What Celebration Means to Us
Our luxury destination wedding planners are focused on one objective. To us, the celebration of life's best moments is not some trivial thing. We take the responsibility of creating experiences your greatest milestones very seriously. The art of crafting an experiential celebration involves appealing to all five senses: tactile, flavor, aroma, audio, and visual. In the time and place where all five of these senses converge lies the ultimate achievement of the interwoven story of our clients, narrating the journey where their lives intersect with their loved ones in the same room, in the same moment, in one singular period of time.
What Luxury Means to Us
When it comes to luxury, we define the term differently. It is not a price point or a couture label. Luxury, to us, is the gift of time. Our process is sharply focused on efficiency and time management as the primary goal, for both our clients and our creative team of vendors. Because we value your time, our process revolves around maximizing your experience in decision-making and collaborating with us in writing your narrative so that you can get back to living and spend your time faithfully and intentionally doing what you love with the ones that you love. Simply put: we are experts in our craft, and our ability to give you the gift of time is rivaled by none other.
Meet the team
Valerie Gernhauser
Owner, Principal Planner, Designer
Valerie Gernhauser
Owner, Principal Planner, DesignerTotal Virgo. Extroverted introvert. Recovering attorney. Yale grad. Mother of four. Bag hoarder. Overachiever. Front row at live shows. Pug lover. Calm, cool and collected. Expert gift giver. Consummate student. Audiophile. Tequila gimlet. Jeans-and-t-shirt kind of girl.
Favorite Artist: Picasso
Irrational Fear: Open water
Pet Peeve: Improper use of the apostrophe to indicate plural form
Hidden Talent: Photographic memory
Ask me about: Bruce Springsteen
Valerie Lamb
Event ProducerEternal optimist. New Orleans native. Travel aficionado. Bike cruiser. Never enough blue and white chinoiserie. Hopeless romantic. Energetic. Lifelong equestrian. Creative thinker. Jazz club regular. Festive hat enthusiast. Plymouth Gin martini. Power suit and pumps.
Favorite Artist: Marc Clauzade
Irrational Fear: Belly buttons
Pet Peeve: Poor table manners
Hidden Talent: Closet organization
Ask me about: Grace Kelly
Caroline Acomb
Assistant Event ProducerFamily oriented. Loves a to-do list. Quiet but sassy. Ole Miss grad. Morning person. Country music lover. Meticulous. Often found at Ye Olde College Inn. Tech-savvy. Problem solver. Crime show connoisseur. Well connected. Sauvignon blanc. Lives for sweater weather.
Favorite Artist: Carrie Underwood
Irrational Fear: Being alone in big houses
Pet Peeve: Not using a turn signal
Hidden Talent: Home chef
Ask me about: All things football
Brooke Pellegrini
Assistant Event ProducerOrganized. Favorite color is: all of them! Your biggest cheerleader. Podcast junkie. Extreme holiday decorator. Punctual. Yoga instructor. Unfortunately Amazon obsessed. Believer that laughter cures. Drew Brees’ biggest fan. Dirty martini sipper. Boot season!
Favorite Artist: Andy Warhol
Irrational Fear: Enclosed Spaces
Pet Peeve: Loud smacking while eating
Hidden Talent: Handstands
Ask me about: Where to go in Rome