What they said about us

As the first gay men in our families to get married, it took quite a while for us to finally tie the knot. For us, with our story, we knew our wedding didn’t have to be perfect, but everything had to be right. Not only did the stars align in 2024, including finding the perfect city and venue in San Sebastian for our destination wedding, but we also found an amazing wedding planner in Leire who executed our vision above and beyond what we had imagined.

Leire captured the essences that were important in our story and that we needed to share with and convey to our loved ones, from our struggles and inspirational journeys coming out as gay and Asian to our love of travel and exploration to our deep connection to our Asian American roots and traditions to our love and appreciation of life’s lessons in the children’s book The Little Prince. But we also wanted it to be simple but elegant. We got all of that and more: radiance. What Leire executed was a dream realized, not just for us, but for our family and loved ones. You know it was a special, extraordinary event when your guests continue to talk about the wedding months later and saying it was the best wedding they had ever attended! Our wedding truly was a magical experience for all of us.

Of course, there was the tremendous work and planning to get everything right, to get every detail count, and to make it all seamlessly come together. Behind that work, behind the creativity, was Leire. She was a great listener and thought-partner throughout the process. She was resourceful as she needed to be without compromising on our vision. Her creativity and artistry shone through clearly with the amazing results, from the decorations for the wedding ceremony to the cocktail hour and tea ceremony to the resplendent regal banquet hall to the unforgettable afterparty. Everyone stayed to the end and more importantly, walked away with luminous joy. For us, our wedding was not just a celebration and a testament of love, our love, but also became a work of art, a masterpiece, Leire’s masterpiece, in its own right.

We found a true friend in Leire and she made our dream wedding a reality!

Planning a destination wedding (or planning a wedding in general) seemed like an overwhelming task, but when we discovered 20eventos and met Leire, we knew we had made the right decision! From our very first virtual call, Leire made the wedding planning experience feel personable, comfortable and stress-free . Through regular FaceTime calls, she bridged the distance effortlessly, making us feel like we were right there every step of the way. Her attention to detail and genuine interest in our vision shone through in every conversation.

What truly set Leire apart was her ability to take our ideas and enhance them with creative, unique touches that made our celebration both personal and unforgettable. Despite the time difference and physical distance, she was consistently responsive and attentive to our needs.

Leire has an INCREDIBLE network of vendors and partners in Basque Country, who all worked together to bring our wedding vision to life. We enjoyed working with everyone Leire brought on board for our wedding.

Most importantly, Leire became a true friend throughout the process. So much so, we asked her to officiate our wedding. Her warm personality and friendliness transformed what could have been a stressful planning experience into a joyful collaboration. From the initial consultation to the final moments of our celebration, she exceeded all expectations.

If you’re considering a wedding in the Basque Country, we highly recommend Leire and 20eventos. You’ll gain not just an exceptional wedding planner, but someone who truly cares about making your special day perfect in every way.

Kurt & Ali

Elegir a Leire como nuestra wedding planner fue la mejor elección que pudimos hacer. Su carácter y pragmatismo demostraron ser la clave para que nuestro día fuera perfecto. La eficiencia en la gestión con los proveedores se tradujeron en una organización impecable y un gran servicio. Gracias a su experiencia y su control en cada etapa, pudimos disfrutar del día de nuestra boda sin preocupaciones. ¡Recomendamos 100%!

I couldn’t be happier with my decision to choose Leire and her incredible team, to bring my dream proposal to life ! I wanted to do something out of the norm for my (now) fiancé ! I knew I wanted to do it while we were on a long euro trip, but fell in love with the San Sebastián area. Only being there for a couple days and not knowing anyone, I decided to google planners in San Sebastián. As soon as I messaged Leire and she promptly replied, this secured my decision. She was quick to offer inspiration, listen to my ideas, and offer great advice, utilizing her contacts in the area. She was able to make a bachelor proposal look sub-par to what she created for us. The most serene location, with the utmost attention to detail. Many of my friends are very happy that they’re already married as they say this ruined engagements for everyone else, and raised the bar to a whole other level. Leire made this so easy. Her communication was quick and thorough, and the execution absolutely flawless. Words can not explain our happiness. I wish there was 50 stars available to give. Thank you again !

El mejor equipo. Sobre todo Leire, rápida, resolutiva y capaz de hacer los sueños realidad. Supera las expectativas, con un trato muy cercano y cariñoso consigue que te olvides de la organización, gestión y puesta a punto de TODOS los detalles que conlleva una boda. Trabaja con los mejores proveedores y es un acierto seguro. Volveríamos a elegir a Leire, sin duda alguna.

From our very first call, Leire and the 20eventos team made planning an international destination wedding between two *very* high-strung individuals incredibly easy. Leire was super well-organized, very responsive to our many texts and emails, and constantly reassured us that we were on track and everything would be fine.

Leire did an incredible job finding fantastic vendors for every element of the wedding. She provided great options and had brilliant ideas that meshed perfectly with what we envisioned. When we had to pivot and make significant changes to our wedding, she barely blinked and helped us find alternative solutions that wound up being exactly what we were looking for.

During the final days leading up to the wedding, Leire was in constant contact with us and made sure that everything, including the small things we overlooked, were taken care of. She coordinated with all our vendors and helped to turn all of our visions into reality!. All our efforts and planning paid off with an unbelievable day, with multiple guests commenting afterwards that this was one of the most unique and stunning weddings they’ve been to, while also noting how very “us” the wedding was.

Matt and I will continue to take trips back to San Sebastián, which will always hold a special place in our hearts, and we will be sure to meet up with Leire to catch up on her new weddings and reminisce about ours. If you are looking to have your own destination wedding in the Basque Country, we strongly recommend hiring Leire and her team at 20eventos to make your day come to life!

Chris and I found Leire and 20eventos online while researching wedding venues and planners in Spain. From our very first call, we knew right away that we were in expert hands.

Leire is truly the ‘Queen of Weddings’ in San Sebastián. She knew every single possible vendor, helped navigate all communications and plans leading up to the wedding, and continued to bring incredible ideas that made our wedding weekend so magical.

The entire process from start to finish was seamless and easy to manage. Leire’s ideas were brilliant and spoke directly to our wants and desires for the wedding. Even when coming up against ideas and requests that have never been done before at our venue, Leire made it happen without any added stress or worry.

Everyone who attended our wedding had the absolute time of their lives, Chris and I included. We will continue to take trips back to San Sebastián and soak up all the beauty the bayside town has to offer. Each and every time we go, we will be sure to meet up with Leire and catch up — and to hear about all the fun weddings she’s been planning!

Working with Leire resulted in our dream wedding, but also a blossoming new friendship in our favorite city in Spain.

Chris & Michael

I highly recommend working with Leire and 20 Eventos for your wedding and for any event planning needs. Leire is an absolute delight to work with and a pure professional. She took the madness and the many demands of wedding planning and turned it into something fun that we really enjoyed. She also made our jobs much easier and took care of dozens of things that we never had to think about.

From the beginning, 20 Eventos helped to keep us on track and proposed many creative ideas to help us come up with our vision for our wedding. They then executed on it flawlessly. You can tell Leire knows what she’s doing. Again, she’s a pro! Big thank you to the 20 Eventos team for helping us to create such a fun, joyous, beautiful event with our friends and family. We’ll always cherish it. We’d work with you again and again and again.

Our wedding was the most incredible experience thanks to Leire. She is everything you could want in a wedding planner: creative, responsive, kind, professional, and detail-oriented. At first, planning a destination wedding all the way from San Francisco seemed daunting, but Leire handled every detail flawlessly.

I will never forget our first video call with Leire. We started by sharing our vision for the wedding, and without hesitation, she began showing us venues that perfectly matched what we had in mind. From that moment, we knew that Leire would create the wedding of our dreams. Through each step of the planning process, every vendor she provided was of the highest quality, offering top-notch services and products, from the food and flowers to the entertainment and photography. These connections were invaluable to us, especially when planning a destination wedding from such a far distance. Throughout the process, Leire was there every step of the way and always made herself available to us, ensuring that every detail was taken care of and that our questions were answered.

Having family in Spain made the country an easy choice for us, and knowing how special San Sebastián is, we wanted to share the unique culture, food, and experiences of the Basque region with all our guests. With her guidance, Leire helped us plan not just our wedding day but also an incredible pintxos tour and welcome dinner. She took the time to get to know us as a couple and created unique experiences for each event that touched on both of our cultural backgrounds.

Our wedding day was absolutely a dream come true. Every detail was meticulously planned and executed. Even when it rained the entire morning, Leire was quick to make adjustments to our ceremony and cocktail hour, ensuring everything ran smoothly. To this day, our guests cannot stop raving about how amazing the wedding was, saying it was by far the best wedding they had ever attended. We are forever grateful to Leire for making our dream wedding a reality. If you are considering a destination wedding, do yourself a favor and hire Leire.

We have just had the wedding of our dreams in Donostia, San Sebastián. We were looking at Donostia because we have been several times and loved the city. But planning a wedding from London seemed impossible without some help. We found Leire of 20Eventos in Brides magazine, and after just one conversation, we knew we had found the person to arrange it for us. She liaised with all the various vendors, the florist, the caterers, photographers and suggested venues. As guests were flying in from many different countries, the logistical planning had to be spot on. She delivered. During the week before and the actual weekend she worked tirelessly to make sure everything was in place.
The Friday evening welcome dinner was at The Hika Bodega, a stunning winery which hosted us all for a traditional Basque dinner. Leire went up the day before and persuaded them to let us have the dinner al fresco under an awning. The big day was at the Palacio Miramar, overlooking the La Concha bay, it could not have been more perfect.
pSince then, we have had so many compliments on our big day with many people not wanting the weekend to end. We will be forever in her debt and consider her a friend.

Kyle and I are are a couple from Boston. He is originally from Boston and I am from Spain. When we decided we wanted to get married in the North of Spain, we did some research and set up different interviews with different wedding planners. Leire was the first call we had and after talking to her, we were so impressed by her experience and herself that we decided to cancel all the other calls and hire her. We got married almost 2 months ago and all I can say is THANK YOU. Leire made the wedding of our dreams come true. Planning a wedding in Spain from so far away is not easy and we couldn’t have done it without all her help. She understood our vision from minute one and she made everything possible. We are extremely grateful to her and if you are reading this because you are trying to decide if you want to move forward with her service, trust me when I say stop looking and say yes to Leire. You will not regret it!

If you dream of getting married in San Sebastian, do yourself and your fiancé a favor and hire Leire. She’s the PERFECT planner: she’s creative, responsive, positive, passionate, and best of all — no drama. She immediately puts you at ease with her kind, patient demeanor and honestly is a a real rarity because she’s incredibly talented too.

When we first got engaged, I interviewed 20 different wedding planners in different countries (Italy, Spain, Greece, and France). Our heart was set on Spain, but had noticed that many of the planners were not nearly as savvy as the ones in Italy. Italy event planners had too much of a franchise vibe and it really turned us away from wanting to get married there. We went back to the drawing board to try to find someone in Spain… We got super lucky and somehow found Leire’s website. When we met her on the first call, she was immediately unlike any of the other planners. She saw us for our love and our love for Spain, not just as business to sell to. She’s priced well, took care of every single little detail, and even though we are located in the US — responded insanely fast.

My favorite example of Leire being a no drama planner is that she allowed us to change things all the way up to the last minute and didn’t throw a fuss.

Our wedding day was an utter dream. Every single detail was perfection. I thought for sure that something crazy would happen the wedding day, but Leire made sure nothing unfortunate happened. Could not be more grateful for such an incredible woman!! Every single one of our guests said it was the best wedding they had ever attended. I have mostly Leire to thank for that.

If you have any questions, I am happy to share any details — feel free to reach out and/or check out photos on my IG @lifewithchristine . You will have NO regrets hiring Leire, do it for one of the most important moments of your life!

Christine+Josh

Craig and I are a couple from Los Angeles, and Leire from 20eventos helped plan our dream destination wedding and welcome event in San Sebastian. We fell in love with the city when we first visited in 2017 and knew since then that we would get married there. We initially found Leire through Instagram (@20eventosweddingplanners) and reached out to her about a year before our desired date. She quickly responded and we immediately felt a great warmth and sense of care from Leire in all our conversations – we could tell right away that we would love working with her.

She gave us plenty of creative options and ideas while understanding our aesthetic, and connected us to a team of the most professional and exceptional vendors – from the venue (the wonderful Hika winery) to the food, entertainment, flowers, photo/video – everyone was amazing to work with. We made a trip in May for the tasting, and Leire was an amazing host, able to introduce us to vendors personally and help us make decisions as a team.

All our efforts and planning paid off with a magical day, with multiple guests commenting afterwards that this was hands down the best wedding they’ve ever attended (you’ll see that as a recurring theme in these reviews!). We truly enjoyed working with Leire and would wholeheartedly recommend her creative savvy and heartfelt guidance to anyone planning a destination wedding in the region. We’re sure she’ll give you the same care and attention to your own dream wedding!

Ben & Craig

My name is Katelyn Ctvrtlik Tower, I am originally from Los Angeles, CA. I just had my dream wedding all thanks to Leire. Let me start from the beginning…

I fell in love with San Sebastián when we got engaged there in 2022. Shortly after I decided I wanted to do a destination wedding and San Sebastián was a no brainer!

I started researching weddings in San Sebastián and came across Leires page. I talked to numerous brides to get their input on Leire and every single of them had amazing things to say.

My dad and I decided to fly out and meet with her in November to plan a September wedding. We spent 3 days touring about a dozen venues. Leire was so accommodating and took the time to drive into France and further south into the vineyards of Spain…We saw everything!!

We eventually set our events out like this:
1. Pinxtos tour for our first night
2. Welcome party at Palacio Miramar
3. Wedding at Finca Machoneia
Leire helped us with every event and every little detail. We couldn’t make the time to get back to San Sebastián so she even did our wedding tasting menu!! She went out of her way to make our wedding beyond special. She connected us with so many vendors that we would have never known about. Our lightening came from Valencia, our salsa dancers came from Madrid, the list goes on! She saw my vision and brought it to life.

After our wedding, I got endless texts from guests saying that it was the best wedding they had ever been too! It was an absolute fairytale and ran so smooth! I wouldn’t change a thing about my wedding day and I wish I could go relive it over and over again!

Thank you leire for making my dream come true!! I am forever grateful!

Xo,
Katelyn and Bryant

Our wedding was absolutely perfect, all thanks to our incredible wedding planner, Leire! She handled every little detail , from coordinating with vendors to managing the timeline. Leire’s network of vendors are high quality and professional. We felt like guests at our own wedding because she took care of everything seamlessly. On the day the weather started out poor, so we couldn’t go with the original plan, however, Leire adapted quickly and reorganized the ceremony so that we did not have to worry about the weather and still maintained the intimate vibe we wanted. Our guests still can’t stop raving about how great the food, decorations and party was. It was truly the best day of our lives, thanks to Leire!
Highly recommended her if you live internationally and want a magical San Sebastien wedding .

Leire is exceptional; under her eye our wedding experience was flawless. She curated amazing vendor options, all of whom could have fit the feel we were looking for, and ensured even the smallest details felt authentic to us. We were planning from across the globe while juggling the adventure of being new parents, so we were unsure what to expect. Leire ensured the whole process and every aspect was organized, thorough, and exceeded a high bar. My husband and I could not have been happier with the guidance, support, and genuine care Leire provided—as well as the venue, catering, florals, music, photography, transportation, coordination, etc. we had. If you have the opportunity to work with her I wholeheartedly encourage you to take it! Leire, we cannot thank you enough for bringing our dream celebration to life 🙂