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Client Love Notes
BIG ISLAND, HAWAii wedding planners
“If you’re planning to get married or elope in Hawaiʻi, hire Sunshower Weddings. Of course, I’m biased—we didn’t work with any other wedding planning team—but our wedding day (and the entire week!) turned out perfectly, thanks to Kate and the incredible team at Sunshower. From day one, we felt considered, understood, and empowered to make decisions that aligned with what we truly wanted and needed. We were given the freedom—and the encouragement—to create the wedding we wanted. Kate and the team offered thoughtful advice, creative ideas, and practical support that helped us shape unique details and experiences, making the wedding truly feel like us.
Wedding planning involves so many moving parts—details, hours of communication, spreadsheets, forms—and we honestly can’t imagine doing any of it without them. Even with Sunshower’s support, planning was still a big undertaking—but they made it feel fun, collaborative, and smooth every step of the way.
You spend a long time with your planner (for us, it was over two years), so who you choose really sets the tone for one of the most important and emotionally charged moments in your life. You need someone who knows the industry inside and out, understands the environment and community you’re getting married in, has real relationships with vendors, and is organized, creative, thoughtful, and patient.
When the day arrives, you want to feel both secure and seen—and that’s exactly what Sunshower provided. We got married in April 2025, and friends and family haven’t stopped raving about the wedding. Many have said it was the best one they’ve ever attended—and we owe so much of that to Kate and her team. ”
Addis & Jon – April 2025
“Cami and her team at Sunshower Weddings brought our dream wedding to life—truly beyond anything we could have imagined. We feel incredibly lucky and grateful to have had the chance to work with them. From the very beginning, Cami was there every step of the way—reassuring, calm, and grounded, even during the most stressful moments.
Cami felt like our own fairy godmother—transforming our scattered ideas and dreams into something real, beautiful, and far beyond what we imagined. As someone who often gets overwhelmed by making decisions, I truly appreciated how she took initiative and confidently made choices when we needed guidance. She was professional, responsive, and decisive, always providing the direction we desperately needed. On top of that, she kept us on a clear timeline, making sure we stayed on track and completed everything on schedule. I’m genuinely going to miss her—she was with us through it all: the panic, the frustrations, the laughter, and the joy. Her warmth and steadiness made the entire experience so much easier.
Planning a wedding is overwhelming, and I honestly don’t know how we would have done it without her. On the day of, Cami and her team made everything feel effortless and as stress-free as possible. It was such a beautiful, meaningful day—one I wish we could relive again and again. I’m truly sad it’s over. Sunshower Weddings is absolutely worth the investment. I couldn’t recommend them enough. They gave us the Father of the Bride–style backyard wedding we had always hoped for—and more. Working with Cami was an absolute joy, and we appreciate her dedication and kindness more than words can express. Thank you, Cami and team, for everything.”
Ashley & Nic – June 2025
“If I could give them 10 stars I would! Sunshower Weddings did a truly amazing job with helping us have the wedding day of our dreams, that totally exceeded all my expectations. If you’re getting married on the Big Island, this company is a must!
Shout out to Alison or day of coordinator, who not only made sure our special day ran smooth and stress free, but also helped us with planning hours along the way. People though planning a destination wedding would be hard, but Alison made it incredibly easy. Everything fell into place perfectly. She knows this island and the other vendors like the back of her hand, and the other vendors have nothing but GREAT things to say about Sunshower Weddings in general.
I can’t say enough positive things about this wonderful company, who helped make us feel so at home on the Big Island!”
Kailey & Lloyd – March 2025
“100/10, Sunshower Weddings is a MUST for planning your wedding on Big Island! From start to finish, their team was phenomenal, and we can’t recommend them enough.
We weren’t sure if we wanted to have our wedding on Big Island, but after our first call with Kate, it was clear that her team was invaluable and we were sure they were the team we wanted to work with. During the planning process, you can trust Sunshower to ensure your timeline, budget, and tasks are on track. They bring SO much value with their expertise and knowledge of the island, vendors, and wedding timelines.
Kate was so informative with her advice and was dedicated to bringing our vision to life. She advocated for our wants every step of the way. Our guests couldn’t stop raving about how attentive, friendly, and on top of everything their staff was on the wedding day. When I realized we couldn’t do our first dance in the dress I was planning to, Kate immediately reassured me and adjusted the timeline to accommodate a dress change, without anyone noticing the hiccup, and took away any stress that we were feeling.
We can’t imagine our wedding without them, and we’re still hearing from guests that it was the best wedding they’ve ever attended. We could go on and on about how Sunshower Weddings is the BEST choice for wedding planning on Big Island. We can’t emphasize enough how valuable their expertise of the island is.
Thank you again Kate & team for helping us have the wedding of our dreams!”
Crystal & Chidi – November 2024
“When we began planning our wedding in Hawaii, we thought that we would be able to do most of the planning on our own. When we began the process, it became clear very quickly that we were wrong!
We chose to work with Sunshower Weddings because we appreciated their sustainable approach to weddings and aligned with their core values. When we connected with Kate on a visit to the Big Island we were thrilled to have her expertise on all the island has to offer!
Kate helped us craft a team of creative vendors to bring our wedding dreams to life and stay within the budget where we felt comfortable. With a lot of specific ideas in our minds, she was able to pin point the perfect partners and venues. When it came to design, I had a very specific vision for our tablescapes that we planned with Kate at length. To make it happen, Kate procured produce from a number of Big Island farmers, visited farmers markets on our behalf, and even brought produce from her own personal (and incredible) farm. Sunshower’s rental offerings were instrumental and Kate worked with a local rental company to build new tables that fit our vibe. My design dreams were delivered perfectly. I remember walking onto the lanai where we hosted our dinner and being totally awe struck with how her team brought it to life!
Kate was always just a phone call or FaceTime away, ready to listen, and when we hit a couple bumps in the planning, Kate came to us with multiple solutions and a very calm energy.
When we finally made it to our wedding week, our flight was diverted to another island, due to a pothole on the runway. When we landed in the wrong place we were naturally very concerned. Kate was incredible. She went SO FAR above and beyond to be sure that we had a place to stay and a flight the following day to get to Kona. That was the biggest gift she could have given us to help us calm our nerves and continue into our wedding week with joy. She had our back every step of the way.
From the bottom of our hearts – Thank you, Kate! <3”
Melissa & Matt – January 2024
“It is evident from the nearly 50 5-star reviews that the Sunshower team can coordinate a wedding. They can help you find a bar company, plan your timeline, give floral recommendations, arrange a shuttle service, help you design your tablescape — all probably in their sleep.
Instead I want to hopefully highlight the numerous ways they consistently went above and beyond what you would typically expect, and some of the intangibles you might not think of when considering a wedding planner.
TL;DR — it doesn’t get better than Sunshower.
Guidance
I feel like the whole point (or one of the main points) of hiring a wedding planner, is to have someone to guide you and open your eyes to different ways of doing things that you would not have thought of yourself. Alison (our assigned coordinator) did exactly that at every step in the process. I can confidently say that our wedding would not have looked the way it did, or ran as smoothly as it did, if it wasn’t for Alison’s (and Kate’s!) expert recommendations and advice. That was another thing I also appreciated — if Alison was unsure of something, she had no problem bringing in Kate to help us solve the problem.
Collaboration
We both felt listened to throughout the whole process, and felt that Alison was working hard to make sure that everything we were booking, was going to align with our expectations. It felt like a true collaborative process where she listened to, interpreted our desires, provided us with options, and then executed.
Agility
When we came to Sunshower, we already had a venue booked. However, 6 months before our wedding, the venue canceled our reservation. I have never seen anybody act with such a sense of urgency and TBH, Alison + Kate may have been more stressed out than we were Within 48 hours, we had the contract to a new venue in our inbox. ALSO, it was a venue that had never hosted a wedding before and was on none of the wedding websites, so there’s literally a 0% chance we would’ve found this place without them.
Another fun thing that happened was that we lost power on the day of the wedding (blame the town of Hawi)! For the hours preceding and the first ~1.5 hours of the wedding, there was literally 0 power. None of our guests would’ve known though! They handled the situation with such ease and professionalism, and had generators there faster than you could’ve ordered a pizza. And STILL managed to execute 100% of the details + the flow of our wedding.
Day of
There was truly not 1 thing either of us had to decide on, plan, help with, etc. on the day of the wedding. They made sure everything was in place and that we were truly relaxed for the entirety of the day. I have no idea how everything got set up, when each vendor arrived, where the generators were, where the shuttle buses parked, where the food was cooked — and that’s exactly what I wanted. The peace of mind on the day of the wedding is alone worth the cost.
Okay I’ll stop, but seriously, just book with Sunshower. Especially if you are off-island, you can trust that they will get the job done. Thank you Kate and Alison and Sunshower team!!!!!!”
forest & kenyon – july 2024
“Planning a wedding is stressful, a destination wedding even more so. However Kate and the team work together to really walk you through everything and work with you to customize things to your vision. They also work hard to do the heavy lifting on the big day so that you can just focus on enjoying the moment.
Knowing Kate and her attention to detail, local knowledge and willingness to be open and honest about different aspects of the wedding planning gave us the confidence to plan our dream wedding in Hawaii. I know for a fact we would never have attempted it with anyone else.
It’s been over a year and so many family and friends STILL tell us that it was the most beautiful wedding they’ve ever been to and so much of that credit go to the Sunshower team. They’re the BEST!
P.S.-And you might even get Pele to show up like she did for our wedding when the volcano started erupting days before yup, nobody’s forgetting that wedding”
ashley & brent – december 2022
“You have found the right people to help plan your event. The team at Sunshower Weddings and Events is capable, organized, client oriented and efficient. Kate and Alison helped us build an experience that we and our guests were able to enjoy and blew us all away.
Neither my husband nor I had strong opinions about what we wanted our day to look like, but we did know what we wanted it to feel like. We wanted an intimate, relaxed, fun, and loving wedding day. That is exactly what Sunshower helped us create.
On our first call, Kate provided the exact amount of direction we needed and helped us make and confirm decisions about venues, caterers, photography, and music. She even texted some of the vendors while we were on zoom and we got responses within the hour. After this first call, we knew we were in good hands.
Kate and the team provided three different budgets and options within those budgets that we could approve or disregard to help keep us on track for our costs. These budgets were incredible detailed and allowed us to plan for things that we absolutely would have missed without them!
We worked with Alison to finalize details of the day. Alison helped us to create a stunning wedding that captured all of the feelings we set out to experience on our day. In addition to cultivating these feelings with design choices, she followed up with vendors and helped us find solutions for any obstacles that came up. She created a schedule that was sent to each vendor that kept everyone on the same page without a day-of coordinator. Things ran so smoothly on the day because of Alison’s organization and communication with our vendors.
The Sunshower Team managed to do all this while my husband was in Australia (where we live), my family was on the east coast, and I was traveling for work. There were often 3 or 4 time zones managed in one call.
We could not have created this day without the team at Sunshower. The cost of our planning hours were MORE than worth the ease of the day and the connections of the team. You will absolutely be in the most capable hands with the team at Sunshower. Congrats on finding them, they will exceed your expectations!”
annie & nem – july 2024
“If you’re planning a wedding on Big Island, working with Sunshower is the best thing you can do for your event – Kate and her team are just awesome. We loved working with Kate from day one. She’s incredibly organized, responsive, thoughtful and fun! Sunshower has so many Big Island resources and tips you would not find otherwise, and that local expertise is truly invaluable. Kate knows every venue and vendor inside and out and has excellent recommendations. I followed her recs for everything from event rentals to florals, food, drink, music etc. and even for related events like our welcome dinner, and everything was outstanding. A tiny example – we needed a dessert for our rehearsal, and Kate pointed us to a local woman who just started a banana bread business (no way to have found it on our own) – I swear it was the most delicious thing I’ve ever eaten. We got so many compliments from guests on all these various elements, and we owe it all to Kate’s inside knowledge. In terms of the planning process, Kate was on top of every detail, was so easy to communicate with, and she really helped so much during what was already a stressful time for us (we were also in the middle of moving states and starting new jobs). Kate also has quite a talent for design! She helped us incorporate a lot of personal details into everything from our place settings to our signage, which made our event feel extra special, even designing several personal logos/images for us herself that were so fun and reflective of us as a couple. As for the overall event design, Kate and her team knocked it out of the park. I was admittedly not great at collecting design inspo, and still with the little I sent to Kate, she ran with it and put together the most stunning event setup that was beyond anything I ever could’ve imagined. On wedding day the entire Sunshower team, especially Kate and lead assistant, Cami, were fantastic – so kind, helpful and they kept everything running smoothly. Even when late rain showers ultimately had us moving our dinner under the back-up tent we’d ordered, Sunshower knew exactly how to pivot. Everything was moved and adjusted so quickly, and everything Kate had designed still sparkled with a different kind of cozy beauty under the shelter of the tent. I’m sure this was logistically challenging behind the scenes, but we and our guests never would’ve known – we were having too much fun with everything else that had been planned, and we went on to have the most wonderful night. Our event also had a second location for dessert/dancing, and everyone moved from place to place so easily, and got home safely at the end of the night, because everything was so well coordinated by Sunshower. We had an absolute blast at our wedding – it was truly everything we ever dreamed, and we owe so much of that to Kate and the Sunshower team. Would highly, highly recommend!”
jill & john – may 2024
“We live in California and settled on a venue in Kona sight unseen and without Sunshower Weddings, I think we would have had a hodge podge of a wedding.
We had calls with several wedding planners but it was after our meeting with Cami and Kate, we knew we found our planner. They were organized and thoughtful in their approach of the panning process and execution. From the initial meeting we knew no detail would be forgotten. Their vendor list and recommendations were honest and invaluable.
A big shoutout to Cami who not only made sure our wedding day ran smoothly, she guided us through the entire planning process. Asking all the right questions and patiently helping us with decisions that otherwise would have been overwhelming.
As the bride, I heard several times throughout that day that I didn’t look at all stressed and it was because I wasn’t! Without Cami and Sunshower Weddings, I truly believe we wouldn’t have been able to enjoy our wedding as much as we did.”
mylinh & jordan – february 2024
