Never hire this wedding planner!!!!!
Klára Pecháčková
She has single handedly ruined our wedding for us, so I want to warn any other couples out there considering her services. DONT! This will be long but I hope that you would read since weddings are not cheap!
Our wedding was August 03, 2026.
We have a small child and dont live in the Czech Republic. We were budgeting as best as we could making sacrifices and compromises in order to have this wedding. So a flight outside of our wedding period was just not possible especially with the new expense of a wedding planner.
At first her emails were very supportive and understanding, she stated she would work with us and our budget to bring as much of our wedding vision to life. We were elated to hear this considering the venue told us they plan everything a week before the wedding. The venue provided a coordinator but she was not responding to me. Our meeting was in March and had radio silnce for months. By the time we got to 3 months before the wedding and still nothing from the venue, I took matters into my own hands. I'm sure anyone could understand how nerve wracking this would be concerning given how expensive erything is now for weddings. So Klara felt like a weight odd my shoulders, she was very warm and kind and quirky and I really liked her.
She first sent me a long form to fill out stating things like who the photographer was, the MUA, the dj, who was in the ceremony, the names of the guests etc. After that, everything started spiraling downhill.
We had a video meeting after I had filled out the form but in the video she asked me the same questions I had filled out. I wondered why I filled out the form if we would talk about the same stuff over video but I brushed it off thinking maybe she just wanted to go over the form? Plus I dont speak Czech and she was trying her best with English which I appreciated a lot so I tried to make my questions simple, give her what she needed and just listen.
After this, it was 2 months worth of back and fourth emails asking the same things over and over again. I would receive maybe 3 separate emails in the morning from her, so threads would get out of hand but again, I followed her lead because she "has 14 years experience".
Our wedding was very small, 26 guests, and the decor super simple because we loved the venue on its own. We wanted our wedding to be super laid back and things to happen naturally outside of catering, of course, since they need a schedule. Everyone was coming from out of town so we wanted to have the time to spend with our friends and family.
She had very specific requests for how she wanted to receive documents so she only wanted word documents and excel spreadsheets; no screenshots, no photos, no Google docs, no Google sheets. So many times we had to convert these documents for her. This was difficult since I'm alone with my hyperactive child and my husband works strict hours. So I tried to juggle changing documents for her or doing them late in the evening when my husband could mind our child.
I made a guest list outlining each guest, their association to us, and where they were staying. I sent this to her on June 30th. She created a wedding schedule which I adjusted. The week before our wedding she told me we had to create a pick up schedule for guests since we hired a shuttle service. I told her we were packing and cleaning our apartment so I couldnt create the schedule hoping she would do it.....since she's hired for planning and coordination. Instead, she made us create this schedule the evening before our wedding despite having all the locations of guests, and the schedule of the wedding that SHE created outlining when the groom arrives and when the bride arrives. Her excuse was "she doesnt know everybody"...........
The day before the wedding she still had no idea who was escorting who, and asked me if the ceremony only had the father of the bride and mother of the groom. We had exchanged MULTIPLE emails and texts outlining our wedding party.
She told our guests not to take photos or videos during the ceremony which we never discussed. We were hoping to have some video footage from our guests of our ceremony but she completely deprived us of that. I could have added video services to photography but I honestly did not think she would do this so I figured some people would have at least something. Not the whole ceremony but just....something. We now have nothing. Not to mention that gets so much more expensive. We were trying our best.
She asked me a million times about speeches, who will do them and when so we can "fit them in the schedule" and I told her we dont wanna schedule speeches we want them to happen organically if anyone wants to say something at any point during the wedding. As we sat down for dinner she said "now would be the time for speeches if anyone wants to say something?" And when she looked at us noticing our angry expressions she said "or not whatever you want" but people were already starting.
She told me i had to print out the seating plan and have it framed. I was also making things in order to have our budget around a bit. She said the welcome sign should be a specific size and ideally in a frame as well. I got pissed ofd at thisp point csuae its my weddinf and I don't want signs in frames....never said that to her so I duno where that came from. Again, pushing her own ideas and agenda. I told her for such a small wedding, we didnt wanna make a seating plan people can just look at the table. She said "ok then I'll print a small one for myself". There were 3 copies of the seating plan printed on a table at our wedding.
We had very specific music picked for certain events in the wedding. The cake was supposed to be brought out to a particular song. Not only did I write this to her, but I had a detailed schedule for the dj which I copied and pasted into a word document to send her I stead of sending her our thread. Since she also requested I send her everything all over again but in one email so that she has it all in one and doesnt have to search her email (her words).
She interrupted our photography multiple times to remind me that the cake has to come out, which she brought out late and WITHOUT THE MUSIC. I had reminded her about the song right before she was to bring it out, but just like everything else she ignored my specifications and did her thing. Then they offered to "redo" it with music this time, but people were already taking photos and the moment was ruined.
The day before the wedding, she just ..announced to me that after we cut the cake, she will cut the cake because it's her tradition. I had no say in this. Then she had the nerve to ask if she can use my photographer for her photo and I said no but she use her fiance. I found out later that she continued to harass mt photograoher for the photo until he felt uncomfortable to speak with her at all.
I also found out from staff that she complained about me a lot in the back, and said I was a "mean bride".
To top it all off, she brought her soon-to-be husband along for "translation and help" because he spoke English well. Hes not a vendor. Hes not anything other than her beu. He hardly did anything at all, never translated really, and got so fucking plastered off the alcohol WE WERE PAYING FOR BY CONSUMPTION. So he basically crashed a wedding.
Not only did I pay for her services (not cheap), i paid for her mileage, her accommodation, and i included parking out of good faith. When I complained to her (because I cried finding out she instructed people not to take photos during the ceremony), she lied saying she never said that but only said we hired a professional photographer and that shes sorry I feel the way I do. Zero empathy, zero attempt at making it up to me, and complained how she feels she went above and beyond for us. She ghosted me after my second reply.
She offered to pick up our wedding cake because it was on their way, she VOLUNTEERED to do this. I said "are you sure I dont mind paying for delivery" and they both insisted since it was on their way. But she used this as proof that she went above and beyond for me, and also said she used "a lot of her own time" to deal with vendors and planning. What other time would you use if im paying for you to plan and coordinate my wedding?
Theres a lot od other things she did but it has taken, and is still taking me, some time to get over the devastation of what she did. Our entire wedding felt so rushed, that I didn't feel like I was enjoying it until the end of the night basically. We also didn't manage to get some of the photos we wanted because she kept interrupting us.
On another note, the dj, MUA, and photographer we had were some of the most amazing and lovely people! They were so supportive and empathetic, they were truly amazing. Im attaching their information here:
MUA: Ivana Zelinkova
Dj: Štěpán https://www.instagram.com/dj.stepan.bruck/
Photographer: Marek Topolar https://marektopolar.cz/
Klara somehow has 5.0 rating on Google reviews out of 15 or so reviews and many more on Facebook. But she was the absolute worst thing about my wedding. Save yourself the money and hire someone else. I hope this helps someone cause the Czech Republic was honestly such an amazing country with amazing people. (Except Klara and her husband)
Thanks for reading