Location, location, location. On this month's Bride Guide, Fallon shares everything brides should be doing before committing to a destination and, especially, a venue. She also answers the age-old question: Can I really pull off a destination wedding for less money? Then, she answers your emails about clashing with a venue manager after hiring a month-of coordinator, orchestrating a sendoff from a hotel ballroom, and prioritizing the reception over the afterparty.

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We’re kicking off Hispanic Heritage Month with Stephanie Rodriguez, our RBB with a Mexican-meets-Indian wedding in Mexico City. As she plans a destination wedding that also blends two rich cultures, she faces a unique set of challenges. How can she avoid burnout when her wedding is a four-day affair? How will she (and her budget) handle 100 extra guests than anticipated? After Fallon provides her expert opinion, she brings on yet another expert, wedding planner Jaz who specializes in Latino and multi-ethnic weddings, to talk about the guest experience when 25% of them don't speak English and a playlist that resonates with all 400 guests.

Guest: Stephanie Rodriguez, @stephanie__grey & Occasions By Jaz, @occasionsbyjaz

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Mila White returns to the podcast, once again, to recap her “perfect” wedding with Fallon. She shares the choices she made that she’d make all over again, like spending a portion of her morning alone and having a day-of content creator who gave her & her husband the opportunity to see their wedding from a guest's POV. Then, she and Fallon answer a listener’s question about wanting to enforce a color-specific dress code, but being met with opposition from friends and family. They wrap up the episode with a game of I Do or I Don’t, and spoiler alert: no one's using their 2010 Pinterest board for their current-day wedding.

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Comedian & Content Creator, Shannon Fiedler, joins Fallon this week fresh off her wedding and even fresher off her honeymoon. She reflects back on her planning process, including what she did right, what she recommends all brides do, and how much — or ironically, how little — social media influenced her overall vision. Then, she and Fallon play a few rounds of Date, Marry, Ditch, and answer your questions about using wedding hashtags and spamming your followers with wedding content. How much is too much? Last but not least, they make a case for locking away your phone on your wedding day.

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This week, RBB Kaitlyn Jauregui joins the podcast to pick Fallon’s brain. Not only have her parents and her fiancé’s parents never met before, but his parents are divorced and have demanded to be shown around Miami... separately. Fallon gives Kaitlyn advice on navigating the sticky situation between her soon-to-be in-laws, as well as adequately expressing gratitude for all the guests who will be flying in for the wedding. Expert Lauren Schaefer, founder of The Get Together Events Co., steps in with a checklist that’s as much for Kaitlyn as it is for her month-of coordinator. Lauren also shares an exercise that, coupled with the month-of coordinator, should help Kaitlyn and her fiancé stay present in the last month of their engagement.

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This week, Fallon is joined by yet another Betches team member, Ally Scelzo. As an August 2023 bride, she shares what she’s most excited to see IRL and what anxieties still remain, especially without a wedding planner or month-of coordinator to oversee on the day-of. She asks Fallon about tipping etiquette — what’s appropriate per vendor? — and making the guest book unique to them as a couple. Then, the duo get into your listener questions, from one young bride who doesn’t feel like she’s being taken seriously by vendors to another (destination) bride on the hunt for affordable hotel rooms for her guests.

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RBB (and wife!) Alex Piscatelli is back on the podcast this week to recap her City Hall ceremony on 4/20 and reception the following day. She walks Fallon through the few mishaps that occurred, including a last-minute wedding dress from David’s Bridal and a makeshift cleanup crew of their not-so-sober wedding guests. The duo get into the stigma of doing things “right” when, in reality, your wedding only needs to feel right to you and your S.O.. Then, they answer listener questions about smaller wedding parties and open mics at rehearsal dinners. They end on a spirited game of Splurge or Save with Fallon revealing how she *really* feels about Alex forgoing professional hair and makeup.

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Your engagement should be the happiest time of your life… right? Sam Rosen, the Social Media Director at Betches, returns to the podcast to chat about America Ferrera’s *viral* Barbie monologue about the various contradictions that exist for women. From a bride’s POV, she shares with Fallon what she heard, like the pressure to “look your best” on your wedding day and have an over-the-top, but not too over-the-top, celebration that somehow appeases everyone. Then, she and Fallon get into a spicy game of Unpopular Opinions as they compare (and mostly, contrast) their notes.

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First comes a DM slide; then, comes marriage. RBB “She Knows What She Wants” Claire Baltes joins Fallon this week to discuss her West Coast winter wedding and hybrid indoor-outdoor venue. As Fallon quickly tells Claire, any bride gambling with the weather should have a rain plan and they should l-o-v-e that rain plan. The duo also get into all things cake, the song Claire and her father will inevitably perform at the reception, and the case for designing two floor plans on opposite budget spectrums. Then, Randi Bushell — CEO of Merri (and our first expert requested by an RBB!) — joins the conversation to show Claire how she can bring her vision to life, with the help of vendors and a 3D platform.

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This week, Fallon is joined by one of Betches very own, Maria Del Russo, the Director of Branded & Affiliate Content at Betches. As a self-endorsed professional bridesmaid and wedding guest, Maria has a clear vision for her wedding… but she’s having trouble separating her “I want” from her “I should.” Fallon advises her on how best to stay true to her vision, especially as she gets deeper into the planning process with her mom. The duo also discuss a non-negotiable DJ, engagement ring replicas, and couples pics on save the dates. They finish the episode with listener questions about vetoing a groomsmen's radical haircut and not letting a tense relationship with a parent get in the way of your big day bliss.

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