Tuscany Wedding Planner: Wedding ceremonies and receptions in villas near Florence

Kale and Sarah, USA

Florence, 11st March 2010

Dear Mascia and Chiara,

We would like to thank you for making our day so special! We were so pleased with the way that everything went, from the initial planning, to the big day itself.

We chose you as our wedding planner for several reasons; you responded to our initial inquiries promptly, were very helpful with all of our questions, and several last-minute requests, your prices are quite reasonable, and your correspondence was very friendly. The whole process of planning the wedding was incredibly smooth, and even though we were a small party, you treated us like we were a larger, more important group, and we greatly appreciate that.

As for the wedding itself, we could not have asked for a more beautiful event, even though the weather wasn't quite beautiful! The harpist you booked for us was amazing! The music made the ceremony that much more lovely. The Sala Rossa at the Palazzo Vecchio is an amazing location, and completely fit our style, as we are both history enthusiasts! The President of the Council who presided over the ceremony was very friendly, and we were honored to have him be a part of our wedding. Mascia, your interpreting skills are superb!

David, the photographer, did an excellent job with all of our pictures, and he is quite the character, very funny guy! We had a lot of fun traipsing around town in our formalwear, to the applause and congratulations of all of the fine citizens of Florence. This made us both smile very much, and added to the brilliance of the day.

You both are very sweet, and we feel so special to have had you be our wedding planners and a part of our special day!

With a hug and warm regards from the USA,

Kale and Sarah Larson
11 March 2010 - Firenze

Carrie and Robert

La Loggia, Florence, 12th March 2010

Thank you so much for everything. You made it so easy and fun, we can't wait to see the pictures.

Thank you so much for your willingness to work with us and your patience. Looking forward to the pictures.

Carrie and Bob

Sandra and Williams, Canada

Florence, 4th May 2010

Ciao Mascia,

Sorry it's taken me so long to write to you...
I just got back to Canada and have been going through all the beautiful photos of my parents wedding ceremony and I wanted to thank you for doing such a wonderful job. I will tell everyone I know to visit you in Italy and renew their vows. I am sure Aaron and I will be back one day so we will definitely meet again for another ceremony.

Everything was more than PERFECT and I feel so fortunate to have met you and that you spent so much time and energy on this very small wedding. It meant the world to all of us.

Thank you a million times over!

Jennifer Evans

Birthday Mrs Lee

Vinci, Podere Jana, 15th May 2010

Dear Mascia,

Thank you so much for organising the music and flowers for Mums Birthday.

It was a crazy evening with so many of us. Very noisy.

It was very crowded at first until we sat down for dinner.

Dad asked Chiara to take the family photos for us, not exactly her job description but we appreciated it just the same. Chiara and the girls played beautifully. Their delightful music certainly made the evening special, please pass on my thanks to them.

The tables looked wonderful, the flowers were lovely and when the plates, glasses ets were in place it looked very festive. Thank you for all of your help, I hope the wedding you had in the afternoon went well.

Thanks again, I have attached a photo of the finished table setting. Looks Great!

Kind regards,

Elizabeth (libby) Beith.

Lenitha and Martin, South Africa

Vinci, 15th May 2010

Ciao Mascia & Chiara,

Sorry it's taken us so long to send you a testimonial. We have been moving house and settling into married life.
We had a fabulous time and although we never imagined it could rain so much in Tuscany at the end of the day all our guests had a great time and we will talk about the day for many years to come. From the legal documents, revised ceremony location to the music and wedding car everything was PERFECT! The hospitality of Hotel Borgo was exceptional and we would like to thank the owner and all the staff too.

We can only thank you for all the hard work that you and Chiara did to make our day special and we will definitely come and say hello next time we visit Italy.

Warm regards,

Martin and Lenitha (UK & South Africa)

Andrey and Alia, Slovenia

Vinci, 20th May 2010

Dear Mascia!

Thank you very much again for organizing the best wedding ever! (at least for us it certainly was...) ;-)

It was really great pleasure to have you with us and thanks for doing an excellent job! Everything was just great and we all had lots of fun. :-)

I am very sorry that we didn’t meet on Friday or Saturday when I phoned you... But I’m sure that we will meet again some time in the future, at least for our bigger anniversaries, when we will be coming back to remember that THE day. :-)

Wish you all the best also in the future, take care and send our best and very kind regards also to Chiara, the DJ. In case you ll be visiting Ljubljana, please call at least for a drink...

kind regards,

Andrej & Alia

P.S. In case you need a weatherman sometime in the future, do not hesitate to contact me! ;-)

Alex and Joanne, Great Britain

Vinci,Villa Dianella 31st May 2010

Ciao Chiara and Mascia,

How are both of you? I hope that you enjoyed our wedding as much as we both did.

Thank you for everything that you both did for us, the day itself was absolutely perfect and even a little bit of rain couldn't' have dampened the day. Jo and I are so grateful for all of the help you gave us in planning the wedding it truly was a magical day. We had a wonderful time in Portofino, we saw lots of massive boats and spent lots of time relaxing by the beach.

Thanks again for everything you did, you made it perfect.

Alex and Jo

Mascia and Chiara,

WOW! Six months has flown by but everyday we are filled with reminders and photos of a day only dreams are made of. Initially looking 18months ago to get married in Italy was a daunting and exciting process, meeting with several planners didn't compare to the warmth, and professionalism and unwavering dedication that made us feel like the most important couple in the world! Your interpretation of our at times, cloudy vision of the perfect romantic Tuscan wedding was astounding, every detail was addressed meticulously and the big day and the build up to it exceeded any expectation. From organising hotels, make up trails, visits to the venues, meals for the wedding party the night before, and an emergency dentist for the best man on a Sunday, the day before the wedding, is testament to the standards you set. From tasting the food in the mountains freshly made by the chefs that morning, to seeing the mesmerising bouquets on the morning of the wedding we truly adore everything you did for us. HUGE, HUGE THANK YOU! We can't wait to return to Tuscany next year!

Our family still regularly chat about the wedding and many friends have commented on how fabulously organised it was!! What can we say it's all thanks to you both!

Love from us both

Alex and Jo xxx

Vicky and Martin

Lucca, 4th June 2010

Hi Mascia!

Hope you are well?

Martin and I would like to thankyou for everything you did for us in Lucca.

We both had a wonderful time, and expecially enjoyed the service.

Angelo was very kind and sincere, and you both helped to relax us!

Also, please can you remind David that we'd really like the photos by Saturday June 19th? We both thought David was excellent, and i will email him seperately to thank him

Thanks again!

Vicky

Thor-Anders and Kristine, Norway

Castello di Fosdinovo, Massa Cararra, 19th June 2011

Dear Mascia and Chiara!

We are from Norway and spend a lot of time in Italy. So when we married we chose Tuscany as our romantic spot.

We decided that we needed some help from professional people in Italy, and after a couple of searches in google we found this perfect company. Mascia and Chiara; we could not have done this without you!

You two smiling ladies organised a perfect lunch at the beach with 70 people from Norway the day before our big day, nice place, perfect food. And with you two around to see if everything was in order, invisible but still present, perfect . The big day in Fosdinovo was amazing; with around 100 guests you organized the party so nice, just as we wished. The day after the wedding our guests had a trip to the marble quarries, a spectacular and historical tour.

Our guests are still talking about the three wonderful days...

Thank you for all you help during our wedding days in Tuscany, we are still married and are back in Tuscany to celebrate a year` s wedding day in June.

With a lot of big hugs from

Mr and Mrs Håkestad

Emanuela e Francesco, Italy

Volpaia, 3rd July 2010

Ciao Mascia e Chiara,

Grazie ancora per il vostro meraviglioso lavoro siete state impagabili e perfette sotto tutti i punti di vista!

Mi è piaciuto talmente tanto che riorganizzerei tutto daccapo per rifare la festa!!!!

Il viaggio di nozze è stato indimenticabile, meglio di così non potevamo augurarci, non appena ho un secondo di tranquillità ti invio qualche foto.

LE FOTO SONO ARRIVATEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!

E' arrivato il pacchetto venerdì, i miei hanno iniziato a vederle (mi hanno detto che sono più di mille) e che sono bellissime; non avevamo alcun dubbio su David (a proposito mandagli un abbraccio da parte mia). Fra qualche giorno mi spediranno due cd qui a Boston, così potremo scegliere quelle da mettere nell'album; sono curiosissima di vederle; è come rivivere quei momenti.

Un bacio grandissimo e vi auguro sempre il meglio, siete fantastiche.

p.s. baci anche a Chiara e da Chiara mia sorella :D

Emanuela e Francesco

Michaela and Christopher, Ireland

Fiesole, Castle of Vincigliata, 8th July 2010

Dear Mascia and Chiara,

We are now home from our honeymoon and had a lovely time. We hope you are both well.

There are no words to describe how much we enjoyed our wedding day - everything was just amazing. Our guests had a wonderful time also and I think they could barely believe the setting and the wonderful food and music. Everything went so smoothly and we were really pleased with everything. Thank you both so very much for all your hard work, you made our wedding day so special. You were also so kind to our guests, and so many of them have said to us how lovely you were to them.

We will send you some photographs and anything else you would like - we will also happily promote and recommend happening.it to anyone whoever asks us about wedding planners in Italy. We are so glad we chose you and feel that it truly made a difference to know that we were in very safe and experienced hands both when we were planning the wedding and then on the day itself.

Whenever you are ready please feel free to send through the outstanding invoice and we will get that wired to you. Also can you advise how or at what stage we will get our wedding certificate?

Thanks again,

Michaela and Chris

Christine and Christoph, Switzerland and Great Britain

Vinci, Villa Dianella, 30th August 2010

We wanted to thank you both sincerely for making our wedding day so amazing. You were absolutely fantastic and kept your calm when we had all the little mini dramas. You went beyond your call of duty when you lent me your veil after I had forgotten mine and really saved the day for me. The day itself ran without a hitch despite the rain and you took the stress out of our hands completely and so we were able to enjoy ourselves. All our guests have told me what a memorable day they had and how wonderful everything was. As well as your professionalism, we also appreciated your humour and personality so it was a joy to work with you on the planning.

Grazie Mille Mascia and Chiara! I would not hesitate to recommend you to friends and family should anyone of them wish to marry in Italy.

Best regards

Christine and Christoph

Roxana and Alex, Romania

San Gimignano, 4th September 2010

Ciao Chiara, Mascia, Laura,

I am so sorry that I didn't write you any sooner but i didn't have time and no pictures...

Me and Alex we want to send our special thanks, everything was wonderful, you were right about so many things

Villa Ducci is a special place I loved so much and the people that run Villa Ducci are making such a perfect team we felt so good during our entire stay there - excellent food, relax atmosphere, good music terrific pool... words are not enough :))

The band was so great that play so good from the beginning till the end of the party I wished I were a simple guest to just stay and listen he he :))

To bad we delay the dancing time a little bit but it was super.

Everybody love our wedding party.

We stay out on the terrace till 7 in the morning I think.

To bad you couldn't come Chiara.

Thank you, we will recommend you with pleasure!

You are reliable, well organized and you know so many things that will happen at a wedding party!!! You sure did at ours and everything went excellent!

Hope we meet again in Tuscany we surely return there in our vacations.

Tanti cari saluti and a very big hug from

Roxi and Alex

Grainne and John, Ireland

Vinci, 16th September 2010

Ciao Chiara & Mascia

A note of thanks for making our dream of having our wedding in Tuscany come true! We cannot thank you both enough for all your help and advice over the past year and more importantly in the days leading up to our wedding day. The services of David the photographer, music hair/make up was fantastic and made our day so special. The photo slideshow and wedding cake was a big hit with our guests as its not something you would normally see in Ireland! Your assistance in our unfortunate incident the day before the wedding was greatly appreciated. The day itself went so smoothly with you both there to assist in every way - excellent service !!!

Thank you both once again,

Grainne & John

Mary and Bob, Great Britain

Florence, 18th September 2010

Dear Chiara and Mascia,

What can we say! Thanks to you two lovely ladies we have had the most wonderful and romantic day of our lives!:-):-):-)

All of the help in planning the wedding by you resulted in us and our families having the most fantastic day and we would like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all the hard work you have put in to make our wedding day perfect and so, so special.

The ceremony was absolutely beautiful and as I am sure you are aware I especially was so overcome by it all..................... It must have been because of my Italian ancestory!

Sorry about the CD but again you came to our rescue and made the ceremony that bit more special because of my mistake

Our meal last night at the Hotel Baglioni was fantastic and we again can only thank you for ensuring this was so!

When we receive the wedding photos we will forward onto you a few of our favourites. If you would like to include any of them in your website please, please do so.

We would like to, if possible, include our own recommendation for you in your website if that is possible.

Again, many, many, many thanks for making our day so, so special.

All our love

Roberto e Maria

Kim and Rob

Lucca, 23rd September 2010

Hi Mascia,

Rob and I would just like to say HUGE THANK YOU!!! for all your hard work in making our wedding day run so smoothly. You really were absolutely invaluable in the run up and actually on our special day and we couldn't have done it all without your help. My Mum and sister also said you were soooo lovely and great to 'work with' on the day!!!

We were also extremely impressed with the catering company and the food was delicious - so please pass on our comments. Everyone absolutely LOVED the wedding cake too!!... wishing that they could have had 2 slices!!!!

All the guests were very impressed with the whole day and loved our 'Italian' wedding!

And finally, Alessandro (photographer - not sure how to spell his name :) was a delight and such a lovely man - he was very relaxed and friendly and made us feel very comfortable. Thank you for a few of the photos - they look great.

We couldn't be happier with how everything turned out.

Look forward to hearing from you soon

Kim & Rob