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17th Annual Best of Weddings Awards Honor the Top Wedding Professionals Across America Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ / January 19, 2023—Ness is pleased to announce that Ness McGovern Events & Design have been selected as a 2023 ­­winner of The Knot Best of Weddings, an accolade representing the highest- and most-rated wedding professionals as reviewed by real […]

You’ve decided you want some wedding planning assistance, whether that’s a full-service wedding planning and design company, a partial planning company or wedding management/month-of coordination. There is an ideal time to reach out and get started with a wedding planner that is driven by how much assistance your looking for. FULL-PLANNING AND DESIGN SERVICES (1-2 […]

CREATE A WEDDING EMAIL Wedding planning requires so much communication between a lot of different vendors. A great way to make sure that this communication doesn’t get lost in the shuffle is to make a specific email address for wedding planning that both you and your fiance have access to. This creates a single centralized-location […]

You just got engaged! You’re excited and ready to start planning! You’ve already decided that you need a planner’s help and expertise. A quick Google search results in a bunch of buzz-words that you’ve never heard, let alone considered: “Day-Of Coordination”, “Month-Of Coordination”, “Wedding Management”, “Full-Service Planning”, “Full-Service Planning and Design”. What does this mean […]

It’s your first day as a barista at Starbucks, you’ve been given a few days of training, you know how to make a latte and then somewhat walks in and asks for the secret off-menu “Samoa Frappuccino upside down”. Is that latte going to turn out great? Even the most experienced barista would have a […]

Recently, apart from the wedding and the rehearsal dinner, a third event has become a staple of many wedding weekends: the welcome party. Between planning a wedding, rehearsal dinner, and any other wedding weekend activities, there are a lot of details and decisions to manage. So why add more to the mix? Well, we’ve laid […]

B+S found their way to hiring Ness McGovern Events and Design through our previous connection to Chancey Charm Weddings, which also previously had an office out of Cape Cod. On our first call, we were immediately taken with how personable, warm and friendly they were. We also loved how excited they were to have a […]

We get it, sometimes shopping is difficult! Need a gift for a couple recently engaged? Or last minute present ideas? We’ve gathered some incredibly gorgeous, chic and fun items to gift this year. Engagement Wine Tasting Box Bride2Bee Subscription Box A Custom Gift Box from “Box Fox” Monogram Handkerchief “36 Hours World” Book FaceGym Wedding […]

For our final piece on “Getting Started with Wedding Planning” we’re diving into your venue search.  Finding a venue can be quite a process. If you’ve been following along on this series, at this point you know the first steps are to decide on some key factors like guest count and what you’re willing to […]

Our next piece on “getting started with wedding planning” is to decide out how much you want to invest in this special day! There are many factors to consider here. We do assist full-planning couples with building a comprehensive itemized estimate. There are two major ways to go about putting together a budget. 1) You […]