Rochelle Marie’s Events By Design

DO NOT USE HER!!! Empty promises, horrible service. We booked her for a late summer wedding in Palm Springs, and she suggested to use ‘misters’ to keep it cool. We put down $ 1600– and she has yet to provide a refund for the misters, and for the chairs (we ordered ‘blonde’ chairs and had to pay a significantly higher price for them, but she brought us cheaper white chairs that did NOT go with the color scheme) She sent a letter stating we would receive a refund by Oct. 16^th… It is now Dec 12^th. No contact, and she ignores our calls, emails, etc. We also posted on the Better Business Bureau– no response, of course. She ripped us off, also ruining our wedding.
Rochelle, what you did was WRONG. You stole from a client who entrusted you to do your job correctly and truthfully. Your name is no good. Hope you have a good attorney, you’ll need one.

I could not agree more with the past Unilocal comment! Rochelle «ruined» our wedding. I can’t say it was a total disaster because I got to marry my husband, and all the planning WE did came off without a hitch.
Rochelle lies. She actually 100% lies about things; the list is too long to even begin. She yelled at my maid of honor. She promised to be there the day of my wedding at 1:00 pm; she arrived around 5:00 pm. We were running 15 minutes late, not because of me! We had to change venues (because of some scary lie she told us), and when we came up twice to look at other venues, she didn’t come with us. She wouldn’t even set up a cake tasting for us either. Finally… drumroll please… we had to end our wedding at 10:00 pm. The wedding started at 6 (or 6:15 because of Rochelle!). The manager of the estate ran into our wedding and shut off the music after 2 songs; so embarrassing! None of our guests saw our parting gifts because they weren’t on the table. It took her forever to set-​up the tables for the dinner. She charged us for bridal bouquets I did not order.
She also promised a great lounge feel in the back yard, which was a brown couch. As the past bride mentioned, we had serious issues with lighting and ate in the dark.
Even our other vendors felt sorry for us; DO NOT USE HER!!!

We hired Rochelle for the Day of Coordination of our wedding day in Palm Springs at the Riviera Resort. We live in Los Angeles and had a huge guest list, so we thought hiring somebody in the area would be a smart move. WRONG! BRIDES, STAY AWAY!!!
We were unbelievably disappointed with her services and that is an understatement. She overpromised and WAY underdelivered. We felt taken and ROBBED of our money. She didn’t do ONE THING to help ease the day. In fact, she did LOTS of things that CAUSED headaches for not only us but for our vendors!
She didn’t even show up to our wedding rehearsal — with no phone call letting me know beforehand!
I had to reach out to all of my vendors directly a few days prior — they all had said they hadn’t been contacted by her at all. Last minute time line — none for my makeup artists and hair.
She swindled us to have her handle our reception lighting — after shelling out about an additional $ 2k for all the pin spot lighting we dreamed of, i walk into the reception hall as they announced us as husband and wifeand NOT ONE pin spot. Didn’t even give me a heads up. Guests complained that they were aimed at people’s faces and thus they had to shut them off!!! She told us she could do the same exact job as the hotel guys, but for way cheaper. Um, her familiar song and dance was upping the charges on us as the day drew near and we felt handcuffed at that point. We should’ve just gone directly wtih the hotel’s lighting guys would would’ve done it the right way and for the same price in the end. LESSON LEARNED.
She tried to cheat us out of money left and right, and without just cause. As in an additional 800 dollars just because 30 more guets were showing up.
I ran late the entire day, she promised a team of 4 – 5 people for our 450 guest wedding… and it was only her and another girl. They LOST the checks for our vendors who didn’t get paid until i had to cut them their checks upon my return from our honeymoon. The ball was dropped on soooo many levels. Vendors were even complaining about how unprofessional she was with them on my day. NOT what i wanted to even deal wtih. She was even RUDE to my bridal party that was trying to HELP ME get things organized.
Brides — i advise you to save yourself the additional stress headaches and money! SHe is UNPROFESSIONAL, DISHONEST, CONDESCENDING AND A TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY. WILL NEVER DO BUSINESS WITH HER AGAIN.

I want to encourage and highly recommend Rochelle Marie’s Events by Design for any event you may be planning. Living in Los Angeles and planning a wedding in the Palm Springs area I had not one problem ever arise! She was exactly what my wedding needed, she put together a package of coordinating, flower and all flower décor for my wedding. Not only was she affordable but she was extremely well organized and creating a wonderful flow for my special day. The arrangements were more then I could have imagined and she and her team did an exceptional job wrangling our vendors and family. If you want a worry-​free upscale event call Rochelle!