Betches Brides

This week Taylor is joined by the self proclaimed budget wedding guru, Karina Shaoul, who planned her New York wedding for less than 30K. They discuss how to negotiate with venues to get the best price, why you shouldn’t be ashamed to wear a second hand dress, and how not having a bridal party can save you a ton of cash. Karina also explains how to stay flexible with your vision so you can keep your leverage when working with vendors.

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This week Taylor is joined by Betches Brides listeners and friends Punya, Anchal and Diya. They discuss how expensive and intricate it is to plan an Indian wedding and how the wedding is basically a party for everyone but the bride and groom. They then talk about how to throw a badass sangeet, and how to plan a wedding that fuses Indian culture with other cultures. They also break down etiquette for guests attending a Desi wedding for the first time including what to wear, what type of gift to give and how to not end up wearing the same colors as the bride.

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This week Taylor is joined by Betches Brides listeners, and best friends, Sarah and Lindsay. They each discuss planning their weddings while being each other’s bridesmaids, in addition to being in all of their friends’ wedding parties. They talk about flirting with the idea of having a joint bachelorette party to accommodate busy schedules and how to vet the wedding events that you won’t feel guilty saying no to.

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Taylor is out on tour, so Betches Brides Ashley Fern and Nicole Pellegrino are filling in. They begin with a full wedding planning update from Nicole covering everything from what kind of dress she’s eyeing, to a potential Bachelorette in Los Angeles. Later they’re joined by perpetual bridesmaid, Bari Rosenfeld to discuss whether or not the bridal party should pay for the shower, if it’s less annoying to plan through a group chat or email, and how to decline bridesmaid responsibilities if you’re not sure you’re close enough with someone to be in their wedding.

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This week Taylor is joined by Betches Co-Founder, Sami Fishbein, fresh off the plane from her bachelorette in Aspen. They discuss the advantages of not having a traditional bridal party, how to make your party games a little more creative and a lot less lame, and best practices for spending an extra day partying when your flight home gets cancelled. Sami also breaks down her itinerary for a dream bachelorette in Aspen, CO.

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This week Ashley Fern is filling in for Taylor, and is joined by Betches Co-Founder and newlywed, Aleen Kuperman. They talk all about Aleen's honeymoon (finally!!), working with a travel agent effectively, and how to pack for a two week long vacation. Aleen takes us day by day of her entire exotic honeymoon, including everything from staying in an over the water bungalow in Bora Bora to landing on a mountain in a helicopter.

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This week Taylor is joined again by resident marriage therapist, Emmalee Bierly and Betches Bride, Nicole Pellegrino for part 2 of marriage boot camp. Emmalee takes Nicole and Taylor through her preparation for conversations about finances in a relationship, how to communicate and maintain a healthy sex life, and how to properly masturbate just in case that doesn’t work. They also discuss the best ways to set up boundaries within the relationship and Emmalee answers some burning relationship questions from listeners.

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This week Taylor is joined by our favorite Marriage Therapist, Emmalee Bierly and Betches Bride, Nicole Pellegrino. Emmalee takes Nicole and Taylor through her famous pre-wedding relationship boot camp which helps young couples keep their marriage happy and healthy, teaches them how to handle toxic family members, how to put up necessary boundaries, and most importantly how to keep their sexual spark alive.

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This week Taylor is joined by infamous sneaker bride, Juliette Brandman, who came back from her honeymoon to see that the internet destroyed her fashion choices while she was away. They discuss the inspiration for Juliette’s wedding day sneaker look, what it’s like to be dragged on the internet when you weren’t looking for attention, and how private wedding bashing Facebook groups are just as bad as cyber-bullying. Juliette also shares what it's like buying a plus-size wedding dress.

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With Taylor out of town this week, Ashley Fern and Sami Fishbein take over and are joined by stand up comedian and recent bride Iliza Shlesinger. They talk about Iliza’s own wedding, discuss why her planner annoyed the shit out of her, and share stories of people behaving badly at her wedding. They also discuss her new Netflix special “Iliza Unveiled” and how the wedding planning process inspired some of her best material. Plus, they talk about shopping for your dress, approaching weddings as a feminist, and unfairly getting labeled as a bridezilla just because you’re asserting yourself.

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