Washington DC wedding planners, Glow Weddings and Events, is a premier, award-winning, full service event planning company. You have to be creative enough to innovate on the cutting edge, but reliable enough to run a business. You have to be organized enough to make the most detailed plan, but adaptable enough to throw it out the window.
You have to be calm enough under highly emotional and time sensitive situations, but persistent enough to take charge when necessary. Most people are one or the other. We believe the members of our team have this rare blend of CREATIVE, RELIABLE, ORGANIZED, ADAPTABLE, CALM AND PERSISTENT that allow us to be the most well equipped wedding planner to handle your most special day.
You have to be calm enough under highly emotional and time sensitive situations, but persistent enough to take charge when necessary. Most people are one or the other. We believe the members of our team have this rare blend of CREATIVE, RELIABLE, ORGANIZED, ADAPTABLE, CALM AND PERSISTENT that allow us to be the most well equipped wedding planner to handle your most special day.
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Glow Weddings and Events is an award winning, full service wedding planning and coordinating company, serving modern couples in Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia and beyond. From civil ceremonies, Catholic masses and Jewish celebrations, to incorporating the influences of Latin, Indian, African and Asian cultures, we have experience with many religions and cultural traditions.
I inherited my entrepreneurial spirit from my Grandmother, who was a cruise event organizer and pioneer for women's fitness programs. As a girl riding the elementary school bus, I would write out minute-by-minute "daily plans" with my friend. I graduated with a Marketing degree from the leading Robert H. Smith School of Business, at the University of Maryland.
Reviews (7)
Maureen
Nov 18, 2021
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INCREDIBLE!!! We didn't know much about how Wedding Coordinators worked, but we knew we were going to need help the month and day of ... especially in the wake of a major house reno at the time of our wedding. Kristi and her team were AMAZING!!! From day one, she was making recommendations on aspects of a wedding and vendor relationships we never could've even thought of ... but they made our day run so smoothly. The day of, Kristi and her team completely turned around our venue and made it look gorgeous ... and they did it in about an hour (the venue has pretty unique time limits). Then during
Jessica Stieger
Dec 29, 2020
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Y'all Kristi Hartig is a GEM. At some point during the final planning stages I started telling people I might marry her instead, she was just that great. Hands down the best thing we did was hire Kristi. All of our vendors were incredible on their own but I would have been a hot mess and this thing would not have gone even slightly as well as it did without Kristi pulling it all together. We booked her for 6 week out coordination services not really understanding the vendor coordination stuff, we mostly figured it would be nice to have 2 more weeks of help but oh my goodness I cannot imagine having
Nicole Hobby
Nov 23, 2020
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Hello, I had contracted early March to have Briana owner of Glow Events to host a Rock Star birthday party for my daughter's 9th birthday on April 5, 2020. Because of COVID-19 and Governor's Stay at Home and ban on gatherings of 10 or more I had to cancel this party. Briana and Glow Events refused to refund the full $100 deposit. Stating via email " I have to also protect my business and livelihood." You chose if you want to hire Briana for your kid's birthday with this position. It isn't about her customers or adhering to force majeure situations, It is about her livelihood.
Christine Thompson
Nov 22, 2020
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Kristi and her assistant Shelby were amazingly helpful and on top of things during our entire wedding weekend. After reading lots of reviews and considering our options with Day of Coordinators, I'm so happy we went with Glow Weddings! There were many transitions on our wedding day from hotel block, to church, to venue and a very large number of other vendors to manage. Glow Weddings was on top of everything with the itineraries that they helped us create and checking in with all the different groups to make sure everyone was on time! I also had a large amount of personal items and decorations
Emily Northe
Nov 15, 2020
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Kristi and her team did an amazing job at our wedding. We hired her as a month-end coordinator, and Kristi was very detail oriented, kept a detailed timeline (and ensured we followed it) and was able to wrangle a loud wedding party to ensure the day went on without a hitch. She did an amazing job setting up our decorations in exactly the way I imagined. I would highly recommend!
Carole Marcus
May 21, 2020
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I worked with Kristi as my coordinator for my daughter’s wedding. Kristi was very organized and professional during the whole process which started the month prior to my daughter’s wedding.
She kept us focused and alerted us to some details that never would have occurred to us yet proved to be important. I highly recommend Glow weddings and events!
She kept us focused and alerted us to some details that never would have occurred to us yet proved to be important. I highly recommend Glow weddings and events!
Amanda B.
Dec 10, 2019
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My husband and I clicked immediately with Kristi when we first met with her. We hired her for 6-weeks before the wedding and day of coordination. We had a very nontraditional wedding in my parents backyard, so it was a big job. Kristi did an amazing job staying on top of the details and helping make sure we thought through all of the necessary details. She also did a walk through and helped with blueprinting of the site. Kristi went the extra mile during our rehearsal and the day of our wedding to make sure things went smoothly. Unfortunately, Kristi was coordinating a different wedding the day
