Sophie Robinson

Customer Relationship Manager
813-616-2754
srobinson@herecomestheguide.com

Sophie has been living and breathing weddings since 2014, with a background that spans resort and recreation, Indian wedding planning here in Tampa, and behind-the-scenes work as a virtual assistant to wedding pros. That range means she doesn't just understand the wedding industry from one angle, she gets it from nearly every angle, and she brings all of that experience to the Here Comes The Guide family.

Ask anyone who's worked with her: Sophie is the easiest person to talk to. She's your biggest cheerleader when things are going well and your steadiest strategic partner when they're not. She genuinely loves this industry and the people in it, and it shows in how she shows up for every client and every win, big or small.

Outside of work, you'll find her chasing around her toddler, planning the next Disney trip for her family (she's already thinking about the next one, don't ask how many they've done), and yes, probably color-coding something in a paper planner. She brings that same organized, all-in energy to her work, minus the pressure for perfect. She'd rather help you find what actually works.

Insider Info

Pronouns: she / her / hers

Marital status: Mar­ried my best friend on 10.15.21 at Oys­ter Bay Yacht Club on Amelia Island. We were almost a COVID cou­ple, but our long engage­ment worked in our favor! We actu­al­ly got engaged dur­ing the ini­tial two-week lock­down – way bet­ter than the sky­div­ing pro­pos­al he had planned (if you ask me!).

Where I live: Sun­ny Tam­pa, Florida.

Favorite things: I absolute­ly love live the­atre, the movie How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, beach days with my Myles guy, trav­el­ing, moz­zarel­la sticks, my fam­i­ly and friends, a crispy Dr. Pep­per or Dunkin’ iced caramel cof­fee, craft­ing (you should see my craft clos­et!), Indi­ana sweet corn in the sum­mer, food­ie date nights with my hub­by, our lab/​rottie mix Rip­ley, and base­ball hats – always.

Favorite wedding detail: We sped through all the recep­tion for­mal­i­ties – fam­i­ly dances, speech­es, intros – so we could get straight to din­ner and the fun danc­ing. I loved see­ing so many of our favorite peo­ple from all dif­fer­ent walks of life enjoy­ing the music togeth­er. Our crew sure knows how to get down! No one even noticed when the bar closed because every­one was too busy tear­ing up the dance floor.

Best advice to couples: On your wed­ding day, stay by each other’s side. It’s so easy to get pulled in dif­fer­ent direc­tions vis­it­ing with guests, but make time for inten­tion­al moments togeth­er. Grab each other’s hand and take men­tal snap­shots: look around dur­ing the cer­e­mo­ny, real­ly sit and enjoy din­ner, tune every­thing out dur­ing a slow dance, or steal a qui­et moment while tak­ing pho­tos. My hus­band still talks about how thank­ful he is that we did this.

Words to live by: “What you do makes a dif­fer­ence, and you have to decide what kind of dif­fer­ence you want to make.” —Jane Goodall

How I spend my free time: I’m a proud mama to a fun tod­dler guy, Myles, who keeps me on my toes! When I do find free time, I’m a new mem­ber of the Junior League of Tam­pa and love vol­un­teer­ing in my com­mu­ni­ty. This incred­i­ble group of women sup­ports every­thing from dia­per banks to adop­tion match events and fos­ter youth men­tor­ing – and it tru­ly fills my cup.

What did you do before working at Here Comes The Guide? Whew – I’ve worn a lot of hats! I start­ed out as a con­fer­ence and events man­ag­er in hotels, then jumped into recre­ation (basi­cal­ly an on-land cruise direc­tor!) at the largest pool deck space on Florida’s east coast. After meet­ing my hus­band and mov­ing to Tam­pa, I piv­ot­ed to teach­ing ele­men­tary math and sci­ence (I know…what?!). I quick­ly real­ized I missed wed­dings, so I joined an Indian/​South Asian wed­ding plan­ning com­pa­ny before launch­ing my own busi­ness as a vir­tu­al assis­tant for wed­ding pros – han­dling all the behind-the-scenes sys­tems that keep a biz run­ning. And final­ly, I land­ed my dream role at HCTG!