Gala Events & Weddings

0 + 12% production fees. I've never been so utterly disappointed and disrespected by a "professional" in my life. Alegria quit and walked off site the day before our wedding after we asked for an itemized invoice for the 12% production fees, which she refused to provide before the wedding. We believe we have the right to know what we're paying for. She also wanted to charge us 12% for our venue (our home) and flowers WE provided (my husband and I are professional flower farmers & florists). Alegria was extremely hard to work with. We constantly felt judged for our design ideas, music choices, and party favors. We also hired her to be our officiant but we quickly released her of those duties after she blew up on us during our ceremony meeting, which was about 2 weeks before our wedding so it was too last minute to fire and replace her. Overall, we had a terrible and exhausting experience working with Gala Events & Weddings and we felt generally unsupported throughout the process. Thankfully, our family and friends (plus our awesome vendors) came together to help us have an incredible and beautiful wedding day on our flower farm! For several months after our wedding, she repeatedly threatened to take us to small claims court if we didn't pay her 100% of the contract price, even though she quit the day before our wedding. It was an exhausting experience having to defend our position legally over and over when all we wanted to do was enjoy our lives as newlyweds, not relive the trauma she put us through and continued to put us through by taking legal action. Do not legally bind yourself to this person/company! Save yourself a headache and heartache and choose a different company to plan the most important day of your life!

but she made us feel comfortable that we could maintain a safe environment for our small number of guests. She communicated her covid safety protocols and mask requirements during our initial calls and wanted to make sure we were all on the same page to ensure the safety for her and her team, as well. Alegria was very organized, professional, kind and eager to work with us to create a beautiful, unique event for our nuptials. A wedding is very personal and Alegria supported us through the entire planning process. Our ceremony and vows were thoughtfully designed by us with Alegria’s guidance and resources. We loved and used some of her vendor recommendations too. One week before our wedding date the venue cancelled our reservation. I was so upset and stressed but Alegria was on the phone with me right away to help figure out a solution to find a new location. Sadly we decided to cancel our wedding instead. She was understanding of our situation and we ended up rescheduling an elopement for a month out with her as our officiant. We found a new location with an ocean view and had the ceremony outside right before a beautiful sunset. Despite having to change our original wedding plans, it was truly a memorable wedding day thanks to Alegria and her team.

n the Redwoods, but didn’t have a clue where to start in arranging a location, finding an officiant, and dealing with the required permits and licenses. We were so lucky to find Alegria and Gala Events & Weddings via the Humboldt County tourism website! She immediately guided us through everything we needed to know and do to arrange our ceremony, with just a few weeks’ notice. After speaking to us at length prior to our trip, she completely understood what we wanted for our simple wedding, presenting us with lots of ideas whilst totally accepting what we did and didn’t want included, ultimately putting together a ceremony that reflected us perfectly. As time was fairly limited we had to make all the arrangements quickly, and we could tell immediately she was very organised and efficient and felt completely assured that everything would go to plan! She also went out of her way to help us with things that were difficult to organise from the UK, such as arranging the park permit on our behalf. When we finally met Alegria on the day at the location she’d identified for us – a perfect small Redwood grove by a river, as we’d asked for – everything went just as we’d hoped and her relaxed and friendly approach put us at ease and helped us to enjoy the day. We couldn’t have hoped for a nicer person to oversee and perform our ceremony in the Redwoods and we can’t recommend Alegria and her team highly enough! Thank you for making our wedding a stress-free and happy day! Tora, Phil and Woody x