High Emotion Weddings

I don't know that I can adequately convey how absolutely wonderful Cristina and Irene were throughout the entire process of planning and executing our destination wedding. Not only did they do a phenomenal job, but they did so under what were (at least for me!) some incredibly challenging circumstances: we are an American couple, living in the UK, who wanted to get married in the Normandy countryside. Did I mention that neither of us speak French? This meant that Cristina and Irene had to seek out and cultivate relationships with an almost entirely new team of vendors, organize communications with a couple in England, and coordinate events for an American guest list... Not only did our three days of wedding events come together splendidly, they did so with almost complete reliance on Cristina and Irene's talents, patience, organizational prowess, and impeccable design. To say it was a perfect day is a vast understatement.Cristina and Irene put together a beautiful welcome dinner for us near our venue in Caen (not the first place one would think of for outstanding French food and yet they managed to secure exclusive use of a Michelin star restaurant there), our wedding day (held at the Moulin de Bully - a gorgeous setting, but necessitating that all design elements be brought in from elsewhere to achieve the classic, elegant feel we were after), and our day after brunch (also held at the venue). Each event was beautifully crafted with obvious emphasis on the wedding day itself.Again, words do not do justice to the beautiful day Irene and Cristina crafted for us. It was perfect and when I say perfect - if anything did go amiss with the day, I never heard, knew, or needed to do anything about it. The HEW team handled it. I got to enjoy the entirety of my wedding day with the people I loved. I was able to peruse the table designs as my florist cheerfully went about putting together designs, soaked up the sun during a break with my hair and makeup artist, witnessed all my stationary and guest favors come together, and enjoyed a lunch prepared and packaged for us by our caterers. It was heaven. Irene kept us on time for the ceremony, the quartet played the loveliest rendition of one of my favorite music pieces of all time, and my DJ handed me a microphone just in time to read my vows! I got to actually eat the phenomenal food I had chosen (how many brides can say that?) in the beautiful atmosphere and ambience created by Cristina and Irene.Cristina and Irene had created a Normandy wedding team out of thin air and managed each moving piece seamlessly. I don't know that I will ever be able to thank them enough for my wedding day and I can't imagine trusting anyone else to have carried out such an undertaking. If you have been searching for wedding planners, especially if you are planning your wedding or elopement abroad, there is no need to look any further. Stop here, hire High Emotion Weddings, and look forward to enjoying a wonderful day with the people you love most in the world.

As a make up artist and a peer in the wedding industry, I had the pleasure to work with Irene and High Emotions Weddings team together on few weddings and I only have the best words for their work! Their approach to weddings is very professional, yet they make you feel welcome and friendly with their relaxed and can-do attitude! Never in a rush, never stressed. Like sailing on a calm sea, everything is running smoothly and is done on time - that's what a perfect organization looks like, that's what makes also my work very pleasant and stress free.There are wedding planners like sand by the sea - the same can probably be said for makeup artists as well. :) But it is rare to find someone, who loves their work so much, who really cares for their couples, wants the best for them and does the 110% of their job. I'm very much looking forward to working with Irene again.Here are some of our common brides.Sandra, Sfumato make up

I would like to thank Irene for making an intimate and small wedding the biggest event in our lives! Hiring Irene was the best decision I made in the process of planning my wedding. She made being a bride much at ease with her help, advice and support every step of the way. My husband and I traveled from California to Austria for the first time in May 2017 to be married. Irene, as thoughtful as she is, even had a special surprise waiting for us upon arrival to the hotel! We immediately fell in love with Austria and were delighted that we chose to have our wedding there. The architecture, cuisine and culture are incomparable to any other place we have ever been. We could not have picked a more beautiful place to be married or travel with family.Two days before our wedding I was stuck with food poisoning. This made me a bit anxious before the wedding, but Irene had everything perfectly arranged. Our wedding day turned out better than I had ever anticipated. Irene provided elegance in every detail of the day, from the music to the flowers, even down to the name cards and table linens.We had a tiny wedding of just immediate family. Part of our wedding day included a photo shoot throughout the city. Irene created a separate plan for our family. Her attentiveness was beyond sincere and greatly appreciated by all of our guests.I had planned separately a reception style weekend for friends in Italy. My one regret is I did not have Irene help me plan this reception as well. Although the weekend turned out wonderfully, it was missing the stylistically tasteful, chic and romantic atmosphere Irene created on our wedding day. Also a quirky part of our wedding festivities was that I ordered the exact same cake, using the same instructions in Austria and Italy. I must say the results were translated quite differently and Austria was definitely the winner in taste and design.Thank you Irene for everything- it was truly the most beautiful day of our lives.

High Emotion Weddings is an incredible resource for couples that creates a very personalized experience for your wedding. We were travelling from our home in Pennsylvania to Austria for our Elopement and thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of planning with Irene. She provided up-front information, detailed considerations, and seamless organization all while taking the time to learn about us as a couple and our vision for the wedding day. Communication was always considerate of the time zone differences and included email, planning platform, and video calls. A diverse variety of vendors were available to choose from with specific recommendations from Irene since she has dedicated the time to build professional relationships with high quality services. The wedding day went so smoothly and without any stress as Irene & Mihai have impeccable organization. It truly felt like we had a second family with us for support on the day and getting to know them personally was an extra joy. I cannot say enough about the quality and personalization of their services and whole heartedly recommend them for international wedding/elopement/proposal planning!

We are still overwhelmed with our perfect wedding!And it would not be possible without your help!!!I cannot find enough words to express how beautiful was everything!All the guests were just mesmerised by all the beauty! We are still discussing how perfect was everything! :)That was such a great cooperation with you!Thank you so much for being so professional and passionate for what you are doing!We could not even imagine how smooth everything would be! Communication, ideas discussions, organisation.... everything!And the biggest gratitude is for bringing personal touch for everything you do!THANK YOU SO MUCH!We cannot wait to see share with you professional photos already!P.S. And many thx for your present! This was so sweet and just perfect for our after wedding day!

Pause for a moment and picture your dream wedding. Imagine the sights, the sounds, and the feel of your ideal day. Now imagine someone who has the magic powers to extract that exact fantasy from your mind, breathe life into it, and make it a reality - down to the smallest detail; everything one thousand times more beautiful, more perfect than you ever imagined. It sounds too good to be true! But it’s not if you know Irene and her team at High Emotion Weddings.We immediately fell in love with the classic elegance and breathtaking beauty that exuded from photo after photo in HEW’s portfolio. The initial discovery call sealed the deal for us. Irene was warm, inquisitive, and thoughtful. She wanted to know about us as a couple - our likes and dislikes; what our ideal day looked like; how we wanted to feel. We found this to be refreshing compared to calls we had with other planners whose first order of business was to discuss numbers, logistics, and deposits. With them, it seemed like just another transaction. With Irene, it immediately felt personal.We worked closely with Irene and Mihai to refine the details of our wedding weekend. They consulted us about every element - website, music, photography, food & beverage, decor, you name it! They asked us to share the vibe we wanted, and they narrowed down a few options for each category from which we could choose. This was a blessing for people like Joe and me who are super indecisive! Irene and Mihai provided their expert opinion when we asked for input, but they were never pushy and never tried to sway us in any particular direction. Irene graciously advocated for us when speaking to vendors - communicating our desires and our concerns and negotiating pricing when it was warranted.Each step of planning was handled so thoroughly and so methodically. Irene was speedy and comprehensive in her responses. Her communication via email was always crystal clear - something not easily achieved for most people, but super important when it comes to planning the finer details of a destination wedding. We had regular status calls where Irene provided us with a list of completed, ongoing, and future tasks. I cannot stress enough how buttoned-up everything was. We were in lockstep with Irene and Mihai through the entire process; our visions completely aligned. We truly felt a partnership with them.Joe and I always scoffed and rolled our eyes when people would tell us your wedding is the best day of your life. “We’ll have lots of best days!”, we’d respond. How wrong we were. We both can honestly say that Irene and Mihai gave us the most incredible day of our life. The thought, care, and attention to detail that went into planning was second to none. The execution was flawless. They took all the stress out of planning a wedding. They did all the heavy lifting so we could sit back and simply enjoy our day. They created a masterpiece: making it possible for us to marry in an exquisite church, and then celebrate our love with our family and closest friends in an actual palace! The expressions and reactions of our families and friends are forever ingrained in our minds. We have never felt so much happiness, so much love.We’ve been to a lot of great weddings, but there’s something about them that always seem so generic; cookie-cutter, if you will. They all have a similar look and feel, bar the different flowers or linen color. That wasn’t the case for us. Everything that Irene touched was pure gold. If you want a day that’s truly special, truly one-of-a-kind; a day that truly captures and reflects your essence as a couple, you need to hire High Emotion Weddings. No one will put as much love or thought into making your special day a reality as Irene. She is sincerely one of the most talented, creative, perceptive, and beautiful humans I know. Thank you, High Emotion Weddings, for setting the bar so high. You are truly masters of your craft.

What can I say about Irene and Mihai except that they are the DREAM planning team.Our brief was not usual or straightforward - a very “unweddingy” wedding, bridesmaids wearing colourful suits, can we have black and white? It’s all about the party, schnitzel for mains, dancing between courses, party tunes post ceremony, can we dance outside until 4am, thousands of confetti poppers at a Viennese castle (they’re not the most laid back bunch), würstlstand for midnight snack etc etc - and we had 2x Covid cancellations and planning from San Francisco and London in between. Irene and Mihai took it all in their stride and brought our vision to life without blinking (at least that we saw!). It was the most magical day of our lives and exactly what we wanted.Irene’s attention to detail and organization is next to none. I thought I was über organised but she really beats me by a mile! She thought of every single detail - the ones I had thought of and about 500x more - making my life so much easier. She is honest in her views and able to advise properly, which I appreciated. She also knows how to select the best team of vendors to work with (and there are always options for varying budgets). She goes above and beyond to fulfill requests, even when they are new to her or different to what others would do. I’m still not sure how she sourced our custom würstlstand sign! She is incredibly acknowledgable about everything and anything to do with weddings and all the bits around it.Irene and team were also (unsurprisingly) incredible on the day. I didn’t have to even think about a single thing and was able to fully enjoy the day. No thinking about what is arriving when and where - dreamy!!Having Irene and team on our planning team was the best decision we made. I would do it a hundred times over. I can’t recommend her and her team enough!

Words cannot express how thankful we are for Irene and team for their wonderful service at Highemotions Wedding. Every aspect of our experience with Irene was simply fanstastic, and it truly displays her professionalism, great work ethic, and excellent taste in aesthetics. We just had our wedding in September, 2022 in Vienna and it was everything we dreamt of and more. Our process started in 2020, but plans were derailed due to the pandemic. During that time, Irene kept in touch with us from time to time but only to check in to make sure us and our families were doing ok. It made us feel that she truly cared about us and we were not just her clients. When it was time to get down to planning in 2022, Irene was simply a superstar. She was able to provide us with so many valuable suggestions because of her wealth of knowledge and experience. She gave us choices and insights on the different topics, and made the navigation process as easy as possible. She was always organized, prepared and thorough. And when I say she is organized, I have never met someone as organized as her. Everything was presented to us very clearly, with references and hyperlinks for more information. We were always fully aware of what we needed to do and how far along we were in the process. And when it came to making decisions, she was always respectful of our opinions and considerate of our wishes and circumstances. She was never pushy about any subject matters and was always understanding, even though we were often tardy in our response times to emails and deadlines. When we encountered some major challenges, she thought ten steps ahead and presented us with the best options promptly and with our best interest in mind. In addition, she is well connected within the industry and has great relationships with many excellent photographers, videographers, florists, venues, etc. For example, we love our photographer, Nikol, and the work she has done for us. When we arrived in Vienna, she made us and all of our guests feel so welcome and excited for the celebration. On the actual wedding day, Irene and her husband Mihai were there for us every step of the way. They were attentive, thoughtful and painstakingly ensured that every single detail was in place and that every element went smoothly. We felt very well taken care of, and all we had to worry about was to have a great time. We had a blast at our wedding! Everything went on without a hinge, and our venue and all the decorations were simply breathtaking. Irene and her team at Highemotions Wedding truly made our dream wedding come true, and we are forever grateful.

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Selecting Irene as our destination wedding planner was one of the best decisions we made throughout planning our destination wedding in Vienna.I located Irene through online research, and I was quickly impressed by her responsiveness, dedication and detailed yet to the point spreadsheets!Irene made the planning process as easy as possible for us and our guests with her thorough planning, exceptional calmness and professionalism. She went over and beyond to come up with suitable ideas and she was open to suggestions from our end and happy to look for alternatives where we couldn’t quite make our minds up. She is very experienced and knows the industry inside out. Irene and her team will know what will work best on the day. She is the BEST you can have if you are planning a destination wedding in Vienna.In addition to the planning process, I was particularly impressed with her and her team on the wedding day. Irene and Mihai certainly exceeded our expectations! We are delighted by the good feedback we have had from many of our guests. Thank you for making the process easy and fun for us. We only wish we could do it all over again!