Nicoleta Leontiades

Review of Verducci Event Productions

We don't have our pro pics yet but to me, everythi...

We don't have our pro pics yet but to me, everything about our wedding looked picture perfect. We were worried that our venue's power would still be impacted by the PG&E outages, but luckily power was restored a few days before the wedding. Before this though, our vendors were scrambling to figure out contingency plans and coordinated together so as to alleviate any concern on our end. I really appreciated that level of effort.

One of the elements about our venue (the UC Berkeley Faculty Club) that I fell in love with was how it looked with added bistro lighting. Paired with the vaulted ceilings, massive windows, wood structure, and forest-like landscape, the bistro lighting on the patio and in the Great Hall made the entire venue feel magical. When I first toured the venue, a wedding was to take place later in the day and when I saw the couple had bistro lighting installed, I knew I needed to look into a vendor that could do that. The Faculty Club provided me with Verducci Event Productions' number and said they are a preferred vendor. Now I know why.

Our venue isn't your typical venue, it takes skill and familiarity to set up there and I felt confident going with a vendor that knew what they were doing. Andrew did well to keep in touch over the year of planning and made sure to confirm every detail with me before the event. He let me know all of our options and any additional details that Verducci offers; I felt very well-informed and Andrew was easy to communicate with. When I got to the venue the morning of the wedding, the Great Hall was bare and I could barely picture what my vision would like like once the decor, tables, and lighting would be set up.

That evening, when I saw it all together, I was STUNNED. I have to capitalize that word because I truly was. There's something to be said about a Type A person planning a wedding. I did my best to communicate with all my vendors during the planning process and let them do their thang (after all, this is their specialty, not mine) the day of, and I'm really glad I did. Not trying to control everything on the actual wedding day and letting myself trust my vendors helped me better enjoy the day. The lights really brought my vision together and set such a beautiful mood for our evening autumn wedding. I am so happy we decided to treat ourselves with the lighting package we got. Thank you, Verducci! Your team set up and broke down without me even seeing them!