By Kelley Hoover on June 25, 2026 Verified by Google

I cannot say enough about Shauna and ARay of Events! There was ample communication leading up to the event and Shauna was always available to answer any questions I had. Every single detail was covered and managed so efficiently behind the scenes. I was amazed at how smoothly everything ran. Even after the event they worked hard to return everything back to normal by cleaning, counting, and gathering all the decor. ARay of Events is worth every single penny and I would 100% use them again. I could never have pulled off my wedding without them. Thank you so much ARay of Events Team!

By Jenna T on June 8, 2026 Verified by Google

We cannot thank Shauna, Olivia and the amazing team at aRay of Events enough for making our wedding day absolutely flawless! Having the team there on the day-of allowed us to completely relax and just enjoy the moment. They were professional, attentive, and incredibly organized, making sure the entire event flowed seamlessly from start to finish. They also were very helpful in helping us coordinate the day of our rehearsal. If there were any behind-the-scenes hiccups, we certainly didn't know about them because this team handled everything like total pros. We are so incredibly grateful for their hard work and highly recommend aRayof Events to anyone planning their big day!

By Kelly on May 17, 2026 Verified by Google

Shauna and her team were absolutely an integral part of our wedding going so well! Shauna made our vision a reality through her expertise and organization. I cannot imagine how we could have had our wedding without her. If there were any snafoos, I didn’t know about it because she took care of everything so smoothly. Her organization and communication were excellent and I would strongly encourage any person planning a wedding to utilize her services!

By Ariane Rinehart on July 11, 2025 Verified by Google

Shauna and her team were so wonderful! Our wedding weekend was a smooth success thanks to them. Shauna will customize her involvement based on your needs, and even though we were working with her as a month of coordinator, her check lists and check ins throughout the planning process were so helpful.

In the weeks leading up to our wedding weekend, of course there are things that pop up that you didn't think of, but Shauna had a solution for everything - speaker and mic rentals, signage, bud vase rentals to keep our floral budget in check + minimize our post wedding clean up, and more.

And on top of it all, Shauna and her team are so warm and lovely to work with. We couldn't have imagined our weekend without them!

By Kristy Sadaro on October 17, 2024 Verified by Google

My daughter and I contracted for Day of Coordinating with Shauna Jackson, the owner of aRay of Events. The bride and I are both from Kansas City but with the wedding located in St. Louis, I needed a coordinator from the St. Louis area as we were planning the equivalent of a destination wedding.
From day 1, Shauna offered any help she could give. Particularly, suggesting local vendors who she knew would provide great service for reasonable pricing.
Although the bride and I designed and planned the entire wedding ourselves, Shauna jumped in several times during the lead up to help me find draping, suggest florists and sent emails with reminders of things that needed to be done each month.
When it came to the week of the wedding, everything ramped up. Shauna was willing to receive three different UPS shipments as they were delivering as we were leaving Kansas City for St Louis. She received ALL off the rental linens (and sent them back for me!), a tiered cake stand that wasn’t going to make it in time and some photos that we wanted to display at the wedding reception. Shauna just takes everything in stride. A last-minute need for a specialty sized blackout curtain for the reception caused me some trepidation but Shauna just came up with it out of nowhere and took care of it.
The bride and I chose to contract with aRay of Events because they have a large team and can bring in the numbers of people needed to complete any task as requested. I had a U-Haul van full of décor that I had amassed over the prior year. Shauna had someone at the venue when we arrived the day before the wedding to unload the van. This was unexpected as we assumed we would be unloading the van but so appreciated as there were so many other things to get done. The venue setup took 5-6 hours with 5 aRay of events staff including Shauna. I had given her a substantial document with descriptions and photos of where everything should be placed. They asked me maybe three questions and I, frankly, disappeared on them completely once I had to be at hair and makeup. The set everything up perfectly and what I didn’t have detail for, they set up beautifully.
Shauna ran the rehearsal and it was so organized and efficient. Anything I had spent weeks trying to remember to tell the wedding party, Shauna told them in the first five minutes. She is such a professional.
The wedding day was absolutely perfect. At least, it felt perfect. If anything happened that wasn’t supposed to, I still don’t know about it – Shauna is that good. Shauna and her staff did everything. Got the bridal party where they needed to be, took the bridesmaid’s luggage to the hotel for us, set up all of the décor, pinned flowers, greeted and directed the other vendors and just overall took everything off our shoulders. And then made sure the couple and parents all had drinks if we needed them all through the night. After all of that, Shauna and her staff somehow managed to remove all of the décor that had taken so long to set up, break it down, pack it up and get it into the U-Haul and a little over an hour. The venue gave us one hour to remove everything so this was an amazing feat of efficiency.
If you are looking for a Wedding Planner or Day of Coordinator, I cannot recommend aRay of Events enough. The are professional, efficient and caring. Shauna probably got tired of hearing me tell her all night what a great party it was and just the best day. It was a great day just because of the wedding but Shauna and aRay of Events made it flawless.