Seattle Washington Wedding Planners
Planning live events that make you say “Damn, that’s so us!”
Serving up high-caliber design and service to only the coolest couples and queerest weddings in the Seattle metro area. We serve Seattle, Puget Sound, the San Juan Islands, Snohomish County, and the greater Pacific Northwest.
If the idea of garter tosses and boring pastels makes you gag, you’re in the right place.
We’re damn good at helping you sort out what’s important to you - so that you can have the wedding you actually want.
Hi! I’m Cindy Savage, your queer feminist wedding planner.
I’ve been planning live events since 1995, when I got hooked on the behind-the-scenes work that happens in live theatre. As a stage manager, I worked with all kinds of personalities to create unique experiences, handling every small detail without losing sight of the big picture. That’s the A game I’ll bring to your wedding (Read more about why stage managers make great wedding planners here. You’ll notice that I’m not the only one of those on my team.)
While planning my own (first) wedding in 2010, I noticed all the bride-centric, sexist, homophobic nonsense and it pissed me the fuck off. So I decided to do something about it. In 2011, I switched gears from theatre to weddings and focused on advocating for couples who are marginalized by society and the wedding industry to get y’all the joyful, beautiful, offbeat, love fests you deserve.
Since then, I’ve gotten really good at weddings – and I’ve trained a fantastic team to help me get it all done.
Want to reduce your wedding planning stress so you can chill? We’re great at that!
“The gift of queerness is options.”
I think a lot about this TED Talk I watched years ago – the speakers were a queer & trans couple talking about their marriage. And something one of them said really stuck with me: “The gift of queerness is options.” Read my blog post on this here.
Without having hundreds of years of tradition and thousands of years of proscribed gender roles pushing down on us, as LGBTQ+ folks getting married, we can do anything. Our weddings can very literally be whatever we want them to be. We don’t have to care or think about traditions or what media or a wedding magazine says we should do (hint: there’s nothing you should do anyway).
When you kick ass at something that most people find to be some shade of terrifying, tedious, and stressful, it’s really fucking satisfying.
Meet our team of wedding planners who work to ensure our clients have a kickass, stellar experience!
Colleen Gregg
Associate Wedding Planner
I’m a proud West Point grad and served as an Army officer for eight years. During that time, I planned and oversaw hundreds of military operations, and led teams in the most dynamic and stressful situations. Now as a civilian, I bring the same precision and attention to detail to make wedding dreams come true!
I’m a mom of two little girls, an avid Boston sports fan, and I’ll always want to hear about you pets.
Colleen joined us in 2021 and quickly grew from wedding day assistant to an associate planner, helping behind the scenes to make our processes as efficient as possible. She also had top secret clearance in the military – so you know she can keep any wedding planning secrets you want to confess! In 2023, she completed her wedding manager training and she’s now taking on clients of her own. She’s a tremendous asset to our team and to every wedding she works.
Jennifer Rodvold
Associate Wedding Planner
I come from a theatre stage management background where it is all about being prepared for any situation at a moment’s notice – with a live audience watching every move.
Outside of work, I am an avid board gamer and quilter – somehow the two go together, but, I have yet to quilt a board game. I watch a lot of who-done-its while doing so, from old classics like Poirot to modern “masterpieces” like Pretty Little Liars.
Jennifer joined us in 2022 and is a wonderful addition to our team! With our shared stage management background, we have an instant shorthand to get things done together, especially under pressure. Jennifer has recently been promoted to managing weddings on her own, so expect to see her taking charge!
Maddy Dibble
Associate Wedding Planner
I am a producer, performer, and troublemaker. When I’m not in a theatre somewhere – or at your wedding! – I can usually be found at a dog park listening to a podcast. I am proud to call the Pacific Northwest my home.
Fun fact: Maddy’s wedding was the very first one we booked after moving to Seattle back in 2019 – they had such a great experience with us that they applied to join our team! With a background in theatrical stage management and production, Maddy is an expert at putting on a show – and that’s kind of what a wedding is in many ways. We are thrilled to have them on our team!
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Wedding Planning & Design
for spectacular celebrations, with every detail handled for you.
Wedding Management
For marriers who want a pro to run your day so you can actually enjoy it.
Officiating Services
creating personalized, secular experiences that celebrate your story.
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"Cindy and her team are worth their weight in gold.
I genuinely cannot recommend them enough. We worked with them for two years, and my stress level over my wedding for that period of time was a ~*fraction*~ of what it could have been. That’s a long period of time for one’s mental health to be benefitted. My partner and I both have ADHD, so we can kind of suck at task management and responding to emails. Cindy and her team were so, so good about it and helped us so much with no judgment. I’m incredibly grateful for that. I came into the wedding planning world with a ton of self-induced pressure for it to be both perfect and entirely different from any wedding I had seen before. I knew I had no idea what I was doing and that I’d cry myself to sleep forever if I got it wrong, a deadly combination. Cindy and her team actually made it happen. I am so over-the-moon happy with what my wedding became, and it could not have happened without them. Thank you Aisle Less Traveled!”
-Heather & George
“Hire them immediately. Cindy and her team took such good care of us, worked with our budget, and they empowered us to make sure our wedding was about us, our vibe, and not what other people "usually" do or what's on trend right now or whatever.
They also helped us so much with some pre-wedding design as well, which was so helpful because this is very much not our skillset and we needed help reining in our ideas (our Pinterest board was a smorgasbord of everything ever). This support helped us book additional amazing vendors, and I can’t say enough good things about the Aisle Less Traveled team! Hire them ASAP!”
-Susan & Matt
“From our very first encounter we were absolutely wowed with Cindy's through approach and positive energy.
Planning our wedding with Cindy and the Aisle Less Traveled team at the helm could not have been more delightful. In the months, leading up to our wedding, Cindy provided us with timely reminders, and resources to support our planning so that it never felt overwhelming. She also documented truly EVERY detail which made us feel very prepared.
Day-of, Cindy ran our wedding flawlessly. Safety pin, scissors, lint roller, late guests arriving MID processional, ensuring the brides were fed, and the parents were well behaved, all of the above was handled so precisely. It all looked and felt effortless.
As a queer couple, wedding planning can feel extra daunting- especially when the industry is generally geared to one specific version of what weddings are and what they include. Cindy asked so many thoughtful questions about what we wanted, who would be present, how our people would participate, never making assumptions and supporting each of our unique visions. She was also excellent at marrying (pun intended) our different styles and requests which felt super special.
We could not recommend Cindy enough as your wedding planner, and as a person to just know!”
-Tracey & Jackie
The story behind your Seattle Washington wedding planners
We don’t just know weddings; we know LGBTQ+ weddings. We’ve been planning them since before they were legal. We live and breathe queer culture and we understand how it affects LGBTQ+ weddings.
AKA we handle stress well. We can solve wedding problems in a 30-second blackout, or can solve it in 5 minutes with the lights on. Weddings are so much less stressful for us because we come from theater. Our problem-solving skills are bar none.
Is there anyone who knows how to put on a stellar event as well as a queer artist? Our artistic backgrounds and design experience help us to curate a thoughtful, excellent experience for you and your guests.
We’re super organized, really efficient, and detail-oriented. If you feel like you’re not any of those things, or your brain works differently, working with us will feel like a breeze! We’re kind of mama bears for our clients, and ensure that the process is clear, streamlined, and relaxing for both our neurodivergent and neurotypical clients.
It’s impossible to prove this in a sentence on a website, so you’re just going to have to take our word for it. Better yet, schedule a complimentary discovery call and find out for yourselves!
Think we’re a good fit?
Aisle Less Traveled might be the right Seattle wedding planners for you if…
- You know who you are and you are ready to bring your full, authentic selves to the wedding planning process.
- You have a clear wedding vision and you care about creating a beautiful, memorable wedding that will leave a lasting impression.
- You treasure your guests and want to give them an exceptional experience. (We often have guests come up to us at the end of the night to tell us, “This was the best wedding we’ve ever been to!”)
- You are thoughtful and confident decision makers.
- You want a team of incredible artists to bring your wedding vision to life – and you’re ready to trust us to guide that process for you.
- You are eager to support small, local businesses with your wedding.
- You are refusing to let the wedding industry and societal expectations dictate how you celebrate your love.
- You are ready to ditch outdated traditions and boring pastel color palettes so your wedding can be vibrant, authentic, and FUN!
