Today we’d like to introduce you to LaQuisha Kingsley.
Hi LaQuisha, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today.
After many years of planning family birthdays, anniversaries, and baby showers, it was time to plan my wedding. I knew what it took to make a successful event memorable not only for the guest of honor but also for the guests. From the food, decor, music, and execution of the timelines. I have this love for conceptualizing an event with a theme and seeing it come to life.
All of my friends know that if I am hosting a party, there is a good chance it will be themed and that everyone should get on board with their outfits. Today Minne Luxe is in the space of trying to find brides and grooms who are in the beginning stages of planning their wedding and who have the ideas but need help bringing them to life.
We want to plan with the bride and groom, manage the vendor communication, and be the go-to between people so that the couple can enjoy being in the engaged era and not worry about the stresses that come with managing the big day.
I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
I would say the road has been what I expected as a small business. It has not been easy as someone who wants to get out there and start helping with so many events to not have an audience.
As a small business it is hard to engage and reach customers in your target audience and in this business of event planning, word of mouth and marketing is everything.
Great, so let’s talk business. Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
We are a wedding planning service that provides day-of coordination, partial planning, and a la carte planning services. We do consultations, vendor communications, day of set up and tear down, and handle many other logistics for weddings.
What sets us apart is we started by hosting parties for friends and family on an intimate level to then helping coordinate large events such as weddings. We have a very keen eye for detail, engage well with our customers and vendors, communicate effectively and professionally, and we love what we do. We are not in this business for the money, but to help make weddings magical for the couple and stress-free.
What else sets us apart from any other wedding planning company in the state is we are one of the few Black Owned, Woman owned event planning companies in the metro area making us a unique business that wants to show our hard work and dedication and that we deserve to be in the wedding industry space just like the other vendors.
Have you learned any interesting or important lessons due to the COVID-19 crisis?
I think covid taught us all about resiliency and never giving up. Covid was a difficult time for all industries and knowing how to bounce back and re-evaluate business operations and how to manage financially.
It taught me to go after things I love and it made me realize the business and professional role I was in before was not making my life happy and bringing me joy so I needed to get out of my comfort zone and join a space that I knew I would love, and that was event planning and coordination.
Pricing:
- $800 Day of Coordinator
- $500 Partial Planning
- $100-700 a La Carte
Contact Info:
- Website: www.minneluxeevents.com
- Instagram: www.instagram.com/minneluxeevents
