My Fancy Wedding planned and coordinated our small elopement in August 2017. From the initial email, to the many Skype calls, and finally getting to meet the girls in person, Sofia and her team were absolutely amazing to work with! They took care of every little detail and styled our day impeccably. We can't thank Sofia and her team enough!

When we first decided to hire a wedding a planner for our wedding in Portugal, we conducted a round of interviews. The thing we liked about Sofia and why we ultimately chose her was that she listened and cared about our story. The gears were already turning in her head at that time, envisioning a unique wedding for our unique story. Her team listened to provide beautiful decor and styles while Sofia found us a venue that was beyond our wildest dreams. It was exactly what we wanted. They were efficient and organized through the whole process to give us a successful and fantastic wedding. With specializing in destination weddings, My Fancy Wedding would benefit from a little more attention to transport of people, especially if the wedding is not in a major city. None the less we could not happier with their work. We highly recommend them.

I think it’s pretty obvious that My Fancy Wedding is going to deliver a beautiful wedding (if you’ve looked at their Instagram you’ll know + I've included some photos), but it was all the things that happened behind the scenes that really make them standout as wedding planners. This is going to be long, but worth it. First off, anyone planning a wedding is always concerned with budget and as a professional producer I’m hyper aware of all things financial. MFW was always so considerate of budget without ever making me feel cheap or bad—they were always very transparent about where money would go the furthest and be most noticed by our guests. I even asked them what they would do with an extra $10,000 and they told me they didn’t think the wedding needed it (and it didn’t because our wedding was spectacular). They are 100 percent trustworthy. In addition, everything budget related was approved by me before the money was spent. We planned our Lisbon wedding from Los Angeles and the communication between me and MFW was always very clear. Carolina and Sofia may be the two most positive people I’ve ever met in my life. No news was ever bad news and when you are planning a destination wedding it’s incredibly reassuring. For example, I don’t think we would have been able to get our wedding venue if it hadn’t been for them—we were 12th on the waiting list (yes! 12th!!) and I’m 100% certain the only reason we were able to get the venue is because MFW encouraged me to move forward with what I really wanted (and I had to have that venue) and after a few days of checking with all the other people on the waiting list, we got it! All the vendors they recommended were top-notch and if they weren’t the perfect match, they always went back to the drawing board and presented us with new options that were more in line with what we wanted. For example, Carolina found us our dream acoustic guitarist—I still have no clue how she did it because we had the most absurd request, but she did it with flying colors. Less than two weeks before the wedding I decided to add a gelato cart, a bigger band for cocktail hour and a few additional things throughout the day. Everything was completed by Carolina without any issues or complaints—she was beyond helpful and made everything so incredibly easy. Everything was literally delivered to me on a silver platter. Carolina went out of her way to accommodate me—she even helped me find restaurants and make reservations during the wedding for my family. She went and picked up a candle for the birthday cake we surprised my mom with at the wedding. She’s so genuinely kind and thoughtful!! If you are at all on the fence about hiring wedding planners, don’t be—My Fancy Wedding was 100 percent worth it. If I were to do it all over again knowing what I know, I don’t even think I would have wanted a wedding because there is no way you can do what they can do— the wedding process was so stress-free and on the day of the wedding MFW literally took our breath away with what they created for us. All of our friends and family have told us that they we have ruined any other wedding they will ever attend because ours was so fabulous and I give most of the credit to the My Fancy Wedding team. Truly, from the stationary, to the menus, to the flowers, to the candles, to the chairs, to the lighting—everything was literally a magical dream! One of the reasons we originally fell in love with Lisbon and the reason we wanted our wedding there is because we loved the people—Sofia and Carolina exemplify the kindness, hospitality and charm of Lisboans. You couldn’t be in two sweeter or more talented hands. You’ll not only walk away with a beautiful, stress-free wedding, but you'll walk away with two new friendships in Sofia and Carolina!

We hired Sofia and her team at My Fancy Wedding (MFW) to help plan our destination wedding in Lisbon. We did a few Skype interviews with different companies from home in Toronto but I ultimately trusted my gut feeling and hired MFW. This review is difficult to write because we aren’t talking about a haircut or a restaurant where you can just go somewhere different next time. They had one opportunity to get it right and did they ever nail it! MFW planned and coordinated a welcome dinner and as well as the wedding ceremony and reception on our behalf over the course of a year. They are a well-oiled and organized team with Sofia at the helm. They gave us options for vendors with different price points and arranged appointments for us to Skype with them. They were patient with us during the decision making process but were firm when needed to keep us on track. We inundated them with questions and would second guess them and ourselves yet they were always prompt and courteous in responding. Of course the planning process was stressful and we had disagreements (groomzilla in this case), but never once did we question our decision in hiring this team. Their presence on the day of the events was like something out of The Wedding Planner. We had planned a beautiful welcome dinner for our 80 guests that travelled overseas. Cocktails to be received by the guests as they entered the beautiful lush gardens of Quinta da Penalva in Sintra followed by a string and candle lit dinner outdoors. I had been dreaming of this night to kick off the festivities! My husband and I arrived about 45 minutes before our guest to a torrential downpour and a complete and utter disaster. Nowhere had rain been predicted in the area and everything had already been set up outside. Sofia, Tari, Carolina, João and the team were soaking wet transferring everything indoors. They honestly didn’t skip a beat and by the time our guests arrived everything has been rearranged to welcome them indoors (as the rest of the team set up the dinner tables in the main room, blow driers and all). My only regret (as Sofia predicted) was not hiring the photographer to capture the memories made at this epic event. Thankfully we didn’t have to contend with the weather on the wedding day. They provided a detailed itinerary with timeline. We didn’t have to worry about a thing and if there was a problem, we didn’t know about it. They ensured everything and everyone was where they needed to be and at the appropriate time (contending with stubborn groomsmen and all). It was a dream, every detail perfect. My favourite memory of the day was our exit from the church to the sound of the brass band Original Bandalheira (it was game changer). When I saw the setting of the 84 person table that took up the entire terrace of Palacio Marqueses de Fronteira my mouth nearly dropped. It, in my opinion, sums up everything you need to know about this team. I understand if you took the time to read this review, you are probably about to make a really big decision in regards to your wedding day. If you would like to speak with us further, please let the team at MFW wedding know and they will put you in contact with us (but really, just hire them).

MFW elas são fantásticas! o nosso casamento nunca teria sido como foi sem a ajuda delas! São meninas mt mt profissionais e sempre bem dispostas! Trabalhamos com elas um ano e foi um grande prazer! Elas tem um talento enorme! Escolher MFW = um casamento de sonho! Mais uma vez obrigada por tudo, foram umas weddinplaner 5*****!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️

Sofia, Carolina and the team at My Fancy Wedding were wonderful in helping us celebrate our marriage in Lisbon in July, 2019. From our initial meeting, we were impressed with their professionalism and their experience in helping couples who were living abroad to organize weddings in Portugal. We already had some suggestions for locations for our ceremony and reception so it was great to be able to hand off to MFW and let them handle the logistics. On the day itself they had thought through all eventualities and made the day stress free and a happy occasion..even having to deal with our privately commissioned tram getting stuck in traffic en route to the reception. Their design choices were exactly what we wanted for our low key celebration. We would definitely recommend MFW to couples who are having their ceremony in Portugal.