Betches Brides

We hope you brought your appetites, listeners. Today on Betches Brides, Selena, Chelsea, and Jaz are chatting all things wedding food! Get ready to play a rousing game of Pass That App, and listen in for an unappetizing write-in about a serious catering nightmare. Plus, a fun segment brought to you by our friends at Angry Orchard. Need advice or have stories to share? Email us at brides@betches.co...

Take a deep breath, Bride. Today, we’re zenning out with pre-wedding self-care. On today’s episode of Betches Brides, Selena and Jaz dish hair and make-up trials, the importance of treating yourself, and your morning-of Bride Tribe. Plus, the gals answer questions from two brides in pre-wedding peril. Need advice or have stories to share? Email us at brides@betches.com with your wedding questions...

This week on Betches Brides, Selena, Chelsea, and Jaz get personal while sharing how they met their partners and chat about how to make your special day feel like YOUR (collective) special day. The Brides dish grooms’ cakes, wedding fashion, and take some wild write-ins from you about the horror of Bridezillas and BYOB anything. Email us at brides@betches.com with your wedding questions and horror...

Is the Macarena a must-have on your wedding playlist? This week on Betches Brides, Selena, Chelsea, and Jaz chat about wedding music, play “Woo or Boo”, and deep-dive on first dances. Plus, the trio read a listener email about a "viral" wedding nightmare, and reveal Selena’s non-traditional home run of a rehearsal dinner plan. Email us at brides@betches.com with your wedding questions and horror s...

Did a wedding guest actually just say that? In our third episode of the new season of Betches Brides, Selena, Chelsea, and Jaz laugh out loud at a listener email about some next-level dance floor heckling, dissect an interesting plus one hot take from Trevor Noah, and Chelsea takes a moment to get on her soap box. Plus, the trio dives into setting wedding boundaries, navigating guest list pressure...

Okay, we think we officially found the worst Bridezilla. In our second episode of the new season of Betches Brides, Selena, Chelsea, and Jaz read a listener email about a completely unhinged bride, tell their own Bridezilla stories, and share some key advice for all future overwhelmed brides. Plus, the trio dive deep into wedding venues, discuss whether a wedding planner is really worth it, and te...

Start up "Pachelbel's Canon" — it's time to meet your new Betches Brides co-hosts! In the first episode of this new season of Betches Brides, get to know comedian Selena Coppock and her BFF Chelsea White as they prepare for Selena's wedding ahead. Selena fills listeners in on the story behind her hit @nytvows parody account, how she helped Chelsea snag the real 'New York Times' treatment for her o...

Betches Brides is back, and this time, there's a whole new wedding party. This season, welcome comedian Selena Coppock — the mind behind the @nytvows parody account — and her BFF Chelsea White, who will march towards Selena's upcoming wedding date with some much-needed laughs. Join Selena and Chelsea as they discuss wedding plans and trends, answer listener questions, and help keep us all from tri...

Fallon shares an announcement before welcoming Kunbi Odubogun and Leah Weinberg, her friends and founders of Oduberg Law, onto the podcast. They dive into vendor contracts, including (but not limited to) every piece of information the contract should have and who should sign it. They also answer whether an email is considered binding and what suing a vendor actually entails. Then, they help a list...

Aesthetician Brittany Blancato is back on the podcast to give your skin the bridal bootcamp it didn't even know it needed. She explains the different treatments brides can get, including back and (yes, really) butt facials, and when to cutoff each in anticipation of your wedding. She also shares the products everyone needs in their at-home routine before getting into listener questions with Fallon...

Maddy Paul, Senior Content Manager of Lifestyle at Betches, joins Fallon this week to debrief dress codes. From the difference between black and white tie to why dressy casual should be illegal, Maddy and Fallon discuss them all — including what to wear to each. They also discuss why “come as you are” on your wedding invitation is asking for trouble. (Just make the Pinterest board.) Then, they pla...

This month's Bride Guide is dedicated to you and your questions. Fallon kicks the episode off with a DM she received from a bride wanting to know how early she can send out invitations to her destination wedding. Is there such a thing as *too* early? Then, she addresses a bride’s anxiety over working with a couple as her photographers, in the event of a fight or break-up, and another bride’s debac...

Betches' own Maria Del Russo is back on the podcast just four months away from her wedding. She phones a friend (aka Fallon) about the etiquette of sending out formal invitations to those she already knows won't be able to attend. Can she save on postage? Then, she and Fallon get into your listener emails about a MIL throwing an engagement party as an excuse to invite her friends, an adopted bride...

Lauren Ladouceur, aka Plan With Laur, joins Fallon this week to answer all your burning questions about wedding content creators. She shares how she turned a favor for a friend into a full-time gig and what exactly her job is, and what it isn't, including what makes her different from a wedding photographer or videographer. In addition to standard pricing and scheduling, she explains why wedding c...

Sarah Schreiber, the Associate Editorial Director at Brides, is back on the podcast this week to cover everything trending in 2024. From themes like Bohemian Western, Retro, and Celestial to trends like neon and primary colors, Sarah describes how brides can incorporate them into their own weddings. She and Fallon also get into an email from a listener deciding between making her wedding trendy or...

This Bride Guide is all about food & bev, also known as (roughly) 30% of your budget. Fallon starts with the basics — plated dinner, family style, *or* stations? — and the not-so basics — what foods have played a supporting role in your love story? She also talks about researching, finding, and contacting your catering provider. She answers your listener questions about elevating the alcohol at yo...

Fallon is joined this week by Minted’s Emily Barry, VP of Weddings, and Micaela Ritschl, Lead Wedding Concierge. The trio walk through all of Minted's services for couples, including when & where to get started, and everything you can customize to make it your own. They also discuss the process of working with a designer, matching your stationery with your wedding, and coordinating with out-of-the...

This week, Fallon and Jamie Spock reunite to recap Jamie’s wedding and answer your listener-submitted, post-wedding questions. Jamie shares the special details she and Jackie ended up incorporating and her latest habit of watching their wedding video daily. They move onto your questions about post-wedding blues, exhaustion, and dress preservation, as well as biggest "splurge" regrets. They finish...

Emily Forrest, Head of Communications at Zola, joins Fallon this week to tackle the A to Z of registries. They discuss first Emily's recommendations for approaching registry-building, especially in a way that doesn't make it feel like a chore and especially when you & your fiancé have drastically different interior design styles. They dive into specific items that are trending across Zola, as well...

Fallon welcomes Ceci Johnson of Ceci New York, a couture invitation design studio, onto the podcast. Ceci breaks down the logistics, from getting the ball rolling on save-the-dates to phrasing dress codes and no-kids policies on invites. Then, she and Fallon answer your listener questions about identifying dietary restrictions, designing save-the-dates without a finalized wedding theme, and sendin...

This Bride Guide episode is all about matters of the wallet. Fallon begins with what you’re responsible for covering, as not only the bride but also the host of your wedding. She moves onto your listener questions about parents and in-laws, including one future MIL offended at the idea of contributing to the wedding instead of the rehearsal dinner. She also spends some time on the money etiquette...

Fallon brings custom jewelry designer, Susie Saltzman, onto the podcast to answer everything you want to know about engagement rings, wedding bands, and lab-grown diamonds. She and Fallon also tackle your emails; one from a bride asking if she should add another carat to her ring, on her own dime, and another from a best friend who disagrees with the bride’s taste in rings. They play a game of Unp...

Jac Vanek of The Lady Gang and The First Degree podcasts joins Fallon this week to recap her viral September wedding. She shares how she approached her wedding like a brand — actually, more like a full-time job — by hyper-personalizing every little thing for her guests. While answering listener questions, she also shares the traditions she rejected, and tells us about her experience with post-wedd...

Elizabeth Austin is on the podcast this week to pull back the curtain on a wedding photographer's reality. From pricing and timing to choosing a photographer that you actually want next to you on your big day, Elizabeth reveals everything she wishes couples knew. Then, she and Fallon answer your listener questions about a photographer who lacks a non-white portfolio, compensating a photographer wh...

This Bride Guide episode is all about drama, but more specifically, it’s about level setting expectations to have as little drama as possible. Fallon goes over the game plan you and your fiancé should create before bringing in any family, friends, or outside voices. Then, she answers your emails about breaking the news to a future MIL that she’s not invited to your elopement, putting your foot dow...