Starting Off

Starting Your Wedding Planning Journey

Posted on 27th December 2021 at 10:20 pm by Sara Kennedy / blog, Starting Off, Wedding Planners, Wedding Questions, Wedding Tips

Firstly, CONGRATULATIONS!!! You are now in the official Bride or Groom-to-be club and wow are you in for the best time of your life. There is nothing more exciting than preparing for both of you saying ‘I DO’ and having a party with your most loved. As I write this,…

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The Difference Between Wedding Ceremonies

Posted on 19th January 2021 at 11:25 am by Sara Kennedy / blog, Starting Off, Wedding Blogger, Wedding Ceremonies, Wedding Culture Ireland

If I found this confusing, no doubt so have you! One thing that I hear couples ask time and time again is what’s the difference between a celebrant and all other names of those performing ceremonies i.e humanist, solemniser, priest etc. There are many forms in which you can get…

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Wedding Venues and Covid Contracts

Posted on 16th November 2020 at 4:23 pm by Sara Kennedy / blog, Starting Off, Wedding Blogger, Wedding Finance, Wedding Tips, Wedding Trends, Wedding Venues

Wedding  Couples are bearing the financial brunt of a defunct wedding business As you may have been aware, I reached out to my social media community to ask what was going on for those who are dealing with planning their wedding in all of this Covid 19 madness. What became…

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A Micro Wedding Explored

Posted on 14th August 2020 at 5:53 pm by Sara Kennedy / blog, Real Weddings, Starting Off, Wedding Culture Ireland, Wedding Theme, Wedding Trends

Covid 19 has turned the whole wedding industry on it’s head. For many couples there has been so much uncertainty resulting in thousands of weddings in limbo between postponing, cancelling or resizing their wedding. An increasing amount of couples have resided to the fact that this year will not give…

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Ailbhe Garrihy’s Wedding Preparation Tips

Posted on 3rd March 2020 at 11:00 pm by Sara Kennedy / blog, Real Weddings, Starting Off, Wedding Blogger, Wedding Culture Ireland, Wedding Tips

For those of you following Ailbhe on social media, there is no doubt that you were glued to her very popular #weddingwednesdays in the lead up to her big day. I loved her honesty and eagerness to chat about weddings. Her wedding did not disappoint and I just love the…

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4 Questions To Ask When Planning Your Wedding

Posted on 30th December 2019 at 8:32 pm by Sara Kennedy / blog, Starting Off, Wedding Blogger, Wedding Budget, Wedding Planners, Wedding Questions, Wedding Tips

Most engagements will take place between Christmas and Valentines. If you are recently engaged and about to start your wedding planning journey, I always recommend starting as you mean to go on by getting organised the right way.   By asking these four questions, you should get a clear vision…

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What to look for when doing a wedding venue viewing

Posted on 3rd September 2019 at 9:19 pm by Sara Kennedy / blog, Starting Off, Wedding Blogger, Wedding Tips, Wedding Venues

You’ve whittled down your favourite venues based on their website information, reviews online, your phone call with them and now it’s time to take the next big step and visit the venue. You should then follow up with a phone call to the wedding coordinator of that venue and then…

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What is the difference? Registrar, Celebrants, Humanists

Posted on 29th March 2019 at 11:36 pm by Sara Kennedy / blog, Starting Off, Wedding Ceremonies

If I found this confusing, no doubt so have you all! One thing that I hear couples ask time and time again is what’s the difference between a celebrant and all other names of those performing ceremonies i.e humanist, solemniser, priest etc. I had to check in with my wedding…

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What does a wedding celebrant do?

Posted on 29th March 2019 at 9:19 pm by Sara Kennedy / blog, Starting Off, Wedding Ceremonies

In recent Weddingsonline research, 39% of couples are opting for non-religious ceremonies. This is way up on the previous 2 years. Why is this? Well, for many couples, the religious ceremony doesn’t mean anything to them and our society is changing. So many want more control over their ceremony and…

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Getting Married in Ireland – The Legalities

Posted on 4th September 2018 at 10:29 pm by Sara Kennedy / blog, Starting Off, Wedding Ceremonies, Wedding Tips

This topic always seems to confuse many couples but it’s actually fairly straight forward. I took some of this information from my book.   Here’s what you need to know…… Where couples are both from and living in Ireland You will need to notify the state 3 months before the…

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RTE 2FM Nicky Byrne and Jenny Greene Show

Posted on 8th August 2018 at 10:12 pm by Sara Kennedy / blog, Starting Off, Wedding Blogger, Wedding Budget, Wedding Deals, Wedding Finance, Wedding Questions, Wedding Tips

Stick a fork in me I’m done! I adore the Nicky and Jenny show on RTE’s 2FM so it was a huge honour to visit them to chat about weddings.   You can listen back right here: We chatted about a piece of research that Bank of Ireland brought out:…

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What I would have done differently

Posted on 13th July 2018 at 10:39 pm by Sara Kennedy / blog, Life After Weddings, Starting Off, Wedding Blogger

I recently celebrated four years since I said ‘I Do’ and it got me thinking about the actual day and how far we have come since then. I live a pretty chaotic life and in the space of four years I have had two baby boys, a full time job,…

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