MorLina Events

MorLina Events coordinated a wedding in which I was the maid of honor. MorLina Events took excellent care of the bride and groom; however, the rest of the wedding party was treated as second class. The owner and staff spent the weekend barking orders, not allowing breaks, scolding and yelling at us. We avoided them in order to have fun. We dedicated our time, money and energy toward our friends' amazing wedding weekend, only to experience the wrath of MorLina Events.The ladies of the wedding party began hair and makeup at the bride's hotel room at 7:30 a.m. MorLina Events arrived at 10:30 a.m. Then the yelling began, "Bridesmaids, you need to be in your dresses by 11:30 a.m." As 11:30 a.m. approached, they yelled, "You need to be in your dresses within the next five minutes. We are behind schedule."After the wedding ceremony, MorLina Events announced that the entire wedding party return to the holding room to prepare for photos. I sneaked away to say "hello" to my bf and confirm plans for the reception since he would drive there separately. Some wedding party members also checked on their families. During those few minutes, MorLina Events continued to call for us. When we arrived at the hotel/wedding reception, MorLina Events led the immediate wedding party to the private lounge during cocktail hour. The bride and groom ate dinner. The rest of us hungrily reached for appetizers and beverages. As soon as we placed our plates and glasses on the tables, MorLina Events told the wedding party (minus the bride and groom) to line up in the grand ballroom for a dry run of the grand entrance! After the 30-minute dry run, the owner called each of our names to tell us at which table we were sitting and pointed to where the table was located in the ballroom. MorLina Events told us we had five minutes to freshen up before lining up for the actual grand entrance. The matron of honor and I ran upstairs to the bride's hotel room so she could put on her contact lenses and I grabbed my belongings. I planned to drop them off at my table inside the ballroom before the grand entrance when MorLina Events saw me. One yelled, "We needed you 10 minutes ago! We're getting in trouble! What table are you sitting at?" I said, "Table 17." Another staffer grabbed my travel bag and the hanger that the bride had custom ordered for us. I yelled back and said, "You ruined my hanger!" I tried to fix the delicate hanger, but they abruptly took my belongings to table 17.MorLina Events assigned the two MOHs to distribute pins to guests during the money dance. MorLina Events owner whispered to me, "Keep the flow moving." I wish she assigned two of her employees to regulate the money dance by having one line of guests fornthe groom, and the other line would be for the bride. Instead, guests randomly lined up in either line and the matron of honor and I had to monitor both lines and the amount of time each guest danced with the bride and groom. Suddenly, the deejay announced, "There are three minutes remaining for the money dance." I had to squeeze in a few seconds to dance with the groom. Afterward, I ran back to my table to learn that the wedding cake had already been served to the guests. Because I was not present, I missed out on cake.A guest said that he and fellow guests "felt rushed." Another guest said that MorLina Events' staff also yelled at a bridal party during a previous wedding.I could eventually forget all the details that happened during this wedding weekend, but I could never forget how MorLina Events made me feel - stressed out, exhausted, being micromanaged as they watched over us like hawks. What MorLina Events failed to realize was that potential clients could arise from this wedding. Instead of cultivating relationships, this company endlessly directed orders. MorLina Events posted selfies and photos of the wedding on Instagram. That was when I learned that MorLina Events had SIX (6) people on its team at this wedding. Two were non-existent; four were constantly in our faces. Interestingly, none appeared to break a sweat, wrinkle their clothes, bend over backwards nor get on their hands and knees.An extra star was given because what mattered most was the bride and groom's happiness during their big day.