Wedding season is well and truly upon us. It has begun. Although we actually got a weekend off this weekend. Did ya? What did you do? Went to London. I'll tell you all about it. Oh, please do. Tell you all about it. Can't wait to hear. Shall we get started? Let's do it. Hi! I'm Hannah. And I'm Hayley. And we are your wedding planning experts.
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I did actually, obviously I had a good few weeks off for my own wedding and honeymoon so I'm like Oh my god, wedding season's hit me. But actually, I've only done three weeks worth of wedding. You phony. But I did, I think the problem was, was that I was away, like obviously doing nothing, like on the honeymoon. Yeah, like completely chilled. You didn't even have your phone on you, so. Literally. And then I came back and I did three weddings in two weeks. Yeah. That's insane.
And then I was like, Whoa, I need a weekend off. So yeah, we had a lovely weekend, went with the girls to London. We've had this book for months. We went to see Mean Girls. Oh, I love that. Yeah. We did the Monopoly experience, which was really fricking cool. It's like a giant Monopoly board. Mixed with some like escape room kind of vibes. I love an escape room, me. Yeah, you'd love it then. Yeah. Really great, really great.
Then we did afternoon tea at Tiffany's for one of my friend's birthdays. And then we booked, so we kind of filled a Saturday because Sunday we went to see Shania Dwayne. Yeah, oh my gosh. Very exciting at BST. How was that? It was incredible. Very, very good. And actually, like, then, so, supporting her was the cause, and Anne Marie, which, quite a big act to be supporting. I was gonna say, Anne Marie's huge. Yeah, and she was amazing. Really, really, really good. I love Anne Marie.
I mean, I don't know if you've heard, like, any stories about Shania in Glastonbury, but oh, I mean, I've seen it. Yeah. What are you gonna say? So, I listened, I'm glad, I listened to her podcast before I went to see her, that she's obviously been promoting, like, the UK tour like, her You know, Glastonbury and, and being at BST, whatever. Yeah. And she basically went through really like serious surgery in her throat. Oh. And they didn't think she'd ever even be able to sing again.
No. Which she recovered from it, can sing. She had Lyme disease, didn't she? Yeah, that's it, that's what caused it. Do you know what I've got? I'm just going to interject here. Cause actually I've got a big story. Richie got bit by a tick. Right. Yeah. And he got, he basically got a bit of Lyme disease I think. He's on antibiotics but he's been not very well. Like now? Yeah. He got bit by a tick last week. So we found a tick on him.
And his so funny enough he went camp, from the grass, he went camping and was absolutely fine. Then he came back and went for a walk in Milton Keynes. And caught it, this tick jumped into the room. I shouldn't laugh. It was funny. We kept the tick in a bag, in the shed. In case that they needed it for evidence, if you've got Lyme disease. But anyway, his leg then went like completely Like, numb, and he couldn't move it. He was really, really not well.
Like, I had to pick him up from work actually, last week. Oh god. And then they put him on like a three week course of antibiotics. But he's taken like six tablets a day. This is quite, geez, quite serious. Yeah, I mean it's a good job that he, He went and got it quick, because I think the problem is, is if you leave it, isn't it? You leave it, yeah. Then it causes all these bigger issues.
Yeah, sorry to, sorry to interrupt you, but yeah, that's, when I just remember that Shania got, because I watched a documentary on Netflix about her and she said she got bit by a tick. Yeah, and I think this is what ended up, I don't know if it ended up causing the surgery or it was that and something. Yeah. I don't know, but anyway, basically she said herself on the podcast, my voice has changed. So every song she sings, she sings in a lower key. So it's really weird when you're singing along.
So at Glastonbury, obviously the audience is singing in the key that they know and love. Yeah, yeah, sure. And then she's singing lower and you're like, whoa, she's not, you're singing out of tune. But actually she's just lowered the key. Yeah. And it sounds like it's out of tune because she's lowered it by, Only a couple of keys. So then when you sing the real one over the top, it don't, it just does not add enough. Yeah. And she kept saying it.
She sang quite a lot of new stuff because obviously she's doing the new stuff in a new voice and a new key, but it's like no one freaking come on, stick to the, this really winds me up. Me and my friends were saying this when these people come on and they start singing their new, no one cares about the new stuff. We're here to see your classic. So Richard went to the Arctic monkeys last year. Amazing band, which I love. Was really sad I didn't go, but anyway, went with his mate.
Not, I'm not I'm not jealous or anything. But he was singing like all of his new stuff and obviously he sings in this funny voice where he goes Howl! It's like got a croonery kind of vibe going on, which he's like, what's that song? I can't remember, but it's like I'm not gonna lie. Oh, Five Stars. Anyway, he was singing all this new stuff, but also he was singing the, like the original songs, but in this new voice he's doing, so it was like, I bet that you look good on the dance floor.
And I was just like, really like crew none or maybe he's had surgery. Maybe he got bit by a tick. Maybe. Yeah, she was good. The tics are taking over. I mean, these tics are hardcore, aren't they? What the hell? Nuclear proof. Who even knew you could get, yeah, even knew you could get this hurt by a tic in the UK. I thought it was like something that happens abroad. Oh. Insane. So yeah, no, very good.
One thing that kind of flagged me was Like, when we left at the end, obviously, apparently Hyde Park, because it's owned by Historic Parks, which I'm not shocked by because the wedding that I'm planning in a couple of months time is owned by Historic Palaces, and very strict, do you know what I mean? Like, there's a lot of rules going on after a bye bye. And so you have to pull the plug at 10. 30, like, there's, there's a lot of rules, like Doesn't matter what happened.
And I've actually heard this story on another podcast that a big act years ago bought out, I can't remember, someone really big and famous. And because everything was running late, he literally walked on stage and then they pulled the plug. Whoa. They were like, I think it was like Paul McCartney or something. Oh my God. Who pulls the plug on Paul McCartney? Like, they have to, and I'm not, I'm not even shocked and I, and I feel like that is legit. So yeah, so actually Shania finished on time.
She was done by like 10 past 10, but at the end there's no like announcement. So what I've really learned from my years in the wedding industry is you have to To direct people as to what's going to happen. So the same as when you, you know, people, we get people writing quite often and say, you know, how do we get people to do this? Like, you know, give us certain gifts or, you know, how are we going to, you know, make sure that nobody uses their phones during ceremony.
And we always say that it's all about communication. Yeah. Telling people, people will always lead by what you ask them to do. Yeah. So at the end, obviously. Everybody just, you know, in that kind of cattle esque way that we like to do, just follows everybody to the exit. And I'm like, guys, we're staying in, like, South West London, and we're walking towards North East, like, we're, we're, we're staying South East, sorry, we're staying South East side of the park.
So we're in the bottom left hand corner, we're heading towards the top right hand corner. But there's no kind of announcement to say, right, this is where you can exit from, this is where the gates are, this is where you head to get, everyone just goes the same way. So that moment there must have been other gates, because when you came in, there was quite various different points. And I just thought it was really interesting.
And something that I just want to flag is obviously your wedding day is not going to be on the same scale as Shania Twain at BST, but it's all about signage and communication and saying, you know, saying to people at the end of the night, You need to have your taxi booked at mid for midnight. Cause I get this time and time again where it gets to midnight. Yeah. It cannot get a taxi and this actually happened. I find that mad that people don't do that. It's like, I just can't believe it.
There's always one though. There's always one. Yeah. And it reminded me I meant to mention the last podcast, but I had a wedding recently and at the end of the night, there was four, And they were like, we, we can't, obviously I'm gonna have to keep this very anonymous because they were like, we, we can't get, we cannot get a taxi. And I was like, have you not pre booked one? No, they're literally in the middle of nowhere. So I try and call some for them, no help. And couldn't get them one.
And they were like, we've got no choice but to drive like, and they'd be all been drinking. And I was like. Absolutely not. And they were like, we've got you. We've, we, we need to get on a flight tomorrow morning. We've got to be up early. Like there's like, we have like, we, like, what else are we going to do? So in the end I ended up driving them to, I was like, absolutely not. You're not, no way. It's not even worth, like, you could either kill somebody or have your license revoked.
I'd rather sleep in the grass personally. Like, you know, I'd rather be like, that would be my first instinct. But when people have had a drink, that is their first instinct. So I think it's all about communication. And also like a couple of my friends were like, well, did it say on like, you know, when you first booked, did it tell us like where the exits are at the end of the night? And we're all a little bit like. God knows, like nobody reads, nobody will remember that.
So if you put on your wedding invites, Oh, book a taxi for the, make sure you make sure you forget, remind people of this kind of stuff. Like our, our wedding, we had little welcome cards. As you will know, on the place settings. Yeah. And because we had a barbecue, I was a very special guest. My place setting when I got operated. You know, quite a lot of people do the individual menus, which we didn't need.
Cause we weren't having like a three course sit down meal, but I still wanted something for the aesthetic. Actually, you could do this on the back of the menus. And we had little messages on there about taxis. A taxi number. Make sure you have a taxi. That's really good actually. You need to preempt people. You need to tell people. Like keep reminding them like, book a taxi. Or even get your band to announce it when they, you know, at the end of their first set.
Hi guys, just a quick reminder, make sure you get a taxi. But like anything, because people just need direction and communication and that really like got me thinking that night. Like, wow, this is really bad. They've literally gone, boom, schnoi is off. That's it. Everyone's just walking. Nobody knows what the hell is going on. No one knows what tube stations are open. Nobody knows, like, if there's extra taxis going. Like, nobody knows, like, what is happening, what's going on.
No, they're just figuring it out as they're literally walking in the same way. Yeah, and like, we tried to have a chat with one of the security guards and they're like, Just keep going! And you're like, well, okay. Yeah, like, this is what the hell There's a lot of stress. And actually, and I know That feeling at the end of the night when you're like, you just want to get people out, like it's a historic park, it's very strict, you have to get people out.
And like, you know, I work at venues that are strict like that as well. And you've just got to get people out. But at the same time, it's like, yeah, people just need direction. So yeah, you know, a bit of a different event, but something to mention. That's really cool. Yes. That's interesting. But yeah, I definitely think it's important for people to pre book their I think if we're gonna, if we're going to take anything from that. Pre book your taxis and don't get bitten by ticks.
Yeah. How's your week been? It's been good. It's been good. I haven't told you. I thought there was a tick issue. Yeah, there's been lots of ticks. There's a lot of medical stuff going on your side at the moment, so, yeah. It's, yeah, not okay with a tick. Maybe we'll bypass your face. Yeah, and the antibiotics. What's your next wedding? Your next maternity leave wedding? Oh yes, next maternity leave wedding.
So I've got a wedding on the 15th of August and a wedding on the 30th and an event on the 29th. So August is quite busy. Yeah, so August is quite busy for me. So I mean. I've just been sorting things out with that. I mean, obviously I have to make sure that Lily's looked after and stuff like that, so that's all the stuff I have to do in advance. Extra logistics. Extra logistics for me. Spreadsheet. Yeah. But yeah, no, I started doing like quite a few flowers for this company and letting buzz in.
So there is a big company called Grand Posse. Yeah. So they do like water pumps and things like that.
And so just, they have like a few events, they've got like a, like a golf day, so they want me to do some flowers for that, and then they had like a, like an anniversary dinner thing in London, so that's something I did a couple of months ago as well but yeah, just getting back into the swing of things and I, I've been, I have, I've actually been doing quite a bit of floristry I had orders last week. I just can't believe the price of flowers has really, it's gone through the roof, yeah.
Especially, you notice it more if you haven't like, I mean it's only, I'm, I'm talking like, five weeks since I last did, did like an event or a wedding. It's already gone up. It's already gone up, yeah. Yeah, I mean it's obviously, I've spoken about it before, it's affected by like, All around the world, like different events will affect so you've got something in America, like 4th of July, perhaps could affect the price of flowers here. Which is in Holland on an auction. I know it's crazy.
And like, if you have an international women's day or. Whatever things like that. They all yeah, they all affect it. But yeah, it was I was quite surprised really and I could be like teachers Yeah, so like end of school Getting yeah, okay, so and that's coming up for me as well. I get a lot of like people want to order like a bulk But okay, so give out of schools and things like that. Do you think it could be weather as well? Because the weather has been rubbish.
Does that affect like growing and then So if they've had to use, yeah, well, that's it And if they've had to use like different methods of growing, something's had to be one Being in the greenhouse more, and they've had to use more energy obviously to grow them and things like that can affect it. And I know the peony season this year, I think they had lots of rain and I think that can also, also affect obviously like if anything, like it can affect the growth and things. So it's not been great.
It's not been a great year. I don't think it's the last couple of years that was great. It's either been too hot and a drought or it's been like torrential rain. I mean, I literally put my heating on the other day and it's July. Bye. Same, I had my heater on under my desk because cold. Absolutely awful. So bad. There we were joking the other week when it was like a week of sun. And we were like, that was summer. It wasn't a joke. That was the summer.
It's weird though, because it's still like, when we went to London this weekend, I mean, we had two like It's warm though. Days, yeah, where it was like pouring with rain. It was cloudy, pouring with rain. And actually, the Sunday when we went to see Shania, really nice. It was really good weather. But yeah, it is still muggy. Yeah, muggy. It's horrible it's close. It's close. It's really close out there. But yeah, so at the weekend so I don't know if anyone's into football, but I love football.
I love watching England play and I won't have any of that here. Thank you very much. Positive vibes only. It's coming home, mate. It's coming home. So England played on Saturday, so they played Switzerland and it was a very riveting game. Ended up with penalties, but anyway. They won. And tomorrow night's semi final. Well, actually this will go out on Thursday. So yesterday was a semi final. Hopefully they won. Yeah. So when, when this, when this podcast airs, it'll be, yeah.
As you can tell, I have no interest in it. I can tell, I can tell, but I'm just bypassing that. I even bought Lily an England kit and she absolutely loves it. Oh my God. So fricking cute, cute. The amount of people I've shown that to. Cute. So cute. Little mascot. Yeah. So, so cute. So yeah, so see we watched the Euros, love that. And got me thinking, and I've seen a lot of this online, especially with a game that was on Maxes.
It's all I, since it's all over socials, what would you do if there's a big sporting event like the Euros? Or the World Cup, or anything, Wimbledon, I don't know, whatever people are interested in. And it's your wedding day. Which, which happened, which is why I see so many people stressing about it. Because it was Saturday at 5pm. So a lot of people, peak time, peak time. Yeah, wedding breakfast time. Literally, you're like slap bang in the middle of that roast chicken.
Yeah, we had our afternoon tea booked at Tiffany's at 5pm on Saturday and one of my best friends is like, huge fan and she's like, can I have my phone out? And I'm like, absolutely not, we're in Tiffany's, like, do you know what I mean? Actually afterwards we went to the spa. Yeah, to be for afterwards. We then, she was like, Oh, I get to see the penalties. We're in this bar in Chelsea. There's we, we didn't really know where to go to watch the football. I wasn't that keen.
So I didn't really make the effort to try and find out, but we sat in this bar and she's like, like this and I'm like looking around, like, Oh no, people are eating their dinner, no one cares about the football here. Come on get in It's quite funny. I always find myself leaning. I actually quite enjoy the penalties. I'm leaning. Oh, yeah Actually, I do want to have a look at that. Yeah Interesting. It's a bit.
Do you know what I've and I've worked in the industry now 15 years A probably similar amount to you. And this is obviously always an issue. Every four years of the World Cup, every two years of the Euros. Someone's wedding's getting affected by it. All the women are praying that England are going to get knocked out just so they don't have this situation at their wedding.
I remember so when we got married it's near Silverstone and they have the Grand Prix and there's actually a clause in the contract that so we basically had. A couple of dates in mind and because of when the Grand Prix was falling that year, we couldn't get any accommodation around the area. Like I looked it up, so we actually just changed it to like beginning of September, but there's a cause. I didn't realise that.
Yeah, so we were looking at another date and then we were like, now we go for this date. That would have been the worst weekend for you to have your wedding because everywhere is extortionate. Everywhere. And we were like, it's so expensive. No one's going to be able to stay anywhere. We won't even be able to afford to stay anywhere like near and like taxes and that sort of stuff. It's just ridiculous. Yeah, impossible.
Like the whole area, like, I used to work, yeah, I used to work at Whistleton Park, so yeah, like the whole area, you have to like change your route to work, you have to come in loads earlier, just to, yeah, it, it's insane, it's a nightmare, but yeah, you were saying about the claws, we were the same, so, yeah, that's it, if they have to move it, so people, if they want to hold an event there or something, then, yeah.
We used to do the same at Whittleprey, so any like corporate events or weddings that booked, yeah, we had a clause in their contract because you never know what date they're going to book. But if it's July, we would always have a clause in the contract to say we can move your date. So yeah, you could plan your whole wedding and then find out the Grand Prix dates and it'd be on that weekend and have it moved. But I think it's the same, right? And I had this conversation with my friend.
A weekend when we were talking about the football and I was like, I've seen so many brides. I'm sorry, but it is brides on Facebook saying, what the hell am I going to do? Like my wedding's this weekend. My other half is going to watch the football or like people are kicking off, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
And, and she, you know, I do think you have to be a little bit, you have to do your research when you book your wedding date, because you You know, it's the same as, like you say, the Grand Prix. Don't be, if you're in like, the Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire kind of area, you don't want to be booking your wedding on a July, in, on a weekend in July. No, no. You've got to be clever about it. I looked, I was looking it up and I was like, no, we can't. Yeah, risk that.
Yeah. And my friend said the same. She said, look, I get what they're saying. I get that it's stressful for them and that, you know, they're not football, the fans themselves. But if you don't want any football to coincide with your wedding, You need to make sure you're avoid, avoiding it. Avoiding it. June or July for every other year, essentially. Because it's either the Euros or the World Cup. That's it. And I was like, you know what? That, I suppose it is, it is a good point.
And especially if your other half is into the football, they probably should kind of know that. Well, that's it. You'd like to think so. Because I was thinking about all these things. Because I know my family's big into football. I like football. I'd want to watch it. Like probably not on my wedding day, but I can understand, like, I would be in two minds like, oh, should I? Yeah. Yeah. But on the other hand, it's like, how far can you go?
Because, you know, we always sit here and say, avoid the school holidays because people are on holiday. Yeah. It's going to cost you a fortune. When do you do it? And any part of our holidays, like Easter and, yeah. Yeah. You know, your flowers are going to cost you more money if it's International Women's Day. Expense, expense, expense. You know, actually, like, how far, you know, Christmas, people think, oh, it's, it's winter, so I'll get It's gonna be cheaper. No, it's not. It's Christmas.
Everything's Christmas. It's Christmas. Everything's, yeah. So it is, I suppose It's hard. There's two sides of it. Yeah. I think if you've got to go for it, and like, just go, like, run with it, or you, or you put your foot down and say, like, I'm not, I'm not showing the football, whatever all this, whatever's on. I've always had a big opinion on this, right? And this has come from somebody who is not a football fan. I feel like this is your own opinion. Yeah, this is just my opinion.
This comes from someone I don't know, it's myself, I mean. So I actually attended a wedding once when the world cup was playing. And we thankfully it wasn't too bad because it was during her drinks reception. Okay, so that's pretty good time actually, that's good timing. But she didn't listen to what I, my advice. So she she didn't, my advice is if it's gonna be on, embrace it. Because all she had at her wedding was people with phones under their Yeah. Of course.
Yeah. Yeah. And like the tables watching it. So what happened was it was on June and actually bang on her timings worked really well because they sat down for the wedding breakfast five minutes after the game finished. So literally we announced in, everybody's announced in, we get the score up to say, you know, they've then won everyone's just cheering, cheering the couple, cheering the footballers won. And it was actually a really good atmosphere. I was gonna say, I bet it was.
Again, right, so my, and like I say, this has come from someone who's not a football fan, and I said to her, get a screen up, let people watch it. And if that means you've got to amend your timing slightly, so you sit down a bit later. Yeah. Just, just do it, you know. I mean, that day was a bit of a bummer. I think it was five o'clock kickoff. Am I right on that Saturday?
Yeah. So yeah, obviously a lot of people, but if that means you sit down at four and people miss the first half, and then, you know, you sit down at four, your meals done by half past five. And then, you know, you might do a couple of speeches and then for the last like, hour or penalties or whatever, you've got to scream. That's, you always have a bit of downtime in that time anyway, you know?
Yeah, and actually you might just keep, well, as long as they're winning it'll keep morale up, you know what I mean? This is the only other thing, you've just flagged up a point there. Yes, if they lose, well It does curve, it can. But, can it? But then everyone can just drown their sorrows by cheering on the happy couple and having a great time. Do you know what? Okay, this is my, this is my, this is my opinion on it. For the couple, they need to embrace it and just do it.
If you know you've got a lot of football fans, especially if the groom is a fan. For the guests, and for the groom, if you, if the couple have given in, or not given in, but if they've gone, Okay, let's allow it, and let's do it. If they lose, you need to have some grace and decorum and still have a freaking good night. Yeah, absolutely. So I'd say that's, that's, that's a good compromise, isn't it? I think that's pretty fair. That is a good compromise.
And, and I, and I did I did see online a few people that had actually shown it on projectors and stuff, during their, like the DJ had like announced a score or whatever. Yeah. I think it was quite funny, but I, I think like if they do lose, yeah, maybe you could put something like your wedding invite, like a little, little clause in there, like. You know, just FYI. Let's pretend they won. Let's pretend, let's keep the vibes up, you know.
Yeah, no, and I think people would, because it's not always, yes, it's rubbish, and I think if you've got an absolute, like, you know, real fan, and maybe it's the final and they lose, like, maybe they are going to be a little bit affected. If it's the final, I feel like you, Obviously, I'm coming from a, it's hard because I'm not impartial. So, no, actually, I've given my overall view now. What's yours as a football fan? This is from a non football fan, which is quite positive from me.
I think so. I think if it's a final, like, like, I, I do feel like if, if you, if you know that the football's going to be on over the, because you can look up when it's going to be. Yeah. Like, especially a final of like the World Cup or the Euros. Obviously, you don't know if that team is going to be, like, your team that you're supporting is going to be in the final.
But if, if, if football is quite a big thing to, like, your family or whatever, I just, I just feel like you should avoid it or, like, I feel like you should probably Have it on, maybe not on. It depends when it is. That is the thing. Cause I actually, I wouldn't like it if it was like my, but then I would time my wedding around that. Exactly. So I'd probably have a later wedding or something or like, I don't know, but I just feel like I would, I would honestly just avoid the date.
Cause I think if he's going to annoy you, that you've had it or people are watching it because people will hundred percent, you know, your family's like that. They're going to be watching it on their phone. I would be, I would be on my phone watching or checking the score. And I think during, like we were saying, during drunk perception, after the meal it's not going to affect it, but imagine having your wedding breakfast and everybody's like that.
I don't, also, I don't, I have seen some videos with projectors of people watching it while they're having their wedding breakfast. Weren't a big fan of that, because I just think it just stops them.
What you could do is tell everybody to turn their phones off, put them on aeroplane mode and then you watch it two hours later, during like Well yeah So then everyone, then you watch, have it on the screen or whatever, but it's no I mean you could get like, you could make it fun, like if you are into football, like you could kind of like incorporate that into your wedding and maybe like have have it on like, like a bit like a pub vibe, you know, have it on a projector in the background and you
know, I mean, you can make it as part of the drink reception, but not in the meal. No, no, no. Come on. As we've said many a time, have some grace and decor. Unless you had like, maybe like football fan tables and non football fan tables and you had like the, you could fully embrace it. Like you could fully. fully do it. So you can have like different like shirts like with different numbers on for different teams and stuff with your table numbers. And you could fully go in.
You could like full on like, this is like. I'm not a fan of that. If you're planning on doing that please don't fire me. Look we've covered Shrek weddings. I bet, I bet if we look, I bet if you're out there and you've had a, actually I want to know if you've had a football themed wedding then get in touch and I want to see photo evidence.
And also we want you to get in touch if this situation is like, A, affecting you or B, maybe you've had your wedding, you're still listening, maybe you've been to a wedding in the last few weeks that this has been the situation. Yeah, because it's been on, been on a lot of them. A lot of the game, big games have been on the weekend, haven't they all? Yeah. Well, people get married all through the week now, so it doesn't really matter. Well, yeah, that one was Saturday.
Yeah, Saturday, prime, peak time, it was, peak time. But should the football industry not be taking this into consideration? I think we need to have a little word with you, Ava. I also always think, like, it's like when you have, like, footballers or whatever who are getting married themselves. I mean, you would just naturally avoid those moments. Of course, a hundred percent.
But yeah, I, I've seen a lot of like people in different jobs that have affected them over the years where the couple says, you look especially like the army or whatever. Like we might have to move our wedding date because. Yeah. You know, I had a couple like that actually had a couple that got and he was in the army and it was a bit sort of like, it could be this day. Yeah, don't you don't really know? Same with footballers. Same with a lot of sports people and stuff.
They just don't, they don't know what's going to happen. And sometimes it's hard to plan your life a little bit around to work. But yeah, no, I think Yeah, it's, it's definitely caused a lot of stress is what I've seen in the wedding industry in the last couple of weeks of, you know, and I've literally seen people like, I really hope we don't stay in because, and the thing is, it's not even just England, is it? If you have like, Marion, like a French person or a Spanish person, they're still in.
Yeah, exactly. Exactly. That's the risk you take is a difficult one. But yeah, like I say, that wedding I went to it wasn't too bad. So it's drink drinks reception, but she should have embraced it. Just got a screen up and it would have been fine. And then it was literally, I also think you've just got to be prepared for it. She was very much like, I do not want to hear about the football and it's like, just go over it. You're going to hear about it.
Yeah. Yeah, you've just got to, she's like being really anti, like, yeah. Yeah, and then everyone's a bit like, on eggshells, like, oh my god. Yeah, you're like creating a rod for your own back in that situation, I feel like, you've just got to like, yeah. You can't stop people from doing that, it's just. No. England fans especially, like, football is big.
Yeah, I think you just have to be like, you know event this is the thing it's like we said just how far can you go because it's like our wedding, it was the Radio One Big Weekender, it happened to be in Luton. Martin's from Luton. Yeah, so now I remember. Yeah, and you know, we did have a couple of people that didn't come. Did I give a shit they didn't come? No, because obviously they picked Radio One Weekender, which means we're not actually that close to them. So lovely.
Means we didn't have extra people. Up yours, assholes! Yeah, do you know what I mean? But, so it wasn't that big a deal. No. You know, like, people that actually love us and want to be at our wedding are obviously going to choose us over Coldplay. But, Was I going to pop a screen and play Coldplay? No. I was offered tickets to the Sunday Coldplay. Nah. But I turned them down for you. Well, yeah. Obviously. Our band was better than Coldplay. I got upgraded, didn't I? No. Oh dear.
Yeah. So, yeah, I think you do have to, but I do think something as big as the World Cup, the Euros, the Grand Prix, you do need to take into consideration if you're going to be the kind of person that's like absolute zero tolerance. Like if we, if, if the world, if, if a football game had been on our wedding, I don't think it would have been a very big issue because. Martin's not into football. I'm not into football.
None of our, like, like, obviously, like I've said, one of my best friends loves it. But like, none of his friends are massive, like football fans. I don't feel like we've got anyone that's like a huge, like my brother's not into it. We'd have probably had the odd person that, but it wouldn't have been like the majority wouldn't have cared. but if you know, you've got like a football loving other half or you, this is when it probably works as if you both love it.
I had seen a really cool video on Instagram where like this couple were there like huddled around the TV. Come on. Come on. Both of them. So yeah. Like. Great. Yeah. But yeah, I think if, yeah, that's, I'd have problems because my dad's big into football, my mom likes football, my brother likes football, like most of my, Dad's family, most of my family likes football. Yeah, I like football. Yeah, exactly. So you'd have to really try to avoid the date and all embrace it. Embrace it.
Have football themed tables. But yeah, get in touch if this affected you. Speaking of footballers and marriage and stuff, did you see that Victoria and David Beckham have been married for 25 years? This week. Yeah. Hey, Jesus. Yeah. That makes me feel old. It does, doesn't it? Really, really old. God, I remember when they met. I remember when it being all in the press, like, yeah, because I was a huge, yeah, fan. Oh yeah. Of course. Of course.
Yeah. Should we go on to the listeners questions and messages? Let's do it. Cool, so first up we've got, I have live music during the drinks reception and in the evening, but I have no ideas on the wedding breakfast music. It is a small room with 45 guests. I don't want to spend any more money at this stage. Do couples generally do background music or no music?
So I really think you don't have to spend lots of money if I think you should have background music during a wedding breakfast and drinks reception, I think just get yourself a speaker or if you've got like a a PA system you just link your phone up and You can have like, you know, your wedding coordinator or someone who can just like you just have a Spotify playlist on. 100 percent It's fine.
We did have we had a pianist but that was only because we had a piano in the room and that was one of the things Martin was keen to have. But it's very normal that wedding venues have a speaker system in the room and I always say, right, obviously, like I say, we had a pianist because it was something Martin was keen to have.
I always think in the wedding breakfast, Nobody is taking notice of people playing and actually I had this situation a few months ago with a couple that I'm planning a wedding for this summer and we got a quote from the band because they're doing some bits in the ceremony. Yeah and they're doing the drink reception and they quoted for the wedding breakfast as well. And that was a big chunk of money to add on. And I was like, honestly guys.
Yeah, it's not, it's not worth having a saxophonist and a singer and a Roman band like during the wedding breakfast because nobody's not taking notice. Everyone's eating and chatting. And also, I think I had a lot of fun, me and Richard going through the playlist, we had like a wedding reception, we had like wedding breakfast playlist and we had like drinks reception. We actually had a string trio. Which played throughout our ceremony and then our drinks reception.
But that was something that we were keen on having like, if not, I actually, I had a lot of fun doing the wedding, like the wedding breakfasts. Spotify playlist. I used to listen to songs like, Oh, that'd be really nice. And actually you can make it like a thing you do together. You know, so it doesn't have to cost you anything. No. You know what? I'm a big believer and I think live music is incredible and I think great that you've got live music.
And I had live music throughout my whole wedding. You did. I mentioned, we love that. If you're really concerned about budget, you don't need live music for the drinks reception. You can play, do you know, have different vibes? So have like. You know, one of the Bridgerton playlists where it's like modern music played on strings. And then for your drinks reception, have an acoustic singer kind of vibe set.
Yeah. Like you, honestly, in both situations, it's not like we say we both, that was something we both really wanted, but if you're really concerned about money and it's like, Oh, we've cut back on how much food and drink people are getting, or you know, You know, we were very fortunate to be in positions where we didn't need to compromise on the, the guest experience in terms of food and drink to be able to have live music.
But if you're in that situation, don't compromise obviously on feed of people. No, just have a Spotify playlist. Yeah. Fine. Next question. So next question. I want to invite my colleagues to the evening, my wedding, but have never met their partners. Do I invite just my colleagues or their significant others? Just your colleagues. Yeah. Well, I mean. Oh, we actually invited colleagues plus, plus, plus like their other halves. Yeah. Even though I'd never met, met their other halves.
See, I just always think, right, if you're, if you're, if you're not going to pay for extra people. Right. And you've got to pay per head. Yeah. Yeah. Whatever, or you're worried about the food.
I just think, you know, when I know in myself, you know, when you get invited to something and I just feel like, If you've invited with plus one, you feel like you've got to bring your other half and actually it's your other half's worst nightmare because they're going somewhere they don't know anyone, you then feel like you've got to stay with your other half and like introduce them and you can't, whereas you know when you work with your work colleagues, right?
And you're with them like five days a week, you know each other really well. You got, I just, I don't know. I think I'd rather something go like that. Probably go alone. And I think Martin would rather me go alone as well. So just think, doesn't people put people in awkward situations. Also, they're then got someone to take, bring them to and from the wedding. So they can have a bed. Designated driver.
You see, I. I personally wouldn't invite, like, if I was close to someone at work, I wouldn't say to them, only they were invited, I would actually invite their other half with them. I would say bring your other half. I just feel like, otherwise But then does it make them feel like they've got to bring their other half because they're invited? Well, I would just say, look, they're invited, but don't, you know, don't feel like, they have to come.
Don't, yeah, if you don't want them to come, don't tell them. I guess I'd have that chat with them, yeah, like, like, look, if you just want to come on your own, fine, but Because when you're sitting in the office, have a chinwag about it, guys. Would you rather your brother half's come or not? Yeah, exactly. Like, if it's just, like, jamming from accounts that you don't really speak to, don't invite them.
But if you've got a good enough relationship that you have bands and stuff in the office enough that you want them to come, yeah, ask them. Yeah. So I think, I think that's sort of solved that one really, but I know like back when I was employed, I went to a few like birthday parties and stuff with colleagues.
And yeah, we always just went all of us a lot because we were such like a tight knit team and I would just used to think I couldn't, Martin probably wouldn't, wouldn't want to, wouldn't want to come because he doesn't know anybody, I'm going to be off. Chat in a way, you know, slagging off the accounts team or something. That's twice I've dissed an accounts team. What is it with Janet in accounts and you? I don't know. She's got a problem. There was no Janet in accounts.
You know, you know, having a bitch about someone at work. Yeah. Scooby Doo what you're talking about, you know, talking about the staff meals in the canteen. Do you know what I mean? Because I always think when you're friends with work people, the things you're having Yeah. And inside jokes and inside things. Let's face it. When you work with people, all you talk about is work. Yeah. Really? You might even talking good things about things about work. Yeah. That's your common interest. Isn't it?
So you have a half hearted interest in that. I couldn't think of anything worse than going to like Martin's works party or something. Yeah. I just normally. Yeah, on the free booze to be fair. I mean, I'm not advocating alcoholism here at all. Like, no, absolutely not. But if this, this free wine, then I mean, I don't, I, I do quite like a pie and I'll chat to anyone. So that's it. I like to go to the staff party. I did go to Richard's Christmas day last time and I had a good time.
I had a good time. I mean, I don't really have that issue because I don't think if Martin doesn't go to his own workplace, let alone take me with him. If I had a work to do, it would just be me. Yeah, literally. And any weddings we've ever gone to, they are actually genuinely his friends, so I know them. Yeah, so you know them. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, I've never really been in that position where I've had to go as a partner to, yeah, so I can't comment. Me either.
But yeah, I just have a chin wag with your colleagues and see what they think. Heidi thinks yes, I think no. Yeah. There we go. Oh, well, that's us for today. Lovely. Thank you for listening again. Yeah, we'll see you next week. But before then, you know, you can catch us on Instagram and TikTok. It's at Let's Get You Webbed podcast. Email in your questions and email us your thoughts on the football. Please do. Did you embrace it? Did you not? Yeah. Let's Get You Webbed podcast at gmail. com.
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