OUR TEAM
Sarah Arkin
lead wedding planner & stylist
Our managing director and lead planner, Sarah, brings a wealth of experience with nearly 15 years of planning weddings here in Queenstown. While she enjoys every aspect of wedding planning, her favorite part is helping couples design a day that genuinely reflects their unique style and personality. Out of the 500+ weddings she’s planned, no two have been the same—and that’s what makes her job so rewarding!
Originally from California, Sarah fell in love with Queenstown almost two decades ago and has made it her home ever since. As the most established wedding planner in Queenstown, she’ll be right by your side to ensure your wedding day is memorable and stress-free. She knows all the best hidden gems and top venues, and she’ll connect you with the best trusted local suppliers to ensure your wedding day is truly unforgettable. Her extensive planning background also includes being the founding president of the Queenstown Wedding Association
Sinead Keegan
wedding planner & coordinator
Alongside Sinead’s incredible wedding planning skills, she also brings the most charming Irish accent! She’ll keep your plans on track and ensure everything runs smoothly from the moment the first guest arrives until the last one leaves. With several years of experience in events, she knows how to make your wedding day not just memorable, but also stress-free.
Sinead will be hard at work behind the scenes long before the wedding starts, ensuring that by the time the first guest arrives, everything looks absolutely perfect. She’s the detail-oriented, calm, and approachable coordinator that every bride dreams of having by their side on their wedding day!
Sophie Farrar
planning & co-ordination
Sophie is our elopement wedding coordination superstar who will be by your side every step of the way. She loves creating your very own special wedding day and ensuring every little detail is unique to you. Sophie’s favourite part of planning a wedding is learning your love story and seeing the smiles on everyone’s faces once you tie the knot – don’t be surprised if she tears up during the vows!
When Sophie isn’t busy coordinating our beautiful elopement wedding packages, she is teaching incredible yoga classes here in Queensotwn…so we can assure you she will be the ultimate calming presence keeping everything under control on your wedding day!
Alasdair Gay
wedding engineer
Behind every good wedding planner there is a handy man who can put all the creative ideas into action. That is just one of the many talents that Al brings to our team. Formerly a mechanical engineer, after marrying Sarah, he slowly had his arm twisted into becoming our irreplaceable ‘wedding engineer’ (don’t tell him we said it). He is the man behind all the elaborate setups from hanging thousands of crystals on a marquee ceiling to installing hundreds of metres of fairy lights to create the most romantic spaces…he really can transform a venue like no other. He is the managing director of our partner company Queenstown Wedding Hire.
Tui
official welcoming committee
If you ever get the chance to come visit our office here in Queenstown, you will be very lovingly greeted by our gorgeous Tui. She joined our family only a couple months before our first child, as our first official fur baby. She definitely has a hard time feeling left out, so often considers herself the official welcoming committee for all our visitors…her favourite trick is playing chicken with all the cars on the way down the drive…but don’t worry, she always gives way in the end!