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On the morning of our wedding, we woke to the sound of howling wind and rain lashing at the windows of our room overlooking Zeller See, a small lake in the foothills. Marisa was a bit worried (and I worried for her) about how the day might turn out. The rain and wind were hard and cold, it was obvious that the outdoor lakeside ceremony and post-ceremony photographs in nearby Hallstatt were no longer in the cards. No matter. Thanks to Irene, we had the perfect day — better than we imagined from the start. All outdoor activities were moved indoors with no fuss (we did make a run at some outdoor photos and, well, they are unique and we love them). Irene delivered the wedding we hoped for: an intimate ceremony—just the two of us—in quiet, picturesque surroundings. We enjoy hiking and the outdoors and first considered Colorado, Alaska, Maine, and other U.S. locations. Not satisfied, we expanded our search and decided that Austria was the place. Two busy attorneys with absolutely no command of German (beyond counting to ten and the very little I remember my mother teaching me 30+ years before), we knew we would need someone to make all arrangements. Upon connecting with Irene over Skype, we felt comfortable and confident with the idea of working with her. She basically did everything for us: helped us acquire and submit all required documents, arranged for the time and place of the ceremony, arranged for the officiant, reserved our accommodations, planned lunch and dinner, and found our photographer and a stylist for Marisa. Without much help from us, Irene selected the colors and flowers that turned out perfect for the setting and really appeared magical amid the day-long downpour. After we failed to select the evening’s music in advance, Mihai stepped in with a perfect playlist for the dinner Marisa and I ate alone, by the lake, a fireplace behind us. As if Irene had not done enough for us already, she gifted us a sachertorte. Our entire experience working with Irene in advance of our wedding, the day before, and the day of our wedding was wonderful. She was patient with us and answered all our questions. We may have frustrated her with our lack of input—I felt at times we were leaving much in her hands—but she really is talented. And very kind! Irene and Mihai made great companions for dinner the night before the big day. Still, more than two years later, my memories of that day are as vivid as if it were yesterday. And this message is far, far overdue. We cannot thank Irene and her team enough.

What first come into my mind when speaking about Irene is, that she is that kind of person, you meet once in a lifetime! So beautiful person inside and out, extremely talented and caring about every little detail you can imagine. Once you experience working with her, you realize immediately, that she takes care of the client as he was a part of a family?. What is very important to me as a photographer, that she is EXTREMELY organised. It means I know beforehand everything about the wedding day thanks to her detailed and sophisticated planning skills covered in a document, that I carry with me the whole wedding day. And I know, I find there everything I need in terms of photography and much more??. Choosing Irene wedding planning services is the BEST decision the client can make, cause I am more than sure, that the event is going to be FULL success?.

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!

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.

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.

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.

We don't have enough words to thank High Emotion Weddings team (Irene, Mihai, Valentina) for all your amazing work. The wedding was perfect, including all the details from the arrival to Viena to the post-wedding. We never could thank you enough for the experience, above the preparation, the venue, the ceremony, and the party, the whole wedding day is unforgettable and invaluable. We wanted to do a very elegant, exclusive wedding inspired by the Imperial aesthetic of Vienna. Irene and her team prepared for us the most exclusive venue (Coburg Palais) and the finest professionals (designer, florist, chefs, aestheticist) to make our wedding day beyond our expectations with pretty high quality and elegance. No one detail was missing. Our guests and ourselves found in each one hotel room personalised welcome gifts and information about the wedding schedule and the activities in Vienna. Then, we have the opportunity to meet in person with Irene and Mihai, had a relaxed talk and they make us feel at home. The day before the wedding we have the opportunity also to meet the photographer team and talk about the thing that is important for us in our big day. The wedding was above all of our expectations, every professional who was recommended by Irene was beyond perfection, kind and warm, paying attention to all the details and I really felt them like old friends. I highly recommend everybody who is thinking about getting married to contact High emotion weddings because it is something special and unique. Best decision of our lives.