The Wandering Bride

About The Wandering Bride

With a love for fun & adventure, The Wandering Bride strives to make wedding planning fun, not stressful! We specialize in month of coordination with wedding design & styling to make your day a breeze for you. All in beautiful outdoor settings in Yosemite National Park, the Sierra Nevada’s, & beyond!

Not only are we mountain area locals that will be your Yosemite area tour guides, but we are day of coordination experts with a love of the great outdoors! The Wandering Bride strives to relieve wedding & travel stressors however possible and believes that fun should always be had along the planning ride.

With a bachelor's degree in Business Management and a minor in Fashion Merchandising, Founder & Head Wedding Planner, Jessica (or Jess!), always knew she wanted to work in a field where she could be creative. Her experience in food & beverage as well as with managing people, lead her to her career in event services. Jess honed her planning expertise at The Pines Resort, on Bass Lake, CA, for over 9 years and gained ample wedding & event planning and coordinating experience. She has a true love for weddings, especially with a beautiful outdoor backdrop! Through her career with The Pines Resort, she helped the company grow their wedding & event department; they went from 20 weddings a year to 60+ annually. Jess was able to receive 4 Couple’s Choice Awards for quality of service as well as had 3 weddings published in several reputable real wedding publications like Green Wedding Shoes, Junebug, & Western Wedding magazine.

Jess now brings this expertise to her own company, The Wandering Bride, and works hard to make wedding planning a fun and enjoyable process for all!