Testimonials

I cannot say enough about Gina!

She is more than a wedding planner; she became a friend throughout the whole experience, and she genuinely cares about making your wedding everything you want it to be and more.

I can honestly say we had the Italian wedding of our dreams, and we have Gina to thank for it. Through contract negotiations and renegotiations (we were a COVID wedding) I think my wife would have lost her mind if not for Gina. Planning a wedding is stressful, doing so in the middle of a global pandemic, including 3 formal postponements, even more so.

Trust me when I tell you that when things go awry you want a wedding planner like Gina who will support you and guide you through it all. I will forever be grateful to her for all that she did for us.

I cannot stress how great it was to have a fluent Italian speaker who could communicate on our behalf while completely understanding all of our texts, emails and commentary. Nothing got lost in translation. From the pizza party to the gelato truck to the fedora hats and parasols, Gina had loads of creative ideas and fun ways to engage our guests and bring the whole Italian experience to life.

I also truly appreciate a planner who won’t pressure you to go beyond your budget, but knows how to stretch it as well, and will provide you with options galore on everything that you want.

Gina is a consummate professional with the skills, connections and positive attitude to truly deliver. Hire her, it will be one of the greatest decisions you ever make. Ever!

Gina.

What can I say—she is an incredible wedding planner who brought our dreams to life, and then some!

When my husband and I decided to plan a destination wedding we interviewed numerous planners and are so glad we chose Gina.

I don’t know where to start, but I’ll say that having a planner who is originally from the US but has lived in Italy for decades was a huge asset – she understands what American brides want and how to help navigate all the idiosyncrasies that come along with being in Italy—such as Italian (in)efficiency!

Also, her value for the price is extraordinary. While they say you get what you pay for, I truly believe that we actually got far more than we paid for, as there’s so much that goes into planning a multi-day affair. We spoke with planners who cost more and planners who cost less but feel like we got the vibe and quality of the super-expensive boutique planners at a reasonable rate.

e spoke with one planner who essentially told us a wedding wasn’t possible with our budget, but Gina made it happen!

Further, everything was personalized to us, rather than a basic cookie-cutter wedding that others would have offered. She had great ideas across all price points and was able to identify ways to bring down the cost of our pre-wedding pizza party, such as reusing certain décor or purchasing the wine ourselves. She also has amazing connections with vendors—including exclusive access to a caterer with a Michelin-rated restaurant, a brilliant florist, great DJ, and the best photographers in Tuscany, who shoot for many couture fashion houses.

Gina’s style is impeccable! I had some vague ideas of what I liked, and omg, it turned out better and more gorgeous than I could have imagined. We had numerous guests say it was the best wedding they’ve ever been to, including one bridesmaid who was also a bridesmaid in another Italian destination wedding! I’d also be remiss to not say what a wonderful person she is—making the whole process fun, even when we had to adjust and change things due to COVID.

We’ve since referred other friends to Gina for their wedding, which also turned out beautifully!

My husband and I were introduced to Gina in 2020 when we originally had planned to have our destination wedding in Tuscany.

Due to covid we were forced to post-pone and plan for a future date which turned out to be this year in July. We intended to take a trip to Italy to meet Gina, the vendors, and see the location prior to the wedding. However, that ended up not being possible between travel bans during covid and then we were pregnant in 2022. All of this to say, during the planning process, Gina had the extra task of having to thoroughly explain everything to us, from how the villa is set up to describing the taste of the food. She gave us all the tools we needed to be able to make decisions from abroad.

The first time we saw the venue/set up was on the first night at our welcome cocktail and we were completely blown away. Everything was as she explained it would be but to see it in real life was breathtaking.

There is no doubt that Gina is an expert and knows not only what she is doing but also who she is doing it with.

All the vendors were incredible.

On the next day during the ceremony and reception Gina and her team orchestrated the most perfect day. Everything went off without a hitch. Our wedding was a dream, something out of a fairytale.

Gina is a gem and any bride and groom planning a wedding would be blessed to have her to guide them through the planning process.

It would have been impossible for us to have that perfect of a day with out My Tuscan Wedding.

Thank you so much Gina & co!

Me and my husband Ruudi are so happy we chose Gina as our wedding planner.

Our wedding turned out better than we envisioned with everything planned out to the smallest detail by Gina, but what is even more important, we had a person we trusted 100% with us the biggest day (week) of our lives who we knew could solve any upcoming problems with ease. Gina planned a perfect 4 day event for us and our guests and with only 8 months. All activities, dinners, tours were planned out so well, that us and our guests could just enjoy the our time.

During the time leading up to the wedding, these were the outstanding qualities in Gina’s service:
* She was always available and answered emails quickly
* She was open to have video calls often and we always felt she had time for us
* She provided several different plans and options for us to choose at variety of price ranges
* She helped us with budgeting the wedding and advised us on ways to balance the cost and best quality
* She adapted quickly to our wishes to change anything
* She understood our wishes and vision without us having to explain it too much, and came up with a style for the whole wedding based on that.
* She had a very personalized approach and great ideas that fit well with our style
* She has a large network of very professional service providers (band, catering, florist) that she proposed
* She suggested out of the box ideas that worked very well
* She was warm and open in her discussions
* She negotiated with the service providers and organized the contracts, payment details etc

Overall we couldn’t have chosen a better person to organize our dream event.

Thank you, Gina!

Our wedding was all I ever wished for and so much more and Gina alone made it all possible! For that I will always be grateful. We would have NEVER been able to plan a destination wedding by ours selfs (and I would never recommend anyone to do so eather.)

Gina was by our side in every part of our wedding. She listened to our wishes and came with the perfect suggestions and ideés. She surround herself with the most loving professionals you can imagine. The lovely Daniella who owned the venue, the amazing catering, lovely florist, DJ and bakery and so many more…

I trust Gina with my life when it comes to wedding planning and Im forever grateful that she was there when the corona situation was at its worst and we hade to reschedule to next year she was the best support.

My warmest recommendation to this wonderfull, professional and kind women.

Thank you Gina❤

There are people who are quite the epitome of excellence and it is evident to ALL that their career is really sheer artistry. It is a rare phenomenon to encounter the level of craftsmanship, knowledge and the extra care that we witnessed in our wedding planner Gina Rodriguez.

She is the Proprietor, Founder and CEO of My Tuscan Wedding. She and her wonderful staff in the persons of Isabelle Grabau and Sabrina Sartoni curated magic for my daughter Anastacia and her new husband Larone L. Gilmore, Jr. on October 11, 2023 at Villa Grabau in Lucca, Italy.

And it was marvelous in ALL our eyes. But, this fairytale wedding could have gone left easily if it wasn't for My Tuscan Wedding. Though Anastacia said "Yes" almost 2 years prior; it seemed as if the clock was on Vulcan warp time and expediting with each pendulum stroke in quantum leaps by January 2023.

Nothing was on cue based on the Knot's timeline. Panic was setting in within the young couple's camp. Anastacia had already gone down various rabbit holes and through the looking glass to try and plan this Great Big Italian localed wedding.

This was a hard feat from East Chicago USA. She assumed that if you had a Macbook computer, asked Google the right questions and made calls at the right time of the day despite navigating two time zones and two countries… all would go well. Au contraire, Euro conversions, unfamiliarity with potential vendors, VAT tax, siestas times and the lay of the land was more than a notion.

My daughter and her fiance needed a professional.

The search for a wedding planner was very disheartening. Some of the quotes were ridiculously ludacris and some of their attitudes were haughty because they believed the young couple's dream was a bit much and could not be executed!

But not Gina Rodriguez! Her quote was more than reasonable. Her patience, passion, and joyful demeanor was quite engaging. When she spoke Anastacia and Larone felt all was well. Oh but when she laughed in excitement they knew they were in safe hands for sure. Gina felt like home. At last, we all believed the dream could come true. Gina listened intently and seemed very intentional in executing a couple's creative venture through her organizational skills and network of vendors that she trusted and who trusted her.

Gina's team worked in synchronicity to ensure Anastacia and Larone's dream would be the blissful day they envisioned. Her knowledge of all things Italian weddings is quite vast.

Stacia and Ronnie were able to go to Italy and meet with Gina and Olivia Catering a few months before the wedding for a taste test and to talk about cake! They were geeked, treated like royalty and given a wonderful experience! Her attention to details includes YOU..not just timely payments, wire tracking and getting a vendor for the occasion.

The wedding night, she moved like the hostess with the most..even stepping in at the last minute as Mistress of Ceremony. Her ability to anticipate and guide you through the process of experiencing a beautiful Tuscan wedding comes with practice, attention to details, having a great team and loving what they do! And though the big wedding day is over, the feeling of the day of and all the days leading up to ' The Day' is near and ever present. It is a feeling of gratitude and amazement knowing that dreams do come true!

Our entire family highly recommends My Tuscan Wedding.

They will not disappoint, We promise!!

Grazie Gina and Team for being the quintessential Dream Weavers.

With Great Affection,
Valrie Kemp- Davis
Mother of The Bride

Our experience with My Tuscan Wedding and Gina were incredible.

Coming from the states, there is no way we would have been able to pull of an international wedding without the help of her and her team.

Our wedding was absolutely amazing and we are so so grateful to Gina and her colleague Ludovica for arranging everything.

Not only did they organize our wedding, but they also went above and beyond to help us arrange housing and hotels for us and our guests, transportation suggestions and also booked restaurants and wine tastings for our group in the couple days prior to our wedding.

They were always available if any issues arose with reservations, and helped us figure out things like where to park inside the city walls of Lucca which would have been impossible to navigate without their help.

I can’t recommend this team enough for all the work they put in and their consistent positive spirits and attitudes that made our wedding a breeze.

Gina even single-handedly solved a wardrobe malfunction when a fruit fly got smushed into the front of my wedding dress during the ceremony.

If you are looking for an amazing wedding in Tuscany and a great team, look no further than My Tuscan Wedding!!!

It is with pleasure that my husband and I write this review of Gina and her dedicated team.

Planning a wedding abroad is a daunting prospect, requiring a whole new level of preparation and organisation. However, Gina's constant commitment, professionalism and organization transformed this process, making it a wonderful experience from beginning to end.

Upon first meeting Gina, it was apparent that she was a professional who was clearly very passionate about her job. Her warmth and enthusiasm, combined with her expertise made it easy to trust her; Gina's excitement was infectious, soothing our anxieties. Time and time again, Gina proved her ability to calm me, easing my concerns with her quiet confidence.

My favourite part of this process was working creatively with Gina.

Gina is perhaps, above all, a great listener. She listened to my ideas and brought her own creative and beautiful visions to the table. It was a pleasure to work in collaboration with Gina and her team to make these ideas a reality. Gina carefully selected vendors who matched our budget and style. Her team of experts, including the florist, videographers, hair and make up stylists, and caterers are nothing short of artists. I can only commend them on their talents and thank them for their incredible work.

It felt right that Gina and her team were a part of our wedding day. They not only brought our wedding to life, but they ensured everything went smoothly on the day. Frequently, our guests commented on Gina and her team's helpfulness.

As the bride, I as was able to be in the moment on my wedding day because I knew Gina had everything in hand.

I truly believe that there are few wedding planners like Gina. I feel very lucky to have worked with her.

Thank you Gina, for so very much.