I was what most people would call a rather “particular” bride, and I am admittedly extremely picky about the smallest random details. So when my husband and I decided to get married in Banff (a frequent travel destination for us, but still a destination wedding), we knew that we had a tall task in finding the perfect wedding planner for us.

Enter: Julianne Young Weddings. While we interviewed a few different planners, Julianne was the only one who fit all 3 of the qualities we had hoped to find in our wedding planner: 1) someone who knew our venue like the back of their hand, 2) someone with many years of experience in the industry, who we knew would make the planning process as smooth as possible, and 3) someone whose style and attention to detail matched our own, and whom we could fully trust to flawlessly and beautifully execute our vision.

From the very first meeting and throughout the whole looong planning process (3 years thanks to COVID), the whole JYW team was so incredibly sweet and supportive. From helping us find the perfect vendor team, to handling our COVID postponement, to patiently answering many e-mails asking for advice on random things that weren’t really “planning” related at all… Julianne and Aimsley were always so gracious and helpful with their time and advice, and we felt so taken care of. Even when we threw some last-minute changes at them (requiring significant changes to our décor and design just a week or two out), they went above and beyond in making sure that everything would be beautiful and go smoothly.

We really can’t think of anything from our wedding day that we didn’t love. Aimsley (our lead planner) was there every step of the way to make sure that everything went according to plan (or if it didn’t, we sure didn’t notice!), and Julianne was also there from start to finish to make sure that the décor/design elements were perfect… and they really were perfect. (I never in a million years thought that I would cry over arches, but I literally burst into tears when I saw our reception setup.) We got SO many compliments from our guests on how perfect and beautiful everything was, and we know we could not have pulled the day off without the JYW team.

To Julianne, Aimsley, and the whole JYW team: Thank you for everything. We will never forget all your kindness, never-ending positivity, and hard work in helping us create this day that exceeded our already-high expectations.

To other couples considering working with JYW: You’ve found the perfect wedding planner, so you can stop looking! Hiring JYW will be one of the easiest and best decisions you will make during your planning process.

I honestly don’t know what I would have done if it wasn’t for Julianne Young Weddings. My husband and I both live in the states and due to our busy lifestyles, there was no way we could have planned a wedding by ourselves at the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise. Julianne and her team are truly angels sent from above. I was originally scheduled to have my wedding June 2020 but had to delay to June 2022 due to COVID. Fortunately, I stuck around and could not be more grateful that I did.

I want to give a huge shoutout to Julianne for helping me bring my vision and decor to life. From meeting her on our first virtual call, I knew I was in good hands. She was so professional and I could tell she was really passionate about what she does. Not only that, but she really does care for each of her clients. I have so much respect for her and her team.

I had the pleasure to have Aimsley as my lead planner. Aimsley helped me with the logistics of my wedding and everything in between. She was definitely one of the most genuine, patient, and kindhearted humans I have ever met. Aimsley was super responsive to my emails and kept me on track with any tasks that needed to be done. Even with my slow response to her emails, she was always there when I needed her. On the day of the wedding, she was very attentive to me and my wedding party, constantly checking up on us. I can tell she is very hardworking and efficient and I cannot thank her enough for everything she did for us. Next time I am in Calgary, I will for sure be stopping by to say hi!

If anyone has any doubt in who to choose for your wedding planner, you won’t regret having Julianne Young and her team!

We hired Julianne Young Weddings a little over three months before our desired wedding date. We were planning an elopement with dreams on making it “magazine worthy” in Banff National Park. Julianne Young Weddings was one of numerous wedding planners we reached out to in the Calgary/Banff area. From our initial meeting with Aimsley we were blown away with the organization, execution and care that she had to make her clients dreams a reality. Aimsley is easily one of the nicest, most loving humans I’ve ever met. From the first day I met her it was VERY easy to tell that she just loved her job and really enjoyed making her clients happy.

The team at Julianne Young Weddings from the start worked with us to achieve our dream elopement. They were attentive to detail, asked us lots of questions and always kept in touch via video chat or phone call. They provided us with their preferred hotel, restaurant and vendor recommendations. Aimsley also worked with us to find the perfect spot for our ceremony, executed a flawless and detailed timeline as well as handled contacting vendors the day of and created the most beautiful set-up for our intimate ceremony. The process was very stress-free, simple and honestly made wedding planning relaxing.

I couldn’t recommend the ladies at Julianne Young Weddings enough (special shout-out to Aimsley!). It was easily money well spent and the BEST investment. Words can’t describe how happy we are with the outcome of our elopement. It’s everything we could of dreamt of and so much MORE. Julianne Young Weddings is easily the best in the industry with a creative touch, staff who absolutely love their careers and just overall the kindest souls you’ll ever meet. We couldn’t be happier. From the bottom of our hearts we could never thank you ladies enough for making our day everything that it was. We have memories to last a lifetime and you’ll always hold a special little place in our hearts

If you’re looking for help planning your engagement or wedding, you’ve found the best there is. My now-husband found Julianne for help pulling off a beautiful proposal. After her flawless execution of our engagement, we couldn’t sign on quick enough to have her plan our wedding.

Julianne is incredibly easy to work with. She was quick, efficient, responsive, as well as flexible and accommodating to our schedules. From the minute we signed on, it was obvious we had made an excellent choice. She was able to craft a perfect vision for the wedding of our dreams by just getting to know us. With ease she helped us find the perfect venue. As two busy professionals with little interest in wedding planning, Julianne made the process efficient, fun, and well-executed, even when we didn’t know exactly what we were looking for.

Going through COVID uncertainty — including a wedding postponement — could not have been less stressful for us. Julianne was the optimist to our pessimism in the early pandemic times, and a realist when we needed to postpone our event. When the unexpected happened, she quickly contacted our vendors and rearranged the entire plan with no added burden to us. When our big day finally arrived, it was absolutely flawless. The wedding was so perfect in design and day of execution, we wouldn’t change a single thing. It was truly better than anything we could’ve imagined. Every vendor suggested/chosen with the help of Julianne was professional, respectful, and absolutely incredible at their job.

To top it all off, we got to spend 28+ months working with Julianne, who is a true gem of a human. She never failed to brighten our day and even convinced us that wedding planning is a little bit fun. I could not recommend her more, JYW was the best investment we made during the wedding planning process!

We cannot express enough how amazing the Julianne Young Weddings team is. JYW helped to navigate 2 postponements during the ever changing covid restrictions and executed the most beautiful third date wedding and reception upon entering stage 3 reopening. Julianne & Aimsley are truly the best! They are professional, friendly, and extremely attentive to every detail. They have mastered décor planning and day of details with great skill and execution. Their style is timeless, elegant and personalized perfectly. Our day was beyond our dreams beautiful and we highly recommend Julianne Young Weddings.

My husband and I are sooo happy and grateful that we hire Julianne Young Weddings Inc for our small and intimate wedding at Banff Springs. It was the best decision that we made, especially since we both had never been to Banff. It was a dream working with both Julianne and Renee. They made the planning process stress-free and fun, and they were able to design the perfect wedding that my husband an I envisioned… and more!

On the day of the wedding, Renee did a spectacular job with setting up our reception. She was detail-oriented and really brought the vision to life. Renee made me feel so relaxed where I coil focus on and enjoy the wedding instead of what was happening behind the scenes.

Best of all, Renee and Julianne have the kindest souls! We could not be more grateful for working with this team!

When we first started looking for wedding planners, it was way back in 2018 and we were both newly graduated students with a limited wedding budget. It only took one meeting with Julianne to know that having JYW on our wedding day would be worth every penny. At the time due to finances, we chose the Riesling program. I was still feeling daunted by all the responsibilities of a newly engaged bride, and in comes this extremely organized online folder with all the recommendations and a thorough to-do list that clearly was put together through years of experience…. What a godsend! Needless to say, we picked every vendor from Julianne’s recommendations, and now looking back we know we were so lucky to have the dream team on our wedding day. If you’re at all unsure if this is the right choice for you, we can tell you that JYW is the glue that pulls everything together for your big day. We can’t think of anything more important than trusting that your planner has your back.

Around comes covid, and despite the scramble to reschedule twice, Aimsley was every bit accommodating and supportive while we worked to find a new date… twice! Although wedding planning has its lulls, we never felt forgotten during the two covid years as every email was answered promptly and cheerfully by Aimsley. The excellent level of communication made all the logistics of planning a long distance wedding seem so trivial.

With the wedding fast approaching, we got to meet our wedding producer Renee- her warm and bubbly personality made us feel like we had been lifelong friends. It’s rare that through all the years and all of life’s unexpected moments, we got to meet a group of women who have been steady, gracious, professional, accountable- yet also unbelievably full of love and genuinely care so much for their clients. Whichever package you sign up for with JYW, you will feel taken care of and supported with more than enough help and encouragement. It’s such a bittersweet moment when your dream wedding finally comes to life because that’s when you realize that you (hopefully) won’t need to plan a wedding again, and you’ll miss this incredible team and their ah-mazingness. Much love and gratitude!

Hiring Julianne Young Weddings as our wedding planner was the best decision we made for our wedding. Stephanie was a dream to work with. Navigating wedding planning during the COVID-19 pandemic was stressful, and Stephanie was emotionally supportive while working to manage every detail. If there was even a hint of an issue with a particular planning point, we would let her know and she would immediately resolve it for us. The vendors she recommended were all amazing at their craft, but also very responsive and professional. Our wedding at the Chateau Lake Louise was completely perfect. Stephanie’s décor vision was flawless and I would not change one thing about our wedding day. We received so many compliments from our guests, and all of the credit goes to the work Stephanie and her team put in for us. I would recommend Julianne Young Weddings to absolutely anyone searching for a wedding planner, and would absolutely use them again for a large scale celebration. Thank you so much, Stephanie!

Ashley & Tyler

Married August 21, 2021 at Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise

We were married in September 2021, and by far the best decision we made for our wedding was hiring JYW! We started working with Julianne in 2019 for a September 2020 wedding. Of course that all changed due to world events, and even the weeks and days leading up to our rescheduled wedding were no better. The constantly changing rules and restrictions were extremely stressful and it wasn’t clear that we were going to be able to proceed just days before. Thankfully we had Julianne as our guiding light! Without her guidance and insight we very likely would have postponed our wedding again; and with a 110 person guest list and guests traveling from out of province and country it was chaotic, but Julianne helped us make all the right decisions. We were able to have the wedding we originally planned for in 2019 and it was honestly more beautiful than we imagined!

Julianne’s process is flawless, she asks the right questions to understand who you are and what you like and care about most. She nailed our design proposal on the first draft; she really listens to find out who you are and what’s most important to you. With Julianne also came her list of vendors, this was a great asset to our wedding. We did the Chianti Program with JYW which allowed us to remain hands on with most of the planning, selection of vendors and executing contracts directly with them. Each and every one of Julianne’s vendors delivered perfectly. I am an extremely detailed person and so is Julianne. We had full visibility of every part of our wedding and every last detail. There were no surprises (that weren’t intended) and she was able to act fast when things went astray. For example, our 5 tier wedding cake fell over during delivery to the Hotel and we had no idea! Our cake was there at the reception for our first look as it was intended to be, and it wasn’t until she told us that we knew. Amazing! Special thanks to Aimsley and Renee who joined Julianne for the day of execution. You delivered a perfect day! Julianne’s ability to create such a beautiful day is truly unique, she is a true professional and leader in her industry.

Thank you Julianne and team! Rob & Jess

Married September 25, 2021 at Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise