Devoted to You Planner

We are incredibly grateful to Carmen and her team for making our wedding day everything we dreamed of and more. Before we began planning, all our married friends insisted that hiring a wedding planner was the best decision they made, and now we understand why. From the very first meeting with Carmen, I knew we had found the right person to help bring our vision to life. Her experience with our venue was invaluable, and we loved how she seamlessly coordinated our traditional Chinese tea ceremony.

As the wedding day approached, Carmen scheduled increasingly frequent meetings and provided us with incredibly helpful tools, checklists, and guidance to ensure everything was covered. She was always flexible, accommodating evening and weekend meetings, and was consistently responsive and professional. We appreciated how involved she was throughout the process, including vendor meetings, where she asked insightful questions that we hadn't even thought of ourselves.

A special thank you also goes to Queenie, who was fantastic in keeping everything on track, answering questions promptly, and making last-minute changes to our seating plan with grace and efficiency. We couldn't have asked for a better support system. On the day of the wedding, Carmen’s assistant was wonderful as well, and it was clear that Carmen, Queenie, and the assistant worked seamlessly together, communicating effortlessly to ensure everything went smoothly.

We highly recommend Carmen and her team to anyone looking for a seamless, stress-free wedding planning experience!

We hired Carmen over a year ago when we wanted to do a destination wedding.  Over the past year, Carmen has been amazing at listening to our questions and concerns, helping us find vendors and places that were within our vision, as well as, within our budget.  She was also very experienced and reminded us of details and information that we wouldn't have thought of if we didn't have her with us.

We ended up choosing Hawaii as our destination wedding which isn't her usual stomping grounds. However, Carmen was very effective at connecting with local vendors and providing us a lot of attractive options, for the wedding venue, welcome party and general ideas on how the wedding trip would flow (e.g. preparing welcome bags, procure random items for the wedding, coordinating the videography sessions, etc.). Carmen was also very patient with us and calmly guided us through the process when the planning started getting overwhelming.

Despite not being able to see or visit the venue and set up beforehand,  Carmen stayed on top of everything. The whole event, including the welcome party, the wedding ceremony and reception, were beautiful and things just happened seamlessly, thanks to Carmen. At the end of the night, she even helped us save some mementos from the night which we totally forgot as we were inebriated and had a moment of regret the next morning.

We've been to many weddings, but objectively speaking, this one was the best one! My husband and I could not have been happier.  Thank you so much Carmen, truly appreciate all that you have done for us!

Where do I begin…. Carmen was the best decision we made during our wedding planning process. Her expertise helped us create the wedding of our dreams. She is well connected and has many vendors that she has worked with many times that she recommended to us which helped so much especially considering how indecisive we are. Darren and I really appreciated the level of care and detail. Carmen would remember the smallest little details I would share with her! She was patient and attentive even when we bombarded her with questions and requests.

Thank you so much Carmen for all your hard work during our wedding planning process and making sure our vision came to reality! We cannot thank you enough.

Carmen was an absolute joy to work with!
About a month after getting engaged, my (now) wife and I began researching and interviewing wedding planners. Four to five planners in, they all started to sound the same, but what stood out to us about Carmen was that we felt *heard*. We knew immediately that she would help make our vision a reality, and when we hit walls, provided us with inspiration without dictating what to do.

Throughout the entire process, she was communicative and extremely flexible with our schedule and requests. She routinely responded in a timely manner - even at odd hours of the night - which gave us confidence that she was hard at work for us and her other clients!

She coordinated with all our vendors seamlessly (photographer, videographer, MC, officiant, florist, hair/makeup, live music, wedding cake, venue). Even a last minute request (literally 2 days before our wedding) was accounted for and communicated to the relevant parties without a hitch.

On the big day, we never thought we would ever say this but the day of the wedding was a breeze! Carmen and her assistants, Queenie and Vanessa were attentive, thoughtful and provided reassurance with multiple check-ins the entire 10+ hours that we were with them.  They handled literally everything: from ensuring that all events were going as scheduled to ensuring we stayed hydrated during the blazing hot July afternoon. Vanessa also made sure that my wife ate throughout her getting ready which was much appreciated! All of the criteria we established for our wedding were met (or exceeded!) and all we really had to worry about was greeting our guests and looking good for photos.

If you are looking for an efficient, professional, and all-around amazing wedding planner, just hire Carmen. It will be the best (and easiest) decision you’ll make for your wedding.

We had Devoted to You as our month of coordination, and Carmen was absolutely fantastic! She came in and took charge, handling all the final vendor communication, organizing the stationery, and coordinating everything on our big day. I recommend her to any couple like us who planned most of the wedding ourselves but needed a pro to make sure things ran smoothly. Our wedding was an afternoon brunch that wrapped up by 3 pm because the venue had another booking right after. But thanks to Carmen, we were able to squeeze in some extra photos before we had to leave as Carmen helped us pack all of our stuff in advance! She even made sure I didn't go hungry or thirsty amidst the craziness of the day. I seriously can't thank her enough and can't even imagine how things would've turned out without her! Highly recommend her to any couple out there!

As soon as I was engaged, the first vendor I wanted to book was a wedding planner. At the time I was working full time from home and taking care of a toddler. I had absolutely no time in between to plan a wedding!

I googled the best wedding planners in Toronto, and Devoted To You came up. Little did I know, I was actually following Carmen on Instagram because I casually stumbled upon her page, before I got engaged, what a coincidence! I knew following her on Instagram was a good idea.

I contacted Carmen, filled out her client forms, and she was extremely responsive to schedule a meeting in person and talk about her services and potentially book with her. Thankfully this was a time after businesses were slowly opening from covid - 19 restrictions.

Of course I booked with her, and had no doubt she’d be an asset during the wedding planning process. She immediately started working on finding wedding venues for my now husband and I to see, and booking times to tour. She was there at every venue tour, which I greatly appreciated because she asked questions which I myself wouldn’t have thought of.

We found our dream venue, and I was extremely happy to know that she had planned at our venue before.

After venue shopping, she kept me on track with booking vendors, and provided extensive options for hair, makeup, videographers, and photographers, DJ’s, florists, etc . Carmen was able to recommend vendors at different costs which suited our budget. She did not force us to book with the “most expensive” vendors, and gave great insight on areas we can save. She coordinated all the meetings with the potential vendors, ensured we were comfortable with the vendor we booked, and even encouraged us to think on vendors for a while before we made our decision.

The wedding planning process was extremely enjoyable from start to finish, by having Carmen by my side. The month before, as expected, was extremely busy for us, but she took control with confirming ALL the vendors, and coordinating final meetings and reminder payments for us.

On the day of the wedding, I felt absolute bliss. I placed all my trust in Carmen, and that gave me the peace I had during the day. I met her assistant, Queenie, who was an absolute sweetheart, and Sarah who was also extremely sweet, whom I met at the venue. There was not a time during the wedding day, that I had doubted Carmen’s abilities to make the day run smoothly. I was able to be in the moment of my wedding day, take it all in, and enjoy the day seamlessly.

Carmen’s ability to implement immediate changes to make the day seem as if there were no changes, was extremely impressive. That validated the reason why I hired her and why I would hire her again.