Consulting & Coordination

Every service, considered around the day you want.

Heaven Sent works with wedding professionals daily. We have screened vendors and sites across Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey, the DMV, and destinations worldwide — for the best products, locations, service and prices.

Whether you are planning a garden ceremony or a large elegant celebration, our expertise saves you time, energy and money, and gives you a wedding that is stress free and filled with the moments you will remember for the rest of your life.

Heaven Sent destination wedding couple beneath palms
A Heaven Sent destination celebration

Why Hire a Wedding Planner

Congratulations on your engagement.

400+Hours

The average wedding takes more than four hundred hours just to plan — ten forty-hour weeks. Couples are faced with decisions about everything from the ceremony to the honeymoon, and are often unsure how much to spend or where to find specialised services. We make sure you get the best deal, and that every detail is in place.

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We negotiate on your behalf

Experienced in negotiating contracts with caterers, florists, photographers and other suppliers, we save you valuable time and money. We take advantage of discounts not available to private parties, and avoid costly mistakes.

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We know the etiquette

Professional planners who know etiquette — from the socially correct formats through to the proper planning and organisation of your wedding day. We have the contacts necessary to match you with the right vendors.

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We work with the professionals you choose

We make sure every detail is set exactly the way you want it, help you organise the wedding you imagined, and keep you within budget by suggesting ways to make your money go furthest.

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We are a saving grace for busy brides

Our training, knowledge, creativity and service are particularly valuable to those with short engagements, and to those who envision a wildly fantastical wedding and do not know how to make it a reality.

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And sometimes, we are the calm in the family

Heaven Sent can act as family counsellor for apprehensive brides and their mothers. We also, quite often, become as close as your best friend.

Complimentary 30-minute initial phone consultation

By appointment only. Programa tu consulta inicial gratuita de 30 minutos.

Book the Call

Wedding & Event Service Tiers

Three levels of engagement.

From day-of direction for the bride who has planned it herself, to full production led personally by Christina.

Tier One

Sapphire

Wedding day management and month-of coordination — ideal for the bride who has handled the planning but wants a professional running the day itself.

  • 60 total hours of service
  • 8 hours of wedding or event day direction at one location
  • 2-hour wedding rehearsal
  • 3 assistant wedding planners
  • Begins as early as two months before the day

Tier Two

Ruby

Planning and management for couples whose schedules, work or distance mean the 250+ hours a wedding demands simply are not available.

  • Full planning service and management
  • Assistance locating venues for all wedding-related activities
  • Managed and supervised by Christina Maddox or a qualified assistant
  • Subject to availability

Tier Three

Diamond

The luxury level — every facet of planning, production and hands-on management, crafted for the couple and their families who wish to enjoy every moment of this time.

  • Over 500 hours devoted to your day
  • Personally developed and coordinated by Christina Maddox
  • Includes Wedding Night Suite Décor
  • Trained assistants on site throughout

Please contact the office for the complete list of service tiers and pricing

Before You Engage Us

Consultations & planning meetings.

Wedding or Event Planning Consultation

90 minutes · by appointment · $250

For prospective clients actively considering hiring a professional wedding or event planner, who wish to discuss their plans thoroughly. Your planning meeting is designed to be the first blueprint step toward the creation of an amazing wedding or event celebration, and during the meeting we give you advice based on our years of knowledge and expertise, as well as our many revered partnerships with excellent service providers locally and nationwide.

Upon conclusion of your planning meeting you will be provided with a customised quote for services, as well as the opportunity to move forward with securing Heaven Sent Wedding Consultants as your planner.

Planning meetings are 90 minutes, by appointment only — $250

The fee is payable in cash, and as our way of saying thank you for entrusting this occasion to our company, it is credited to your final payment at the end of the planning process.

Heaven Sent Engagements

A three-hour session for the newly engaged

A great way to receive expert professional guidance about the vision you have for this day. Designed for the newly engaged, this three-hour session will help you define your thoughts, and includes a listing of qualified vendor referrals, a written basic budget overview and a simple planning worksheet to get you started on the road to a heavenly matrimonial experience.

Wedding planning and coordination are not included at this level of service.

Additional Services

The touches that finish a celebration.

Wedding Night Suite Décor

Included in the Diamond tier

Allow us to create a wonderful retreat for you to celebrate your first night together — from romantic candlelight to special treats and amenities, our Wedding Night Suite Décor service is the crowning touch to a perfect day.

  • Included in the Diamond Luxury Service Tier
  • Client may choose sparkling wine or sparkling cider
  • Available only within a two-mile radius of the reception site

Rehearsal Dinner Planning & Coordination

One hour of onsite management included

Need assistance pulling together a memorable rehearsal event? We work with you to find the right location, menu and little touches that make this pre-wedding gathering fun, relaxing and enjoyable for everyone. One hour of onsite management is included.

Welcome Packages & Gift Bags

For your out-of-town guests

A warm, wonderful way to welcome your out-of-town guests. We will include maps, snacks, trinkets, tickets, directions — anything that will make their stay a pleasant one.

Restroom Amenity Baskets

Ceremony and/or reception site

Let us provide those little, important extras to ensure the comfort of you and your guests on this special day. The baskets can be used at your ceremony and/or reception site, at your choice, and include gender-specific items.

Cost includes all items, containers, setup and signage. Personalised hand towels are available at an additional charge.

Abroad

The Destination Wedding Package.

For clients who wish to host a destination wedding for their family and friends.

What the destination package includes

Twenty inclusions — open to read the full list

  • Venue location assistance
  • Assistance with guest accommodations
  • Advisement on travel-related issues
  • Budget construction and implementation
  • Vendor referral service, based on location and availability of quality providers
  • Basic review of acquired wedding contracts or service agreements
  • Décor and design development, including basic installation as needed
  • Assistance with related wedding stationery and save-the-date cards
  • Initial walkthrough of the selected ceremony and reception site
  • Attendance at the final session with caterer, event site managers, florist and other vendors
  • Assistance with related onsite social events — welcome party, rehearsal dinner and so on
  • Transportation management for wedding party and guests, if required
  • Assistance with necessary marriage documents for weddings outside the United States
  • Confirmation of all vendor services two weeks prior, and again during the week of the wedding
  • Etiquette advisement
  • Four progress meetings, in person or by teleconference
  • Detailed wedding day itinerary
  • Unlimited phone calls within normal business hours
  • Unlimited email access to your consultant
  • Rehearsal direction

In addition to your primary wedding consultant, a minimum of one assistant will be present to ensure the efficient management of your event. All travel and lodging costs for the consultant and her assistants are the responsibility of the client. A pre-event site inspection is required for all destination wedding events.

Not Sure If This Is For You?

Ask yourself these questions.

Eleven questions worth sitting with

Open to read them

  • Do you want to spend your engagement enjoying family, friends and the one you love?
  • Do you and your partner work full time?
  • Do you want your mother, aunts, grandmother and all the women you love to share the joys of your engagement and wedding preparation — rather than run around stressed and wrapped up in planning and vendor negotiations?
  • Do you want to spend hours researching countless suppliers?
  • Do you want the best price on all your services?
  • Do you need inspiration to pull together a theme?
  • Are you or your family unclear of your wedding needs, and in need of help sticking to the budget?
  • Does everyone around you have an opinion?
  • Do you want to worry about the mundane details — vendor insurances, timing, venue accessibility, logistics? Not the fun part.
  • Do you value that a wedding is a major life event, next to a college education, a house or a car — often the biggest financial outlay in life?
  • Do you really believe, in your heart, that you deserve to be happy — that your engagement should be about making memories with your future spouse, family and friends, and having the time of your life, rather than a frenzy of checklists and projects you thought you had time for?

Begin

Start with the phone call.

Thirty minutes, complimentary, by appointment. We will tell you honestly which tier suits the day you are planning.