cHill Weddings, LLC

We weren't sure that we wanted to hire a wedding coordinator at first, our budget was tight and we had already planned much of the wedding ourselves. We are so thankful, though, that we had Tasha as our day-of coordinator. We met with her a couple of times before the wedding. She was patient as we all (Mom, Groom, Bride) explained our vision and the things that were most important to us. She always answered our questions promptly through email and thought of a few questions that we might not have come up with on our own. On the day of the wedding we decided to give up control and enjoy ourselves. Tasha and her assistant, Sara, made that possible and executed the behind-the-stage stuff so we didn't have to worry about it. Our venue staff said that they really enjoyed working with her because she was clear and organized. Thanks Tasha, Sara, and Christina for making our day go smoothly.

I always thought I would plan my wedding on my own, but when Larry and I decided to get married in Philadelphia, I knew I would need help, both with finding vendors who fit our budget and style and with the actual logistics of the day. When we first met Christina, we clicked immediately and I knew we would be in good hands. Her ideas and suggestions were invaluable to the whole planning process. We had already booked our ceremony and reception sites, but filling in the details that would make our wedding personal is where Christina assisted us the most. We gave her our budget and she led us to our fantastic caterer, the event rental company, wonderful florist, talented photographers, reception entertainment, invitation designer and printer, and my hair and make-up artists. As with all event planning, every aspect of the wedding did not work out smoothly, but Christina was always calm and able to offer a solution to any problem that arose. She was only a phone call away when any concern crept up and was happy to discuss it or reassure me when I needed it. Not only was Christina helpful in planning the wedding, but she and her team insured a smooth wedding day. Our wedding reception site was just that - a place to have a reception - and so much work was needed to complete it before the evening began. Christina and her team oversaw the set-up of the reception and the ceremony, as well as kept an eye on the shuttles we had provided for our guests for that day. I remained blissfully unaware of any issues that morning or evening and was able to truly enjoy my wedding day. Our wedding was everything we had hoped it would be and we owe a great deal to Christina!

I've tried to write this review many times but its hard. When it comes to Christina's service i am speechless. It is much easier to write something when things dont go our way or if there are problems during the planning process or day-of. Aside from one or 2 glitches with other vendors (which Christina took care of seamlessly) everything went so smoothly. While other brides may start stressing a month or 2 out, my mind was at ease until maybe the last few days leading up to the wedding, and those were really due to nerves more then anything else. Christina found vendors that matched our style AND or budget. She matched us with Andrew our photographer, Brown Betty our baker, Natalie for hair, Mila for makeup, Robert Ryans our caterer/venue, and Magical Sights & Sounds or DJ. I also probably threw her for a loop when I requested a filipino and korean dance troupe, but she delivered. That's basically our entire wedding. What would i have done without her. Additionally, her and her team arranged our centerpieces with the flowers we provided. Could we have asked for anything more?On the day of, if there were any problems i never knew. All the vendors were set up and ready when they needed to be. Everything looked gorgeous. And most importantly Marc and I only had to worry about having fun. At the end of the night Christina and her staff collected all our wedding items which was one less thing to worry about.Every bride out there should know, there is no way to avoid the little hiccups along the way. The mark of a truly fabulous wedding planner is how he or she deals with them. Christina dealt with all of them flawlessly. I highly recommend her and her staff.

I contacted Christina for day of coordination services and we really cannot imagine our wedding without her help. My husband still raves that it was the most worthwhile thing we did. Christina was not available for our wedding, so Tasha was our coordinator and she was fabulous. They were both organized, yet relaxed and put me at ease from the first moment we met. We had an outdoor wedding at a friends farm, so there was a lot of work that needed to be done since this was not a traditional venue. My day ran just as planned and I was able to relax and enjoy my wedding. Our friends and family still rave that it was best wedding they have ever attended. I wish I could do a better job expressing how happy I was with Christina and Tasha- words really cannot do it justice.

Chillweddings LLC was an invaluable resource on our wedding day. Christina Hill & staff were especially key in helping us set up our reception room with floral decor since our florist was not able to set up. They worked with our overall theme & really made the entire wedding day smooth from beginning to end. We could not have done without CHILL weddings.Thanks so much for making our wedding day so special for us. I would highly recommend Chill weddings to brides!

Christina and her entire team are wonderful! Everything my fiance and I needed was taken care of in a timely and professional manner. She took care of everything from helping us select a venue for the wedding to checking us into our hotel on the night of our wedding!!! Christina is a pleasure to work with and takes care of even the smallest details!

Christina Hill was responsible for the day coordination of my wedding. She was fantastic, organized, and very dependable. My other vendors and family commented on how professional she and her assistant were. She really made me and my family feel at ease that day, and made sure to tackle any potential concerns I had. She even took the time to support my photographer in family photos since we have a huge family and he was a one man show. I could never thank her enough for all that she to assist in making my wedding day seemless, and wonderful for me and my husband.

Christina and her assistant we're incredible! We had our wedding at a beach house that we rented for the week. It was absolutely gorgeous and exactly what we wanted but by doing it this way as opposed to a typical wedding venue it is much more work. I met with Christina two days prior to the wedding and we did a whole walk through of how we saw the day flowing. She had already called all of my vendors and introduced herself and touched base with them. She was extremely professional and I felt very confidant that she was imagining everything the way we saw it. The day of Christina and her assistant arrived at the house early to direct the flow of traffic among all the vendors getting there and setting up on time. A lot of work had to be done, and while I was getting ready in the hotel and taking pictures never once did I think about any of the chaos going on in the house. I felt very reassured that Christina had it all under control. I was able to enjoy the entire morning with my family and friends drinking mimosas and taking pictures stress free. Once arriving at the house everything was perfect, the shuttles had gotten all the guest there on time, Christina made sure that the grooms family portraits were taken before the ceremony, the live musician was there playing for pre-ceremony, all the centerpieces were put together, and the tent was ready for cocktail hour. As we pulled up Christina gathered everyone together that need to walk down the aisle, she cued the musician to play the correct music and we had a breath taking ceremony.After the ceremony, cocktail hour followed in the tent while my new husband and I went off to take pictures. Christina made sure all our guests were directed into the tent and the musician was able to set up in the tent for cocktail as well. Once we came back from pictures, Christina came and checked in with me to make see if I was ready to be announced, she made sure the DJ knew we were coming and all the proper people and songs were played. As the night went on we had a blast and I never had one moment of stress or worry, and neither did my mother. My whole family was able to enjoy the entire night dancing, eating and drinking.It seemed if I ever needed something through the night either Christina or her assistant were right there before I had the chance to look for them. To me it was a flawless and perfectly smooth day, to Christina it may not have been, I'll never know because if a problem did arise she handled it without having to trouble the bride, groom, mother of the bride or anyone else. I would recommend having a coordinator to everyone, and I would absolutely recommend Christina and her team.

cHill Weddings was wonderful! She helped me find my DJ, my photographer, and my florist. She made itineraries and checklists. She emailed just to check in and see if I needed anything. She made sure that everything was set up at my venue the morning of. I'm sure there's a million little things that she did that I wasn't even aware of.It was amazing to go through my ceremony and reception without worrying about anything.

This vendor paid wonderful attention to detail. She was always calm, collected and very kind. She did an exceptional job and wasy always willing to meet the bride and grooms' needs.

I would highly recommend Christina to any bride getting married. The only problem I had was with one of her assistants taking the wedding bands from the best man and then leaving them back at the hotel, causing the wedding to be late and causing me a lot of stress since she was in the car with me when she discovered she didn't have the rings. But Christina herself was beyond exceptional, a pleasure to work with. She found me some great vendors and she did an amazing job decorating our reception (which was no small task). Her other assistant was amazing as well, sewing my dress in the middle of the reception when the bustle came out and it ripped. Christina always responded back quickly to every crazy email and was a pleasure to work with. She truly is one of the best wedding planners in the area.

Christina and her assistant turned my wedding from a dream into a reality. She took care of any questions, table set-ups and ceremony set-ups as well as calmed my nerves. I would recommend her to anyone who needs help planning their wedding - she is honest and truly made my wedding a fairytale come true!

Everything was great and very organized!

Overall, we had a great wedding and we were able to really enjoy the wedding day thanks to Christina. We were planning a Philly wedding from another state in a relatively short period of time so we were in dire need of a planner. We had heard from several friends how planners can really make the planning process an enjoyable one so we were in search of one and found Christina through a wedding magazine. She was impressive - for our initial meeting, she had already done some research based on what I had told her through our phone conversation. She was abit more than what we were hoping to pay but she worked with us so that we were able to work with her. Positives: She was very prompt with her responses most of the time and really worked with our questions/concerns/requests even to the smallest details. She introduced us to a great florist, invitation designer, photographer, and DJ. She really helped to make the wedding weekend a success for all guests from establishing several hotel room blocks in different price ranges to making/delivering welcome bags to making room for unexpected guests on the wedding day. Without her, we would not have had the AWESOME photobook that our photographer made for us nor the pretty ceremony programs done by the Dulcetta Girls. We are thankful that she tried to shield us from the little glitches that were going on during the wedding day because we were able to enjoy our wedding day free of stresses! We also did not have to worry about anything after the wedding because she gathered all the necessary things to be delivered to our room/vendors, took care of payments, etc. Negatives: We felt, AT TIMES, that she was not as conscious of our budget as we had hoped she would be - she suggested to us rehearsal dinner venues that were out of our price range but when we did our own search, we were able to find one in the area that fit our budget; she recommended a wedding website with a fee so we went and found a website without a fee that had the online RSVP service that we were looking for; same with calligrapher, and so on. We also felt that she was not as proactive about her services as we had hoped she would be as the wedding planner. She was great at responding to all our concerns promptly but we were the ones asking her "so...what's next?" rather than she informing us of what's ahead. Last, we were at times disappointed by her mistakes such as putting up the wrong address on the wedding website for one of the hotels, not knowing the correct time for our ceremony even several weeks before the wedding (including our reception venue vendor). However, she was very responsive to our concerns when we brought them up during our planning process.

I met Christina on the Weddingbee boards. She seemed knowledgeable about Philly weddings, and though she hadn't done a ton of weddings at that point, her price was really good. We were originally looking for just a day-of-coordinator, but because the price for full coordination was still less than half of what we budgeted for a DOC, we figured that we should go for it, especially considering that I was planning a Delaware wedding from Texas. In the planning stages, Christina was a wonderful resource. She was very quick to respond to email and phone calls and offered valuable support and feedback to both my mom and me, especially on particularly sticky issues. She referred us to wonderful vendors who were within our budget, including Jeremy Evans Thomas (our wedding photographer), Synergetic Sounds (our DJ and lighting designer), Dollface Studios (my boudoir photographer), Citywrites (our calligrapher), Flowers by Mary Elizabeth (our florist), Wertz Motor Coach (our guest shuttle) and Cakes by Suzy (our groom's cake and wedding cake baker). With these references, Christina ended up saving us thousands of dollars and, for the most part, we were pleased with her vendor referrals. Christina ran the rehearsal well, commanding attention and respect of a large number of people. She was efficient and addressed questions authoritatively. There were a number of things, however, that didn't go so well. I understand that issues come up that can't be helped, but as a professional wedding planner, we expected Christina to more effectively manage these things. I made it clear that guests would start arriving at 5:30PM. I heard from a number of guests that when they arrived (after 5:30), the guest book and card vase was not set up and the staff was not properly dressed. There were 2 issues that probably kept Christina from having the set-up completely finished when the guests arrived: the chuppah was not properly configured and the shuttle was late. When we arrived at the museum at 5PM, the chuppah set-up was underway, but it was set-up incorrectly. This was a huge problem that needed to be corrected. More details can be found in the Flowers by Mary Elizabeth review below, but the bottom line was that if Mary was unclear about the set-up, Christina should have taken the initiative to get it fixed, rather than to rope the groom into fixing it. The other issue was that there was no point person for the bus, so the driver didn't have clear instructions on what to do or where to go, which meant that it was late leaving. I heard from a number of people Christina apparently told people that it would not be coming back and we would not hold the ceremony if people were late (neither of which were true), so people had to drive themselves instead of taking the shuttle, which is exactly what I didn't want. The bus ended up making a second trip and delaying the start time of the ceremony, which is fine, but the lack of communication around this was unacceptable. The bus should have been organized better so that the ceremony wasn't delayed by 20 minutes. Further, I was waiting in the back of the museum with my mom and the rabbi from 5:30 on. At 5:30, I managed to catch Lisa (Christina's assistant) and ask her for my bag to touch up my makeup. After that, I heard nothing else from Christina or Lisa. 6 rolled around, and no one came to get me. 6:10 rolled around and no one came to get me. I knew something was wrong but had no idea what. Not knowing what was going on was HORRIBLE. All I wanted to do was get married, but for some reason, I couldn't! I had no idea that we were still waiting for people to arrive, and had I known, I would have felt SO much better about the whole thing. Instead, I felt in the dark and out of control. In the end, the rabbi had to say enough is enough and tell her to get on with the ceremony. That being said, I was so pleased with the reception room set-up. Everything was set-up exactly as I intended and it really looked beautiful. Once the ceremony was finished, however, it was as if Christina disappeared. I had to cue the DJ to do things like cut the cake and do the hora, and I had to tell my dad when to give the toast. Christina had a minute-by-minute timeline of the entire day, and she knew that toasts were to be done during the first and second courses and that the bride/FOB/groom/MOG dance was to be done during the second and third courses. But after the time for these things came and went and the DJ made no mention of doing it, I had to be the one to tell the DJ to make these things happen. This was precisely the reason I hired a wedding planner -- so I wouldn't have to make sure things like this were done at the reception! Other things weren't in place when they needed to be -- there wasn't a knife and plate next to the cake, so we were standing there for a few minutes awkwardly waiting for these things (apparently my sister had to ask her to get it, and Christina said to her "Oh, I figured she would have a cake set?" Christina had made a checklist of everything I had and I handed it all off to Christina the day before, and there was no cake set there.). We needed chairs for the hora and after the DJ made the announcement, it also took her a few minutes during the hora to get them. It was like the DJ would make an announcement, and then we would stand around waiting for a few minutes, and then whatever we needed appeared. This was unacceptable, and really awkward. Lastly, and this is the least of my worries but it impacted my mom a lot, when we asked Christina to help us transport the gift bags to the hotels, Christina declined. She also did not offer to help us transport everything from our house to the museum. I believe this is standard wedding planner stuff, and it was a significant hassle for my mom in the days before the wedding. In the grand scheme of things, these things did not impact the event. We were still married. Our guests still had a ton of fun. And I understand that things go wrong. But when things do go wrong, the wedding planner should be the one to make it right -- that's why we hired one. Unfortunately, it was Christina's lack of communication and preparation that made these things go wrong. This was unacceptable for a professional wedding planner.