Julie Francis/Pawsey
I have lived in France since 2001 and speak English and French, I am here along with my on site team to help put in place your perfect day.
The Lot, where I am based is a beautiful department situated in the south west of France. Offering some breathtaking places to stay it is an ideal location to hold your perfect wedding or function.
Working within the wedding industry throughout my career, I pride myself on finding you the perfect setting and putting in place your dream wedding.
With great passion I can help you to organise the perfect celebration for your special day.
I can help with minor details or the whole event.
Following a meeting or phone call I shall then:
• Propose venues to fit your group size and budget.
• Source local service providers that fit to your requirements
• Put a costing together for catering, drinks, Entertainment, DJ, live music, transport, Flower, Hair and make-up, photographer/video and any other special requests.
On your behalf I will visit potential venues, put together menus and gather any samples for decoration and colour schemes.
I can put together a step by step wedding schedule, propose and book wedding accommodation, organise additional wedding activities such as beauty treatments, massage or wine tasting.
Provide on-site coordination on the day of the wedding, table decoration, large decorative items and flowers.
Ensure that all elements required to make your day perfect are in place, making sure that you can relax and enjoy the day knowing that it will run smoothly.
We now offer a care package, to take care of you through out your stay.
We go the extra mile!
I (Julie) will be the one that plans your wedding, but with my back up team we have more time to answer your questions and get the bookings you want quicker.
by working with local Venues, we know where to go for what you need, using local service providers keeps the cost down and are on our trusted suppliers list.
happy to work with anyone you find.
Our on the day team work hard in the back ground making sure your day run smooth.
With in our packages, we help book caterers, Food trucks or restaurants for the day before or after, and book breakfast to be brought in.
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"We would recommend Julie to anyone getting married in South West France. Not only is she brilliantly organised she is an excellent people person. She was fantastic at organising everything we needed, and being fluent in french and english meant that things that would have been so difficult for us (like organising taxis, caters and florists etc) were made to seem easy. On the day itself, Julie was absolutely amazing and we couldn't have done it without her. She worked tirelessly all day to make sure that we didn't have to think about a thing. Thank you Julie for helping to make our day so special.”
Polly and Andrew
Frank Withers
Manu and I used Julie to plan/coordinate our wedding in Cenevieres, France, and honestly could not have imagined it occurring any other way. From the beginning her communication and attention to detail was impressive and incredibly reassuring given that we had to do 90% of the planning overseas. When our original wedding date (summer 2020) had to shift due to Covid and multiple vendors were unable to adjust, Julie had our backs and made sure we were taken care of. All of her recommendations panned out magnificently, and every part of the wedding ran better than we could have ever imagined, thanks to her dedication and the talented coordination of her staff. If you are thinking twice about hiring a planner; don't- I can't imagine throwing an event of such magnitude (even with sub 100 guests) without one- there are way more moving parts than anyone can possibly account for and yet Julie does so with ease. 10/10 would recommend to any couples planning their destination wedding in France, or anywhere else in the world for that matter- being bilingual was also a huge plus, given the American/French blend of guests and vendors alike. We are so grateful for Julie and her patience, experience, and always positive aura for our wedding!! 11/10
Katie Mason
Julie was the wedding coordinator for our July wedding at chateau d’Oche. We were planning our wedding remotely, from London, but Julie was able to set our minds at ease and ensure everything came together. Even more impressively is when you meet Julie in person; she took the reigns and brought our wedding vision to life. I would highly recommend her to anyone looking for their dream wedding en France!
Helen Gracie
Julie was wonderful and I’d highly recommend her.
We planned our wedding from London and having Julie on the ground to help with suppliers/contracts in the run up was so helpful.
We had lots of calls to make sure everything was in place and to give us her advice (Julie really does think of everything!). Julie helped us decorate and in the end the festoon lights and decorations were perfect, just what I had hoped for.
Julie came to the chateau the day before and did a rehearsal with us all. As soon as she arrived, she was professional, friendly and I felt like she lifted a huge weight off my shoulders. Her daughter Zoe helped out too and was brilliant.
On the day, Julie took total control so I didn’t worry about anything. Her organisation meant that I could fully enjoy the day and everything went as planned thanks to Julie.
We did have a slight issue at the chateau but Julie’s language skills helped us to sort it out quickly and without a big fuss.
I’ve loved working with Julie and having her as part of our day. I couldn’t recommend her enough. Thank you!
Dylan Turner
We couldn't recommend Julie highly enough as your wedding planner - we literally had the wedding day of our dreams and couldn't have done it without her. She was available for us 247 in the run up, always calming us when we got stressed and coming up with effective solutions to any issues we faced (we got married at a family home not a venue!) From flowers to catering, music to decoration and everything in between she is knowledgeable and truly understood our vision, bringing it to life. Our wedding was totally bespoke and Julie helped us come up with some great ideas through her years of expertise. Additionally, she was wonderful at providing options and solutions to help us stay in our budget! Julie is so easy to work with, respectful of what you want and making that happen - not to mention she is so fun too! Thank you Julie for helping us achieve the wedding day of our dreams - we couldn't have done it without you!!
Julia Fulford-Kirby
Julie has held weddings at my property and she is extremely organized, efficient and friendly. She makes every wedding day run smoothly and stress free, I highly recommend her
Harri Stevens
Positive: Professionalism, Quality, Responsiveness, Value
Julie knows the wedding industry in France like that back of her hand. She is so well connected with so many fantastic people. From the first day we got in touch she was really easy to get along with and available to chat whenever we needed her. She guided us to our dream venue and put in so much work to organize our perfect day. She is extremely organized, honest, hard working, great company and anyone would be lucky to have her involved in their big day. Unfortunately we had no choice but to cancel our wedding due to COVID circumstances, but true to her character Julie stood by us until the end and guided us through the cancellation process. My partner and I can not recommend Julie enough for anybody thinking about getting married in France.
Alex Schmautz
I worked with Julie for the wedding of C&M at the Château de Beduer in sept 2021. It has been a pleasure to be part of this beautiful day. She is very professional and organized, the result of her hard work is a beautiful wedding day and the whole experience has been spectacular. I totally recommend her. Alex
Visited in September 2021
Rosemary Poole
Wow what an incredible wedding planner. We had our wedding in August at Chateau St Martory, a third time re arranged date due to covid. Julie from the start all the way back in 2019 to just last month was amazing, her communication and attention to us was brilliant. On the day she was a very calming and stopped at nothing to ensure we had what we wanted. I could not recommend her enough to anyone looking for a wedding planner in France, we simply could not have had the fantastic day we had without her!
Geoffrey GB
We planned our wedding from the US and worked with Julie. We could not have done it without her - she helped us get many of the vendors including our amazing venue! We had an amazing wedding, and everything worked out as planned (which is rare when planning an international wedding). Highly recommend working with Julie!
BARTHÈS Suzanne
(Translated by Google) For us musicians Julie was perfect. Thank you for his welcome. She made every effort to ensure that our service took place in the best conditions! …
A note from a few Brides and Grooms
"Thank you for everything Julie. There were always going to be lots of challenges and unknown components to planning a vegan wedding in rural France! You were truly a God send. We would've been lost without you. From start to finish you were made our vision seem completely achievable, ran with all of our ideas and brought everything to life for us. We felt truly listened to and trusted your incredible intuition, input and ability to make everything happen! Every challenge along the way, you met with calm assertiveness and your ideas and experience proved invaluable. The end result surpassed our expectations and so many people commented on what an open, organised and professional influence you were on the wedding day itself. It was an honour to have you on our journey to the big day/week!! SUE UK
I wanted to thank you for all the help and planning you put in to make Sophie and Jamie's wedding day so special. It really was a truly magical day and I really couldn't fault or wish to change a thing. Sophie looked beautiful ( although the dress didn't survive the onslaught of the evening's dancing!), the venue was wonderful, the food delicious, the flowers just perfect and your staff and the chateau were charming. And then if that wasn't enough, the sun shone for them the whole day! Everyone thoroughly enjoyed it and I just wish we could do it all again! Thank you Julie
ELIZABETH COLYER. UK.
Sophie Manning recommends Wedding planner france: "Julie did an amazing job of organising our wedding in Rodez. Everything went like clockwork and it was so useful having her organise everything as well as make sure we got the best price. The day went without a hitch and we didn’t have to worry about anything from planning to the actual day. She’s so lovely and thinks of everything and made the whole experience a breeze. Thanks Julie, you are the best Sophie and Jake x" UK.
The wedding was picture perfect So thank you, Julie, for your hard work. The best part for me is that it all worked, I didn't have to think about it, and all of our guests were treated to a wonderful event. All the best, Michael. Canada, The Princes Chateau.
The first time we worked with Julie was a couple weeks ago and it was great fun being part of her team. It was certainly one of the most outstanding weddings we have ever been involved with and I can't wait for the next opportunity to work with her. I know! the couple were delighted too...
Jeff Ross recommends Your Wedding planner France.
Julie was fantastic. Such attention to detail, so helpful, and just lovely to work with. She did everything she could to make sure the day was what we wanted. She went above and beyond at time to insure it. We are so grateful for her. We had the most beautiful day.
We were planning our wedding from the United States and it would have been impossible without Julie and her team. Thank you, Julie!
Haimy Assefa USA. Chateau of Dreams.
Julie is simply wonderful! She helped us with every step of our wedding and it turned out like a true fairy tale. She understood our time constraints (we were both PhDs at the time) and went above and beyond to make sure we had our dream wedding without any stress. I could not recommend here more. Truly, thank you for everything you did for us Julie! ❤️
Gabriela Gruszynski Sanseverino. The grand Chateau
Julie is the best wedding planner we could have ever hoped to find! She listened so attentively to what we were trying to create and delivered way beyond our expectations! We knew we could relax on the day as she was there to take all the worry away from us! The attention to detail for the decorations created a truly magical experience and so many of the guests said the setting was a fairytale come true! She is hands on, focused and creates an air of competence and calm which helped so much with our own nerves. Thank you!!! x…
It was such an incredible wedding week and it was joy to have there every step of the way!"
Much love,Matt and Susi xx Teh UK, The Rolling Hills
Julie, thank you so much for all your hard work and help to make our wedding day unforgettable. I know it’s a cliche but it really was the most perfect day for us and even better than we’d imagined. It was comforting for us to know you had everything under control and that if any problems came up you would sort them before we even knew about them! Organising a wedding in a different country is not easy but with your help, recommendations and reassurance we pulled it off and we’re very grateful. If we’re ever throwing a party in France again, we’ll definitely call you 😉
Big love xxx
L & F — avec Fraser Farrington. The Rolling Hills, UK
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