Couple Reviews
We are beyond grateful to our couples that have taken the time to write us a review. Below is a selection of our reviews as seen on The Knot, WeddingWire, and Zola. Since 2021, we have helped couples across Connecticut and The Carolina's bring their vision to life!
2024.05.11
Smith Farm Gardens, East Haddam, CT
We highly recommend Rose Rocc Weddings & Events for your wedding planning needs. Sam was quick to respond to all our questions and requests with clear, calm communication. She perfectly understood our vision for our big day and made sure every detail was executed flawlessly with her impeccable organization and dependability. Sam worked extremely hard, going above and beyond to ensure our wedding was perfect. From the decor to the timeline to vendor coordination, she made the whole process smooth and stress-free for us. Hiring Rose Rocc was absolutely the best decision we made in our wedding planning process. If you want a planner who is dedicated, hard-working, and will make your wedding dreams come true, choose Rose Rocc Weddings & Events!
2023.11.09
The Heritage Hotel, Southbury, CT
Working with Sam was the best decision for our wedding. Early on in the planning process my now husband and I decided we wanted to hire a coordinator to help ensure our wedding day went to plan. After my first conversation with Sam I knew she would help make our day perfect. We hired her for month of coordination and she made sure our wedding was exactly what we wanted. She had weekly check in’s with us, coordinated all details and the timeline with all our vendors, and ensure the day went as planned. Her attention to detail is amazing, as a DIY bride she ensured everything was set up exactly how I had envisioned and it was AMAZING! We used a school bus for transportation to the church for our guests, and it was very important to my husband and I to get photos of the 2 of us on the bus because we met on our high school bus, Sam went above and beyond to make sure we got those photos before the bus left. Sam truly made the day perfect!
2023.10.20
St. Clements Castle, Portland, CT
We were so impressed with Sam. We chose her full service package and she went above and beyond every step of the way. She has the highest attention to detail, I never felt anything would be missed or overlooked (and I am very type A). She helped us find good vendors, gave great insight when we were unsure about things/processes, and made sure all the contracts and payments were correct and accounted for. I would not have been able to plan and execute my wedding as perfectly as it was, if it was not for her. On the wedding day she ensured everything was taken care of for us and everyone stayed on schedule. I would not have trusted anyone else to be my wedding planner. I interviewed many options and I knew right away Sam was the one from our first conversation.
2023.09.29
Private Estate, West Suffield, CT
Sam was one of the best decisions we made when we started the wedding planning process. She made wedding planning so smooth, easy and stress free. She helped find the best vendors in our budget & helped us stay on task for every little detail in the planning process. Our wedding day definitely threw a curve ball for us and Sam (an outside tent wedding & an unexpected 5 inches of rain) but Sam remained calm, cool and collected and made our dream wedding still come to life. We could not have done any of it without her! She is the absolute best. If I had to give every future bride one word of advice, it is to definitely get a wedding planner and make sure it’s Sam and her team!
2023.09.23
White Gate Farm, East Lyme
Hire Sam. Your wedding (and your life) will be better because of her. We DIY-ed most of our wedding, but we really needed someone to coordinate the day-of, and I’m sooooo glad we entrusted Sam with that task. She started a few months out with a walk-through, which was our first time meeting her in person. I still can’t get over that within a few hours of meeting her, she had a document created with a total timeline of our wedding day, complete with tiny little details we had just casually mentioned during our meeting. Throughout the next few months we had numerous check-ins, where she basically became our brain (ours own brains were becoming increasingly useless as the day approached), listening to everything we needed and wanted, and offering suggestions in areas we hadn’t thought about. She sat in on a meeting with our DJ and helped to ensure everyone was on the same page. Even little things like responding to an email I would send with a minor thought with “received” is so appreciated at a time when you’ve got to communicate with so many vendors about so many different things. On the actual wedding day, Sam took command of all the details and made sure everyone was where they needed to be at the correct time. She even folded my pocket square for me! We had no phones and no watches on for the whole wedding, and it was so freeing. We could just sit back and enjoy our special day. Her assistant Alex was wonderful as well, and was very helpful for our wandering wedding parties when it came to ceremony time. Everything was executed flawlessly and that’s in no small part because of Sam. Hire her. You will thank me later.
2023.09.16
Eolia Mansion at Harkness State Park
Sam was absolutely fantastic to work with. We hired her for the month-of coordination package and she really went above and beyond to make sure our day ran smoothly. Sam ran our rehearsal the night before, loaded all my boxes of decor and items to be given to my caterer and florist into he car, set EVERYTHING up for me the day of the wedding, assured all VIP family and friends were present when needed for photos, and broke everything down and boxes it up in my moms car at the end of the night. Hiring Sam is the perfect way to have a stress free wedding as her and her assistant handled all the logistics. Thank you Sam for all you did for us! 10/10 would recommend!!
2023.09.09
Private Estate, Hebron, CT
Sam is an incredible asset to your wedding team! Minutes before our ceremony began, the weather changed and it started to downpour. That downpour quickly turned into a flood, rendering our entire venue unusable and forcing us to evacuate. As you can imagine, as the bride, I was completely overwhelmed, in shock and just about ready to cancel the wedding and tell our guests to head home. Sam and her assistant, Shannon, immediately went into crisis management mode. Sam was running through the rain to communicate with both myself and the vendors/guests, to keep everyone abreast with what was going on. She helped my mom find suitable alternatives for both the ceremony and reception, quickly booking a church and hotel conference room last minute. She proceeded to travel back and forth between the original venue and our new reception multiple times, helping vendors grab all their supplies to relocate, and picking up various things we left at the venue in the rush to get to the church for the new ceremony. Her assistant, Shannon, helped facilitate the new ceremony and make sure our wedding party/vendors knew what was going on, and how they should be entering since we swapped locations. I can’t imagine what our day would have looked like without these two. If you’re on the fence and considering either a full service planner or day of coordinator, please choose Sam. To call her amazing would simply be an understatement. She was a true professional and rocked it throughout some of the worst scenarios that a couple could possibly face on their wedding day.
2023.08.20
Historic Rice Mill, Charleston, SC
Sam was absolutely incredible and made our wedding even more special than we could have ever imagined. Getting married out of our home state had my wife and I very nervous with all of the moving pieces and vendors to keep track of and in line. Sam assured us it would be no issue and she would be there with us every step of the way and boy did she deliver!!! Sam was extremely responsive and available and constantly went above and beyond to make sure we were ready for our big day. We had issues with our venue and certain vendors through out the process but no matter the situation, Sam stepped up and took care of everything. No matter what the issue, Sam was there to help. Without her help, we would have been lost throughout this process. Thank you so much for being there for us and getting us over the finish line. I would 100% recommend Sam to anyone in need of a wedding planner, she will not let you down!!!!
2023.06.16
Elizabeth Park, West Hartford, CT
Sam is AMAZING! I thought I was going to do all the planning myself, but several months in, I was so stressed. We found Sam's website, and she provided the perfect service. She starts about 6 weeks before your wedding date. She'll do site visits to your venue, communicate with all your vendors, and generally bring down your stress levels. She knew all the right questions to ask, all the details we hadn't considered. Both on the day before, and on the day of the wedding, she was there every step of the way. She told us where to stand, when to walk. She even brought a broom with her to the park (Elizabeth Park) to sweep off the area before the ceremony. She had water bottles ready for me while we were taking pictures. I think she tried to stay in the background so she wasn't in any pictures, but if you needed her she was there in an instant. She actually dove under a table at the reception to avoid being in a photo! (We wouldn't have minded). I cannot express enough how wonderful she was. She has my highest recommendation.
2023.06.10
Private Estate, Middlefield, CT
Sam was unbelievable and booking her was the best thing we did for our wedding. Her day of coordination was completely seamless and her input and advice in the months before was invaluable! I honestly don't know how I would have got it all done if not for her timeline and reminders. She even took over the hotel room block coordination for us completely and helped connect us with a few vendors, which was so helpful as we are from out of town and didn't know who was good. She also came to the caterer tasting with us and helped us to think through so many questions I wouldn't have thought to ask. I did all of the decorations myself, but left it to Sam to set up on the day of. She and her assistants knocked it out of the park, and even used some of the decorations I had left over in ways I didn't have time to plan for. I actually forgot to think about the sweetheart table completely, but she made it look amazing. Seriously, if you are a DIY couple, Sam is the wedding planner for you! Thank you so much Sam!!
2023.05.28
Salem Herb Farm, Salem, CT
I cannot say enough good things about Sam. 3 months before my wedding day my original venue fell through. Sam was not technically hired to start helping me until the month before. I reached out to Sam in a panic, and she immediately jumped in to help me look for a new plan. She met me the following week to look at a new venue. Through every step of the process, she was extremely thorough, detail oriented, and responsive. I was a MESS on my wedding day, and she still managed to deal with me when even some of my bridesmaids couldn't. Not to mention the fact that the details she was in charge of setting up were executed FLAWLESSLY. I would not recommend anyone else for a wedding coordinator, Sam was truly the savior of my whole wedding!
2023.05.20
The Waterview, Monroe, CT
Sam was one of the first vendors we booked back in 2021 for our 2023 wedding. My husband and I both agree she was the easiest and best choice we made during the process. While we had a long time to plan everything, Sam kept us on track with reminders and check ins. She answered all of our many questions, helped us with anything we needed and provided referrals when we were having a hard time finding vendors on our own. When the year of/month of our wedding hit and it felt like crunch time, she kept us calm and reminded us that we were on track. The month of the wedding, she followed up with all of our vendors (even our dog attendant!) and made sure everything was on schedule, had the timeline sent to them and that they were ready to go for our day. She did a walk-through of the venue with us and made sure she understood our vision and where to put things on the day of the wedding. When I found out the week of the wedding it was going to rain, and was preparing to shift my whole view of the wedding, Sam did what she could to ease my mind, assist in having our dog still be allowed at the ceremony, and walked through the secondary plan for us at the rehearsal. On the day of the wedding, she was an angel in disguise. I don't think I worried about a thing during our wedding and she assisted with all the little things. The day literally went by without a hitch and I honestly believe it was due to Sam’s diligence, patience and understanding of our vision. She was the MVP of our whole wedding planning experience, and she will be for you if you hire her and her team.