About this vendor
POTENTIAL CLIENTS: Please note that as of 08/15/25 I will no longer be utilizing the paid services of The Knot. If you are interested in wedding / event planning services & coordination, please visit my website at https://tinadondajeski.events or email me directly at weddings@tinadondajeski.events.
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Tina Dondajeski | Events with Tina
Celebrate Everything. Plan with Purpose
Tina Dondajeski is the founder and lead planner of Events with Tina, a boutique wedding and event planning company based in Cudahy, Wisconsin, proudly serving Milwaukee, Southeastern Wisconsin, and Northern Illinois. With a background in operations and leadership, Tina is known for her strategic approach, calm under pressure, and unmatched ability to turn complex event logistics into stress-free, joy-filled celebrations.
Her tagline — "Celebrate Everything" — isn’t just a motto. It’s a mission. From weddings and milestone birthdays to community festivals and fundraisers, Tina creates experiences that reflect the values and personality of each client, without sacrificing structure or precision.
🎯 Your Event. Your Vision. Our Plan.
Tina specializes in weddings with intention — offering day-of coordination, partial planning, and full-service event management. Whether you're a hands-on couple looking for someone to bring it all together or a busy professional who wants a trusted partner from start to finish, Tina meets you where you are — and keeps everything moving forward.
Beyond weddings, Events with Tina brings the same level of care and detail to corporate gatherings, community fundraisers, and private events. With deep roots in the South Shore and extensive experience managing vendors, timelines, and on-the-ground logistics, Tina ensures that every event is as smooth behind the scenes as it is memorable for your guests.
🌟 Why Clients Choose Tina
* Over a decade of event planning experience
* Member of the South Shore Chamber of Commerce
* Known for clear communication, reliable follow-through, and community connections
* Featured on The Knot & WeddingWire (now booking into 2026–2027)
* Trusted by couples from Wisconsin and Illinois — LGBTQ+ inclusive and culturally aware
💡 Specialties
* Wedding Day Management
* Partial & Full-Service Wedding Planning
* Micro-Weddings & Pop-Up Ceremonies
* School Fundraisers & Booster Events
* Corporate & Community Events
* Vendor Coordination & Timeline Management
💬 Tina’s Take:
“My goal is simple: to make your event feel effortless — because you should be making memories, not managing problems. I take care of the logistics so you can enjoy the celebration.”
Details
Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Planning
Planning
- A la Carte Wedding Planning
- Budgeting
- Day-Of Coordination
- Destination Wedding Planning
- Full Service Wedding Planning
- RSVP Tracking
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Engagement Party
- Honeymoon
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Bachelor Party
Awards and Affiliations
Reviews
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out of 5.020 reviews
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I deeply regret hiring Events with Tina for my wedding. Several major issues occurred that significantly affected the day, and I feel it’s important for future couples to be aware....
Tina did not attend the wedding rehearsal despite receiving an invitation. This set the tone for the lack of preparedness that followed. On the wedding day, she repeatedly came to me with questions she should have handled independently. A day-of coordinator is supposed to shield the couple from stress, not contribute to it.
Despite providing detailed written instructions and photos for all décor, many items were set up incorrectly or not set up at all. I later found unopened decorations, place cards facing the wrong direction, and several key areas left unfinished. My friends and even members of my bridal party had to step away from getting ready to complete basic setup, including tasks Tina had already reviewed with me. Tina even told my friends she didn’t want to set up the arch because she “didn’t like to” and “didn’t really know how.”
Multiple people who interacted with her described her tone as terse and dismissive. During the reception, she was observed sitting with her feet up on a chair for over two hours instead of actively coordinating the event. Her attire—a black short-sleeved T-shirt and black pants—did not reflect professional event standards.
Tina also failed to return bakery items on the day she said she would, which we only discovered when we returned a final piece ourselves. She then forgot to leave the tip envelope for the delivery person until I contacted her again.
Overall, her services were unprofessional and incomplete. She caused stress for not only me but also the people who stepped in to finish the work she left undone. Paying slightly more for a more experienced and committed coordinator would have been well worth it. I cannot recommend Events with Tina and hope this honest review helps other couples make an informed decision.
Let me start by stating that Tina did make things happen and made sure the wedding day went smoothly. She takes her job very seriously. Her and her sister worked tirelessly to make...
sure that everything happened according to plan, including clean-up and I am so thankful for that. The reason for the lower rating is because she was very stressed and it came out in the form of her lashing out and being rude to my wedding party, my family members, and even myself (the bride). Even under pressure, it is never okay to yell at a client.
Tina was worth her weight in gold! We knew that she had it all under control in the first few meetings we had with her. She asked all of the right questions to make sure that she u...
nderstood our vision and made our day run so smoothly. I would book Tina a million times over. You will not find someone with as much compassion, experience, and professionalism as her.
We hired Tina to be our month of coordinator for our wedding in June! From touching base with us about every details or missing information to getting all our vendors information a...
nd arrive times, Tina does it all. She did an amazing job putting up our decorations exactly how I wanted and was very professional and accommodating! If you are looking for a stressless wedding day experience count on Tina to make that happen. Tina even helped make sure I had an outside ceremony just 3 mins before the rain stopped. Thank you Tina for everything!
AH! Tina was amazing and we couldn't have asked for a better wedding planner! We did the partial planning (45 days before) and Tina really helped perfect everything and calm our ne...
rves for the big day! She also helped execute the vision I had for the wedding day decor perfectly which I am so grateful for. Thank you a million times Tina! <3
Tina was an excellent month/day of coordinator for our wedding. We would have been lost without her help developing a day-of schedule ahead of the wedding. She did an excellent job...
with set-up and take-down of our wedding decor on the day-of, and she managed hiccups along the way, ensuring that we experienced little added stress. I would definitely recommend Tina to anyone looking for some extra support on their wedding day!!
Tina was wonderful! I gave her quite a lot of decor to set up and she made it all happen! She was very detailed oriented and was hustling around to help my vision come to life!
Tina and her sister were amazing to work with. They went above and beyond to make sure our wedding day was perfect. Their detail and organization allowed for everything to run smoo...
thly and allowed us to be present in the moment and focus on enjoying ourselves while they took care of all of the moving pieces of the day. We can't thank them enough for making our wedding so special.
Tina did a phenomenal job as our day of coordinator. From creating an event timeline, to contacting my vendors, to the day of details, she was wonderful. She set up and tore down m...
y entire reception and ceremony for our wedding day. She was professional and made sure everyone in our wedding party knew their role. Tina is very detail oriented and was an absolute lifesaver on our wedding day. I cannot recommend her enough!
We loved working with Tina throughout the process of our wedding and then the day of. We were able to take a step back and to enjoy our big day. She was there with anything we ne...
eded. She also provided recommendations during the planning process, which made the planning go smoother. I couldn't have done it without Tina being there.
Tina Dondajeski is AMAZING! DO NOT LOOK further; you need to book with her immediately!
Initially, I was planning to ask family and friends to help with wedding day coordination. ...
But this was my fiancé and my second marriage, and we wanted to relax and enjoy our special day so, we decided to hire Events with Tina, a professional day-of-coordination. There is no doubt that hiring her was overall the best wedding decision we could have made.
Leading up to the day, she was available anytime via email. She asked pertinent questions to understand my vision. She attended my final walk through at the venue and contributed ideas that had not even crossed my mind. Tina did so much more than making sure things went smoothly on the day-of, she also created our day-of schedule which was emailed to vendors to ensure everyone was where they needed to be at the correct times. She had everything coordinated out to the minute.
My husband and I are so thankful that we hired Tina to run our wedding day. My wedding day was truly stress-free. I was able to relax and genuinely enjoy my wedding day from start to finish. I am a type-A bride who planned most of my wedding, but it could not have been so perfectly executed without Tina. Everything went on without a hitch. Tina coordinated with the florist to decorate the church, then after the wedding ceremony, she transported the flowers to the reception. There she received the decorator and baker and made sure the reception area was beautifully decorated and the memorial and dessert tables were set up. My guests are still raving about how the venue was so elegantly decorated. For a small wedding of forty guests, she kept a watchful eye on the venue for anything off while we celebrated and made sure all the reception events that the Master of Ceremonies would normally perform happened on time and smoothly. She even started and stopped the music during the reception for us. So, as you can see she had a lot on her plate, but she did an amazing job.
Tina worked alone – she is a one-woman dynamo who was punctual, visible, and so supportive throughout the entire day. She coordinated and assisted in the set-up for the ceremony and reception, oversaw all vendor day-of coordination, kept things on schedule while making everything fun and special. She stayed till the very end of our wedding, cleaned up everything, and organized the décor, gifts, and extra food into boxes we could easily transport home. Outside of her organizational skills, she is also extremely personable, professional, patient and an all-around joy to be around, which is exactly what you want in someone playing such a big part in your day.
If something went wrong, we did not know it - and that is exactly what we wanted. I had the best time at my wedding and was completely stress free because I knew I was in excellent hands working with Tina.
Look no further for planning services if you are getting married in the metro Milwaukee area. Tina Dondajeski was easily the best money that we spent during our wedding planning process. As I stated earlier, my husband and I initially did not think we needed a day of coordinator, but having someone take care of all the vendors, set-up, clean up, and more was a huge weight off our shoulders on our wedding day!
We are so thankful we hired Tina and cannot recommend her highly enough!
We are so happy that we hired Tina as a day-of coordinator for our wedding! I truly don't know what we would have done without her. Tina was extremely organized and willing to help...
wherever we needed it. She even offered to store our desserts at our house when our venue was being difficult about refrigerator space (but thank goodness she didn't have to do that!). She dealt with all the curveballs the venue threw at us, such as the owner not knowing how to work the audio system the night before the wedding. She worked seamlessly with the venue staff and had everything under control. I didn't have to worry about event logistics on my wedding day, and that meant so much to me! Thank you Tina!!!
Tina was great to work with! I did the planning myself, but her checklists were helpful to make sure I didn't miss any last minute details. She was at the rehearsal and helped make...
sure we didn't miss anything. Then the day-of she was on point. She took the reins as soon as she arrived and handled everything so I didn't have to. Mother of the groom went to the wrong Jimmy John's to pick up lunch - Tina handled it, where are the musicians supposed to sit since we moved indoors - Tina handled it, food/dinner is going to be more than 45 minutes late - Tina handled it. She only got me involved when she wanted to update me after the situation had been resolved. She set up dinner, cut the cake, helped divvy up leftovers into to-go boxes, and helped clean and pack up everything during teardown. She saved me so much stress and allowed me to just enjoy the day.
Tina was incredible to work with for our wedding day. She set up our flowers at the venue flawlessly (we did our own flowers), she coordinated with vendors day of without a hitch, ...
made sure our timeline was followed, meticulously packed everything up at the end of the night (including stray polaroids!) and even traveled to our airbnb to pick up the bride's outfit change - so so appreciated!! We are so grateful and highly recommend Tina.
We hired Tina as our day-of coordinator for our wedding and she was absolutely AMAZING to work with. From our initial meeting with her to the wedding day itself she was always prof...
essional, organized, easy to communicate with and she even had some great recommendations to help make our wedding day seamless. She kept the entire day running on schedule (including coordinating with all of our vendors) and completed all the wedding tasks/decorating/clean up I needed her to do perfectly. Our wedding day went so smoothly and I truly believe that was because of Tina's excellent service. If you need a day-of-coordinator you can count on for your big day, I 1000% recommend hiring Tina!
Tina was punctual, pleasant, and on top of it. My husband and I are glad we decided to hire her for our day of coordinator. Without her, we would have been lost. Thank you Tina for...
making our wedding day run smoothly and memorable!
Tina was really helpful with coordinating the wedding. She took the work off my shoulders and ensured that I enjoyed the big day. We really appreciate her help throughout the whole...
event. She worked well with different vendors, hotel, photographers, videographers, etc. And made sure to tackle any situations that arose. We are very happy and highly recommend her services.
We loved working with Tina for our wedding. She was so responsive, went above and beyond on everything (the amount of pre-planning and organizing she did exceeded what we paid her ...
for), and she was so good at making everything happen when it needed to happen. I didn't question her judgement, and everything went perfectly.
For reference, Tina was our day-of coordinator. We got married at a small/new venue owned by my mother-in-law, and everything was provided by us independently from the venue. On top of that, there was no provided coordinator or anyone who could spend the whole day dedicated to coordinating, since of course my mother-in-law was celebrating and deserved to enjoy herself as well! Tina helped us make all the photo ops happen with the videographer and photographers, moved people from place to place for the ceremony, reception, etc, made sure the reception area was set up, received and set up the catering and desserts, MC'ed, kept a general eye on the venue for anything off while we celebrated, and made sure all the reception events that the DJ would normally do happened on time and smoothly. She even started and stopped all the music for the ceremony and reception for us! So, you can see she had a lot on her plate but she did amazingly. I had no stress during the whole wedding day, and I attribute that primarily to Tina's organization and support.
I would not hesitate at all to hire Tina again. Her rates are very reasonable, she is kind and cordial, she's so organized, and she obviously cared so much about us and our day (our first dance made her tear up!). So it kind of felt like we had another mom there celebrating with us rather than just someone there doing their job. If you're looking for some a la carte wedding day coordination (which I would highly advise for any bride seeing how well it worked for us!) Tina will work with you so you are only paying what you need to pay. Highly, highly recommend her.
This was the first time working with Tina (hired by bride and groom). We cannot say enough about how amazing she was with the couple and with us--Wisteria Castle (venue). Tina went...
way above and beyond during the wedding by helping us with keeping an eye on trash receptacles, bathroom supplies, handing out drinks, setting up food service, making sure people had all of their needs taken care of, and keeping the event flowing very smoothly. We, will most, definitely recommend Tina and would be thrilled to work with her again!
It was a pleasure working with Tina! She was prompt, pleasant, and did everything we asked her to do. I would recommend Tina to coordinate your event.
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