Welcome to The Candid Planner

where we’re shooting shit and spilling the tea

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1.7a - an arm and a leg

Part One - Every vendor sees it in a Facebook group and cringes. "Looking for a vendor that doesn't charge an arm and a leg." Jana joins Kenzie to talk about budgeting and the misconceptions of budgeting while wedding planning and the vendor's perspective on managing a budget.

1.6b - don’t be an asshole

Part Two - Our favorite thing to talk about on this pod, our industry icks! The conversation continues as Matt and Kenzie talk about his icks from his many years of working as a florist and in the wedding industry.

1.6A - Weddings + beyond

Part One - Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life, right? Well, yes and no. Matt and Kenzie talk about the challenges of keeping a work-life balance, while continuing to grind all day, every day at our dream jobs.

1.5 - Help us help you

As wedding planners, we are here to make your life easier, so when you trust us to do what we do best, your wedding is going to go off with only one hitch - between you and your hunny. Kenzie talks with Jess about timelines, expectations from a planner, and some more wedding industry hot takes.

1.4 - Overzealous Families

Kenzie is joined by her photographer friend, Stephanie, to talk about family members and friends that get a little too... invested on wedding days. Also reminiscing about - you guessed it - a horror story: a FOB who was the ultimate reason we added a harassment clause to our contract.

1.3 - Being a Bride vs Working with a Bride

Some people start working in the wedding industry once they have had their own wedding, but some of us start our wedding careers before tying the knot. This week, Kenzie sits down with Chandler to talk about the biggest differences between being the bride yourself and working with brides on a day-to-day basis.

1.2 - Outside Looking In

Kenzie is joined by her boyfriend, Michael, who had a unique perspective on the wedding industry. Having worked in the industry, but now holding a full-time job that has nothing to do with weddings, Michael knows both sides of the coin. And even though he is not working weddings, he is still surrounded by them. Kenzie and Michael also reminisce on how they met... at a wedding.

1.1 - Intro

In this episode, Kenzie introduces The Candid Planner Podcast and explains the purpose - to talk candidly about wedding planning topics. She gives some of her own biography and how she became a wedding planner in Knoxville, Tennessee.