cb event + design llc Reviews
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Alex Sent on 11/21/2025Highly Recommend!!!
Carina and her team are incredible wedding planners, and it’s always a true pleasure working with them. They make every wedding day smooth, stress-free, and genuinely enjoyable. I always recommend them to my clients! -
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Christina Sent on 11/05/2025Incredible Venue Coordinator
Carina & Lina from cb event & design are incredible venue coordinators who truly care about the couple but also find the perfect balance of adhering to venue rules. They are communicative and upfront and there are no hidden rules or sudden surprises. On event day, Carina & Lina are always ready to jump in and get things done, something that is rare with venue coordinators. They truly want every event to be a success and we could not have asked for better partners! -
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Carolina Sent on 08/08/2025The best decision of our wedding planning was to work with cb event!!
Carina and her team at cb events are true experts when it comes to wedding planning! Their professionalism, thoughtfulness, attention to detail, and responsiveness made our entire planning process seamless and stress-free. We can confidently say we wouldn’t have had the wedding of our dreams without them. From guiding us through vendor recommendations to providing advise, they were with us every step of the way. They made sure we had everything we needed leading up to—and on—our big day. One of the things we especially appreciated was the wedding planning platform they use. It made it incredibly easy to keep track of tasks, guest lists, vendor contracts, timelines, and more—all in one place.
If you’re planning a wedding in the DMV area or beyond, we highly recommend working with Carina and her team. You’ll be in the best hands! -
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Sarah Sent on 12/17/2024Forever Grateful
My husband and I recently got married this past May in Washington DC, the place where we met, built our relationship and where we now live. It was important to us to get married here, but the barrier to entry felt really high - we didnt have a limitless budget, we didnt have many friends that got married here to bounce recommendations off of, and we have very demanding jobs that did not allow us the time to really research how to plan and execute the wedding we wanted.
We were blessed and are so incredibly thankful that we discovered Carina and the CB Event & Design team to support us, we absolutely could not have done it without them. We selected to have full planning services as we knew that we were way over of skiis when it came to anything wedding. We didnt know what we didnt know, we didnt know how much things generally cost, and we didnt know where to start. Carina took care of everything and allowed us the ease to participate in the pieces that were exciting and of value to us, keeping the stressful details in the background so we didnt have to worry ourselves. For 18 months she and her team carefully helped us craft the vision we had for an initmate roof top wedding that felt both approacbale yet glamourous into reality. As a bride, the pressure of a perfect day naturally falls on your shoulders, no one is looking at the groom if the flowers are not right or if the food is cold. This pressure, initially, made me think maybe I didnt want a wedding at all and eloping would be the better option. These pressures melted away working with Carina. She talked me off many a ledge and her attention to every detail gave me the confidence and trust to let go and let her team handle it.
May 18th is now my favorite day and I am so thankful for the wedding we had. Everything about it was perfect and my now husband and I did not have to worry about a thing. We were present and relaxed and knew that each part of the day was taken care of and exactly how we hoped it would be. Carina and her amazing network vendors, which is an underrated asset byy the way, [she knows the best!!] curated a weekend we are still getting omcpliments on 7 months later.
I could go on and on about this team but ill leave this for brides and grooms to be, the gift of being present on our wedding day is something I will forever be grateful for - all i had to think about was marrying my best friend, not if the caterers showed up, or the music was right or if we were on schedule and I have Carina and team to thank for that. -
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Kacie Sent on 12/12/2024Best decision!
I am a planner but I knew I couldn't do it all and I was right! Carina and her team bring a great package of expertise while also being very comforting and personable. They really helped me ensure I was not missing anything and brought their expertise to the table to ensure the right vendors were chosen. On the day of the wedding they were my rock - they brought me such comfort that allowed my husband and I to just enjoy the day without worrying about anything (which is hard for me). HIGHLY RECOMMEND! -
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Melissa Sent on 06/01/2024Truly the best, she gets it.
Carina was a lifesaver. We wanted a small, intimate, personal celebration and she knocked it out of the park. She was instrumental in helping us negotiate with our venue, find the right caterer for our needs, and get it all set up to perfection. She advocates for her clients, and offers guidance and suggestions along the way to help you fulfill the vision for your perfect event. Knowing that she had everything handled allowed us to relax the day of and just be present for our celebration. Truly could not have done this without her help! -
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Daniela Sent on 05/31/2024Amazing Planning + Even Better Execution
I worked with Carina on a wedding that was like something out of a movie. Everything from the florals, the location for the couple's portraits, and the live band was to-die-for. I still think about the couple's joy that day and how it was perfectly accented by all the details + coordination that made their wedding day special. Personally, I was the photographer, and I'm so excited to have already partnered up with Carina again for more weddings this year. She was so organized from the second we got in touch, and she made my job easier, so I can't wait to return the favor as we keep working together! -
Kimberly Sent on 12/09/2023
Lifesaver for 3 month wedding
There is absolutely no way we could have pulled together our beautiful wedding in 3 months without the help, knowledge and resourcefulness of Carina and her team at CB Event & Design. From the knowledge of her vendors and coordination with them up to our big day, to questions we never would have known to ask with our venue, to making sure our wedding day went as smoothly as possible, she did an incredible job and would definitely recommend to a friend or family member. -
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Randy Sent on 10/11/2023Super professional team that was a pleasure to work with
I officiated a wedding that Carina's team planned, and they were so great to work with. The scheduling was really smooth and they managed to keep things stress-free, even with a challenging venue setup. They were always there to help when needed. Looking forward to working with them again very soon! -
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Lyndsey Sent on 07/06/2023Personalized and Detail-Oriented!
I used Cb Events for my day-of coordination and let me tell you, they are a class act that you can trust to take care of the big movements all the way down to the little details. Carina is great to work with and helped take the load off of not just the bride, but the whole wedding party, ensuring we could focus on what was important. Hands down the best investment for our wedding. -
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Julie Sent on 07/02/2023Gave them a short timeline. Still delivered like pros.
*Don't be scared by the lack of reviews. They are an experienced business and rebranded their name.*
For my D.C. micro-wedding of 24 guests, I hired CBED for coordination services that fell between something day-of and a month-of. Carina was my primary contact and was onsite day-of. We planned it 90% remotely: my now-husband and I live in California. I hired her in early April for a MID-JUNE wedding because we had to let my first planner go, so I was panicked at the time.
Top reasons she & CBED were awesome:
- NEVER tried to upsell us.
- Knows the industry, standard rates, and all sorts of events people around town.
- Communicated constantly the weeks before, putting my mind at ease
Other random above-and-beyond acts of awesomeness:
- Successfully negotiated with venue week-of when they tried to be lazy not taking some unattractive infrastructure down that they had erected
- Fixed a fashion emergency with groom that I never knew about
- Was the driver between hotel-venue for members of my wedding party that night AND me and my husband to photo site
- Make a plate of food for me during hair & makeup (I asked others, but they would be swept away or get distracted!) I would not have eaten beforehand otherwise.
- Brought straws up to the hotel suite just so I wouldn’t mess up my lipstick drinking. Small, but a considerate detail!
- Generally make sure I had restroom breaks and hand me food, water, booze - if I requested - during the wedding to make sure I was hydrated or feelin’ good
- Worked as the laptop DJ so we wouldn’t have to pay to hire a DJ.
And probably a dozen other things that I never even realized. Not only did she execute my vision (which was “urban garden oasis” in a small, personal, interfaith ceremony), she also respected our budget that we stated. We never felt like her vendors were her primary stakeholder.
Carina is also simply a fun, bubbly, kind person you want to get to know and feel in good hands with. Makes sense that she’s a former nurse. -
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Sarah Sent on 03/28/2023Amazing Experience!
Carina and her team helped make our big day perfect. Every detail was accounted for and my husband and I truly got to enjoy our day. They have a keen eye for detail and a commitment to delivering your dream day!
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