This review is for Claire, mansi with CF Weddings Italy, the most amazing woman, and Weding Planner there could be.

I will start by saying I am an extremely organized, type , anal with detail, control freak. I love planning events myself and attempted to plan my wedding at Villa Cimbrone in Ravello from California. This was a three day event with a welcome dinner, the wedding, and the following day a farewell brunch. I did personally plan a good brunt of the wedding on my own, including securing the 3 venues and dates, and figuring out most of my flowers. This was in part because the hotel mandated we use their specific vendors. after I felt like I had much of it done I then felt wary of my plans being executed without a “day of person” and that’s my search for a wedding planner began. Up until hat point I was quite stressed, depressed and melancholy about my wedding, and when everyone asked if I was excited about my wedding to their dismay, I would say I can’t wait for it to be over and to Unfollow all of these wedding, inspirations and stuff and be done with all this planning.

I reviewed a bunch of Weding Planner’s interviewed a bunch as well, and came across Claire Mansi and she was the best choice by far. After securing her to be my day of coordinator, a few back-and-forth exchanges showed me that she actually had far more value than a day of planner. There was a lot more details that still hadn’t been confirmed and she took him over with ease and alleviated so much for my plate. She notified me of things I didn’t know. She had a beautiful eye for design and decor, and times for events. She was very budget, focused, and would scale me down when I would come up with more grandiose floral ideas, or Decour thoughts. She took the difficult and dreadful tasks of finding a photobooth and dealing with travel logistics from Napels to Ravello. Same with furniture for the wedding. When I showed her what I like but that is was too expensive she found the same for much cheaper and somehow got us a discount on top of that! Fortunately, although she is based in London, she travels to Italy frequently for other weddings and free of charge would stop by my venues for FREE, send me pictures and tell me what was necessary or not necessary without her I wouldn’t have had table cloths on some of that rusted old tables for my welcome dinner and brunch yet in the pictures from the hotel they looked beautiful and new. When I wanted fancy table cloths of runners, she simplified my design with cheaper decorative plates that looked far better! So much more I could say! She became a daily point of contact.

She was tremendous when it came to organization and timing of events. When I wanted the wedding to be longer and start earlier, she was very clear about the heat and time of day, and suggested the most perfect time for my wedding from start to finish. She kept us on track with the events. We had quite a lot going on with photography sessions before each event And she helped establish when they would meet us where the photo shoot to take place and even secured Best Buy rental for us and took care of my luggage from one hotel to the next so we could focus on our events during the wedding. She would urge me when it was time to move from cocktail to dinner and then out of dinner to reception from one area to the next that we would stay on track, this is very much needed. I got to completely effortlessly enjoy my wedding day from Makeup getting ready until the end of the night because I knew that Claire had every detail taken care of and would make sure everything got done and I got to gracefully go from pictures to the ceremony to the cocktail hour to the dinner and to the reception without an ounce of worry. I kept waiting to “get nervous” but I never was! Just happy and relaxed! She carried my makeup for me for touchup and brought my Reception Dress down to the reception area because my hotel room is quite far and she didn’t want me to miss any of my event.

She was extremely reasonable price. I happily tipped her so much, because I felt like her flat fee for what I had paid for regarding her services with insufficient.

She went above, and beyond with all of my guests, all 50 of them reaching out to them individually, asking about allergy dietary restrictions any special needs and helped so many with their individual travel logistics from trains to the airport taxi to the hotel, and make sure everyone got home. Everyone at my wedding knew Claire and asked if they could tip her personally too because of the help She provided each person.

Her communication is above all the best feature. Her emails are promptly responded to an end fact if you don’t respond to her emails she will chase you down via what’s app, text message, or zoom conference, to make sure every decision is what I would like, and everything is decided upon in a timely fashion.

She was without a doubt, my favorite part of the wedding planning, and it was such a relief to hire her and relinquish all of my stress on to her plate. She took it happily a smile on her face. She felt like a mother to me from the get-go and throughout the last day, and I wish I could’ve taken her home to California with me , I have heard such horror stories of wedding planners, and I have the absolute opposite experience with Claire, she is a true angel, and truly cares about you, your wedding, your happiness, your budget, and will advocate for you with the vendors, if needed, if things aren’t going, how the bride invasions. All of the vendors also told me individually that Claire was wonderful to work with, and a pleasure to have on the team.

I also want to add that she speaks Italian, which was amazing and helpful, because my make up artist, my videographers, my photographers, florists, everyone mostly spoke Italian, and she had to translate quite often to help them understand my needs.

She kept in touch after the wedding. She loved my 10 year old daughter that came and very thoughtful towards her. The day after the wedding my daughter was tired at the farewell brunch because she had stayed up late and Claire offered to Check her into the hotel room and put her down for a nap so that I wouldn’t have to leave the brunch. After the wedding she emailed me to give her a big hug from her. She really touches your heart.

Lastly, we had so many vendors, plate rentals, photobooth, furniture, video, flowers, etc. everyone needed wires and each wire was €35 and it kept adding up. Claire helped us by paying them directly and we sent Claire one big wire to make it more seamless and help us save on fees. I just can’t say enough about every little way she helped and simply out of the kindness of her heart knowing her flat fee was not increasing per service or purchase. Even if every thing she did had a price tag on it it would have been well worth whatever cost!

I love you Claire! Anytime you want to visit America, my home is your home

A great professional!

I am a Lay Celebrant working in Italy and had the pleasure of working with Claire on a wedding in Southern Italy. Claire proved to be a professional Wedding Planner and very attentive to the needs of the bride and groom and the suppliers.
A good feeling and mutual respect was immediately born between us, which led to an excellent result on the wedding day.
Dear future brides and grooms, if you are thinking of organising your wedding in beautiful Italy, have no doubts... Entrust the realisation of the most beautiful day of your life to this talented Wedding Planner!

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Very helpful and honest wedding planner. Close to solving all possible problems. Glad to have met her. Thank you.

Claire and Monica helped us plan our dream wedding week in Ravello, Italy this past September. From the initial planning stages to the final day, they were instrumental in bringing our vision to life. We especially appreciated their assistance with the complex logistics of planning a destination wedding, including coordinating accommodations and transportation for our guests, booking restaurants, and suggesting activities for 5 days. Their local knowledge and vendor connections were valuable, and they were incredibly helpful with last-minute requests, going above and beyond to ensure everything ran smoothly. Our guests were also very impressed with their responsiveness and helpfulness throughout the week.

Claire was particularly adept at understanding our vision and preferences. The flower arrangements were stunning, the live music at the reception was perfect, and the table settings were exactly what we had imagined. She worked diligently to create a budget that reflected our priorities and ensured we had the wedding we wanted.

While our overall experience was positive, we'd like to offer some transparent feedback for future couples. Planning an Amalfi Coast wedding on a budget is tough. While Claire ultimately found fantastic options that met our needs, particularly for activities outside the wedding day, the process involved a fair amount of back-and-forth regarding budget. More proactive budget management and upfront alternative suggestions would have been helpful. But since we started planning so far in advance, this didn't cause any major delays/issues - just more communication. Additionally, a few overlooked details, like venue lighting and guest policies, created some last-minute stress, though Claire and Monica did resolve these issues to the best of their abilities (which we appreciated).

Despite these minor challenges, we are grateful to Claire and Monica for their hard work, friendly and calm attitudes, and dedication. They created a truly memorable week for us and our guests, and we appreciate their efforts in making our wedding dreams a reality.

We recently attended our daughter's wedding. It was organized by Claire Mansi. It was a great experience for all of us. The location was breathtaking, the decorations, the food, the services, the staff who helped around was very professional. All other trips and gatherings, besides the wedding day were well planned. Everybody enjoyed specially that day and the whole week of our staying there. It was an amazing experience that we will never forget. Claire and her staff made it all like a dream vacation. CF Weddings Italy I would warmly recommend it to other family and friends

Our wedding day was the day we hoped it would be. We invited 65 people who we loved and cared about - some from school days, some from work and seeing them all sitting in the Piazza in Ravello with our families was awesome - they had all come to celebrate with us and we were so happy.
Claire and Francesca created that day for us from arranging the flowers, venue and menu we’d chosen to booking hotels and transport to and fro the airport for everyone, every last detail was professionally and efficiently put in place. Leading up to the day they were in regular contact with us and our guests finalising specific requests and requirements. It was all dealt with seamlessly - no stress or worries.
In a nutshell we couldn’t have asked for more. It was the most beautiful day with memories to last a lifetime.
We highly recommend this company in every way.

They listen very carefully what needs and requirements are, and their capability to transform into reality is outstanding!

Claire and Francesca make the perfect wedding duo! They are knowledgeable, professional, organized, and work with your budget to create something amazing!! Not only are they the most kind hearted people, but they were everything you needed when you needed it. I could rave about them all day long, but saying they’re fantastic isn’t enough!
Claire and Francesca, thank you both for spending a whole year planning with me, making actual MAGIC happen for us, and being so wonderful!! Ben and I had the most perfect wedding week, and we will never forget you two and how hard you worked! Hiring you as our planners was the best decision we made, and we are so thankful for you both!!
With so much love and gratitude,
Gianna and Ben

Claire was perfect from start to finish, very easy going and very easy to work with. She made everything seem so effortless and stress-free. Every request i made was met and she was great with suggestions. Great at responding and always available. Amazing wedding planner!

Words cannot describe our gratitude for Claire and Francesca. We got married in stunning Ravello 25th August 2019. Our wedding was everything we dreamt of and more and thank you to Claire and Francesca for playing a massive part of it.
Nothing was too much trouble and they were always available and offered their help and expertise(no matter what time of the day) Claire and Francesca were highly organised, professional and always took our thoughts and needs onboard.
We would definitely recommend Chic & Fabulous to anyone who wants an incredible and stress free wedding day.
We will always be entirely grateful to you both.
A massive thank you to you both again.
Best wishes
Mr and Mrs Ryan

Thank you Claire and Francesca and The Amalfi Coast for our dream wedding!
The service has been fantastic from the beginning and we created an amazing event!