Daniel Events

I’m writing this post to Benny and his staff for the exceptional job they did for my daughters wedding. It was a dream come true and he delivered everything as promised. I’m an interior designer from New York and a control freak, but once I met Benny I new I was in good hands. His presentation is right on point and his creativity is everything you want when planning a special event. The best thing of all was he took all of my stress away. He is a true professional and comes in with a team of people and they work magic. I will be using his services again when my next daughter walks down the isle. My memories and pictures of this day are stunning and it was worth every penny. I always say you get what you pay for. Sincerely grateful Benny and again you hit it out of the park! Bravo — Mary Middlemiss

My fiancé and I just had the most awful experience with Daniel’s Events and I would warn anyone from dealing with them. I have since researched them and I have heard similar reports– there are so many better options in the Boca area that it’s not worth what we have had to go through.
We have been working with Benny for 6+ months; we were originally sold on the custom creation and willing to pay what is a premium price for him to design a unique arrangement for us. After agreeing to move forward, we attended a Wedding in December, which to our surprise had the exact same arrangements as our «custom» design. My fiancé took a meeting with him after and asked him to come up with a new design as a) it was supposed to be our custom design b) there were about 50 – 60 people from that wedding that will be at ours. He agreed to redo the design and she went back in today to go over the new pricing and design.
When she arrived, Benny informed her that the new designs were $ 50 dollars extra per item. When spending a few thousand dollars on flowers, it wasn’t a big number in the grand scheme of things, but she did question him on. They agreed to go back to the original centerpieces, with some small changes as to avoid paying more. They settled on the number and started reviewing the smaller centerpieces together. At that point, something snapped inside him and Benny turned to her and said «you know what, I’m done with you, get the f_​_​k out of my store.» He continued screaming at her all types of expletives until she left. The guy has a bit of a temper, but it sounds like he just completely snapped.
Benny is an absolute disgrace to speak to a woman in the manner in which he did. I cannot repeat the words he used when kicking her out while screaming at her. He made derogatory comments towards her and completely disrespected her to the point that she was in tears the entire day. While I appreciate that he might have had a difference of opinion on the situation, there is no reason a man should ever speak or treat a woman like he did– especially a woman alone without the benefit of anyone with her. He verbally abused her to the point she ran out of the store to call me.
My fiancé had previously mentioned that he treated her differently when she was alone versus when she was with us (my father, stepmother, and myself). He would not have spoken to her in this manner if anyone else was around, making it all the more disgusting. PLEASE do your research before going with this company. There are others that do just as nice work and would be much better candidates for the business.
Please understand that this post is not just another angry customer. I’ve never posted a negative review on anything or anyone; this is about letting people know what a terrible person they would be dealing with and hopefully preventing others from going through what were are going through now having to locate a new florist a few weeks prior to the wedding. I reached out to Benny multiple to times to have him explain himself, but was told that he wouldn’t speak to me. If you have a disagreement with someone and choose part ways, there is a way you can handle yourself– using expletives and derogatory comments is not that way to do that.

Con Artist at the finest. Spoke to them a couple of months ago and got some basic prices. Called back and told them I’d use them for dance floor up lights and drapery. As with any wedding we are on a budget and have to find the best products at the best price for my wedding. I was told «I’m not a decorator, and if you don’t use us for everything we aren’t quoting anything».
Part of doing business for my wedding day is not just the price but also working with quality people. And I’d steer clear of Daniel Events if you want someone that actually cares about doing business with you and cares about your event. They are obviously greedy street vendors with no class. Search on!

We had the pleasure to work with Benny and his team this past weekend on the Wedding of Deborah & Christopher at The Addison. They did an amazing job with the flowers and the décor. The Bride & Groom were more than happy with the results. Highly recommend them!

We had heard great things about Benny and after interviewing other florists chose him based on his experience with the venue and weddings. I am extremely detail oriented and brought a lot of pictures from Pinterest our first meeting. He barely paid attention and my fiancé didn’t get a great vibe, but my mother and I went on his reputation and that he was experienced and had worked at our venue previously. My dream vision was romantic candles, submerged purple and white orchids in square vases (with a square cake to match). I asked for a purple (even showed the color of the bridesmaids dresses to match shades) bouquet with white orchids and one white Lily (my deceased Great Grandma Lily) and showed them the picture of a purple stem wrap with ends sticking out. We made it very clear that we wanted no centerpiece taller than eye level so guests could see each other across the table. Benny barely took notes and said absolutely they would make it work and my vision would be fulfilled. He had done work at my venue before as well so knew how to decorate the outdoor gazebo and the bathroom, etc. Before scheduling my appointment to see the samples, I had questioned them on their final proposal stating round vases for centerpieces. They then told me they didn’t have squares and I needed to use rounds. I was livid as we had already designed my vision with squares and told it wouldn’t be a problem. Upon arriving to see our sample table, although they had squares, they were higher than eye level with PINK orchids– not even our color scheme. There were black rocks in the vases! I was very upset that nothing was what we had discussed. We told him to make the flowers ALL white with clear beads after he told us that day orchids don’t come in my purple shade. Glad he NEVER mentioned that before we signed the contract! I was nervous about the wedding day since I was very unhappy with seeing the sample a few weeks prior. Benny said he would make it right so we trusted he would.
The wedding day only got worse. Michael, the driver, brought us boutonnieres for the groomsmen that weren’t even open/​budding so you only saw a green stem and a bud. My bridal bouquet had NO orchids (the entire theme of the wedding), no Lily (specified IN THE CONTRACT) and the wrap job had white floral tape with wrinkles and looked horrible (covering the edges NOT what I asked for at all). I wanted to cry but kept it together. When I asked where the purple wrap was for my bouquet and where were the orchids and Lily I was told (by Michael) Benny was unavailable to answer (no answer at the store) and that he had to go because he had another event to get to. I was not a priority just a «drop off» to deal with the consequences. When my mother stated how dare you bring bouquets that had no fresh scent and dried brown flowers, his response was «I am having a very stressful day». That is NO way for anyone representing Daniels Events to speak to the client. It is the vendors job to take the stress away from the client. He told my mother he would run to another country club to take orchids out of their displays. I wonder how they felt when they looked at their less than perfect floral arrangement? My wedding planner and bridesmaid had to find the correct color ribbon and do the wrapping themselves. Michael did go get white orchids which we pinned in the bouquets and he brought me one wilted white-​brown lily to place in my bouquet. NOT my vision at all but we did the best we could. The venue was even worse. The vases had small orchids (budding) so it looked like a green stem in water. The napkins weren’t folded the «special way they said they would» in our contract. The bathroom had one small pink rose vase (not theme or color). In fact, if my mother hadn’t asked where the basket was, I wonder if there would’ve been any. It was clearly something he pulled from his truck. Our sweet heart table had large pink roses on the front for decoration– again DID NOT match color palette or theme of orchids as per the contract. Our aisle was supposed to have purple petals on either side in 2 straight lines (specified in contract). Instead as I walked down the aisle it had lavender petals scattered all over– like a mess no one cleaned up or cared about. In fact my wedding planner had to find the workers in the truck to tell them 10 minutes before the ceremony the runner wasn’t set up yet.
My cake was supposed to have cascading orchids down the side, but had large Picasso lilies shoved into each tier (large and overpowering) looked so sloppy I would have done a better job myself.
Looking at my photographs I am extremely disappointed. NOT my vision at all and nothing as promised was delivered. I really can’t say enough bad things about Benny and his staff. I didn’t get any complaints from guests because without knowing my vision they saw a venue with uplighting. If you want someone to make YOUR dream wedding wedding come true go elsewhere. NOT worth the money.

Benny and his staff at Daniel’s Events, provided the flowers and décor for my daughter and her husbands wedding on March 29,2014. Let me just say we were absolutely thrilled and amazed with the way everything turned out. My daughter wanted her bouquet to be all peonies, in white and blush. That is exactly what she received, and it was the most beautiful bridal bouquet I have ever seen. The reception venue (BallenIsles County Club) was even better than we expected. The room was completely draped, including the ceiling, with the twinkle lights. The up lighting was amazing, and we chose to go with the white dance floor with their monogram. All in all, I could not have been happier, with everything Daniel’s events have provided. Thank you Benny, you and your crew did an amazing job, and we could not be happier!

So now that the wedding is over, the festivities have ended, now is the time to let the world know how AWESOME Benny and his team are! Our daughter’s wedding was the last one ever at the Ritz Carlton Palm Beach before it become Eau Palm Beach and we had the good fortune to work with Daniel Events and how smart we were! There are NO words to describe the beauty and awe that surprised us upon entering the room. Benny completely «got» my daughter’s vision from the first five minutes of our first meeting a year ago. Yes we were told by many reliable sources including Lisette from Bless the Dress how amazing he was but not in our wildest dreams could we have imagined the finished product. The rave reviews from our guests continue to roll in and we are truly in awe of this man and his team including Pam, his beyond belief assistant! We are forever in your debt, thanks and love to all xoxoxo

Benny and the Daniel Events crew provided florals and décor for my wedding in March 2013. Working closely with my wedding planner, he perfectly executed my vision of a tuscan canopy (in South Florida, no less) through table arrangements and a canopy that hung from the ballroom ceiling full of orchids, leaves, vines and candle-​filled glass orbs. He also did a great job building out our ceremony space, complete with wall draping, a beautiful floral canopy chuppah, and simple aisle decoration. I will admit that I was a fairly hands off bride, and let Benny have a lot of freedom in creating the décor (and with the budget). He truly rose to the occasion.
As others have noted, this did not come cheap, but the unique result was worth it for my wedding. I do agree with Anne M. — if you are concerned about budget, Benny’s staff should «total» up each idea in the proposal on the last page. I did like the transparency in listing each idea separately provided so you could easily strike out things that weren’t necessary (like your monogram on the dance floor in lights) and see the financial impact of doing so.

If you use Benny, watch the contracts. They are full with flowery words about how beautiful and spectacular the flowers, lights, swags draping the church pews, etc will be for the wedding and reception. Then, each long-​winded idea listed in each proposal has a price in parentheses… he doesn’t do the multiplication for you. If you have 7 tables and each centerpiece is $ 250, you have to do the math. In his first proposal in June 2012 for a wedding to take place June 2013, he gave a «package price» that did not include tax or delivery and set up charges: he noted those charges, but did not add them to his proposed package price. He did not add in the charges for the «optional» items, which were huge. If one had added all of the above, the first proposal price was actually about 40% higher than Bennie noted it to be. But young bride and groom aren’t contract savvy so they only saw the lower proposed «package price.» Proposal #2 left in all the options, but Proposal #2 never stated any contract price or package price at all. Proposal #2 was delivered 5 months before the wedding. Still, no line item charges on a final page clearly adding up all costs. Proposal 1 and 2 stated «remember with my services everything is flexible and can be changed 3 weeks prior to your date.» Proposal 3 arrived 14 days prior to the date… not 3 weeks and the charge had ballooned from the initial proposal of a «package price of about $ 4200. to $ 9800 total. The bride was in tears and the groom hysterical: the parents had to pay the bill pronto. And still, the final proposal/​contract had no page with each item clearly itemized, clearly added up. It took an hour to finally deal with each proposal to understand what happened. This is not the correct way to do business, and it is hugely misleading for inexperienced brides and grooms. Oh, and don’t fall for his suggestion to:
«swag the aisle (of church) with beautiful neatly pleated white sheer organza between the pews.» Get the picture: guests could not walk down the aisle with ushers, and so guests wandered in and tried to figure out how to get into the pews! The ushers were helpless. And if you want the stairs at a gorgeous 5 star hotel also draped with Bennie’s organza swags, it will cost you another $ 500. Many guests did, however, think the entire décor was spectacular, twinkling lights and all. Just be prepared to pay more than twice what you think it will cost.

Daniel Events just did my daughter’s wedding May 26, 2013. They were absolutely amazing! When my daughter and I first met Benny, we were very impressed. We told him what we wanted and he quickly took out a piece of paper and with his creative mind, he drew what came to him to make my daughter’s wedding a dream. We were in awe when we walked into the reception room. Daniel Events really knows how to create beauty. The lighting was perfect and romantic. The flowers were fresh and crisp. He added special touches to the room. He is an artist at his work. Any time I called Daniel Events, Pam was so helpful and had such a sweet spirit. I highly recommend this company for any special events. Karen

If you want a cookie-​cutter wedding that looks pretty much like everyone else’s wedding, then Benny’s your boy. If, however, you are a mature, intelligent bride with a distinct vision for making your fairy-​tale day unique, then run away from Daniel Events — fast!
We should have been suspicious in April, when we were interviewing potential vendors. 3 reputable florists had already told us very honestly that the peonies my daughter so desperately wanted were not available for a wedding in late September. Benny, however, without missing a beat, said, «Peonies? No problem! I have suppliers all over the world!» The promise of peonies was why we signed the contract with Daniel Events. Peonies were promised; peonies were in the contract. Two weeks before the wedding his assistant emailed my daughter that there would be no peonies.
No other explanation; no regret expressed. What was infuriating was that — as detail-​oriented people — we had personally checked peony suppliers in June and found some in Alaska who could furnish the blooms that late in the season, so we had not been particularly concerned. My daughter had even emailed Benny and asked him if he would like for us to make the arrangements for obtaining the peonies. Of course not! She shouldn’t worry her pretty little head about such things!
Amazingly, after Benny’s assistant’s 2-​week notice that he was NOT going to provide the peonies, we desperately called those Alaska suppliers, and they responded that they were currently out — however, if we had called just two or three weeks earlier, they could have provided them! So basically, Benny didn’t care, or didn’t plan ahead or both. No surprise, considering the lack of personal attention we received once we signed on the dotted line.
The peonies represented the look my daughter wanted for all the flowers — full, soft, open. The color palette was stated in the contract as white, ivory, pink, and taupe — very warm colors. What we got was a lot of small, tight, white and green — with a lot of filler greenery. The low hedge arrangement glass blocks on the reception tables were even LINED with green. Why not brown? He knew the color of the bridesmaids’ dresses; he basically ignored our color palette. Even ivory would have been wedding appropriate, and far less offensive.
To be fair, there were some large hydrangeas in the tall arrangements, but certainly not in her personal bouquet. It was primarily cheap, small, tight, white chrysanthemums tinged with green. When you wanted peonies, chrysanthemums simply will not do. My daughter hated her bridal bouquet so much she did not carry it down the aisle!
The prime example that Benny does what HE wants, not what YOU want, was the candles. On the original contract he had listed glowing LED votive candles for the reception tables. We stated that we did not want them — to take them off the contract. My daughter wanted everything big and natural — big flowers in big arrangements, big candles in big hurricane shades. To this end, we provided seven large footed hurricane shades and seven large pillar candles.
On the revised contract the LED votives were still there. When I went in personally two weeks before the wedding to make the final payment, I watched as I made the assistant cross off those @#$% LED votives from the Final Contract. Guess what? We walked into a reception hall with the tables cluttered by dozens of glowing LED votive candles! As I threatened to throw them over the balcony, my daughter stopped me, plaintively saying, «They would just make us pay to replace them…»
BUT — much worse than that artificial clutter was the fact that he had NOT used the large hurricane shades and candles that she WANTED and PROVIDED! (And that he stated in the contract he would use.) His people said there was not enough room on the tables! This, after I had questioned six months previously if there would be enough room for all the flowers he wanted to charge me for, plus our hurricanes (which we showed him in pictures). He assured me…
I really cannot say enough bad things about Benny. There is one caveat: an ignorant bystander might have thought my daughter had a lovely wedding and reception. However, it was not HER wedding — the wedding she had wanted and dreamed of and visualized and planned for. And that made me sad. Especially when I paid Benny’s bill for HIS wedding.
So, if you don’t want your wedding to be special, and if you want someone else to do all the work for you, and you don’t really care how it turns out, then Daniel Events will do a great job.

I have let the interaction with Daniel Event marinate with me for the past month or so. I wanted to see, if I could get over this. Unfortunately, I could not.
I know I am preparing for a wedding and I know that I my tolerance threshold might be lower than the average human, but if I know one thing, it is that Daniel Events is extremely unprofessional and rude. This does not go to Pam, the receptionist, who was friendly and kind at all times. This review goes mainly to the owner, Benny Ofer.
I drove all the way down from Miami Beach to meet with Mr. Ofer on a Saturday morning. First and foremost, I found his bedside manner to be unprofessional. He was too polite and kissed me on the cheek when I left. Who does that? He was dressed in casual clothes, sporting his earrings and bracelets. Before stepping into the showroom to meet with me he asked his assistant Pam (I overheard this from the room I was sitting in) to pull up my e-​mail so he could take a quick look at my inspiration pictures. Obviously, he doesn’t care.
Once he entered the room, he proceeded to ask me for a budget and I explained to him that I didn’t have a specific budget, but I read that the flower cost could lie anywhere between 8 — 10% of the total wedding cost. I explained to him what I had envisioned etc. I expected him, as the professional to know how to make things work and move them around, even with a budget.
The meeting lasted about 15 min. I received a proposal the same day, which was not very detailed and did not include ceremony flowers. I had never said, I did not want ceremony flowers. He worded the proposal in a way that was misleading and confusing.
I then proceeded to send my comments and changes to the proposal. I also asked why the ceremony flowers were not included, wherein Mr. Ofer made it sound like that was what we discussed and further it did not fit my budget. That is just outrageous!
I then asked for a revised proposal, to include all the things I wanted regardless of the budget. I did not hear from either him or Pam for days. When I heard from them next, I received excuses that they were busy, until about 2 weeks later I was told that Mr. Ofer was busy for the day of my wedding. Thank god, because I would have not picked Daniel Events ever!
Guess what Mr. Ofer, you do not know how much money I have saved up and what I can afford. You have hereby: a) lost 1 customer, and b) gained a bad review.
Good luck with that!