Allison Samuel

Senior Regional Sales Lead
610-472-0212
asamuel@herecomestheguide.com

Allison doesn’t just understand wedding venues—she’s lived the hustle. After nearly a decade at Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, she knows firsthand what it’s like to juggle event sales, guest experience, PR, and marketing…sometimes all in the same week. That insider perspective is one of her superpowers: She can spot what a venue team needs before they even have to say it, then jump in with equal parts strategy, creativity, and genuine hospitality. And when Allison cares about something (or someone) she's ALL in. Case in point: This is the woman who flew eleven hours to Kauai for a weekend, running on almost no sleep, just to celebrate a friend on her wedding day. Off the clock, she’s a summer girl through and through, collecting shells at the beach, sipping Hugo Spritzes on a patio with friends, watching Fourth of July fireworks, treasure hunting at thrift stores with her mom, planning her next adventure with her hubby, or putting her whimsical, eclectic stamp on their historic home. Heart, hustle, creativity, and hospitality instincts for days? Yep, we hit the Hoppy jackpot with this one.

Insider Info

Pronouns: she / her / hers 

Where I live: My hus­band and I recent­ly bought a house in Chester Coun­ty, PA. We love the quaint­ness of the small towns, while still being acces­si­ble to Philly.

What I did before working at Here Comes The Guide: I spent a decade work­ing in numer­ous roles for Four Sea­sons Hotels & Resorts. I start­ed my jour­ney at Four Sea­sons Orlan­do help­ing fam­i­lies plan their Dis­ney vaca­tions. I then moved back up north to open Four Sea­sons Philadel­phia where I held roles in PR, dig­i­tal mar­ket­ing, sales, and spe­cial events. I loved my time with Four Sea­sons and espe­cial­ly loved the work perk of get­ting to trav­el to dif­fer­ent prop­er­ties around the world!

Top 5 favorite movies (in no particular order): For­rest Gump About Time Up Love Actu­al­ly The Par­ent Trap 

Post-wedding craving: After work­ing a long wed­ding day, you’ll find me rush­ing to a McDon­ald’s dri­ve-thru for a crispy Coke, large fries, and chick­en snack wraps (with hon­ey mus­tard instead of ranch, iykyk).

My perfect day: Start the morn­ing at a cute cof­fee shop, find a farm­ers mar­ket or craft fair, spend the after­noon at a muse­um or art gallery, din­ner at a new restau­rant in Philly, and end the night with ice cream!

Favorite sports team: I wasn’t always a big foot­ball fan, but now ​“Go Birds” is part of my reg­u­lar vocab­u­lary and I love cheer­ing on the UCF Knights dur­ing col­lege foot­ball season.

Best advice to couples: A wed­ding is a chance to show­case your love sto­ry! Think of sil­ly lit­tle things that make you, you, and incor­po­rate them into the day. For exam­ple, if you fell in love Down the Shore, incor­po­rate beach tags or salt water taffy into the day… even if you’re not hav­ing a beach wed­ding! It’s lit­tle details like this that bring your love sto­ry to life. And also… just have fun!! 

We can be friends if: You’ll jump on stage to sing ​“What Dreams Are Made Of” with me at karaōke.

Dream vacation: My hus­band and I love to trav­el and I’m always plan­ning our next trip! Some of the top trav­el expe­ri­ences on my radar include: a Nile Riv­er Cruise in Egypt, explor­ing the Christ­mas mar­kets of Ger­many and Aus­tria, and eat­ing my way through Japan. If you’re an avid trav­el­er, send recs my way!! I’m always adding to the list! 

What I love about my job: Work­ing with the most incred­i­ble team of kind-heart­ed peo­ple. I also love that this role allows me to stay con­nect­ed with­in the wed­ding indus­try — which in my opin­ion has some of the most badass, hard­work­ing, cre­ative peo­ple in the world!