Unbridely - Modern Wedding Planning

Epizodes

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  204: Another 9 Common and Heartbreaking Wedding Day Regrets 06.10.2026 21min

  You don’t know what you don’t know and weddings can be like that. There are dozens of little unglamorous things that never make it onto a wedding mood board, but that couples end up wishing they had planned for. This episode is a companion to episode 66, where I counted down 9 regrets I've either lived, read about or heard from my own couples. Well, there are more. 9 more, to be exact. I’m going to take you from the moment you wake up on the morning of your wedding to when you first step into...
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  203: Could a Private Vow Exchange Work Better For You? 29.09.2026 18min

  What if the couple getting married this weekend already said their vows privately three days ago, over takeaway dinner, in their pajamas, with absolutely no one else in the room. Wedding ceremonies as we once knew them are being rewritten right now, not because the words matter more than they used to, but because couples are deciding who gets to be part of that moment, and when. Today I am getting into what a private vow exchange actually looks like in practice and some of the options availab...
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  202: How Vendors and Engaged Couples Can Both Feel Lonely in Weddings 22.09.2026 34min

  What do you do if you feel lonely even while surrounded by people who love you? This episode takes a different turn from the usual conversations on this show, discussing a topic that touches wedding vendors and engaged couples alike. An experienced wedding photographer opens up about a period in his life when he felt profoundly lonely, even while building a career and a family he loves. You'll hear: What loneliness can look like when everything on the outside seems to be going rightHow ...
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  201: If, When, and How To Honour Loved Ones At Your Wedding 15.09.2026 21min

  How do you create a wedding day that's happy and hopeful, that still feels light and fun, when there's someone who's passed away that you feel a deep need to honour the memory of? This episode isn't about telling you whether to include a tribute or leave it out. Both are completely reasonable choices, and love doesn't disappear just because someone has, along with the instinct to want them included in some way on a day like this. But it is about finding the middle path between ignoring a loss...
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  200: Faux Wedding Flowers Reimagined: Are They More Affordable? with The Lily Pipit 08.09.2026 41min

  Are the flowers you're dreaming of for your wedding going to be out of season when you want them, or just completely out of your budget? Let me say first, I have so much love and respect for live flower traditional florists. They are some of the hardest working people in the wedding industry, and their artistry deserves to be recognised and valued. This episode is not about choosing a side between real flowers and faux flowers. But it is about the couples who’ve found a sweet spot between fre...
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  199: Do You Feel Stuck: Are You Stressing Over Your Wedding Aesthetic? 01.09.2026 9min

  If you are feeling stuck right now, caught between styling ideas, colour palettes and hire decisions, and not sure what to commit to first, I’ve got something I want you to hear. It sounds unrelated, but I assure you, what I learned this week at a high school book week awards night just might be able to help you find perspective and a solid direction with your wedding planning too. It’s shifted the way I think about that stuck feeling I sometimes find myself in, the same one so many of you de...
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  198: What If You Don't Want to Take Your Partner's Last Name? with Easy Name Change 25.08.2026 47min

  WITH NEVER MISS MOMENTS MID-ROLL AD READ What would you do if your fiancé wanted you to change your last name to theirs after you get married, but you're not completely sold on it? We had someone ask us this on socials recently, so I've brought back Gen from Easy Name Change to answer this question and three other name change questions that our followers most wanted to know the answers to. Including if you can change parts of your given name or names after you get married and wh...
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  197: Should You Call Your Late Vendor? 4 Wedding Planners Answer 18.08.2026 25min

  How many times do you expect to email one of your wedding vendors before you get a reply? If you've got a coordinator, someone else is keeping count for you. But if you don't, you're the one deciding whether the non-response is normal or a red flag. I asked four full-service wedding planners, who also oversee each wedding day onsite themselves, 3 questions: When is too long to wait on an email response? What actually happens if a vendor cancels the week of your wedding? ...
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  196: Are You Having The Same Argument Over and Over? Here's How to Stop with Beaonca Ward 11.08.2026 45min

  Are you having the same argument with your partner, over and over? This week I chat with Beaonca Ward, a certified relationship coach and marriage and family therapy expert (or MFT) who spends her days in the thick of it with couples who are wedding planning. You are going to learn what a generational pattern is, and why it has this sneaky habit of showing up the second you start planning a wedding. Beaonca walks us through a real example of how something as simple as being close ...
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  195: Wedding Weather Witches: What's Your Peace of Mind Worth? 04.08.2026 11min

  Last year a New York bride paid an online witch two dollars for a spell to guarantee sunshine on her wedding day, and the story has gone viral. Since then, brides around the world have been booking Etsy and Tiktok witches ahead of their own weddings, some paying two dollars, some paying up to two hundred. Is it worth it and do you believe that magic will help your chances of good weather on your wedding day? You'll learn: Why weather anxiety in the lead up to a wedding is complete...
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  194: Pt3 - Love Hires & the Ripple Effect: The Practical Guide To Getting It Right 28.07.2026 41min

  You know how it goes in wedding planning. Someone tells you emphatically, you have to do this, or whatever you do, do not do that. And some part of you thinks, noted but we’ll do what’s right for us. This is one of those episodes. Parts 1 and 2 of this series gave you the honest picture of love hires from the people who see them play out from first light to last song. And this episode, Part 3, is the practical part. 8 wedding vendor roles, what can go wrong when they are filled by someone wit...
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  193: Pt2 - Love Hires & the Ripple Effect: Stories from Real Weddings with Wilson & Lewis Photography 21.07.2026 24min

  Last week in Part 1 of this 3 part series, Tereza and Tony from Wilson and Lewis Photography broke down what love hires are, why couples are turning to them more than ever, and the ripple effect that runs through a wedding day when an important role is filled by someone learning on the job. This week, they go further. Today in Part 2, you will hear stories from real wedding days, and what it looks and feels like when the opposite is true: when every vendor is exactly where they should be, doi...
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  192: Pt1 - Love Hires & the Ripple Effect: How Things Change on Your Wedding Day with Wilson & Lewis Photography 14.07.2026 40min

  In the wedding industry, there is an unspoken code: solve the problems quietly, smile and protect the couple's experience. But it has an unintended consequence, because it means engaged couples are making planning decisions without understanding what they are actually costing them. Tereza and Tony from Wilson and Lewis Photography have witnessed hundreds of wedding days from first light to sparkler exit and they are talking about love hires: what they are, why more couples are turning to them...
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  191: 9 Things to Look For In Your Elopement Venue (Wherever You Are) 07.07.2026 30min

  You’ve decided the big white wedding is not for you and an elopement or micro wedding is what fits you. So you start looking at potential venues, and you hit a wall fast; half of them have a 50 guest minimum, and the other half never actually tell you what is included, or that you have to share the space, until you are already deep into the contract. Today we share the 9 things you need to check before booking your elopement venue, wherever in the world you are planning it. Including th...
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  190: Family Funded Weddings: The Money Conversation You Need To Have 30.06.2026 24min

  You set a budget before you even got engaged or you had a number in your head. And then someone in your family offers to help, maybe with the venue, maybe with the photographer, and suddenly that number isn't entirely yours anymore. And the problem with an offer like that is you're stuck: You don't actually know what they're picturing.They don't actually know what it costs.Your budget doesn't know what to do with an offer that has no number attached to it.Today we're going to talk about who a...
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  189: Has Your Wedding RSVP Deadline Passed? Don't Panic, Do This 23.06.2026 26min

  You set an RSVP deadline. You put it right there on your wedding invitation. You probably even sent a reminder. And yet, here you are, past that date, staring at a guest list where a chunk of people have just said... nothing. And the problem with no response is that you’re stuck: Your caterer needs final numbers. Your venue needs final numbers. Your seating chart needs names. Today we’re going to talk about why this happens, why it hurts as much as it does, and exactly w...
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  188: Can You Say 'I Do' Without Selling Out? with Syclaire Warren 16.06.2026 27min

  While you might not label yourself as a feminist, most of my listeners believe in the value of equality. And that means that some traditional wedding customs definitely don't sit well with you. But your wedding doesn't have to be all or nothing, and this episode is going to show you exactly how to make it yours. My guest, Synclaire Warren, is a Gender Equity Leader, Key Note Speaker, and bride-to-be, who’s planning her very own wedding for this September. And when she announced her engagement...
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  187: Top 9 Most Common and Heartbreaking Wedding Day Regrets 09.06.2026 33min

  There’s a good chance (91% in fact) you’ve never planned a wedding before and that you’ll only have one shot at it - with no do-overs. Wedding regret is a real thing that can steal joy from the planning, have you feeling anxious on the day and can haunt you afterwards too. But there are solutions to most dilemmas, circumstances and situations if you’re willing to listen and learn. In this special episode, you’ll learn: 4 wedding truths that you need to accept,the 9 most univ...
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  186: 5 Wedding Day Social Media Mistakes Couples Don't See Coming 02.06.2026 24min

  You might have arranged an unplugged ceremony, but what about the other 8 to 18 hours of your wedding day when it’s entirely up to your guests as to whether they take photos or video. While many couples don’t mind what’s captured, they often do care about what’s posted to social media, who gets tagged, and when. Today I’m tackling the stuff the unplugged ceremony conversation never touches: spoilers, livestream complications, ex-partners, tricky family dynamics, children being posted wi...
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  185: Who Do You Tip At A Wedding, And Is There A Better Way? 26.05.2026 30min

  How do you make sure your vendors know what an incredible contribution they made to your wedding and what it meant to you? In the United States, the answer is tips and gratuity. It's expected, it's budgeted for, and on an average wedding they add thousands of dollars to a bill engaged couples are already pushed to afford. I recently polled the Unbridely Suppliers Facebook group about this topic. They are all Australian wedding vendors, and their answer was something completely different.&nbsp...