Meet Tanya Breland

We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Tanya Breland. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Tanya below.

Tanya, looking forward to learning from your journey. You’ve got an amazing story and before we dive into that, let’s start with an important building block. Where do you get your work ethic from?

I have obtained a good work ethic since as long as I can remember. Working my first job at 14 at Wendy’s, I have always wanted to perform anything that I do with excellence. When I was in high school, the first two years I was hanging with not so motivated crowd. It wasn’t until my forever best friend, Catherine, introduced me to a program call the Cooperative work program. It was a program where you were enrolled into an intensive educational program that allowed you to receive regular high school classes every other week and work the alternative weeks. I landed a job working at the NYU mail room and was the highest paying student in the program. The catch is that you had to maintain an 85% average in order to stay in the program and continue working.
This helped me to put my best foot forward at school and at work. I knew that there wasn’t anyone that could ruin this opportunity but myself so I gave 100%. I stayed in this program until I graduated. My employer even offered me a full time job after graduation, I declined because I was headed to college in the Fall. This all to say that this experience shaped me into the person I am today. I give everything that I do the same effort and it’s because of this experience that I have an amazing work ethic. This helps me in my business today.

Thanks for sharing that. So, before we get any further into our conversation, can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and what you’re working on?

I, Tanya Breland , am the visionary behind Happy Planning Events. We are a boutique wedding planning company dedicated to helping busy, engaged professionals create their dream weddings with less stress and more joy. Since launching my business in 2023, I have built a reputation for delivering seamless, personalized, and unforgettable wedding experiences.

I fell in love with wedding planning after my own wedding in 2021 that I planned during the pandemic. I’ve always had a deep passion for love stories, a sharp eye for detail, and a calming presence and I bring these assets to every event my company plans, manages, and executes. From budgeting and vendor management to timelines and logistics, I expertly handle the complexities of wedding planning so that my couples can relax and enjoy their engagement and wedding day to the fullest.

We are based in NYC but have executed wedding in several states. We will go wherever love takes us. We specialize in curating elegant and meaningful celebrations that reflect our clients’ unique love stories. Our ultimate goal? To transform our clients’ visions into reality and leave them with memories they’ll cherish forever…

We are going to have a vendor table in New Brunswick, NJ at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on February 18th, 2025, from 5pm to 7pm. We are hosting an Open House/Wedding Expo at the Carroll Hall on March 15, 2025, in Brooklyn, NY for newly engaged couples who can come out and find their vendors for their wedding in one place. We invite all the engaged couples to come out and meet us there.

There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?

3 Qualities that have impacted my journey.

1. Resilience
2. Optimism
3. Perseverance

My advice for others is to find your why. Why is the motivator for everything you do. If you know why you’re doing something, chances are it makes it clearer and gives your clarity on your destination.

One of our goals is to help like-minded folks with similar goals connect and so before we go we want to ask if you are looking to partner or collab with others – and if so, what would make the ideal collaborator or partner?

We are always looking to collaborate with others. We are looking to collaborate with venues, photo/video teams, and other event planners who love to work, wants to create a workplace that exudes teamwork, wants what’s best for their client and is transparent about it.

They can connect with us on social media. We can be found on almost all the platforms @happyplanningevents except Facebook, Tanya Breland- NYC Wedding Planner

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Nichole Alfonso, City and Sea Studio

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