Unbridely - Modern Wedding Planning

Ready to ditch the wedding rule book? 

In case you missed it, in Part 1, Monty Haron, the rogue celebrant, blew our minds with his unconventional takes on ceremonies. 

He introduced the idea that ‘tradition is just peer pressure from dead people’ and talked about ways to change that. 

Now, in Part 2, we're getting tactical! 

How do you implement alternatives to heteronormative wedding customs? 

Monty’s here to share practical advic...

What if you could rewrite the rules for your wedding day? For couples who don’t fit the traditional mold—or simply want to ditch outdated customs—creating a ceremony and an entire celebration that truly reflects their love can feel a little overwhelming.

In this episode, Monty Haron, an Australian celebrant with a very special flavour, joins us to explore the best alternatives to wedding customs without leaning on heteronormative tr...

What is the one accessory that everyone needs and deserves on their wedding day? A confident smile.

Today I’m chatting with your dental fairy godmother, Dr. Naomi Goldman, about how engaged couples can plan to rock their very best smile.

Naomi will teach you:

• the transformative role of cosmetic and restorative dentistry in enhancing smiles, particularly for weddings,
• the top 3 treatments engaged couples are investing in, 
• a patient ...

 What if I told you there's a way to make your ceremony as unique and as vibrant and as deep and as weird and quirky as your relationship?   Today I'm digging into the world of non-traditional wedding readings. 

Forget the same old scripture passages, unless that's your jam, in which case there's nothing to see here. But I want to talk about poems that speak to your soul and make your heart skip a beat. Song lyri...

Do you really need more than one outfit for your wedding day?

Is it just another wedding industry or consumer-driven extravagance, or are there more practical reasons and even history and cultural significance behind the perceived increase in multiple outfit changes on a wedding day?

In this episode you’ll learn why brides (not excluding others who want to get into the 2nd outfit fun, but mainly brides) are embracing more than one we...

Imagine waking up the morning after your wedding, still basking in the glow of the previous night's magic, and receiving a link to a treasure trove of candid photos and videos from your special day. Within 24 to 48 hours, you can relive the laughter, tears, and joy through hundreds of unedited and edited moments captured by a wedding content creator. Sounds great, right?

But here's the real question: “When is it a smart mo...

What are wedding vows? 
How long should wedding vows be?
Can my vows be funny?

In this episode, your host of the Unbridely Modern Wedding Planning Podcast, Camille Abbott, a multi-award-winning Australian celebrant of 1000+ ceremonies, will break writing your wedding vows down into 8 easy steps. 

She helps walk you through how to write vows, that you can feel super confident and proud of, in around 20 minu...

Are you the kind of person who feels the allure of crafty things?

If you are picturing a relaxed cocktail wedding vibe, surrounded by your family, and would love to add more of a personal touch to your day with some DIY details, then you have to meet Tracy.

Tracy and David, are a gorgeous recently married couple from Western Australia who planned a DIY, family-centric wedding after a whirlwind 12-year-long engagement. 

Tracy shares ho...

Planning a wedding that truly reflects you both can feel overwhelming at times, right? With so many options, it's tough to know where to start, what works and what doesn't.

But what I’d love to encourage you to do is to forget about fleeting “trends” – because I want to explore some ideas that are genuinely creating magical moments in 2025 weddings. And I’ll also shed light on some outdated approaches that couples are happ...

What's your relationship with your parents worth to you?  

This episode was inspired by a real-future mother of the bride and Unbridely Podcast listener, who reached out to me about her own daughter’s wedding.

The Mum left me a voice message because she was wondering how to broach the topic of offering money to help pay for her daughter’s wedding and how to make sure that it came across to the soon-to-be-weds as helpful, thought...

Have you ever walked away after a conversation, or been driving home and thought:

“oh man, I should’ve stood up for myself” or “I should have said what I really felt” or worse still you couldn’t think of anything in the moment but you realise what you should’ve said afterwards.

It's a scientific fact that once you get engaged (maybe 2nd only to when you get pregnant) you’ll be on the receiving end of more uncomfortable dare I sa...

What if I could guarantee that your wedding favours don’t get left behind at the end of the night?

In this episode, I’m joined by Charlotte from Charlotte Bedoes Illustrations, a live wedding illustrator who specialises in doing stunning watercolour portraits of your guests (and you) in front of you, on the day.

In real time, she creates a wedding favour, an experience, and a keepsake all in one!

You’re going to learn:

• How Charlott...

When was the last time you forgot something? It might have been as recently as this morning when you left your travel mug of coffee on the kitchen bench or went to the shops without shopping bags. But when it comes to your wedding day… that’s a once-in-a-lifetime event.

And while you’ve likely put a lot of thought into the big picture—your venue, what you’re wearing, and even your vows—you’d be surprised how easy it is to overlook s...

Are you feeling the pressure to wow your wedding guests with a perfect first dance? What if I told you that stressing over the choreography, for 99.9% of people at least, is totally unnecessary?

Today, I'm joined by Joel and Clara from JC Dance Co, Canada to ask them why they believe many couples approach their first dance all wrong — and how you can make yours a memory you'll actually LOVE instead of a performance yo...

How can you be sure you’re planning a wedding that your family and friends will actually enjoy?

In my job as a celebrant here in Australia this wedding season, I’ve been reminded of some of the basics of wedding planning and how, frequently, it doesn’t matter how big or modest your budget is. 

These concepts are about making a welcoming and comfortable space for your guests so they want to stay, and in fact, when the lights come on a...

If you had a dollar for every time your family or friends asked, 'What’s the dress code?' or ‘Can I bring a +1’ you’d have enough to pay for the open bar.

But seriously, there’s a way to cut the volume of those repeat questions pretty much in half.

So before you hit the 'delete guest list' button, consider this: your wedding website is like your very own virtual assistant, and the FAQ page means that they’re worki...

What would you do if you didn’t receive your wedding photo gallery?

As weeks turn to months after your wedding day and you still haven’t gotten your wedding photos, it can start to feel like your memories are being held hostage. And that’s when the panic can set in.

Did your photographer lose your photos?

Were their SD card/s damaged?

Why are they still posting other couple’s photos on socials?

You can really start to spiral.

I reached o...

Imagine this: You find, trust, book in and pay for a vendor for your wedding mainly because they’ve won every wedding award out there, only to find out later (when it’s too late)… that they actually paid for those awards, or aren’t as experienced or talented as you presumed, or, and this is surely worst, they can’t even deliver what you actually need.

Could this ever happen?

So today, I’m going to teach you a little about some of the...

Have you ever imagined ditching the rules and the guest list and simply escaping to a hidden gem to exchange your vows, just the two of you?

Jenny Mac, founder of Eloping Is Fun, curates extraordinary once-in-a-lifetime adventures in New York City for couples from all over the world. 

But she’s not interested in following tradition or making the experience like a mini wedding day, she challenges the norm and empowers people to have t...