Wine Country Elopements

I cannot recommend Jackie Jones Wilson highly enough! We wanted a wine country wedding because we had enjoyed visiting the area during our dating years. We made a trip to the Napa Valley and left dis-hearted because we just couldn't find that special spot to have our ceremony and no wedding planner would talk to us unless we wanted to give them money in advance. We were not sure if the Napa area would end up working out for us, so we didn't feel comfortable hiring anyone. I somehow found Jackie on the Internet when we returned from our Napa visit and from the moment I received her reply email, I knew she was going to be a perfect fit for our special day!! I must have contacted 25 different wedding companies/individuals. When all of the other inquiry's I made were never responded to, Jackie was contacting me giving me confidence that she was the right person for the job. Jackie is VERY respected in her community (Sonoma/Santa Rosa) as I soon found out. Every vendor I contacted knew Jackie and only had the best things to say about her and her work ethics. Jackie and I talked about my dream wedding day and can I just say that she understood my dream, right down to the special chair flowers and the long aisle I wanted to walk down. The music trio she recommended was breath taking, and even as I write this I start to cry at just how lovely they were. Jackie took her time to make sure every detail was perfect and she was also present for my event, which thrilled me as she is now considered one of our family members. We LOVED everything that was planned and it all went so smoothly!! I am so glad Jackie recommended the Sonoma area!! Jackie is a true professional and I couldn't have found anyone else that would have been as awesome and right on with our dreams! Your wedding day is one that you never forget. We will never forget how perfect Jackie made our day! There are a lot of people that claim they are wedding planners, but Jackie is much much more than a wedding planner. She took the time to talk to me, and she transformed our day into so much beauty that EVERYONE could see it. Everyone noticed the little touches and felt the love that my husband and I have for each other. Our love is truly special and I feel like Jackie captured the outer beauty of how we feel, and our vows and the ceremony captured the inner beauty of the love we share. It was such a wonderful time for our family, friends and ourselves. Jackie, thank you for making our dreams come true. We will never forget you. You gave us the best day of our entire lives!

When my fiancé call from Iraq and told me he wanted to get married when we were in California the week after he came home, I wasn’t going to say no, but I definitely had no idea how to go about planning a destination wedding from 3,000 miles away in less than a month. So after a lot of internet searching I came upon Jackie Jones Wilson and the Wine Country Elopements website. All it took was one phone conversation and I was immediately as ease and comfortable putting all the planning decision in her hands. That was the best decision we could have made. Once we hired Jackie, all we had to do was get to Sonoma and show up at the venue. Everything else was handled with an amazing attention to detail. We selected our venue and our excellent vendors, sight unseen with Jackie’s recommendations and guidance and the day was more beautiful than we could have hoped for. It far exceeded our expectations. I can't say enough wonderful things about Jackie and her company, Wine Country Elopements. Jackie is warm, professional, easy to work with, responsive and concerned with making each wedding unique and personal. I would recommend her to anyone interested in either small elopement or a large wedding.

We can't say enough wonderful things about Jackie!! Throughout every step of the planning she was there for us and on the day of the wedding she was so in control and we did not have to worry about the details or logistics for one second. And we had a rather complicated wedding with 180 guests being bused from the Hyatt in Santa Rose to BR Cohn, three locations during the wedding - Fox Hill for the ceremony, the Amphitheater for the cocktail reception and the Olive Grove for dinner. Everything went off perfectly. She even dealt with two mothers of the brides with patience and understanding :) The vendors she recommended were fabulous and we did not have to worry about a thing. Our day was the most special day of our lives and Jackie made it that way. We could not have done it without her.

My husband and I were recently married at the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn on October 25, 2008. We originally planned a large wedding in Chicago, where we currently live. But, once we finished planning, we decided that the event didn’t reflect who we were. After we booked the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn, Jackie Jones Wilson with Enchanted Weddings was recommended to us.

I spoke to Jackie over the phone and immediately felt comfortable with her. She listened and understood exactly what we wanted for our day. From the beginning, she was unbelievably accessible responding to any email almost immediately. She is friendly, patient, and knowledgeable. She has relationships with any vendor in the area you would want – from hair and make-up to music. After we met Jackie in June and saw our ceremony location for the first time, we had no doubts. This woman is organized! While it was a bit nerve wracking to see a room for the first time after already having committed to it, she assured us everything would be perfect and we believed her.

Once we started working together, Sarah Garcia jumped on the team to assist Jackie. With these two women on top of it, there was no need to worry. They offered to help with anything and everything…from making place cards to having my dressed pressed and waiting for me in my room that morning. I literally dropped a bag of miscellaneous items with them at the rehearsal and left everything else up to them. I was occasionally cued to do something…like walk down the aisle or cut the cake…but other than that, we just enjoyed ourselves. I am pretty sure that’s what it is all about.

We can’t thank Jackie or Sarah enough for their professionalism and attention to detail. They truly exceeded our expectations. We are still enjoying all the comments from our guests about how beautiful and fun our wedding was. Little do they know, it was all Enchanted Weddings…we just showed up.

The wedding day is the most important day for the bride and groom. You hope and pray that everything will be perfect, unforgettable and stress-free. I can confidently say that my wedding was all that and more, and I could have not have done it without my wedding coordinator Jackie.

My husband and I are from NYC and decided to have a destination wedding out in Sonoma, CA. When we contacted the venue we wanted to have our wedding at, we only had (2) options for a wedding coordinator. We were a bit apprehensive at first since it was a 50/50 shot that we would be comfortable with either one of them. Fortunately, Jackie was a perfect fit for us! She has such a wonderful personality and a genuine concern to make the day as memorable as possible. She has years of experience and is an expert about the area and what vendors to work with. She also guaranteed that she would be present on the day of the wedding and would our one point of contact throughout the planning process. She automatically put us at ease and listened to what we envisioned our wedding to be. We knew it was going to be a pleasure to work with her.

We traveled out to Sonoma for (3) days to meet with Jackie and select our vendors. She arranged all of our meetings and also accompanied us at each visit. Our goal was to accomplish all of our planning goals in the one trip, and Jackie made it happen. The next time we would go out to Sonoma, CA was days before the wedding.

And on our wedding day, everything was absolutely gorgeous! From the flowers, to the ceremony site to the reception area, everything was perfect and exactly what we imagined. We never had to worry about anything that day and Jackie delivered everything she promised. She exceeded our expectations and made our day truly magical. Jackie is absolutely the best and is the most wonderful person to work with.

If you want the best in wine country, Jackie is the one! We absolutely cannot rave enough about her and would recommend her to everyone. We loved working with her and miss her so much!

Jackie was incredible. She allowed us to enjoy our own wedding and was a pleasure to work with. She was a comforting presence at our wedding, had a great relationship with the vendors and we were honored to have had her there with us.