{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"IDOIQ ","title":"Heirloom Weddings, Honest Planning & the Future of Northwest Arkansas Events with Hayley from Heirloom Event Company","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3446,"description":"Brock and Jon welcome Hayley from Heirloom Event Company to the IDOIQ Podcast for a fun, honest, and insight-packed conversation about weddings, planning, vendor teamwork, and what makes a wedding actually feel personal.\nThe episode kicks off with wild wedding speech stories, including a bride’s dad who found the perfect way to shut down an endless lineup of groom-family speeches. Hayley shares one of her own early wedding horror stories involving a father-of-the-bride speech that lasted 52 minutes, proving once again that sometimes the most important wedding planning skill is knowing when to move things along.\nHayley talks about growing up around Branson, moving through the TV and production world in Los Angeles and Chicago, and eventually finding her way into weddings. What started as a desire to bring people together through monthly events turned into planning weddings, building a team, and creating Heirloom Event Company, a brand focused on meaningful, timeless, and highly personal events.\nThe conversation digs into what makes Heirloom different, including Hayley’s commitment to radical transparency with couples. She talks about educating clients on real wedding costs, being honest about venues and vendors, helping couples avoid budget surprises, and making sure they understand what they are actually paying for. Brock, Jon, and Hayley also compare notes on how DJs and planners work together behind the scenes to keep a wedding flowing smoothly.\nThey also cover the reality of wedding timelines, why couples should not overbook the dance floor, how late-night snacks can become an experience, and why great events are moving beyond “standard wedding” into something more interactive. From oyster shucking and Chicago dogs to mariachi bands, saxophonists, custom wedding merch, trucker hats, and branded cowboy hats, Hayley shares trends that are already popular in larger cities and may be heading toward Northwest Arkansas.\nThe episode also includes plenty of classic...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/N0Qu9mHLyJyh91bdbWPHVkfRc_tPltW7Q2TVRaylMas/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzkwOTkvMTU4NTY5/NDU4MC1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}