The Bridal Journey Podcast

Welcome to The Wedding Series, a six-episode series from The Bridal Journey proudly presented by Michael Hill. Each week Andie Towner, founder of The Bridal Journey, and celebrant and content creator Sarah Davoli sit down with the people who actually know how weddings work, the stylist, the bride whose wedding became a business, the money expert, the planner and the marketer, and ask them what they would tell you if nobody was listening.Today, we are looking at the wedding industry from the inside. Jessie Wright is a January 2027 bride getting married at Melbourne's Immigration Museum. She also understands exactly how a trend is made and how a brand finds its audience, because when she is not planning her own wedding or chronically online, Jessie works in beauty marketing, leading content and influencer strategy across a portfolio of global beauty brands. We talk about what happened to her phone the moment she got engaged, the bridal tax, the marketing tactics that worked on her anyway, which trends will date fastest, her beauty plan, and the one trend she would tell every bride to skip.Love the podcast? You will love our newsletter too. Subscribe here: thebridaljourney.comJoin us on socials to see what the TBJ team and our brides are wearing, booking and trying. We are on Instagram @thebridaljourney and TikTok @thebridaljourney, and Sarah is @sarahdavolistudio.This series is made possible by Michael Hill, there for every chapter of it, from the first "is this the one?" through to the engagement ring, the bands and the pieces you keep wearing long after the day. Head to michaelhill.com.au and use the code THEBRIDALJOURNEY for 10% off.The Wedding Series is recorded at Pivotal Conversations in Collingwood.Enjoy the episode? The best way to support us is to hit follow in your podcast app and leave a five-star review, or go old school and tell a friend to listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to The Wedding Series, a six-episode series from The Bridal Journey proudly presented by Michael Hill. Each week, Andie Towner, founder of The Bridal Journey, and celebrant and content creator Sarah Davoli sit down with the people who actually know how weddings work, the stylist, the bride whose wedding became a business, the money expert, the planner and the marketer, and ask them what they would tell you if nobody was listening.Today the guest chair is empty on purpose. It is the two of us and three arguments. We'll cover the new rules of wedding etiquette and which ones we broke, the regrets brides actually have when the photos come back, and then Sarah will tell us what a celebrant sees from the front of the room that nobody else does. Expect Reddit, expect disagreement, and expect at least one of us to change our mind on air.Love the podcast? You will love our newsletter too. Subscribe here: thebridaljourney.comJoin us on socials to see what the TBJ team and our brides are wearing, booking and trying. We are on Instagram @thebridaljourney and TikTok @thebridaljourney, and Sarah is @sarahdavolicelebrant. This series is made possible by Michael Hill, there for every chapter of it, from the first "is this the one?" through to the engagement ring, the bands and the pieces you keep wearing long after the day. Head to michaelhill.com.au and use the code THEBRIDALJOURNEY for 10% off.The Wedding Series is recorded at Pivotal Conversations in Collingwood.Enjoy the episode? The best way to support us is to hit follow in your podcast app and leave a five-star review, or go old school and tell a friend to listen.We will see you back here next Tuesday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to The Wedding Series, a six-episode series from The Bridal Journey proudly presented by Michael Hill. Each week, Andie Towner, founder of The Bridal Journey, and celebrant and content creator Sarah Davoli sit down with the people who actually know how weddings work: the stylist, the bride whose wedding became a business, the money expert, the planner and the marketer, and ask them what they would tell you if nobody was listening.Today, we are speaking to Laura from Weddings of Desire, who plans weddings for a living and knows what is going to go wrong before it does. We talk about what a planner is actually for, what to book first and what not to touch for six months, which vendor everyone under-budgets for, how to cut the guest list without losing a friend, the run sheet mistake that ruins the day, who really decides on a wedding, and the things planners do not usually say out loud.Love the podcast? You will love our newsletter too. Subscribe here: thebridaljourney.comJoin us on socials to see what the TBJ team and our brides are wearing, booking and trying. We are on Instagram @thebridaljourney and TikTok @thebridaljourney, and Sarah is @sarahdavolistudio.This series is made possible by Michael Hill, there for every chapter, from the first "is this the one?" through the engagement ring, the bands, and the pieces you keep wearing long after the day. Head to michaelhill.com.au and use the code THEBRIDALJOURNEY for 10% off.Enjoy the episode? The best way to support us is to hit follow in your podcast app and leave a five-star review, or go old school and tell a friend to listen.We will see you back here next Tuesday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to The Wedding Series, a six-episode series from The Bridal Journey proudly presented by Michael Hill. Each week Andie Towner, founder of The Bridal Journey, and celebrant and content creator Sarah Davoli sit down with the people who actually know how weddings work, the stylist, the bride whose wedding became a business, the money expert, the planner and the marketer, and ask them what they would tell you if nobody was listening.Today, we are speaking with Victoria Devine, founder of She's on the Money, about what weddings actually cost and who pays for them. We polled The Bridal Journey audience before recording, and one in five has gone into debt for someone else's wedding, so Victoria takes us through what the numbers mean, how to set a budget you will actually keep, how to split it across vendors, how to have the money conversation with parents without it becoming a conversation about control, what to cut first and the line item she would never cut.Love the podcast? You will love our newsletter too. Subscribe here: www.thebridaljourney.com Join us on socials to see what the TBJ team and our brides are wearing, booking and trying. We are on Instagram @thebridaljourney and TikTok @thebridaljourney, and Sarah is @sarahdavolicelebrant. This series is made possible by Michael Hill, there for every chapter, from the first "is this the one?" through the engagement ring, the bands, and the pieces you keep wearing long after the day. Head to michaelhill.com.au and use the code THEBRIDALJOURNEY for 10% off.The Wedding Series is recorded at Pivotal Conversations in Collingwood.Enjoy the episode? The best way to support us is to hit follow in your podcast app and leave a five-star review, or go old school and tell a friend to listen.We will see you back here next Tuesday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to The Wedding Series, a six-episode series from The Bridal Journey proudly presented by Michael Hill. Each week Andie Towner, founder of The Bridal Journey, and celebrant and content creator Sarah Davoli sit down with the people who actually know how weddings work: the stylist, the bride whose wedding became a business, the money expert, the planner and the marketer, and ask them what they would tell you if nobody was listening.Today, we are speaking to Georgia Hayes, who married Max at Redleaf in Wollombi over Valentine's weekend last year. Four days, 110 guests, a planner, a content creator in the room, six looks across the weekend including three KYHA on the day itself, one of which went into the collection, and a handwritten letter at every place. The wedding went everywhere, her following became a business, and she is here to tell us which parts were on purpose. We talk about planning a wedding that will be photographed, working with a content creator, the six looks and how she chose them, what she would do again for herself and what she would do again for the internet.Love the podcast? You will love our newsletter too. Subscribe here: www.thebridaljourney.comJoin us on socials to see what the TBJ team and our brides are wearing, booking and trying. We are on Instagram @thebridaljourney and TikTok @thebridaljourney, and Sarah is @sarahdavolistudio.This series is made possible by Michael Hill, there for every chapter, from the first "is this the one?" through the engagement ring, the bands, and the pieces you keep wearing long after the day. Head to michaelhill.com.au and use the code THEBRIDALJOURNEY for 10% off.The Wedding Series is recorded at Pivotal Conversations in Collingwood.Enjoy the episode? The best way to support us is to hit follow in your podcast app and leave a five-star review, or go old school and tell a friend to listen.We will see you back here next Tuesday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.