About GFH Designs & Events

Located in San Francisco, CA, GFH Designs and Events is a wedding planning business. With these professional planners, you and your partner will have no trouble bringing your ultimate wedding vision to life.

Owner Alexandra truly believes that her company is the best choice for the happiest day in your life. This family-owned and run business will work with you until you are 100% happy with how everything has turned out. Your wedding should reflect your love as a pair, and Alexandra would be honored to help all your dreams come true.

GFH Designs and Events can offer multiple wedding-related planning services. From partial to full planning services and day-of coordination. The team can help plan celebrations of all kinds, including civil ceremonies, elopements, and religious occasions. They can also assist with event design, budget analysis, guest-list creation, timeline creation, and vendor referrals. Alexandra and her staff will be by your side throughout the whole process, so you can focus on what really matters!

Awards

Best of weddings by The Knot

Pricing Details

Full Planning
$9,000
Wedding Accessories
This service includes assistance with everything in the planning process from start to finish. From vendor and budget advice to designing a beautiful tablescape, full planning ensures that you have a planner by your side through all of it. Your planner will provide answers to your questions and solutions to any issues that may arise throughout your time together so that things progress smoothly throughout the entire process.
 
FULL PLANNING TIMELINE:  12+ MONTHS PRIOR TO WEDDING DATE
 
Full Planning includes:
* Venue selection and site visits
* Vendor referrals and management 
* Contract review and negotiation
* Budget assessment and oversight
* Planning checklist with to-do’s outlined throughout the process
* Creation of design plan to include: mood board, floral and linen recommendations,  color palette, and custom floor plans
* Oversight of additional design elements including lighting design and tablescape decor
* Sourcing of custom design pieces including event furnishings and another decor
* Management of structural event elements including tenting, flooring, and staging 
* Curation of the paper suite to include invitations, place cards, name cards, signage, etc. 
* Creation of custom installations for cakes, escort cards, and other displays
* Management of all transportation logistics for guests and bridal party
* Coordination with venue staff
* Creation and distribution of event day timeline to all vendors) and VIP’s
* Run rehearsal prior to the wedding day
* (2) Event assistants on-site day-of
* Execute event day according to the timeline and ensure all vendors are accounted for
* Oversee the breakdown of the event and ensure all personal items are returned to the client. 
FULL PLANNING START AT $9,000

Day-Of-Coordination
$2,500
Wedding Accessories
Day-Of Coordination is the perfect service for couples who desire to handle the entire planning process themselves but want to hand over the reins prior to the big day. Our job is to step in and coordinate any of the final details and manage all of the logistics for your event, leaving you to enjoy the last moments before you walk down the aisle.
 
DAY-OF COORDINATION TIMELINE:  4-6 WEEKS OUT PRIOR TO THE WEDDING DATE
 
Day-Of Coordination includes:
* Review of all transportation logistics for guests and bridal party
* Finalize details with all vendors (including venue)
* Creation of floor plans for wedding day
* Execute event day according to the timeline and ensure all vendors are accounted for
* Coordination with venue staff
* (1 or 2) Event Assistants
* Oversee and execute breakdown of the event and ensure all personal items are returned to client
BASED ON  GUEST NUMBER, DAY-OF-COORDINATION START AT $2,500

Event Design
$5,000
Wedding Accessories
Design as a stand-alone service is for clients who want a beautiful wedding but don’t need assistance with the logistical aspects of the planning process. With this service, we’ll monitor everything design-related, including being there on the wedding day to make sure all of your dreamy designs come to life exactly as you imagined. This service is perfect for a client who is getting married at a full-service venue. 
 
DESIGN TIMELINE:  TYPICALLY 6-9 MONTHS PRIOR TO WEDDING DATE
 
Design Services include:
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EVENT DESIGN START AT $5,000

Partial Planning
$6,000
Wedding Accessories

. Partial planning services do not provide the same level of support as full planning services, as they typically do not start more than 6 months before the wedding date, unlike full planning which begins at least 12 months prior.
 
PARTIAL PLANNING TIMELINE:  TYPICALLY 6 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE WEDDING DATE
 
Partial Planning includes:
* Vendor management 
* Contract review 
* Budget oversight
* Planning checklist with to-do’s outlined
* Coordination with venue staff
* Management of all transportation logistics for guests and bridal party
* Run Rehearsal prior to the wedding day
* Creation and distribution of event day timeline to all vendors and VIP’s
* Creation of floor plans for wedding day
* (2) Event Assistants on site
* Execute event day according to the timeline and ensure all vendors are accounted for
* Oversee breakdown of the event and ensure all personal items are returned to client
PARTIAL PLANNING START AT $6,000

Floral Design
$4,500
Wedding Accessories
Natural or silk flowers? Either way, we are here for you!
At GFH Designs & Events we appreciate every idea and try to accommodate your needs. We specialize in elegant BOHO style, which is our most popular!
 
FLORAL DESIGN STARTS AT $4,500

Setup & Teardown
$1,600
Wedding Accessories
Our team will set up and break-down decorations and tablescapes that GFH Designs & Events own. Due to the general insurance policy, we cannot make ourselves liable for anything that is not our property.  
 
SETUP & TEARDOWN START AT $1,600

More Details

Service

Full-Service Event Planning
Full Event Production
Partial Event Planning
Consulting Event-Services
Day-Of Planning
Month-Of Planning
Decoration
Venue Search
Entertainment

Service Level

Industry Standard
High End (Luxury)

Spoken Languages

English, Spanish

# Guests

2 - 700 people

Event Types
Weddings
Engagement Parties
Intimate Dinners
Prom
Graduations
Cocktail Parties
Holiday Parties
Dinner Auctions Fundraiser
Closing Ceremonies
Corporate Fundraisers
Event Styles
Modern
Elegant
Romantic
Rustic
Glamorous
Classic
Beachy
Bohemian
Vintage
Natural
Main Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Service Locations
San Francisco, CA, USA
Mill Valley, CA 94941, USA
Corte Madera, CA, USA
Daly City, CA, USA
Palo Alto, CA, USA
San Rafael, CA, USA
San Mateo, CA, USA
Walnut Creek, CA, USA
Alameda, CA, USA
Dublin, CA 94568, USA
Hayward, CA, USA
Pleasanton, CA, USA
South San Francisco, CA, USA
Oakland, CA, USA
Foster City, CA, USA
Tiburon, CA, USA
Sausalito, CA 94965, USA
Union City, CA, USA
San Jose, CA, USA

GFH Designs & Events

SERVICES

Full-Service Event Planning
Full Event Production
Partial Event Planning
Consulting Event-Services


PREFERRED CLIENT BUDGET

$50,001 to $100,000


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