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Bridechilla - Wedding Planning Podcast

484 - Balancing Wedding Dreams & Budgets with Michelle Elaine

Bridechilla - Wedding Planning Podcast

Evergreen Podcasts

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.8625 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Dream wedding, not debt spiral 💸✨ From navigating rising costs to tuning out social media pressure, Leah sits down with wedding planner Michelle Elaine to get real about what truly matters on your big day. They break down smart budgeting tips, how to align your vision with your values, and the long-term impact of wedding debt. If you’re planning a celebration that’s meaningful and financially sane, this episode is your wedding-planning reality check. Find Michelle on Instagram: @michelleelaine ⁠Get tickets to the November 13th LIVE Bridechilla Show in Cleveland, Ohio! Today’s episode is sponsored by Sandals! Sandals Resorts offers some of the best adults-only all-inclusive resorts that bring guests closer to the vibrancy, authenticity and spirit of the Caribbean. Start planning your dream wedding at https://sandals.com/. Find Bridechilla online: - Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@thebridechilla - Instagram: https://instagram.com/bridechilla - Website: http://thebridechilla.com Bridechilla is a production of Evergreen Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.8

Today's episode is sponsored by Sandals Resorts. Let's get this party started and embrace your inner bride chila.

1:13.5

What's up, Chillas? Today, we're with Michelle Fernie Oli, who is the owner of Michelle Elaine

1:19.1

weddings, and we're talking about, are weddings really that expensive? Are they getting too expensive?

1:26.0

And how can we dissect and navigate through all this?

1:29.8

And Michelle, so excited to have you with us today. It's been a few months in the making, I feel like,

1:35.9

at this point, trying to coordinate and getting this going. And I love the topic today and the

1:41.5

talking points we've been like working through in that. I think it's going to be a lot of great information for couples out there planning right now. Yeah, I'm excited to be

1:48.9

here. I'm excited to talk about all the things. I'm honest to a fault. So hopefully this helps some.

1:57.2

This might stress others, but it's all good. Well, something that does, you know, is obviously

2:02.7

a stressor when it comes to wedding planning is the cost. And the cost is rising like everything else

2:08.6

with inflation and tariffs, et cetera. But I want to know for you, what does it mean too much when

2:15.2

it comes to, are we doing too much in wedding planning and are we

2:17.7

spending too much? I have like two sides. So one side of me is like the grandma inside of me

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