Our monthly installment of You Ask, We Answer. Where we answer all sorts of questions from our listeners.

Today, Real Couple Felicia and Carl join us to share about their best advice for weddings. They had a non-traditional, family oriented, modern-feminist wedding in the woods.

Today’s episode is a bonus - a little different than our regular format. We address this pandemic from our perspective inside the wedding industry and working with our own clients currently. We have heard from so many listeners with questions about what to about their own weddings - whether it’s in 3 weeks or 9 months. We know you all have questions and this is such a confusing time - especially because the news and the ‘rules’ are changing every day.

Today’s episode is all about spending money where it counts. A wedding photographer sees it all and has put together a list for us all about how she sees couples spending money on elements at the wedding day that really don’t ‘matter’ to guests. We’re talking about impact, priorities, and putting the money where it really matters on your wedding day.

Micaela Erlanger is one of the most sought-after celebrity stylists in the industry. The Hollywood Reporter named her one of the “Most Powerful Stylists,” a position Erlanger has sustained for five years. Her unprecedented ascent to power stylist has been profiled by Vogue, Vanity Fair, Harper’s Bazaar, and numerous other publications.Her diverse high-profile clients include Meryl Streep, Lupita Nyong’o, Common, Diane Kruger, and Shailene Woodley to name a few - all of who are perennially on the best-dressed lists. Erlanger is known for creating breakout fashion moments on a campaign trail with her ability to transformer clients into style icons on the red carpet. Not only is Micaela recently engaged and in the midst of her own wedding, but most recently styled Amanda Hearst for one of the most talked-about celebrity weddings of 2019.

It’s National Wedding Planning Day! Today we’re bringing an extra special bonus episode to celebrate with you.

Our monthly installment of You Ask, We Answer. Where we answer all sorts of questions from our listeners.

Today's guest; Jennifer and Kimberly both come to the event world from creative industries. Jennifer studied fashion in NYC at the Fashion Institute of NY, freelanced in Miami doing film and television and eventually returned to Michigan to join Kimberly in launching a company for someone else. When that didn’t quite pan out, the two sisters started their own event firm.

Welcome to the Big Wedding Planning Podcast, a show for anyone involved in planning a wedding. Dixie is a successful wedding industry pro in Georgia and a wealth of knowledge when it comes to opening and running your own wedding business. Dixie’s experience is particularly valuable because she has spent 10 years in the wedding industry as a venue owner & operator opened a bakery AND an event planning company ....so she's basically a powerhouse!

Welcome to the Big Wedding Planning Podcast, a show for anyone involved in planning a wedding. On today's show Christy & Michelle discuss - Combatting after-wedding blues, dealing with the stuff post-wedding, what to do if your big day wasn’t ‘perfect'.

Our monthly installment of You Ask, We Answer. Where we answer all sorts of questions from our listeners.

A nuptial maestro for a decade, José Rolon specializes in bringing comfort to a process that’s famously filled with tough decisions and mounting stress. After his time at the Foundry, a luxury wedding venue in NYC, José went out on his own with the goal of leveraging his storytelling and relationship building abilities to create emotional and visual experiences for his clients. His work has been celebrated with the Best of The Knot, New York Times, Essence Magazine, BRIDES, and New York Weddings. José lives in Brooklyn Heights with his three children, and as a single dad, has learned how to keep his cool under pressure.

Julian Leaver joins us today to talk wedding etiquette and answer some burning questions about the best way to plan, budget, and more.Wedding couples usually face their biggest challenge immediately after the excitement of their actual engagement wears off. They now know what needs to be done, but the how is not as certain. Julian Leaver’s expertise is in applying practical techniques to the basic tasks laid out for most couples on their standard wedding checklist.

Jonny MP is a heart on sleeve sort of guy who loves the emotion and feeling of a wedding day and it's those moments that matter and drive him to shoot 'heart on sleeve photos'. Jonny joins Michelle today to share his journey into becoming a wedding photographer, and his love for the love of it all.

This is a learning episode! Today we are going to role-play our way through meeting with a month-of planner to perfect the ceremony layout! Everything from where to seat your guests, and how to format the processional.

We wish you all THE very best this holiday season. Soon we will be announcing a contest/giveaway. In the meantime, we thought you might like to listen to the very first YAWA-type episode. We had no idea this would become a TBWPP tradition.

Neillie Butler is a three-time cancer survivor. In 2009, she decided to start her own business, so she could serve people with her whole heart and do work that rewarded her in a meaningful way

Today, Christy is joined by Heather Rouffe, Director of Sales and Partner of Atlas Event Rental, a full-service event rental company serving the Southern Florida market for over 30 years. Atlas has locations in Miami, Palm Beach, and Martin County. It was also recently named one of the top 30 rental companies in the United States by Special Events Magazine. Heather is a big believer that rentals can be for everyone, and can make your wedding look like how you imagine it, without having to break the bank or do all the research and treasure hunting all on your own.

We had a blast chatting it up with Eduardo and Jason of Men's Vows. An online magazine dedicated to sharing advice and inspiration for gay weddings AND the first wedding directory exclusively for grooms!

It's that time of the month where we answer YOUR questions...cause we love you!

We’re celebrating three years of The Big Wedding Planning Podcast this month. WHAT?! Three years of every Wednesday episodes. Three years of conversations, interviews, advice. We’ve answered your questions, we’ve interviewed over a 100 guests, and we’ve learned and shared so much! Wedding Planning is the business we are both in, and the podcast is a true labor of love. In the process of producing the podcast, we have bonded, our friendship has evolved, our outlook has evolved, and we have

Glenn Roush is the founder of LeForce Entertainment - a DJ company he and his wife Jennifer started out of their garage in Dallas, Texas. Over the past 9 years, Glen has grown his company to over 30 DJs and nearly 75 employees. Glenn and Jennifer have two young boys, two french bulldogs, and a passion for traveling. Glenn joins us today to talk about wedding entertainment, tips for the big day, and more.

Rupal and Brian met on Tinder, had their first date at the Movies in the Park, and clicked right away. After three years, they decided to tie the knot in a beautiful, fusion wedding. Rupal was born in India, Brian in Baltimore, and they both live in St Louis now. They share their experience having a fusion wedding, Indian/Hindu and American/Christian (Lutheran).

On the last Wednesday of every month, we answer wedding planning questions from our listeners. These are always chock full of information that EVERYONE can benefit from. We have so much fun and we love our listeners for reaching out and interacting with us. Listen and learn, peeps! Do YOU have a wedding planning question? Call and leave us a voicemail at 415-723-1625 -or- email us thebigweddingplanningpodcast@gmail.com

In this episode, we visit the wedding of Paloma and Cameron. They were married in April 2019 in San Francisco, marking the first wedding of the season for Michelle. Paloma was a listener of the show, and decided to reach out and as a result, hired Michelle as her month-of coordinator. Michelle shares about how the day looked, how things were put together, and the beauty of Paloma and Cam’s love and union.