445: Your Guide to Breaking Into the Luxury Wedding Market with Manda Worthington
The Heart & Hustle Podcast
The Heart University
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2025
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Ever dreamt of breaking into the luxury wedding market but felt like it's an exclusive club with no map? This week, Evie and Lindsey are joined by Manda Worthington, luxury wedding planner and designer, who's pulling back the curtain on what it really takes to get booked at the top tier — and keep those dream clients coming back for more. Manda doesn't just plan weddings, she crafts unforgettable, high-touch experiences that are equal parts polished and personal. In this episode, she shares what "luxury" actually means in the wedding world (hint: it's not just about the budget), and how to position yourself so planners like her want to hire you. We ask Manda about the portfolio and client experience must-haves that make you stand out, why vendor relationships can make or break your bookings, how to communicate your value without feeling pushy or salesy, and so much more! Whether you're a photographer, florist, caterer, or fellow planner, Manda's behind-the-scenes insights will help you elevate your brand, price with confidence, and step into spaces you once thought were out of reach.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to The Heart and Hustle Podcast. We are your host, Evie McLeod and Lindsay Roman. |
| 0:04.2 | Thank you so much for tuning in to another episode of the show. This episode is going to be for our |
| 0:10.0 | incredible wedding industry listeners. We had the honor, the privilege, the joy of bringing on |
| 0:17.1 | Amanda Worthington. She is the owner and founder of May & Co. You might have heard of her |
| 0:22.4 | if you were in the wedding industry in any capacity. She is a legend. She is a luxury wedding planner. |
| 0:28.8 | And she just plans and creates the most stunning, beautiful, I don't even know, just events, |
| 0:35.8 | honestly, that I've ever seen. And she just has an eye that is |
| 0:39.5 | gorgeous. And today, well, here, first of all, let's explain who she is in case for some reason you're |
| 0:45.1 | under a rock and you don't know who she is. So Amanda is an internationally renowned event |
| 0:49.3 | producer and designer with a decade of experience curating immersive high-end celebrations across the globe. |
| 0:55.0 | And as the founder of Mayanko, she and her experience team have produced events in some of the world's most sought-after destinations, blending artistic vision with logical precision. |
| 1:04.0 | Having traveled to over 70 countries, the May & Co team draws inspiration from diverse cultures and landscapes, creating events that are |
| 1:11.7 | as intentional as they are unforgettable. |
| 1:14.6 | She is literally an icon. |
| 1:17.0 | Like, she's been featured so many times. |
| 1:19.0 | And like I said earlier, her work is eye-catching. |
| 1:22.4 | I feel like it's very iconic. |
| 1:23.8 | I feel like you can almost see, which I feel like is rare from a planner. Like when you see |
| 1:29.3 | photos from a wedding, you almost can tell, I think. It's like, oh, that was Mayanko. And so she's |
| 1:35.5 | incredible. So Evie, what did we talk about today? We got to have an incredible conversation with |
| 1:39.9 | Amanda. We basically pinned her in a corner and said, give us all of your wisdom and knowledge and |
| 1:44.9 | experience. She came willingly. Yes. So we started off the conversation really asking her to |
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