Reviews of Devoted To You Inc. (Event Planner)

Yulin Chen

Carmen has been extremely thoughtful during the whole wedding planning process, she has made the tedious and scary process organised and easy. First and foremost, Carmen is extremely passionate about what she does and bringing joy to her friends. Here I used 'friends' instead of 'clients' because my wife and I really felt being in great hands of a long time friend. Planning for a wedding, after first hand experience, is extremely difficult and nerve wrecking, and to us, the feeling of having an experienced friend looking out for us was paramount. Secondly, organisation and experience. Our understanding of the wedding planning was this big unmanageable mess, but since Carmen was an such outstanding seasoned veteran, she offered detailed plan and timeline, and executed on point, so we never felt behind or rushed along the way. We always had plenty time at each step to review all details, which allowed us to make great decisions on every aspect of our wedding. Third, representation and budgeting. Carmen accompanied us throughout the entire 6 months. She was not only there with us at every important meeting with vendors, wedding venue, etc, she represented our best interest. She was always the first to voice our concern on our behalf at any situation that arose. In addition, she always tried her best to negotiate the best deal for us for the most value returned, hence how we stayed within budget :D Last but not least, close connections to great vendors. Not only was Carmen a pleasure to work with, all vendors she introduced for DJ, music band, designer, decoration, were passionate groups of utter most professionalism. Every part of our wedding was surreal because we were in unbelievable hands. From photographer, to band, to DJ, to designing, we owe our hugely successful wedding to the lovely and extremely responsible vendors with whom Carmen had put us in contact with. Huge thanks and nothing but love for Carmen, best wedding planner in T.dot!

Christopher Lau

Working with Carmen and her team was an absolute pleasure. Carmen is very personable and we fee like we made a new friend through the process. She makes a genuine effort to always be involved and will follow through on any task or idea you may have interest in. Probably the best testimony we can give is that we were near stress-free. Throughout the planning process and even on the big day, friends and family commented on how we were the most relaxed couple they'd ever seen. Carmen and her team are very thorough with their planning. All of our initial concerns with budget, headcount (300) and day of scheduling were quickly washed away. Our challenges with the final reception vision; every suggestion, idea and referral shared by Carmen was spot on. Even the small uncontrollable mishaps we had on the wedding day became more entertaining than worrisome. We were very lucky to find someone we could trust completely with our wedding. We are very happy to say that our wedding was exactly what we wanted and we were able to enjoy every minute of it.

Anime MC DJ Host

I first worked with Carmen at the Palais Royale for a wedding. The couple hired us separately (Carmen as the wedding planner, me as the MC and DJ). As soon as I met her, I knew she was an expert in her field. She was incredibly organized, would give me the heads up for each main part of the event, cued me at the right time, ensured I had all I needed, prepared all speakers before they had to speak, and made the event seamless. I was so impressed. She's also a genuinely nice and kind person. I am always so happy when we work together because I know I can rely on her as an event planner and I can concentrate on my role as a DJ and MC. Keep up the great work Carmen!

Sam Dong

Carmen was an excellent Wedding Planner for our wedding. We use her month off coordination service because we wanted to do most of the decision making ourself and just want a professional planner to keep us on track and take all the stress off of the Wedding Day. We meet with 5 different wedding planners and found that Carmen was the perfect match for us. Her professionalism and experience with Chinese and all other style of wedding was key to why we choose her. We connected together right away from our first meeting. Carmen understand our vison and gave us valuable advice and recommendations to make our wedding perfect. On our Wedding Day, we had door games, tea ceremony for both Parents, afternoon Photo, actual ceremony than Reception. Because of Carmen and Gloria the day went extremely smooth and on schedule with all activity we packed in. We would recommend Carmen and Devoted to You to any newly engaged couples looking to plan the perfect wedding. One recommendation is to start your planning 9-12 months before your wedding day. Ella & Sam

Michelle Leung

Thanks Carmen for being our wedding planner for the month of our wedding! Your support and help was very much appreciated, especially on the day of wedding, you kept us honest to our timeline and made sure every aspect of the schedule ran efficiently and on time. As the bride, it means a lot to not stress out on the day of wedding, and you definitely helped me feel at ease – I didn't have to worry about vendors and managing the schedule, I knew it was in your capable hands. Your team including Gloria is amazing to work with! She was with me during the entire time at Graydon Hall Manor during wedding pictures helping me with my bouquet and veil – amazing personal detailed service! Leading up to the wedding as we were completing the finishing touches and tying the vision together you helped in attending meetings and provided established vendor contacts, thank you for your recommendations, it made a difference! And more importantly, to any bride and groom, time is of the essence, you were always very responsive and quick to respond to all of our texts and emails. Your professionalism really stood out! During the wedding rehearsal, you were informative and provided all the important details for the entire bridal party including the parents. Again, awesome job! It was a pleasure having you as our wedding planner! Thanks for making our wedding run so smoothly – we heard so many praises and amazing compliments from all our guests, some hashtag it "best wedding ever" – thanks for being part of this special celebration! Michelle & Badan

CHRISTINE HO

My husband and I would highly recommend Carmen Luk and her team at Devoted To You for her wedding planning and coordination services. Carmen went well beyond her scope of duty to ensure that we had a seamless and memorable day. Prior to the wedding, she met with the two of us on a number of occasions to understand what we wanted in our perfect day and help plan it. Knowing our MC was a bit nervous, she even met with him to ensure he was comfortable. She would always be prepared at these meetings with a plan of action as well as extra print outs for what was needed to be done. Carmen would also try to make herself available when it came to meeting with vendors (although she was not required to). Most importantly, she would be up front with us on costs of certain vendors and whether there were too many activities that would run over time. Carmen and her team assisted throughout the planning process from the recommendation and selection of vendors, to the coordination with the hotel and the set-up. In the lead up to the wedding, Carmen was always very responsive and quick to address any concerns we had. Despite having a cultural wedding with over 300 people, Carmen provided us with a detailed schedule and ensured the whole wedding party was on time. She was extremely helpful particularly with the logistics as we had many different events throughout the day (door games, tea ceremony, church ceremony, reception, dinner, etc). From the start of day when she arrived at 6am to prep the bridesmaids for the makeup artists to the dinner reception, Carmen and her team were very professional and would be helpful wherever possible and no matter how small the task. Her team even assisted me in my numerous outfit changes during the evening! Carmen is also respectful to parents/ relatives and was able to communicate to them in Cantonese and Mandarin which was a huge plus for us. Being a bit of a bridezilla who is a perfectionist, I was truly impressed with Carmen's work. She truly goes above and beyond to make everything perfect and everyone happy. We can't thank Carmen and her team enough for helping us with our wedding. We look forward to having them plan our future events :)

Ann Siu

Carmen is amazing! She is exceptionally organized, professional, detail oriented, responsive, and is always going above and beyond to deliver. We hired Carmen for organizing our destination wedding in Cancun. From our initial consultation, we were already impressed by her understanding of our vision and her ability to recall all the details of the meeting. Throughout a year of planning, Carmen organized numerous touchpoints and is always eager to share her new ideas. She also managed a very detailed expense spreadsheet to keep us up to date on our wedding budget. On the days leading up to the wedding, Carmen took a lot off our plates by dealing with a few troublesome vendors to let us focus on final preparations. On top of planning for the wedding day itself, Carmen also helped us plan an excursion for our guests and a separate photoshoot day. On the day of the wedding, Carmen was instrumental in making the day go perfectly. While we were busy doing photoshoots, Carmen was behind the scenes coordinating with our resort planner and vendors to ensure the decorations, reception, and entertainment go as planned. My husband and I would wholeheartedly recommend Carmen and Devoted to You.

Michael Tang

We met with 2 other wedding planners and ultimately decided on Carmen because of experience and the connection we felt. Thankful for that connection because COVID delayed our wedding 1.5 years and Carmen was incredible in re-booking / re-organizing the wedding twice. Initially, I was against a wedding planner. "I have planned parties before, how hard can this be?" Having been through it now, I am thankful that we got Carmen. There are so many details involved and decisions to make, that I would not have thought of. Carmen was always available for any questions that my wife and I had. Carmen also has cultivated strong relationships with key wedding vendors (photographer, videographer, florist/decor etc) and was able leverage those relationships to help us achieve my wife's dream wedding. We have since referred Carmen to two other couples that were extremely pleased with their weddings as well. If you are getting married: 1. Get a wedding planner / day of coordinator at the very least. 2. Hire Carmen. We are incredibly grateful for Carmen's hardwork to make our wedding a success.

Yang W.

My name is Yang and I am the studio manager at SDE Weddings. We had the pleasure of working with Carmen and her team at several different weddings and creative projects this year. I just want to point out her attention to details, her creative approach to wedding planning and the fun experience of working with her. We looking forward to working with her and her team again in the future.

Jany Jang

We initially found Devoted to You (DTY) through Instagram but quickly learned about Carmen through our friends who raved about her services, so we hired her as our month-of coordinator and for a few design consulting hours! Drawing from her personal and professional experiences, Carmen was instrumental in helping us make key decisions for our 200-guest, Chinese wedding, and was a great joy to work with. She was very professional, detail-oriented, and flexible in her communication style, which we very much appreciated as I was travelling for work and had to manage different time zones. Her bilingualism was also a huge asset, not to mention her sewing skills (which came in handy when a button popped off my dress on the day-of)! Carmen can really do it all. Since the wedding, we have become friends and have also recommended her to a handful of our own friends with great confidence that she will be able to deliver on her promises. Many thanks to Carmen and her DTY team – we love you!!

Amy Ng Thow Hing

Having planned a couple weddings before where I was in the wedding party, I knew when it came to my own, on the day-of I wanted to sit, back relax and just enjoy myself. That's why I booked Devoted To You for their Month of Coordination services. Since I don't live in Toronto, we did our meetings over skype and they came up with some great questions and suggestions I hadn't thought of on my own. The day of the wedding I was completely relaxed and just enjoyed every second of our wedding knowing that Carmen and Kate were taking care of all the nitty gritty details behind the scene and making sure everything ran smoothly. It was the best decision we made to hire them for our wedding! I know some couples go back and forth on whether to invest the money on coordinators because they think they can just do it themselves...but trust me, it's worth every penny because it allows YOU to actually be present and enjoy your special day!

Lab Creative

I was thrilled to work with Carmen from Devoted To You for my recent book launch party. She helped me find creative ways to stay on budget and was instrumental in making sure that we were prepared for the event. She thought of everything and made sure all the details were taken care of so I could enjoy the party with all of my guests. Everyone had a fantastic time and I couldn't have been happier!

Jasmine T Y

Carmen from Devoted to You was our planner, and we definitely think she went above and beyond in delivering our perfect wedding! First some background, we are living in Hong Kong, doing a destination wedding in Phuket, and Carmen being in Toronto, we were working across three very spread out locations over the past year. We mainly worked through Skype, Whatsapp, and email, and Carmen was very accommodating in arranging meetings that would work with our timezone and work schedules. Second, our destination wedding was entirely customized and held at a private villa for 50+ guests, so this was not a choose-your-package and you're done arrangement, but pretty much coordinating all the local caterers, florists, entertainment, and logistics from scratch. Carmen did a great job taking our vision and feedback and executing without us having to deal with all of the nitty-gritty details. Finally, it being a destination wedding, there are many small details that are impossible to work out until we get there, and despite some inevitable hick-ups (the set up workers in Thailand are lazy and left before they finished setting up the previous day once it hit 5pm, DJ came late and some of his equipment didn't work, photographer re-arranged our procession last minute to get better angles, etc.), Carmen was able to smooth everything over and make sure it did not impact the guests' experience. Almost every one of our guests came up to us and told us it was the most spectacular wedding they'd been to, and we were able to stay relatively close to our agreed upon budget, so we would absolutely highly recommend Carmen and her team at Devoted to You for any wedding, destination or otherwise!

Aneta Dzienniak

Carmen from Devoted to You was our wedding planner (we chose the day-of package, which means she gets involved a few weeks before the wedding), and right off the bat I can tell you that she was fantastic. Even for someone as organized as I am, it is just not possible to be a bride (and enjoy your day) and execute your own wedding, so hiring a wedding planner, especially Carmen, was money well spent. Not only did she execute the day of the wedding seamlessly, but she was also full of vendor recommendations (that are on budget, and even last minute) and wedding advice in general, always making herself available. She was never overbearing and always respected our vision and opinions (and handled my opinionated relatives very well!), yet still managed to steer us away from making wrong choices. Carmen attended our wedding tasting, and held a number of ad hoc meetings with us and our vendors to ensure all the details were in place. She is VERY organized – her day of itinerary was broken out into 15 minute intervals! I certainly appreciated that since this reflects her dedication to the bride and groom’s vision. The week before the wedding she organized all the vendor contracts and contacted each vendor to ensure they were ready to go. We did not want to do a rehearsal, but Carmen came out on her own time to one of our pre-wedding events to ensure that she had a chance to talk to the entire wedding party in case they had any questions and to review the itinerary. On the day of she started bright and early, did the bridal party coffee run and picked up our lunch, in addition to ensuring that all the vendors were doing what they were supposed to be doing…and she also ran around with a glass of water with a straw to ensure I was hydrated throughout the day. Her assistant, Katilyn, was lovely as well. Both of them did such a great job and were a pleasure to work with. Even my family and my other wedding vendors commented on their professionalism and work ethic. I recommend Carmen and her team at Devoted to You wholeheartedly – they will make sure that your day is special and executed even better than you imagined!

Lydia L

I don't have enough kind words to express our gratitude towards Carmen and her team, Kate & Gloria. Our wedding planner quit 3 months before our destination wedding and left us in the dark but Kate and Gloria turned it all around. They were always there to help us and really put us first. Professional, smart, hard-working, amazing women that genuinely love and care about what they do. I'd recommend Devoted to You Inc in a heart beat.

Hock-Kei Chau

Carmen Luk is amazing. My wife and I procrastinated so long that we ended up 1 1/2 month before our wedding reception without anything done yet. Carmen kicked into high gear and made the impossible happen. On the day of she was on top of everything so that we didn't have to worry. We are grateful for her help and definitely recommend her.

Jim H

We are so glad that we have Carmen as our wedding planner. She is so organized, patient, well prepared, and elegant. She got a lot of resources which could help you in any way for your wedding. We had a little accident during my wedding date and she had an emergency sewing kits to fix my popped suit button. Life saver! My wife appreciated Carmen's effort and great support for the wedding and that helped my wife release a lot of stresses. We highly recommended Devoted to You. If you already booked with Carmen, you are lucky and this is a definitely correct choice. Carmen is more than a wedding planner. She is our friend now :) Good luck to everyone for your wedding

Liili -o

Carmen and her team are very exceptional, they are much needed and they deliver their job with absolute devotion and formality, I'm very happy with the detailed result of my wedding, everybody enjoyed the event because it was fluid and well organized. Thank you CARMEN!! You made of my wedding a dream come true!! ...

Laurie Obrian

Truly professional

Wence Wong

Carmen exceeded my expectations. From my first initial meeting with her, she was warm, stylish, professional while also making you feel really comfortable. She came prepared with everything you would expect and more (with cute folders too!), we hit it off and after that I knew she would be my planner. During the process, she really made it as smooth as possible. Being in interior design and operations myself I was used to noticing the fine details of everything! However she would make me feel at ease and would be on top of everything (including answering my 17 question emails!). Although the services I agreed with only allowed a few meetings and phone calls, there was no limit with Carmen. She would always assist and try to help with any requests and always went above and beyond. After the whole process, I would like to think of Carmen as a friend. She keeps in touch and doesn't just drop you like other vendors would after your services have been fulfilled. Oh and she is fluent in Chinese! That was a bonus for me as she could communicate with my parents and really knew the Chinese wedding traditions. On the day of my wedding, everything went so smoothly, I honestly didn't have to bat an eye and everything turned out perfect! We were on schedule, everything was set up exactly the way I want, etc. She literally made my dream come true and I would recommend her to anyone looking for a planner!

Kristen Vins

I first met Carmen for coffee when I was looking for a wedding planner for my husband and I. Carmen came extremely prepared, with a beautifully assembled package and her iPad to show me her past work. From speaking to Carmen for the first time, I knew that she was the most amazing wedding planner, as she exuded passion for her work and love for her clients. Planning a wedding can be overwhelming, as there is so many details involved and decisions to make, but Carmen made all of them easy for us. Carmen was extremely attentive to our needs and always went out of her way to be there for my husband and I throughout the process of planning our wedding. There was never a meeting that Carmen did not miss and did not provide her guidance and expertise. Carmen always made herself available to be there for my husband and I and to support us with patience and compassion. To highlight an example, Carmen booked a hotel room the night before our wedding just to ensure that she was there for us if there was anything we needed. If you are looking to hire a wedding planner, I strongly recommend you hire Carmen. Not only does Carmen have years of experience in the wedding industry, she has strong connections to other key vendors that will be integral for your wedding day. Carmen, with the help of her team, truly made our dream wedding come to life! We are so grateful for all that Carmen did for us and we wish her nothing but success and happiness planning more amazing weddings to come!

Erdem Erinc

Carmen has been a life-saver during our wedding planning phase. Without her, our vision would not have been executed so flawlessly. She made the whole process very easy and enjoyable. Carmen is very professional and extremely pleasant to work with. She helped us from the beginning right until the last second of our wedding. She is efficient, professional, and quick. She was very patient with us and was super accommodating to my and my husband's busy schedules. She has great vendor connections. I would definitely recommend her to everyone I know who are getting married. She is super sweet and we will keep in touch and work with her with our other event planning needs.

Annie W. Chang

My planner Carmen and her team are amazing! I will definitely recommend this vendor to my friends. My planner is professional, caring, style and detail focused. It was a great experience working with her! Thanks to her we had a well prepared and organized wedding!

S W

Carmen was amazing! Punctual, organized, and thoughtful. I got to enjoy my day thanks to her and her team. She always responds to emails ASAP, brings copies of itineraries to go over at every meeting, and has great vendor connections that helped to pull my day together according to my vision and within my budget. The actual day of she was everywhere behind the scenes making things happen so I didn't have to worry about a thing - including unexpected spats with parking vendors, communicating with the venue staff, coordinating with the MC & DJ, etc. etc. She helped us with so much translation work on our Chinese/English invites too and proofread the copy because we're Chinese-illiterate CBCs. Highly recommended.

Nikki Chan

Devoted to you always responds to you in a very timely manner, even across several timezones, as in our case. They will be able to plan your wedding efficiently and thoroughly even if you're not in Toronto, and/or if the wedding is not in Toronto. Carmen was with us every step of the way and took care of a lot of things that you'd rather not have to pay attention to on your big day. Couldn't have asked for better!

Deborah Salisbury

Our daughter used Carmen from Devoted to You Inc as her wedding planner. She was absolutely amazing at rolling out the perfect wedding. Her attention to detail was impeccable and service outstanding. If you choose Carmen, you are choosing the best!

Robin Tsung

Carmen is undeniably passionate about her work. She is hard working, thoughtful, and will take the extra step to plan through your wedding experience. For us, Carmen was the right choice to plan our destination wedding in Florence. With experience planning many destination weddings, not to mention her own (also in Florence!), her expertise and reliable local counterpart made her a great team to work with. Always happy to go back to the drawing board, she provided lots (and I mean LOTS) of options to work with, for venues and vendors. Carmen was able to very thoroughly plan the requirements for each vendor we dealt with and would work around the clock to suit Italy time. In particular, she was able to nail our floral decor requirements, including coordinating a mock up of our main harvest table which took many iterations to ensure our design would be executed as planned. Thanks Carmen for all your help and support!

Corina V. Photography

I have worked with Carmen many times on Weddings and Photoshoots, she is a true professional at what she does and she is very personable and organized. I've seen her handle Wedding Planning with ease and be there to serve her Couples to ensure their Happiness on their Wedding Day! I can honestly recommend Carmen for your own Wedding or Special Event!

Leslie & Matthew

Hiring Carmen was one of the best decisions we made when it came to planning for our wedding. She is exceptionally dedicated, organized, and thorough, with great attention to detail. She is an excellent communicator and worked well with sometimes challenging vendors. Even my demanding parents thought she was amazing!! Most importantly, Carmen was able to understand our vision for the wedding (even if we could never truly articulate it!) and, with her team, was able to help us have a perfect wedding day. We could not have had a better planner and friend. We would highly recommend Carmen without hesitation.

GVB

My partner and I want to thank Carmen for her services. She was helpful and although we went in another direction, she was reasonable and we can tell that she's diligent. Out of her recommendations, please be careful of Konrad Czystowski of Freshsox - a videographer. He's tried to take advantage of us during this pandemic. When we let him know that our wedding would be cancelled, he tried to raise our rate by a significant amount. His terms are also not customer friendly, we worked with Carmen to negotiate his rate. We do not recommend giving too much money and make the mistake that we did, which was provide 50%/$2500 deposit. Also initially, he wanted us to pay the full balance 10. days before the wedding, before seeing his work, so we negotiated to pay him after we receive the product. These were all signs that Konrad didn't think about the customer, but we looked the other way. Carmen was helpful in the negotiation, but we just wish we didn't meet Konrad. We didn't know what we were getting ourselves into. He seemed reputable, but had no reviews, now it's really come back to bite us as he's holding onto our full deposit and is now ignoring us or communicating erratically. Konrad hasn't followed his own contract, which says he should return our money if he can't perform due to an Act of God, so now we have had to spend extra time and money to retrieve what we are rightfully owed. Therefore it is really important to us that we share our experience. Although Carmen was helpful, this is one recommendation if she ever provides to watch out for.

LA Johnston

Carmen dedicated 2 years in planning the absolute perfect wedding for myself & my husband! Carmen assisted us from the very beginning of our planning, always keeping us on budget, and bringing our dream wedding to reality. Carmen was always professional, informative, organized, and extremely responsive – I worked shift hours and was able to keep a strong correspondence with Carmen. She also associates herself with amazing vendors. In search for vendors, she was receptive to my interests and overall vision. She customized a team, I could not fathom any more perfect, for my style and of course, budget. Her mantra was to always share a personal connection with the individuals you work with. I felt that connection between her and I, and was pleasantly surprised that she also surrounded herself with vendors that appreciate the same connection. Carmen's warmth shows through from the moment you meet her and we quickly realized how lucky we were to have someone who was not only efficient and professional but truly cared about us as a newly couple. Her day of execution was no exception - as if she could get any better – our wedding day was absolutely flawless! We had various Macedonian traditions that were incorporated into our day and these traditions were done in a timely manner, without stress or worry, and thoroughly enjoyed by all guests. With a busy day, comprised of many “must-haves,” Carmen was able to accommodate all of my wishes with a smile. She truly means the world to myself, my mother, and my husband. We are lost for words in describing the amount of love and effort Carmen showed us during this process, but especially the day of our wedding. We had guests take the time to compliment how well organized, fun, stress-free, and “perfect” the day was because of Carmen and her team. Carmen offers you the very best in the wedding business but she also offers a personal connection you will not find with another planner. She is more than just a planner to us, she is family. If you are looking for someone to share the most memorable day of your life with, trust Carmen and her team, she will exceed all of your expectations.

Alice C

My husband and I would like to take the time to acknowledge Carmen for everything she's done for us for our wedding in June this year. We enlisted Carmen as our full time wedding planner and we highly recommend her. She is professional, prompt, and highly experienced. We had a traditional Chinese tea ceremony on our wedding day and she took great care in planning it and also in making sure it went smoothly on the day of. She even brought her own tea set! We didn't worry about anything on our wedding day and that is something that is invaluable to us. Furthermore, her fees are very reasonable, considering she's poured countless hours into our wedding and you can tell she truly cares. Not to mention, the vendor discounts and promotions that we received because of her connections in the industry substantially makes her fees worth it. If you are contemplating hiring Carmen as your wedding planner, just do it, you wont regret it!

Sarah Wang

Carmen made our dream wedding come true!! As two individuals with very busy working schedules and the added challenge of planning a wedding out of town, Carmen was an exceptional in helping us every step along the way. Her main strength is her impeccable work ethic - she is ALWAYS available - whenever and wherever you need her. We were so assured during the planning process knowing that she is keeping us on track and that we can always go to her for anything. Carmen listens to our suggestions, and tries to tailor to our specific needs, vision, and budget. Not to mention, she is a great problem solver when we come across inevitable glitches in the process. She was also perfect for communicating with our Chinese family and incorporating our culture into the wedding. And finally, on the big day, we were able to enjoy every moment of it and not stress one bit because we knew Carmen and her team was taking care of everything else. Our wedding was more beautiful than we could have ever imagined. Thank you Carmen for everything!

Nikita Roy

Carmen was the BEST!!! My twin sister and I had a double reception with one wedding on the Friday and a second wedding on Saturday, which made for a very, very busy wedding weekend! Carmen was so incredibly amazing to work with. Her knowledge of the business was phenomenal. She was so bubbly and sweet no matter how hectic things got. She was so detailed oriented and thought of all the little things that wouldn't have even crossed our minds. She was great at keeping us all on track and has a way of getting things done without ever feeling pushy, rushed or frustrated, even when we were lazy! She understood our vision from the get go, especially the importance of blending the three families and working with all the different wants/needs. She was extremely responsive, at all hours of the night... its hard to believe she ever sleeps. We can confidently say without Carmen this wedding would have never come together. I will be recommending her to anyone I know getting married now or 20 yrs from now! We are beyond grateful for the time we spent working with her, the beautiful wedding that came of it but more than anything we are thankful for the friendship we ultimately developed with her. Don't think twice about who you want your wedding planner to be! There is no one better! Nikita & Angel

Alex Ng

Carmen was everything we had asked for. Extremely professional and experienced, and was able to be creative with our budget. Carmen thought of every detail and our wedding was executed perfectly. She made our wedding very enjoyable for us and our guests and it was truly a memorable night. We are happy that we went with her as our wedding planner!

Amanda DiFalco

Carmen and her team are amazing. Upon my first consultation I knew Carmen was passionate about providing exceptional service. Devoted to you exceeded my expectations. Carmen and Kaitlyn were responsive and kept me on track. Having them there on my wedding day enabled me to relax and enjoy my day. They took care of every single detail to ensure that my day was perfect. Thank you Kaitlyn and Carmen for enabling me to create memories that I will cherish for a lifetime. I would certainly recommend Devoted to You Inc. to any bride. It's well worth the investment.

josh Hong

We hired Carmen to help organize our backyard wedding during COVID-19. She did a great job and was able to organize the tea ceremony as well. A backyard wedding has an incredible amount of unforeseen logistics and she was able to manage everything. She introduced us to an amazing designer/florist (Nous Design) and cater (Elle Cuisine).

Eva Zhou

We found Carmen on Wedding Wire, where her profile caught our eye with high customer ratings and awesome reviews. I remember the first time when we met, she was willing to drive all the way from the suburb to Toronto downtown where we live. Basically she makes efforts for customer convenience. That means a lot! During the first meeting, she was very patient with us, answering our questions and concerns, already giving advice for our wedding and making us feel less anxious, all before we had even signed her as our coordinator! We did not have this level of attention from any other wedding planner we had interviewed, and made our decision very quickly and easily. She always came to our meetings well prepared and with good suggestions. Carmen is someone that you can count on fully. She has a lot of good vendor referrals and is very good at coordinating with them, even fixing their mistakes. Our wedding went extremely smoothly and felt perfect to us! That shows Carmen’s high work standards and professionalism! Carmen is also a very stylish person. I think in order to have the customer trust the wedding coordinator’s taste/opinion, the coordinator should have good taste on their own look first. Just saying!! She’s so beautiful and well dressed all the time! :) Lastly, Carmen was an amazing wedding planner and now is a good friend of ours. You will never go wrong if choosing her to make your dream wedding come true!

Harry Li

We first chose Carmen as our wedding planner mainly because of her bilingual (Chinese and English) as my mom doesn't speak very good English. Her professionalism and attention to details pleasantly surprised us throughout our wedding planning process. Carmen recommended us lots of great vendors (from florist, photographer to dance instructor) within our budget. We had over 120 guests in our wedding at the Carlu. The entire event was organized perfectly down to the details. Many guests told me (later) that they thought the event was very well organized. We cannot ask for a better wedding!

Natalie Fu

Carmen and her team were extremely helpful, from before, to during, and after the wedding! Carmen helped me create a day of timeline, followed up with all the vendors, and offered a lot of tips and suggestions throughout the planning process. Our wedding day went very smoothly, and I had many family and friends comment on how fun and well planned the wedding was! Carmen is always quick to respond, and she even followed up with us after the wedding to make sure everything went the way we wanted them to. Very pleasant to work with, thank you so much!