The planner behind the weekend

I'm Francis — French-born, New York-based, and probably not who you'd expect to be running a boutique wedding planning business. My background is in financial technology: complex software, institutional clients, high-stakes logistics. Methodical work where getting things wrong has real consequences. It turns out that's not a bad foundation for planning a wedding in a foreign country.

A few years ago, a close friend asked me to help plan his wedding in France. What started as a favour turned into something I couldn't stop thinking about. Over several months, I negotiated with French châteaux, coordinated caterers fluent in both kosher and Hindu dietary requirements, managed guest arrivals across three continents, and produced a four-day celebration that felt — against all odds — effortless to everyone who attended.

I'm not a local French planner unfamiliar with what international couples actually expect. And I'm not an American planner learning France from the outside. I grew up there. I know how vendors communicate, how timelines actually run, and where the hidden complexity lives. I also know what it means to arrive somewhere unfamiliar with your whole family in tow and need everything to just work.

That combination — French fluency, international perspective, and a professional obsession with logistics — is what I bring to every wedding I take on. I work with a small number of couples each year, intentionally, because this kind of planning only works when I can give it the attention it deserves.

I love taking ideas that feel complicated and turning them into experiences that feel effortless.