The Knot Honors Top Pros Based on Thousands of Couple Reviews on The Knot Vendor Marketplace with its 19th annual Best of Weddings and 13th annual Hall of Fame Awards

NEW YORK, NY, January 16, 2025 — The Knot, a leading all-in-one wedding planning resource offering a comprehensive suite of digital products and tools, today announces the winners of its annual The Knot Best of Weddings and Hall of Fame awards. In their 19th and 13th years respectively, these prestigious awards honor the top wedding professionals in the industry across all wedding vendor categories, determined by real couple reviews on The Knot Vendor Marketplace. The winning vendors represent the best of the best professionals for all wedding budgets, styles and sizes, who consistently deliver exceptional service to couples throughout planning and on their wedding days.

The Knot Best of Weddings and Hall of Fame awards recognize and celebrate the outstanding service from wedding professionals nationwide whom couples trust for expert knowledge and guidance throughout their entire wedding planning journey. Recent data from The Knot* shows couples increasingly rely on vendors before they even get engaged: One-quarter of proposers enlisted the help of pros for their 2024 proposals, more than double the number in 2019. Outstanding vendors who have earned four or more The Knot Best of Weddings awards are inducted into The Knot Best of Weddings Hall of Fame. Underscoring the awards’ representation of the best of the best, this year approximately 5 percent of vendors on The Knot have received the Best of Weddings award, and less than 1 percent were inducted into the Best of Weddings Hall of Fame. 

To determine the winners, The Knot assessed hundreds of thousands of user reviews for 200,000+ wedding professionals within its Vendor Marketplace across various categories—planners, venues, officiants, musicians, DJs, florists, photographers, caterers, hair and makeup artists, and more—to find the top vendors of the year. Vendors who have received at least seven reviews on The Knot with an average score of 4.5+ in 2024 received The Knot Best of Weddings award. These winners represent the top wedding professionals who best embody and deliver what matters to couples in their wedding planning journey.

“At The Knot, we know vendors are critical to every great wedding, and their significance is not lost on couples: They continue to hire an average of 14 vendors year after year to execute their wedding day visions,” said Casey Moujaes, Vice President of US Vendor and Global Product Marketing. “We’re thrilled to honor the elite wedding professionals whose dedication and excellence set the gold standard for the industry and to provide a platform for couples to find them. These trusted partners deliver above and beyond expectations, provide unmatched guidance and expertise, and make the planning process easier.”** 

“We feel incredibly honored to receive The Knot Best of Weddings Award along with so many other remarkable wedding professionals,” said Tamara Branch Rouse, Founder of Lush Event Design & Floristry in Philadelphia. “This award inspires our dedication to set the benchmark for excellence in the wedding industry. The Knot is our doorway to connect with so many wonderfully brilliant clients and allows us the opportunity to be discovered by our soulmate couples! We are thrilled to be part of such an exceptional community.”

Real Couple Reviews on The Knot Vendor Marketplace:

Alchemist Weddings in Asheville & Charlotte, North Carolina

“We were absolutely thrilled with Lee Everette’s ability to capture not just photos but feelings and moments. From the first call, it was clear that he had a unique talent for seeing beyond the surface and capturing the unique things that made our relationship so special. Throughout the entire process, Lee was more than just our photographer—he was a dedicated and supportive presence, offering his expertise and guidance whenever we needed it. The photos we have received so far perfectly encapsulate the joy, love and magic of our wedding day. We highly recommend him to anyone seeking a photographer who goes above and beyond to capture their wedding,” one couple said of wedding photographer Lee Everette of Alchemist Weddings in Asheville & Charlotte.

HBIC Weddings in Chicago

“Diane and her team at HBIC Weddings are truly exceptional. She kept everything organized and stress-free, all while adding warmth and laughter to every interaction. We actually found ourselves looking forward to our calls, and we’ll genuinely miss planning our wedding with her. Diane and her team didn’t just make sure our wedding ran smoothly—they made the entire planning process an absolute joy. For anyone seeking a planner who combines professionalism with a personal touch, we cannot recommend HBIC Weddings enough,” one couple said of wedding planner Diane Brisk of HBIC Weddings in Chicago.

Through The Knot Vendor Marketplace, couples can find the best wedding professionals in the industry, browse real wedding images for inspiration and read reviews from over 3 million couples. Spanning 25 categories—from venues and wedding planners to DJs, videographers, officiants and more—The Knot Vendor Marketplace allows couples to search, compare and connect to book any of the hundreds of thousands of local wedding professionals across the country all in one place. The Knot Best of Weddings awards, in combination with years of trusted content and innovative technology from The Knot, give couples the confidence to book expert vendors to help plan a wedding that’s authentically them.

Wedding professionals who win The Knot Best of Weddings and Hall of Fame awards are members of WeddingPro, The Knot Worldwide’s business-to-business wedding brand. As the largest wedding Vendor Marketplace and community for wedding professionals, WeddingPro connects small businesses with millions of engaged couples each year on The Knot and WeddingWire, as well as with hundreds of thousands of pros in the industry. Through its online marketplaces, performance insights, educational programs and community-building events, WeddingPro is dedicated to giving wedding professionals access to the largest community of couples, a network of pros and data-backed guidance to help them grow their businesses.

For more information about The Knot Best of Weddings and this year’s winners, please visit here. 

*Based on The Knot 2024 Jewelry and Engagement Study, conducted among 7,800+ respondents who got engaged in 2024.

**Based on The Knot 2024 Real Weddings Study, conducted among nearly 17,000 US couples who married in 2024.

About The Knot

The Knot is a leading all-in-one wedding planning resource offering a comprehensive suite of digital tools to help couples throughout their planning journey. Powering wedding celebrations through technology, the brand offers The Knot Vendor Marketplace, which connects couples with more than 200,000 local wedding professionals, and personalized wedding websites, invitations and registry services. The most trusted authority on wedding planning, The Knot reaches a majority of engaged couples in the US through TheKnot.com; a leading wedding planning app with the most 5-star reviews on iOS and Android, The Knot Wedding Planner; The Knot national wedding magazine; and The Knot book series. Since its inception, The Knot has inspired approximately 25 million couples to plan a wedding that’s authentic to them. Visit The Knot online at TheKnot.com and follow on social media: @TheKnot on TikTok, Instagram, Pinterest and Threads and Facebook.com/TheKnot.

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