Love Letters

Jessica W., Berkeley, CA | Plumpjack Resort Wedding
5 stars on Yelp

Vera was my day-of wedding coordinator, and she is the best you can possibly get. She was extremely organized and on top of things, and she was the perfect person to handle logistics while I was off, well, getting married! Vera is very professional, courteous, and able to work with all sorts of people and juggle a bunch of things at once. She also has a great sense of style, so if you want to bounce ideas off her, she'll make you look good. Not only did she do all the coordinating and organizing day-of, she also worked with my mom-in-law to do a rehearsal dinner with "surprise" decorations that I loved!

If I had to do it again, I would 100% choose Vera Devera and Va de Vie Events.

Jane W. | 06.06.10 | San Francisco Zoo Wedding - 5 stars on Yelp

I'm very excited to have Vera as my wedding planner. She is always responsive (even when I'm emailing her after midnight!) and is always organized and efficient. Even more, she is incredibly creative! When I was having trouble finding the right venue, she swooped in and came up with the perfect, non-traditional venue that I loved! She gets your unique vision, and will help you create something that fits your personality perfectly! I've been having a lot of fun with the whole process....and that's all due to Vera!

Dorothy H. | 08.13.09 | Photography - 5 stars on Yelp

As a photographer, I've worked with Vera on a couple of events now and she is awesome to work with! She is very up to date on the latest wedding trends, has great ideas and is super organized! Her warm and easy going personality makes her a joy to work with. I definitely recommend her!

Bonnie E. | 7.28.08 | Marin Headlands Wedding
We loved Vera. She was smart and enthusiastic and warm. She listened to our concerns and asked thoughtful questions. She didn't feel like an "employee" she felt like a friend that really cared about our special day.

On the day of the event, she allowed me not to think about the workings of our ceremony and reception, but out of the corner of my eye I saw that she was running things efficiently and cheerfully.

She took initiative, worked well with my friends and family who had pitched in to help with logistics and everything ran wonderfully.

One of my favorite pictures of our event is one of Vera tapping on a chime to signal the start of our ceremony. She's got this amazing smile and we included the picture in our album because she was such an instrumental part of the day.

By the way, I'm a control freak, and there's no way I would have been so hands off if I hadn't felt Vera had it under control.

I highly recommend her services.

Dolores S., Redwood City, CA | InterContinental SF Nonprofit Gala - 5 stars on Yelp

I have worked with Vera first hand on a large charity event, as well as seen her work on smaller events. She is very attuned to details, handles stressful situations calmly and knows how to be pro-active vs. reactive. Vera has very creative unique ideas, has all the right contacts to make things happen seemlessly and effortlessly and is cost conscious. She works very hard for her clients and is extremely dedicated to making the event the best possible. When I get married, I want her to be my wedding coordinator if she has the time.

Lisa C., San Francisco, CA | Private Parties - 5 stars on Yelp

Vera DeVeradeveradevera is one of my very favorite people!!! This is not only because she is the consumate professional; the consumate hostess; party planner; amazingly creative and enthusiastic events ideator and executor... She is just one of the cutest, most personable, people pleasing perfectionist and, "do or die" producers of social events i have ever known!

There is nothing she and tribe can not do get create or make happen! I am in the business of tv commercial production, and i know what it means to "get it done no matter what", and Vera fits that compulsively overacheiving mold! I have hired her and her associates so many times now to throw huge special theme parties and events in our house, that i have lost count! If i'd been allowed to use her for our wedding (it was at a venue where we had to use the in-house crew) i certainly would have! As it was she did the rehearsal dindin party which our friends are still talking about!! i give Vera and Va De Vie an A+++++++ = Va De Vie!!!!

Megan B. | 08.11.09 | Nonprofit Event - 5 stars on Yelp
Vera was critical to the success of Future Women Leaders' big annual event. She's incredibly passionate about her work, has fantastic attention to detail, and blew me away with her creativity. I'd recommend Vera's work in a heartbeat and am happy to speak with anyone interested in her services. Two big thumbs up.