BASH Events, LLC

My #1 advice to new brides is to get a wedding planner and if you’re in Hawaii hire Rhegan and Maria.
We hired them for «day of» services but they made everything so easy that I wish I would have hired them to help from beginning to end. They were very responsive, gave invaluable advice about vendors and felt like friends to lean on when you got lost in the craziness of wedding planning. About a month out, we filled out an extensive questioner that was reviewed with them in detail. Then, once we got closer to the wedding they gave us a very detailed timeline and reviewed it with us. They also contacted and sent the timeline to all of our vendors. On a side note, one of our vendors was my brother in-​law and said they were the most organized planners he’s ever worked with.
Once I saw their faces the big day I knew that everything was out of my hands and into the hands of two ladies that would take care of me, my husband and our guests. I never worried about set up, vendors or the wedding party. To not answer any questions besides the big YES, was a huge relief. It allowed my husband and I to concentrate on each other.
I would recommend them to any couple! Love you girls!

BASH Events did the day-​of coordination for our wedding in January 2013. Like so many services, you don’t really think of writing positive Unilocal reviews unless something goes wrong. So, when I came across BASH’s Unilocal page and a negative review for the same service we received, I was quite surprised and wanted to share my excellent experience with the company.
Our experience with Rhegan and Maria from BASH was entirely positive, and their company remains one of only 2 vendors from our wedding (along with Island Event Logistics) that we recommend to friends. Although we only contracted with BASH to do our day-​of coordination, Rhegan and Maria met with us early on to get a sense of our overall wedding plans and provided guidance that helped us navigate most of the planning ourselves. As the wedding date neared, Rhegan attended final meetings with all of our major vendors and created a timeline that our wedding party and families used to get us through the day.
The true value of a day-​of coordinator wasn’t realized until we looked back at a successful wedding day. To complicate planning, we decided on getting ready in Waikiki and having the ceremony and reception at Fort Shafter. As we were happily getting ready and taking pictures at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel (guided and assisted by an attentive Maria), we were unaware of the unexpected rain that was impacting our outdoor ceremony site several miles away. Without interrupting our preparations, Rhegan worked with our venue coordinator to arrange an alternate site for the ceremony and began redirecting arriving vendors and family volunteers to move the ceremony preparation indoors. We were only notified of the change when we needed to make a decision on moving the ceremony or waiting and we weren’t overwhelmed about the details of setting up the new location. After we decided to wait, the rain miraculously stopped at the last moment and Rhegan again changed plans and oversaw the shift back to our original setup. With everything in place for the ceremony when we arrived, we were unaware of the full flurry of activity at the ceremony site until we talked with family later in the evening.
Our wedding ceremony and reception went forward as planned and we will always be grateful to BASH for allowing us to enjoy the day without having to stress over the day-​of details. They went above and beyond our expectations and were very easy to work with. Even my husband, who was initially opposed to a day-​of coordinator, now highly recommends BASH and their service to couples planning their upcoming weddings.

I hired Bash Events as my wedding day coordinator for my wedding at Hale Koa and I am beyond satisfied with their service! Oh gosh I should have hired them to plan my whole wedding!
Rhegan, Maria, and Heather were all very sweet, organized, friendly, and professional! They have so many creative ideas and thoroughly informative about the whole process. Bash created my wedding day timeline which is one of the reasons YOU MUST HIRE THEM! They are so detailed and organized. Also, my reception décor was amazing. The table setups turned out better than I imagined.
I don’t know what I would have done without them (most especially Rhegan, she is the best and has so many tips and options). I know a few unexpected things happened during the night (like a 5 minute letter speech and extra song that were both not in the program at all) but I was able to enjoy my day stress free thanks to Bash Events! My husband was really impressed with how smooth everything went that day and all my 8 bridesmaids only had great compliments over my coordinators.
We also had an unexpected sweet surprise at the end of the night back in our hotel bedroom from our lovely coordinators which I will leave a mystery here but it goes to show how much they care for their clients and their passion in making a bride’s day a magical one! THANK YOU BASH EVENTS and THANK YOU RHEGAN!

I hired BASH for Day-​of-​Coordination for my wedding at the Halekulani and WOULD NOT recommend them to other brides. I was referred to them by Mira Savara who was listed as a preferred vendor, but specializes in Indian weddings. I picked BASH because Rhegan (one of the co-​founders) was so friendly and sounded so eager/​earnest among all of the coordinators I spoke to. In hindsight, I probably should’ve picked someone less friendly on the phone and more down-​to-​business. Having been in my share of wedding parties and having had exposure to other day-​of coordinators, I’d definitely say BASH was at the bottom in terms of day-​of service. Here’s how I came up with my 2-​star ranking:
* Vendor selection — 3−4-stars — I thoroughly researched most of my vendors before choosing and asked Rhegan for advice on videographers, string quartets, and florists — she was pretty helpful & responsive here. I was planning my event remotely and did not do any vendor meetings with her.
* Planning up to the event — 1 – 2 stars — After filling out an extensive questionnaire on how I envisioned my wedding day, I heard nothing back — no phone call or email so this felt like a colossal waste of time. Afterward, like most other coordinators, BASH sends along a Ceremony & Reception Checklist for you to fill out so that they can develop a timeline for the day of the event. This would be more helpful if there was a call in advance to help envision what the day looks like and how it flows – the Checklist is at such detail that in order to fill it out, you’d have to have the timeline already figured out (which I did, without her help, thank god). I’ll admit that I filled this out late, but pretty much had 99.9% figured out by the time I did submit, so BASH had to do very little in terms of coordination/​developing the timeline.
* Rehearsal — 1-​star — Rhegan was 30 minutes late. She also asked *me* if the hotel coordinator was coming to the rehearsal – something she should’ve done. During the rehearsal, the wedding party, who seemed more adept at doing Rhegan’s job, kept asking for specific direction and cues because she was so flustered and absent-​minded (e.g. when should the next person start walking, where should we meet in advance, etc).
* Day-​of — 0−1-star — Flaky. Most of the time we had no idea where our coordinators were or what was going on. People kept apologetically asking me what to do next because Rhegan and Anne (her assistant) were not communicating. At key points, our wedding party got split up (before the ceremony, before entrance to the reception, etc) and went to different places because they were told different things or nothing at all. In the morning I asked if all of the vendors had received their payments and Anne said yes; I asked her to check and see if the florist received his check in the mail or if I needed to write him a new one (this was 9am). Not until 6pm (during my cocktail reception) does Anne come back and say I need to run back to my room to write a new check for the florist. Grrrr. I also had to worry about the small details which was stressful. For instance, there was a tea ceremony and they didn’t bother to see if there was actually tea in the pot – my sister had to prod them before the ceremony. Luckily, all of my other vendors were stellar and at different times «took over» coordination and expressed exasperation regarding our coordinator. Before the reception, I pulled Rhegan aside and asked her to provide more proactive direction and communication. She improved a little afterward… but what was completely unforgivable to me was that she actually left the event without telling me she was going home! Around 10:30, Marie (her partner, whom I had not been introduced to at all during the day), told me Rhegan was already gone and asked if there was anything else I needed. Marie seemed more competent than Rhegan so perhaps it’s better to work with Marie…
Rhegan was okay leading up to the event, but failed where it mattered most: Day-​Of. I was stressed out and had to micro-​manage a lot of details. A good coordinator should over-​communicate and anticipate any issues/​problems and make sure you feel prepared. She did none of those things.