I was able to have the best time at our wedding because of how prepared I felt leading up to the wedding. On the day of, I knew Maria and her team had everything covered, I felt so safe and secure! If there were any fires on the day of, we never knew (even family members were commenting on how smooth everything was) she was such a rockstar. If you are up in the air about who to hire, book Maria now, she is worth her weight in gold!

We were so lucky to come across Maria and her team, our wedding day was perfection thanks to Maria, Erin and Sonja. We worked with Maria during the planning process and she was so great at keeping us on track timing wise as well as keeping us within budget. She always took our call, answered every text and email and always had an answer for us and made us feel so at ease through the whole process. Thank you Maria and team for EVERYTHING!!

We hired Maria from BYS Events after finding her on Instagram and loving some of the photos from weddings she had done. On our initial phone call we just clicked and knew she would be the best for us as we planned our destination wedding in Sonoma Co. We loved that she had been doing weddings in the Sonoma/Napa area for a few years, but that she wasn't doing 40+ weddings/year like some of the planners we had talked to previously. She made our day so stress-free that I would have thought she had been in the biz for 20+ years. I am so thankful for her and her assistant that she brought the day-of.

Definitely the best vendor we hired ever! Maria was so awesome during planning and helped us with EVERYTHING. Then when it came to the day of, Maria and her team (amazing team!) literally thought of everything, we had a bit of a challenging set up and even had to go back and forth on a rain plan but she was so helpful and supportive throughout the entire process. Thank you so much for making our wedding day flawless and do special.

As a groom in charge of planning a wedding the pressure was on! I am so glad I came arcoss Maria when I did because she saved both me and my wife time and money, Oh! And dont forget about the stress!!! I can’t thank Maria and her staff enough. We met with Maria, shared our vision and budget and she brought it to life. My advice to everyone reading this is to just have fun, don’t stress and just let Maria do her thing. To all the newly weds out there look no further go with Maria!

Maria and her team seriously think of everything! I am in the hospitality industry therefore I had significantly high expectations when it came to my wedding. Not only did they have our entire wedding process run smoothly, but Maria somehow knew exactly what to say to keep me calm. Maria is based out of Napa but was able to hit a home run when it came down to my destination wedding in Hawaii.

Maria was amazing! I hired her for day-of, and she was amazing and so helpful throughout the process leading up to the day. Very punctual (love!) and we were in constant communication; any problems or concerns I had she was able to help me through and fix! I had a very simple set-up/reception party planned, and she set it up perfectly :) She even had his and her's drinks awaiting us at our table when we arrived! We hit a snag with our playlist not playing due to the lack of reception at my venue (didn't know beforehand); Maria, despite my protests, sat outside in the cold and downloaded my entire playlist (!!!) and it saved our night (literally; our dance party would have been ruined!). She and her assistant were so amazing, and I cannot thank you guys enough!!

Maria and her team brought our wedding dreams to life! She was thorough, thoughtful, caring and detail-oriented. We could not recommend her planning services more. It was truly a perfect experience!

Thank you so much to Maria and her team! My sisters wedding day was so smooth thanks to her. Our family can be a bit much sometimes but it never rattled her, she was the calming force for my sisters wedding and made us all feel relaxed and secure. We couldn't have had the day that we did without her, thank you so so much Maria, you are the best! I would recommend her to anyone over and over again!

From the minute we talked to Maria on the phone, we knew we made the right decision in hiring her to be our Wedding Planner. We were planning a destination wedding and we were so nervous about all of the logistics but she made us feel so much better after getting off the phone with her. Once we hung up after our initial phone call my fiance literally let go of his breath he had been holding for a while! She was so organized and on top of everything and always had a solution to anything I threw at her. She made our wedding day everything we could have ever hoped it would be and even threw in some surprises herself! She really listens to you and that shows in her work. Thank you so much to Maria and her wonderful team for everything you did for us to make our day stress free and beautiful!

Thank you so much to By Your Side Events for your hard work and dedication! Definitely a pleasure working with you. Our wedding was truly stunning, amazing, magical special and more wonderful than I even expected! Thank you for improvising when the wind hit with the decorations and still being able to create my vision so perfectly! Much appreciation, Mr. and Mrs. Ross

I honestly cannot say enough about Maria! She was available 24-7, literally took care of everything because we were a destination wedding so she met with all of the vendors and I never once had to make a trip out before the wedding because she had everything taken care of which saved us time and money! I feel like I have known her forever and we only worked with her for 5 months. That’s just her personality. She’s so sweet and kind and knows her stuff I would recommend her a million times if I could!

Maria is hands down the most amazing wedding planner a couple could ask for! She helped us plan our wedding at Beringer vineyard and didn’t miss a single detail! Not only did she keep us on track with deadlines but she also kept a budget which was super helpful. She is sweet, caring, and simply amazing!

Maria did an amazing job with our wedding of 170 guests, in 90 degree weather, at a private residence venue! She did a wonderful job with our day of coordinating. She communicated with us throughout the day. She had wonderful attention to detail. I really appreciated her ability to delegate work to the appropriate people. She was proactive in taking care of the details that were most important to us. In our fully DIY wedding, she had a keen eye to detail and managed all of the wheels in motion. Our wedding was over 90 degrees and we ran out of water! She handled it and we didn't have a single complaint from anyone. It would not have gone as smoothly without her. For my now husband- having her there to address last minute questions, timeline details, and give direction to other help was a huge relief to him. We had been planning this wedding ourselves for months and it was at our house. He was there the morning of and I was off site. She was a great support to him- taking st... Read moreress off his shoulders and directing the setup traffic as it arrived. She was a huge asset to our wedding! We were hesitant to have a day of person and we are SOOOO glad we went with her.