Andrea Eppolito | Celebrating Life, Luxury, & Above All Else Love

You get what you pay for.   Storytime.  Recently I went shopping for a gym membership and the differences between the quality of the "regular" gyms and "bougie" gym were shocking!  It reminded me that in life and in all things, you get what you pay for and you will pay for what you value. I've had people swear that they value what I do, but then balk at my pricing.  That simply means that they don...

Service issues are now the norm and I am so frustrated with our industry's inability to get the job done!  How and why has an industry built on service become so lackadaisical and so disinterested in providing any? What does that say about our future, and what can you do to stop the bleeding. MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https://www.andreaeppolito.com Wedding Business Consulting: https://w...

Emotional engagement. As I begin to load into my last and final Covid postponement, I realized that I have been working on this wedding for 1276 days. That bags two questions… Why did this client commit to waiting to execute this wedding, and how did I manage the process. The "why" to me is easy. It's the "how" that I find interesting.   MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https://www.andreaeppol...

#andreaeppolito #contract #weddingplanner  How to write a wedding planning contract. Writing a contract is difficult for people who are not lawyers by nature. However, your contract is "your business speaking" as one of my mentors always says. (Check out Sean Low and the Business of Being Creative at https://thebbccollective.com). Well, I wanted my contract to tell a story. I wanted to ensure mutu...

Putting Humpty Dumpty Back Together with Jason Rhee.  Otherwise known as "what happens when a liberal and a conservative go to Guatemala together". In this very long episode, Jason Rhee and I discuss the unfortunate fracture in our relationship and how we repaired it. Edited for sound and rambling stream of consciousness removed, but the content stayed intact.    RESOURCES MY SERVICES Luxury Weddi...

Knock it off with the knock-offs!  I don't buy knock-off bags, I don't wear knock-off shoes, and I don't produce knock-off weddings.  Replicating someone else's work does a disservice to your ability, your client's vision, and to the industry as a whole.  This is why I want you to knock it off with the knock-offs! NOTES & LINKS: MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https://www.andreaeppolito.com W...

Jennifer Lopez is engaged for the sixth time which begs the question… Is it OK to be excited as an encore bride?   NOTES & LINKS: MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https://www.andreaeppolito.com Wedding Business Consulting: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/consulting Speaking & Appearances: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/speaking Online Education: https://courses.andreaeppolito.com/   Are you a W...

Are you ok?  How is it traveling with people so politically opposite of you? I recently took a trip to Guatemala with The Knot and was housed with two of my dear friends, Jason Rhee and Terrica Skaggs.  Jason has been incredibly vocal about his political views, which were historically incredibly left-leaning while I have quietly but openly proclaimed that my beliefs are more conservative.   So wha...

Purge!  le's spring clean your business.  Going through your contracts, emails, text messages, and documents is a time-consuming but important process.  Cutting the dead weight and removing old information not only frees up digital space, but it creates space that allows you to welcome new energy and ideas.  MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https://www.andreaeppolito.com Wedding Business Consu...

Education is the great equalizer. You've heard me say that countless times before. And while many of you are aware that The Knot and Wedding Wire are the world's leading advertising platforms, many fail m to realize the vast amount of education that the Wedding Pro Platform provides.  In this episode listen to Megan Brown discuss the information and analytics that wedding pro shares and the way in...

Developing Capital. The most important capital your business has is political capital.  Capital is the accumulation of resources and power built through relationships, trust, goodwill, and influence.  In very simple terms, it is the reputation you have and the values attributed to your company and others based upon past experience and reputation. very simple terms, it is the reputation you have an...

When and why clients breach. Wow! You guys were really riled up by my last podcast about wedding professionals breaching their agreements. I got a lot of feedback about client behavior, and I wanted to address those today. We have all encountered clients who exhibit bad behavior.  While some people are just bad people, I believe that a majority of our clients are wonderful and lovely.  Still, clie...

BREACH!  When wedding professionals breach trust with their clients, it damages the industry as a whole.   This month I have received three (3) inquiries from couples that currently have planners but need to move in a different direction. Why are couples rushing to change planners? Is it that there are bad actors out there committing to work that they cannot do? Are we falling down on the job and...

Let's do a little wordplay.  When do you use "I" versus "we" and does it really matter? The use of the word "we" goes back to 1169 and has a historically royal beginning that has cemented its use by leaders.  Interesting history and more interesting to discuss how and when we use the words today. Las Vegas Wedding Planner MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https://www.andreaeppolito.com Wedding...

Leggings aren't pants!  I said what I said...and yes, you can fight me! Dressing professionally is a form of good manners and can create or destroy trust.  How you present to the world matters. Las Vegas Wedding Planner Andrea Eppolito. MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https://www.andreaeppolito.com Wedding Business Consulting: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/consulting Speaking & Appearanc...

Travel delay tips & tricks.   Travel delays can drive you crazy and throw your entire week out of whack!  Whether due to staffing shortages, technology, or weather, travel delays are bound to happen.  Here are a few tips and tricks to help you get through the somewhat unexpected and always stressful travel delays.   GET MY CARRY ON + PACKING CUBES  https://www.amazon.com/shop/andreaeppolito?listId...

How to Vet New Vendors   Inviting new vendors into your business can be scary.  It's difficult to know who to trust, and it can be scary to give your clients over to a team that you have not worked with in the past. In this podcast, I am sharing 5 tips for how to vet new vendors and determine whether or not you feel comfortable introducing them to your clients.   MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Plannin...

I have a reputation for planning and designing over the top engagement photo sessions. These are my five tips for ensuring a successful engagement photo shoot. MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https://www.andreaeppolito.com Wedding Business Consulting: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/consulting Speaking & Appearances: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/speaking Online Education: https://courses.and...

Happy new year and welcome back. It is my 45th birthday.  I am incredibly humbled but the life I get to live and so thankful for our community.  As I look to the future, there are a few things on my mind as we all go back to work post-holiday season: The Next 18 Months Recognize that we are in a whole new world. Yes, it feels like things are going back to normal, but if you pick up where you left...

Long Interview with Marley Majcher, otherwise known as The Profit Goddess or The Party Goddess. I was lucky enough to hear Marley speak and engage in 2012. My business was roughly one year old, and having a woman come to the stage and ask the hard question:  "Are you making any money?" was transformative for me.  She dared me to approach the business like a business and drilled into me the importa...

Long Interview with Marley Majcher, otherwise known as The Profit Goddess or The Party Goddess.   I was lucky enough to hear Marley speak and engage in 2012. My business was roughly one year old, and having a woman come to the stage and ask the hard question:  "Are you making any money?" was transformative for me.  She dared me to approach the business like a business and drilled into me the impor...

The DJ Collective Official Interview:  Short In November 2021 I was the closing keynote speaker at the DJ Collective in Scottsdale, Arizona.  Prior to taking the stage, I was interviewed by DJ and Host Sean Patrick to discuss lifestyle design and the way in which I manage my business and my life.     MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning | Coaching | Consulting:  https://www.andreaeppolito.com Onlin...

Lifestyle design. One of the most important things that my husband and I did was sit down and really designed the kind of life that we wanted to have. Once we understood how we wanted to live, we then retrofit our businesses and designed companies and processes that supported our life.   The gift of the pandemic was that it forced us to slow down.  For many of us, this is the most time we have eve...

Today is the two-year anniversary of my father’s death. We all have limited time. How we spend it is important. MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https://www.andreaeppolito.com Wedding Business Consulting: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/consulting Speaking & Appearances: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/speaking Online Education: https://courses.andreaeppolito.com/   Are you a Wedding Pr...

Deep rest is important. Having the ability to put your body and mind in a state of rest and relation will help prepare you and condition you for the times that you need to do intense work. Here are my tips on how to achieve a state of deep rest. MY SERVICES Luxury Wedding Planning: https://www.andreaeppolito.com Wedding Business Consulting: https://www.andreaeppolito.com/consulting Speaking &...