Events By Merida

Service levels: Full-service planning

About Events By Merida

Events By Merida

Alternative event planning for fun people!

Hi! I'm Merida, owner of- you guessed it Events By Merida. Weddings to me are meant to be fun. It's a celebration of the two of you with the important people in your life, and there are no rules about how that's supposed to happen (even officiants can be optional in some states).

When I started in weddings, I began to realize how little was out there for anyone that was even slightly different from the Western standard. I set out on my own in 2016 to create a company that was open to everyone. So far, I've been having a lot of fun doing it! In my off time, you can usually find me in my library, or a museum. I love a good sci-fi/fantasy show, but I will always turn on Nailed It!

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	Full-service planning	Day-of coordination / wedding management
Description	Something a Little Different: We love for you to be you! We want your wedding to be a reflection of your personalities, and whatever way you like to have fun. We're a little odd ourselves, and we like it when you are, too.	Something a Little Different: We love for you to be you! We want your wedding to be a reflection of your personalities, and whatever way you like to have fun. We're a little odd ourselves, and we like it when you are, too.
Planning begins	12 Months out	3 Months out
Vendor Management
Transportation Coordination
Venue Visits
Final Venue Walkthrough
Timeline Creation & Management
Onsite Event Management
Event Styling & Design
Budget Planning
Venue Recommendations
Vendor Selection
Contract Review
RSVP Tracking
Accommodation Coordination
Pricing	Starts at $7,000	Starts at $2,500

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BEST THING WE DID
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•Joey M.•Jul 29
My wife and I were drawn to Merida's work for her untraditional approach, and we were not disappointed. She helped us design the perfect party for us, our friends, and our family. We aren't big dancers, so she helped us find all kinds of fun things for the guests to do through the ceremony. She was our Emotional Support Planner through the whole process. She keeps her cool when it feels like everything is falling apart (spoiler: it's not). She and her assistant handled family drama skillfully. Hiring Merida was one of the best decisions we could have made for planning our wedding!
Incredible and Inclusive Wedding Planner
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•Anna P.•Jun 5, 2025
We could not have made our wedding at the Franklin Institute without Merida's wedding planning! She helped us find an incredible group of vendors that created a beautiful queer wedding; was a joy to work with; and was prepared for every surprise, twist, and turn of us traipsing through a science museum.
Our first and best vendor pick
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•Hope S.•Dec 26, 2024
We could not have made it through planning our wedding without Merida. She was up front about challenges we might face with doing an interfaith wedding (the priest wanting to have the wedding in the church as opposed to at the venue, and with another officiant). She helped us find the right people for us. The band she suggested was absolutely perfect. When there was family drama, Merida was always there to listen and when asked, offer suggestions to resolve it. We can't wait to see our photos and video. The teasers we got were amazing! She really knows the right people for the right wedding. If you're on the fence about hiring a planner, go sit down with Merida and talk about it. She was the best move we made when planning our wedding!
We love Merida!!!
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•Jasper•Dec 16, 2024
Merida is, simply put, absolutely amazing. When we first started planning our wedding, we spent a lot of time going back and forth about whether or not we needed a day-of coordinator. We’re both queer and trans, I’m autistic, and my partner is disabled, so finding vendors who really saw us and could meet us where we were at was hugely important. Merida did that and so much more and now that our wedding is over, we literally don’t know what we would have done without her. She’s excellent at reading people, communicating super clearly, and solving truly any problem. Even though we only booked day-of coordination, as we got closer to the day, she was there for all the crucial moments even when we didn’t ask her to. Aside from the big things (running the rehearsal, managing the timeline, communicating with vendors, setting up, tearing down, steaming our outfits AND our wedding party’s outfits, and on and on…) (all of which would have been MORE than enough), it is the little details where Merida truly goes above and beyond. When my partner was wildly over-stimulated while getting ready, she offered them a hug. When we were misgendered and we weren’t in the room, she corrected people. At the end of the night when we were both exhausted, she went outside and pulled my partner’s car around to the front door and THEN proceeded to load everything in. When I was waiting outside while my partner took some group photos with their friends, she LITERALLY gave me the coat off her back without me even asking (and it was 25 degrees at night and she was wearing a sleeveless jumpsuit). During our first look, she carried around our two giant winter coats and our two huge Squishmallows (that we wanted on hand for pictures) and never for a moment considered putting anything down in case it got dirty. She held our snow machine at the precise angle so we could get the snowy nighttime photos of our dreams, she bought hand warmers for our ceremony without us even asking her to, she took photos on her phone during our ceremony and sent them to us so we could have photos ASAP, she adjusted my dress I don’t even know how many times, and, to top it all off, she was so kind and good-humored the whole day. Our friends and family raved about her and how well she answered all of their questions and how on top of it she was. I literally don’t know how she did all of these things. My working theory is she has a secret identical twin and can therefore be in two places at once, although frankly even two people doesn’t seem like enough. (Maybe secret identical triplets?) In any case, there is no rating system in the world that would let us give Merida enough stars; five is nowhere near enough. We would hire her a thousand times over, and a thousand more times after that.