I pr-emptively coached Claire-Ann to speak up loudly and assertively one on one before the rehearsal started. I ran her through a few things and walked her through my schedule which she did not have and I gave her one of the copies, where she then replied to me "You're really organized", not a good thing to hear from your wedding planner! Back to the rehearsal, once we got started it was very un-organized, she was not leading and there was a huge lack of direction by Claire-Ann, which is what I had stated to you as what we needed for our rehearsal. Our officiant had more control over the rehearsal. The worst part of it was after, when my bridal party told me that they had thought it was a mess and were worried for me that this person directing us wouldn't be helpful the next day. I was waiting on feedback from a family friend, who from what I heard set up and coordinated the set up of the day, which is why there has been a delay in feedback (she has been out of the country). It wasn't just from her that I heard no one knew who the planners were nor did they introduce themselves but from family who help set up as well. The feedback of family and friends who assisted with the set up I was told the girls did not coordinate or help with the setup very much. If I do receive the feedback from our friend I will send it on to you. When it came to before wedding photos, Claire-Ann's assistant came with us. I can't tell you her name because I m not sure she ever told me her name. She came with us and the main point of her being with us was to be the time keeper but instead she pretty much stood there watching the photos be taken and held the flowers, not announcing the time at all! Yes, we asked her for the time but she did announce it to us on her own will! Then after the ceremony she came with us to the Squaw Valley field in which one of her purposes was to bring our "Thank you" sign and my boots - this was forgotten and I had to tell her to go get it. Come the reception is where I was really frustrated because I was continually being bothered by they both of them! They were hired so I didn't need to be bothered! They kept coming to me with requests on where to put stuff like my shoes, my moms shoes, linen, etc, which I had told them to put in our room at the PlumpJack. Come the next morning when we were looking for these items they were nowhere to be found! This also included some of the table linens which Camelot came to pick up and could not find. Because of this, it resulted in my family and myself searching for linens and not being able to have breakfast with our family and friends and not say good bye. I called Claire-ann and asked her where the linens were and she said she had given them to Bonnie, the PlumpJack banquet manager, who was there with us on Sunday morning helping look for the linens. Bonnie said Claire-Ann never gave her anything. Where did we find everything after hours of searching?! Under covered tables upstairs in the reception area. With the PlumpJack by our side helping look for everything, they said they never put items under tables for the sole fact people will not find the stuff. Very Frustrating to find everything under the tables! Earlier in the week I had sent you my day of schedule - which Claire-Ann did not have come the day of the wedding and luckily I had printed a million copies. At the beginning of the day I told her we will probably fall off the time schedule but to just stick with the order. Then during the reception Claire-Ann and her assistant kept coming up to me and asking when to do the cake, money dance, etc then proceeded to tell me that if they stay longer they will have to charge for the additional time which infuriated me - in my head I was thinking "don't you tell me that on my wedding day, we'll take care of it later", which is just another example of the lack of their professionalism. They should have not been bothering yet should have been instructing me on what the next activity was. Instead I organize them to figure it out, as a bride who hired planners, I should have not been doing this. Planning and organizing is what they were there to do and was not executed by any means. Well that is my feedback and here some additional feedback from my mom and the PlumpJack. Feedback from the PlumpJack: - They ladies were un-professional and did not introduce themselves to staff and no one really knew who they were - Didn't communicate well with the PlumpJack staff - They felt they were not knowledgeable with assisting with some of the cleanup. An example given was the ladies did not set aside the flower vases for the florist after cleanup which generally is something the PlumpJack sees the day of planner doing without being asked or told to do. This was just one of many and the PlumpJack head Banquet planner had to take care of many tasks the day of planners should have done. - Overall the PlumpJack was not happy working with Claire-Ann and her assistant Feedback from my Mother, Barbara McMurray (whom I had to calm her down and not have her scream at Claire-Ann) - The day of planner did not coordinate the rehearsal at all, she did not provide any direction on how the mothers, grandmothers and god family should be seated. We had hired the day of planner and requested the rehearsal specifically for this and it was not done during the rehearsal and during the day of the wedding the grandmothers awkwardly sat themselves and were not ushered. The lady did not even talk about people being usher and this is something we had wanted direction around - While I was not around the day of the wedding as I was with the bride, I heard feedback from the florist, friends and family who were helping set up. When I asked those people if the day of planners were helping, no one even knew who they were and could not respond on whether they were helping or not. Our good friend who was helping set up turned out to be directing everyone and assisted with a conflict that occurred between the groom, Heather's husband and the florist! Shouldn't the planner been there to resolve this! - No one can see where these ladies added an value to coordinating the day of the wedding. If it wasn't for my daughter (the bride) for being so organized and our friends and family with all their help on the set up, the wedding wouldn't have happened so smoothly if we had just relied on the planners to take control that day. To sum it up we were extremely dissatisfied with your company's services. Absolutely unacceptable and I hope this is not the level of service you pride your company on. The money we spent on your day of planning service was a joke and would have been better spent on an ice sculpture in the 80 degree Tahoe weather.