Long before Kehrin Hassan became one of the top destination wedding planners in Southwest Florida, she was a Fort Myers high schooler with a keen eye for detail and a penchant for party-throwing. These shindigs were far from your standard ragtag house party—she had a system. Armed with a U-Haul and an army of football players, Kehrin would empty out a friend’s parent’s house on a Friday night and set the stage for an epic post-game bash. “Then I’d hire the football team to put it all back together—everything had to exactly match the Polaroids we took of the spaces before we cleared them,” she says.
These days, Kehrin-planned events are more extravagant, but the youthful excitement of creating flows through her company. Since its inception in 2012, Kehrin’s Jet Set Wed has built a reputation for crafting luxury destination weddings from the ground up. Each event melds the bride- and groom-to-be’s wishes with Kehrin’s love for travel (she’s visited 64 countries and counting) and a seemingly effortless aesthetic.
Floral arrangements cascade from ceilings and pianos; dramatic arches burst with color; and clever touches (like petite decks of personalized playing cards) pepper her designs. The planner constantly looks for new inspirations. In 2023, Jet Set Wed put on an after-party at LaPlaya Beach & Golf Resort with a massive inflatable moon, like one she saw at a The Weeknd concert; an Italian quartet she caught in Venice’s center square some seven years ago motivated her to extend a stage at another feast, so the musicians anchored the setting. “I experience these incredible things and bank them,” she says.
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Kehrin checks on a tablescape design
Kehrin’s known for her artful detailing, like setting up a working piano (which can be painted any color) overflowing with an arrangement from Naples’ Kaleidoscope Floral.
The incidents of the last few years—first the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown, then Hurricane Ian—posed new challenges for Kehrin and other local planners. “Our industry really came together and shared knowledge, covered for each other and really lifted each other up,” she says. The experience inspired the party pro to expand her reach beyond a wedding-centric focus. She launched the nonprofit Celebrate SWFL to put on fundraising and community-building gatherings, like Alliance for the Arts’ F*ckup Nights (hosted by her husband, designer Jason Teeters), where business leaders talk about their biggest failures and the lessons they learned along the way.
She’s also spreading the joy through her newest venture, Set Soirée, which takes the guesswork out of planning with five predesigned, Kehrin-approved setups. (Check out the Twig Set, with soothing mossy tones and Slate Set for a sophisticated, black-and-white aesthetic with textural elements.)
Each party package includes a choice of welcome table or cake table with a linen topper; a large statement piece to highlight anything from an altar to a bar; and table settings covering table numbers, centerpiece vessels with flowers, candles, cups, flatware (down to the salt and pepper pinch bowls) and photo props so you and your guests can capture Insta-worthy vignettes. Don’t feel like setting up the party yourself? No problem. Kehrin can pull from her list of planner friends for setup and takedown. Now, let’s go have a ball.
Courtesy Jet Set Wed/Karl Rouwhorst from Luminaire Photo