Lora Ritzie Wardman

Lora Ritzie Wardman is one of the few planners who are included on our preferred list of wedding planners. Because of the intrinsic value of our historic estate, we have chosen our planners with special care through a detailed interview process. Lora Wardman is an exceptionally talented planner. She has many years experience and has a well respected reputation in the wedding industry. The events she has planned at Peachtree House have not only been beautiful, she has also coordinated the vendors with professionalism and graciousness. It is a great pleasure working with Lora, and all of her clients at Peachtree House have been thoroughly pleased with their event. Ashlie Darley, estate owner, Peachtree House.

I used Lora as my wedding planner in March and could not have imagined a more perfect wedding. Lora is thorough, keeps all other vendors in line and is a great correspondent. She is well organized and always on time. She ran the smallest of details by me to ensure my husband and I had the perfect wedding tailored to our style. She was exceptional the day of the event and didn’t miss a beat. She is very pleasant to work with, as she always has a calm demeanor and kept the entire process fun and stress free! Many of my guests complimented the beautiful flower arrangements and wanted Lora’s contact information for future events. She came HIGHLY recommended and I can certainly see why!

We hired Lora on 3÷5÷2015 for our August 22n 2015 wedding in Altamonte Springs FL we live in another state but work overseas so we really were in need of someone who had experience. Her cost is 695.00 (50%) Down for (2) DAY OF EVENT COORDINATORS.
For this cost her agreement states services of everything from, CEREMONY AND RECEPTION, UNLIMITED EMAIL AND PHONE CONSULT, FINAL PLANNING MEETING THREE WEEKS PRIOR TO EVENT, INVENTORY LIST, MANAGEMENT OF LOAD IN AND SET UP, DISTRIBUTION OF PAYMENTS, ON SITE COORDINATION, you name it great price however for NO SUCH SERVICE.
CHRONOLOGICAL TIMELINE OF EVENTS
Spoke with Lora May 15^th to confirm June 12^th meeting with venue and cake maker. Met at the venue no problem finalized layout and TABLE SETTINGS. We were directly to go to the cake maker in Sanford from Altamonte and she confirmed via email. Lora left 10 minutes before me. She arrived a half hour later and then left literally 20 minutes after she arrived said she had to go (First Red Flag)
On June 3^rd Lora agreed to meet at the venue on my behalf regarding a June 25^th meeting with my venues design center. I emailed her over exact photos of my bouquet and what I wanted matched. She met with the venue and I skyped as I was away on business. So I knew this would be rough but Lora said she would send a photo once done so IF changes were needed I could email them. (I asked her three times and she never responded to me and never sent a photo. The venue informed me 3 weeks before my wedding on August 3^rd they do not have my designs and so needed to schedule a sitting with me the Wed the week of my wedding day (SECOND RED FLAG)
On Monday August 17^th Lora informed me that I needed to have my schedule of events list, inventory list and seating charts to her as well as music to her no later than Tuesday the 18^th in which we did as well as on Wed August 19^th when we met with her for the second design sitting we provided her with the complete vendor book with payment for videographer, and a revised guest list the night of Tuesday August 18^th
IF a guest could not find their name she had the complete table by table seating chart and since there were TWO of them this could easily be coordinated. SHE DID NOTHING OF THIS THE DAY OF THE WEDDING SHE CUED NO ONE, SEATED NO ONE, HANDED OUT NO FAVORS OUR WEDDING WANDS WE SPENT HOURS ON, SHE DIDN’T EVEN TELL ME I WAS ON THE WRONG SIDE WALKING DOWN THE ISLE THE PASTOR DID WHEN WE ARRIVED AND THEN MET WITH US THE NEXT DAY TO INFORM US HOW THE
SHE DID NOT EVEN GIVE OUT OUR WEDDING BELL WANDS SHE HAD WE WERE
I JUST CANNOT CRY ENOUGH
Sincerely,