{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Bridal BFF","title":"Your Wedding Bestie","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4465,"description":"Britt talks with Hayley of Hue Events about the road in through retail and venue management, and how the two of them met when this place was still framed studs. They get into why a venue host and a planner are two completely different jobs, why Hayley cut her partial planning package, and what a planner sees on a tour that a couple can't.\n\nCheck your date at The Lumen House: https://thelumenhouseevents.com/inquiry?utm_source=bridal-bff&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=season-1&utm_content=ep05\n\nCHAPTERS\n\n00:00 Waking up on your wedding day with nothing to do\n03:01 \"Do you want to keep helping me?\"\n07:21 Launching Hue Events\n11:26 Pick the vendor you want to talk to for a year\n16:53 What a wedding is actually for\n19:39 Why a venue host isn't a planner\n24:13 What a planner sees on a tour that you don't\n28:56 Why she cut the partial planning package\n35:22 How much communication is actually included\n37:59 Getting ready, and who is doing what\n42:31 Turning a Pinterest board into a real design\n48:40 The timeline mistake couples make most often\n53:07 Family dynamics, and meeting the in-laws\n59:13 The three-bin rule for decor\n1:03:03 Who actually unloads all of it\n1:07:35 The last time she was genuinely moved at a wedding\n1:11:35 What this venue makes possible\n\nEvery vendor can provide the service, so pick the one you want to talk to for the next year. Ask exactly where a planner's scope ends, because partial means something different everywhere. Don't ask family to work your wedding, or they'll miss it. Know your top three non-negotiables before you tour. And bring less decor, tested at home first. Hue Events is on our preferred planner list, and we'll point you toward the two or three worth a call rather than all sixteen.\n\n---\n\nBridal BFF comes from The Lumen House, a wedding venue just outside Charlotte. Each week, owner Britt Loukos and some of the top experts in the wedding industry tell you what they'd tell a friend over coffee: how the money works, what to ask...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/5StWOSeWeyGpsP89s-HRl_khejzP_E8PXkcD-zW31Ag/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hMjdj/YjM4YzJhMDEwNzM4/NWFiMzU4ZTIzNjFm/N2JhOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}