Ellwed Talks About Destination Weddings in Greece – Details, episodes & analysis

Find out all you need to know about Diamonds & Engagement Rings in this episode of Ellwed Talks – the first podcast about destination weddings in Greece, where we talk with Payal & Kajal, Co-Founders of Sonu Company.

Payal and Kajal Vitha are 3rd generation jewelers following in the footsteps of their father who leads the market in the jewelry space in Southern California.

Both majoring in Business with an emphasis in Marketing and Entrepreneurship, Kajal works at her family’s store, while Payal recently went full-time running Sonu Company.

Through their own personal experiences and the struggles their friends faced when wanting to start the process of buying an engagement ring, they realized that they were not getting transparent and honest answers. They weren’t given the right information to make an informed decision when it came to buying an engagement ring, so they started their own brand, Sonu Company.

In the past year, they’ve expanded their business to include everyday jewelry, but still find that the main interests lie within the custom engagement ring space.

https://sonucompany.com/

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So, you are planning your wedding in Greece and your main priority is a good party!

Well, let me tell you, you should definitely get in touch with Panos, the founder of Events Music! Talking from personal experience, Panos and his team of highly trained professionals can deliver what you want!

Using state-of-the-art equipment, Events Music offers a first-class bespoke approach to all your audio/visual needs with tailor-made Sound & Light Design Concepts.

With more than 25 years of presence in the luxury events space, Events Music can bring your high-end wedding party experience to life! Create your glamorous event, with mirror finishes and live visual LED panels, because no detail is too small.

Visit www.eventsmusic.gr for the party of your lifetime!

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Join me in this new episode where we talk with Sara Margulis, CEO and co-founder of Honeyfund!

Sara drew from her background in digital marketing to launch Honeyfund, the original honeymoon gift registry app & platform, in 2006. As CEO, she is leading the company into its next phase as a life-long funding site where couples can receive the support of friends and family for all of life’s milestones and setbacks.

Sara's winning appearance on Shark Tank in 2014 and partnership with Kevin O’Leary (‘Mr. Wonderful’) propelled her into regional, national, and international media stardom. She’s sought as an expert on a variety of topics including weddings and honeymoons, crowdfunding, personal finance, entrepreneurship, and women in business.

I had the privilege to chat with Sarah all about Honeyfund and how it can help you get the honeymoons of your dreams! As well as all the latest news and tips when it comes to designing your Honeymoon in Greece!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/honeyfund/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/honeyfund?lang=en

Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@honeyfund_official

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Thanks to Events Music for sponsoring this episode!

So, you are planning your wedding in Greece and your main priority is a good party!

Well let me tell you, you should definitely get in touch with Panos, the founder of Events Music! Talking from personal experience, Panos and his team of highly trained professionals can deliver what you want!

Using state-of-the-art equipment, Events Music offers a first-class bespoke approach to all your audio/visual needs with tailor-made Sound & Light Design Concepts.

With more than 25 years of presence in the luxury events space, Events Music can bring your high-end wedding party experience to life! Create your glamorous event, with mirror finishes and live visual LED panels, because no detail is too small.

Visit www.eventsmusic.gr for the party of your lifetime!

ON ELLWED:

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Follow @ellwedmag on socials for wedding inspiration from Greece.

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Hello and Welcome to the third season of Ellwed Talks – the first podcast about destination weddings in Greece! My name is Sanya, the founder of Ellwed magazine and I will be your host today. Join me in this new season where we talk with Gretchen Culver.

Gretchen is the creative mind behind Minneapolis’ go-to design and planning firm, Rocket Science Events, but her business expertise don’t stop there.

In 2020, she opened the doors to Minne Weddings, a brand that provides stylish and affordable micro-weddings, as a way to meet her clients’ evolving demands for small-but-significant celebrations. Her knack for identifying client pain points and solving problems has propelled Minne Weddings to the top of her market.

Throughout her career, Gretchen’s community helped to lift her up for success and, with gratitude for the support, she remains committed to serving those around her. With almost two decades in the industry, Gretchen has learned countless lessons as an event entrepreneur and is dedicated to sharing those insights with event pros that are still early in their journey.

Her affinity for empowering female entrepreneurs led her to launch Culver Creative, where she provides coaching and consulting services for creative professionals. She also serves as a Sage Coach for Be Sage Consulting, with a special focus on small weddings as a sustainable revenue stream.

Named one of the “30 Under 40 to Watch” by Special Events and recognized as a top planner by BRIDES and Martha Stewart Weddings, Gretchen’s award-winning work has been featured in magazines, online, and on television.

Find Gretchen: 

Website: http://www.rocketscience.events/

https://weddingindustryspeakers.com/speaker/gretchen-culver/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rocketsciencewe

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rocketscience.events/

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This episode is sponsored by Submit My Wedding

Submit My Wedding is the first resource for engaged couples and newlyweds that walks them through the real wedding submission process. Submit My Wedding is the creation of wedding publicists OFD Consulting, who have submitted hundreds of real weddings to blogs and publications in the last decade.

As a bonus, customers who purchase the real wedding submission bundle will be invited to ongoing office hours with the OFD publicity team.

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Join me in this new episode of Ellwed Talks with Rebecca Carpenter on how to use TikTok for planning your wedding

Awarded one of the top 50 UK Wedding Photographers by Professional Photo Magazine, Rebecca prides herself on being one of the most personable, friendly and fun-loving wedding photographers around.

Over the past couple of years, Rebecca has established herself as an expert in the business, mentoring fellow photographers and sharing her knowledge through various products, courses and masterclasses available in her online shop.

Rebecca is a UK and destination wedding photographer who specialises in beautiful, romantic, editorial style wedding photography. With the background in fashion blogging, she is well versed in social media and content creation for her brand, whit hints of their everyday life. As a new #momboss, she is finding balance between motherhood, mentoring, travel and her photography business.

In this episode you can get to know Rebecca and her story which led her to become a destination photographer. Her experience from the Santorini shoot, the advice she has for all visiting or getting married in Santorini and of course How to use TikTok for planning your wedding for brides and pros!

Find Rebecca:

@carpenterrific on TikTok

@rebeccacarpenterphotography on Instagram 

www.rebeccacarpenterphotography.com

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Join me in this new episode where we talk with Leah Weinberg About The Hard Truths of Setting a Wedding Budget

Leah Weinberg is the Owner & Creative Director of New York City-based wedding planning company Color Pop Events and author of the newly published book, The Wedding Roller Coaster.

Celebrating seven years of business, Leah continues to leverage the organization skills, calm communication style, and ability to multi-task she initially developed as a commercial real estate lawyer in her previous career.

Her colorful work and party planning tips have been published online and in print with Vogue, the New York Times, People, CNBC, Bravo, Martha Stewart, and The Knot, among others.

Recently, Leah has been recognized as a 20 on the Rise winner by Honeybook and the Rising Tide Society, one of the 25 Young Event Pros to Watch by Special Events Magazine, and one of BizBash's Top 500 Event Pros in the US.

A WeddingPro Educator with The Knot + WeddingWire since 2020, Leah travels throughout the country sharing insight with her peers regionally, as well as at national conferences such as ALT Summit, NACE Experience, and The Special Event.

In this episode you can meet Leah and find out her career path and why she decided to write The Wedding Roller Coaster book. We dive deep into all important things on your wedding budget and where to even start!  Stick to the end and hear Leah’s advice!

Get in touch with Leah:  

Leah@colorpopevents.com

www.colorpopevents.com

I am @colorpopevents on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter

Get the book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578883015?psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp

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This episode is sponsored by Submit My Wedding

Submit My Wedding is the first resource for engaged couples and newlyweds that walks them through the real wedding submission process. Submit My Wedding is the creation of wedding publicists OFD Consulting, who have submitted hundreds of real weddings to blogs and publications in the last decade.

As a bonus, customers who purchase the real wedding submission bundle will be invited to ongoing office hours with the OFD publicity team.
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Join me in this new episode where we talk with Helena and Paraskevi from Rock Paper Scissors Events

Helena and Paraskevi are the owners and driving force of their pride and passion, RockPaperScissors Events. A destination-planning agency, creating memorable experiences, boutique weddings and materializing event concepts since 2011!

Their mission is to create meaningful lifetime memories for all their clients. With their long lasting experience they understand the intricacies of all types of events. From a corporate holiday party in the city, a business incentive trip or a beautiful ceremony on a Greek island.

They believe that all types of combinations are possible, and nothing is too difficult! Is your wish to infuse traditional with modern or laid back with black tie for instance? Their trusted vendors will follow your vision for a bespoke experience. Their events are made for clients who understand entertaining, when done with intention, is an art form.

Helena and Paraskevi fully embrace all forms of love! Culture and religion have no preconceptions and they take nothing for granted. Creating a bond with their clientele, sharing ideas, preferences, goals, priorities and forming recommendations is a vital part of their process.

Featured in numerous blogs and magazines, in 2020 RockPaperScissors Events was voted by their peers in the industry as one of the best wedding planners in Greece.

In this episode we will be talking about planning your destination wedding during Covid in 2021/22. You can meet Helena and Paraskevi, listen to their story and see what they are all about! Stick to the end and get all the valuable first hand advice for your wedding in Greece!

Find RockPaperScissors Events:

https://rpsevents.gr/

https://www.facebook.com/RockPaperScissorsEvents

https://www.instagram.com/rockpaperscissorsevents/

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Thanks to Happily Ever Expo for sponsoring this episode.

Despite all we had to overcome this year, I am most excited about the fact that we are living in the digital era when even the wedding expos are going virtual! Now you can literally join any Online Virtual Expo from around the world! Isn’t that exciting! And if you are a wedding pro, head over to Happily Ever Education, a virtual workshop for wedding professionals and learn from amazing experts from the industry! I will be teaching you all about submitting and getting featured and the mistakes I see as the editor to avoid!

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In this episode of Ellwed Talks we talk about Intimate Eco-conscious Destination Weddings with Opi Kaur of Open the Door Events.

This topic is very dear to my heart as I am a strong believer in minimizing our footprint wherever we can. I am glad to have this chant with Opi, the founder of Open the Door Events, a sustainable event designer based in Andalusia, Spain.

Open the Door was founded in late 2014. Opi finds that her long lasting experience from other sectors like travelling, books, nature and people in her life are the important pillars of her brand.

She creates intimate events in harmony with nature. Although, her style is laid-back, there is an effortless elegance that ties her work together. Every detail and vendor that goes into designing an eco-conscious wedding is thoughtfully considered to ensure their ethos of bringing stunning eco conscious events to life, is being honoured.

They have been featured on international wedding blogs on numerous occasions such as: Green Wedding Shoes, Junebug Weddings, Bridal Musings, Rock my Wedding, Nouba, Martha Stewart, Together Journal, Festival Brides, White magazine and in 2020 they were also interviewed by Vogue on eco conscious weddings.

In this episode we get to know Opi and her story of becoming a sustainable event designer. She will explain what it means to haven an eco-conscious wedding and where to start, in this guide to Intimate eco-conscious destination weddings.

Find Opi of Open the Door Events: 

WEBSITE www.openthedoorevents.net

INSTAGRAM @openthedoorevents

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Welcome to the new season of Ellwed Talks! Join me in this new episode where we talk with Renée Dalo

Among others, Renée is a Destination Wedding Planner and Designer of Moxie Bright Events

Her background in professional musical theatre and fine-dining hospitality sets her apart from other planners in that she really plans for the whole event. - not only how it looks, but also how it feels. She focuses on the full guest experience as well.

With over 12 years of experience under her belt, Renée turned her knowledge towards the advancement of the industry as a whole and launched her top-notch educational resources for event pros. In addition to her self-guided Wedding Management e-course, she is also the founder and host of the popular B2B podcast, Talk With Renée Dalo.

Renée is a fan favorite on the speaker circuit, taking the stage at national and international conferences across the country, including Alt Summit, Wedding MBA, and Creative at Heart, among others. She is recognized across the industry, having earned a coveted spot on Honeybook’s 20 On The Rise list, and she contributes frequently to industry publications. She currently serves as the President of WIPA Southern California and has also held leadership roles in The Association of Bridal Consultants and The Rising Tide Society.

In this episode you can get to know Renée and Her story. We dive deep into wedding planning and Things Everyone Forgets to Plan for their Wedding Day. Renée shares lots of valuable advice from her personal and professional experiences as a wedding planner!

Find Renée:

http://www.moxiebrightevents.com/

https://www.instagram.com/moxiebrightevents/

https://www.facebook.com/moxiebrightevent

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SPONSOR:

This episode is sponsored by Submit My Wedding

Submit My Wedding is the first resource for engaged couples and newlyweds that walks them through the real wedding submission process. Submit My Wedding is the creation of wedding publicists OFD Consulting, who have submitted hundreds of real weddings to blogs and publications in the last decade.

As a bonus, customers who purchase the real wedding submission bundle will be invited to ongoing office hours with the OFD publicity team.

https://www.submitmywedding.com/

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Ellwed Talks with Dimos of Your White Moments about importance of true storytelling.

Dimos is one part of Your White Moments. Together with Yiannis they are full-time wedding photographers and cinematographers, an up-and-coming brand based in the Northern Greece.

As storytellers their main goal is to capture couple's special moments exactly the way they happened.

In this way they achieve authentic look that fits to each couple. They believe that every story, every couple and every wedding is unique.

They have been working in the fields of photography and cinematography for over 10 years.

They created their new brand Your White Moments, which reflects their ideology, because they strongly believe that their images and films should always express couple's personalities and not their own ambitions.

Your White Moments was featured in many online magazines such as Beloved Stories, Wedding Elopements, Bride Vogue, Together Journal and many more.

In this episode we talk about their journey and how they approach each couple in order to achieve the best and always unique result. Stick to the end and find out the advice Dimos shares with all the brides looking to get married in Greece!

You can get in touch with Your White Moments here:

 www.yourwhitemoments.com
https://www.instagram.com/yourwhitemoments/

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In this episode of Ellwed Talks – the first podcast about destination weddings in Greece! join Sanya, the founder of Ellwed magazine in this new episode where we talk with Renée Sabo

Renée is a Boston based destination wedding planner. She is the owner and lead wedding consultant of Urban Soirée, an award-winning company delivering elevated and romantic celebrations through full-service wedding planning and design for couples on the East Coast and destinations worldwide.

Urban Soirée® has earned numerous accolades, including being named as the Best of Boston® 2020 - Best IRL Wedding Planner by Boston Magazine. Renée was also recognized as ILEA Boston’s Top Planner in 2019 and has ranked in WeddingWire’s Couples’ Choice Awards for three consecutive years since opening her doors.

Among others, she’s also a Podcast Host of *The Confetti Hour for wedding professionals and President of INTERNATIONAL LIVE EVENTS ASSOCIATION of BOSTON

In her spare time, you can often find her sipping on bubbly & oysters with friends, exploring the charm of New England, or traveling to far-flung destinations seeking out new cultures and design inspirations.

In this episode, you can get to know Renée and her story! We dive deep in Planning, Coordination, Design and Event Management and How These Steps can help you create a Seamless Wedding Day.

Find Renée

Website - www.urban-soiree.com

Facebook - Urban-Soiree / theconfettihour

Instagram - urban_soiree / theconfettihour

Pinterest - urbansoireebos

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SPONSOR:

This episode is sponsored by Submit My Wedding

Submit My Wedding is the first resource for engaged couples and newlyweds that walks them through the real wedding submission process. Submit My Wedding is the creation of wedding publicists OFD Consulting, who have submitted hundreds of real weddings to blogs and publications in the last decade.

As a bonus, customers who purchase the real wedding submission bundle will be invited to ongoing office hours with the OFD publicity team.

https://www.submitmywedding.com/

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