"We Ditched the Wedding Traditions" | Planning & Wedding Day Recap w/ Emma, Hilton Lake Las Vegas
Release Date: 12/03/2025
"We Ditched the Wedding Traditions" | Planning & Wedding Day Recap w/ Emma, Hilton Lake Las Vegas
Wedding Planning Podcast
Meet special guest Emma, who’s here to share the highlights, unique elements, and planning challenges from their beautiful wedding celebration at Hilton Lake Las Vegas. In this special episode, you'll hear lots more from Emma on: The pros of having NO wedding party Celebrating over a 3-day weekend in their hometown The endless benefits of a very chill wedding day / intentionally left lots of open time & space to relax Their "First Look" - and favorite part of the day! “Last Dance” w/ just the two of us after the room has been cleared Mini after-party at hotel lobby bar, Keeping it...
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info_outlineMeet special guest Emma, who’s here to share the highlights, unique elements, and planning challenges from their beautiful wedding celebration at Hilton Lake Las Vegas.
In this special episode, you'll hear lots more from Emma on:
- The pros of having NO wedding party
- Celebrating over a 3-day weekend in their hometown
- The endless benefits of a very chill wedding day / intentionally left lots of open time & space to relax
- Their "First Look" - and favorite part of the day!
- “Last Dance” w/ just the two of us after the room has been cleared
- Mini after-party at hotel lobby bar,
- Keeping it early & chill - wrapped everything up by 9:30 pm
- The challenges of setting a wedding budget and knowing where the starting point is
- Trying on 50+ dresses before finding “The One”
- And so much more!
For a complete written recap and to see their absolutely gorgeous wedding photos, here's a complete article that features Emma and Drew’s incredible wedding celebration.
And to wrap up this week, I would LOVE to hear from you! Whether it’s about a planning challenge or question you’re facing, a post-wedding day recap that you’d like to share, or simply requests for upcoming show topics, you can send in a voicemail to the show by visiting weddingplanningpodcast.co/contact
In your message, please be sure to leave your name and email address so we can reach you for follow up. I would love to share more stories like Emma’s, but I need your participation, so please make it a priority to be in touch!