Welcome to Let's Plan Your Wedding, the podcast where we are YOUR wedding planners, and every episode is a planning meeting just between us.
Over the last 25 years, Abby Gordon and Tamar Frieze have planned New England's most celebrated weddings through their acclaimed company, Two Eight Four Weddings & Events. From intimate gatherings at private estates to elaborate seven-figure weddings in tents, museums, ballrooms and beyond, Abby and Tamar (and Abby’s mother, wedding planning pioneer Linda Matzkin of Hopple Popple) have seen and done it all!
And now, Abby and Tamar are opening their office to you: their newest client! They will walk you through your wedding planning process step by step, episode by episode, offering the same expertise, advice, anecdotes and opinions that they share with their own clients. Oh, and their proprietary wedding planning templates and downloads.
So pop in your earbuds, step into our podcast office and we'll take care of the rest.
Okay. Are we ready? Let's plan your wedding!
In the Let's Plan Your Wedding finale, Abby and Tamar go week by week through the last 2 months leading up to your wedding and open the episode with the ultimate secret on how to ensure your wedding is a huge success! They cover managing RSVP stragglers, seating assignments, final fittings, pack-ups, vendor confirmations and all of the little details you'll need to cover a few weeks beforehand to make your wedding weekend is stress free. Their final game is Ready or Not, a game they pla...
Did you know that saying “please rsvp” is grammatically incorrect?! And what does “black tie optional” even mean? In episode five, we get into all things invitations - wording, timing, postage, and the etiquette mistakes most don’t even know they’re making! Special guest Lisa Wyatt from Mark Harris Stationers has been designing wedding invitations for decades and she’s in our podcast office today to help you design yours. The paper and ink color are the easy parts. Lisa is here with us to wal...
20 Sept 2026
Episode 4: Ceremony & Flow of Events
Do you know what makes a good wedding great? We do, and by the end of this episode you will too! (Psst! It's the flow of events!) In this episode, we break down the flow of events: the minute-by-minute run of show that separates a wedding people talk about for years from one that quietly loses steam. We start with ceremony planning: who can legally marry you if you're not in a place of worship, the core elements of a ceremony if you're designing it yourself, how to use readings and traditions...
20 Sept 2026
Episode 3: Timeline & Choosing Your Wedding Date
You don’t pick the date, the date picks you! Most couples pick a date and then find out which vendors are available. We do it the other way around — and this episode tells you why. In this episode we walk you through why we create a wedding ‘date matrix’ to help our clients find the perfect wedding date. Then we get into your timeline and checklist of what to do weekly and monthly, whether you’re planning for 14 weeks or 14 months. We’ll talk about the common threads about p...
20 Sept 2026
Episode 7: Menu Planning & Tenting
Fish as your entrée - does it stink or is it great? Buffet because it's cheaper - wait, is it? To floor or not to floor a tent... Episode 7 is everything you need to know about menu planning and tenting your wedding. We start with a deep on menu planning — where to actually start when you're building a menu, how to talk to your catering manager so you get their best work instead of their standard PDF, and the fees that automatically add 30%+ to your bill before you've changed a th...
20 Sept 2026
Episode 6: Wedding Design
This episode is all about how to bring your wedding vision to life! In Episode 6 we show you how to discover your own original design direction, how to execute on it, and why we hate scrolling on Instagram for wedding inspo... but don’t forget to follow us @letsplanpodcast ;) We will walk you through how to find your design direction, starting with a Pinterest board and no filter at all! We will take you through floor planning, scale, and talk about the design decisions that are m...
18 Sept 2026
Episode 2: Let's Plan Your Budget!
Let’s plan YOUR budget! Everyone has a number in their head that they want to spend on their wedding. And we bet you have already had some stressful moments thinking about budget. Whatever your budget is, in this episode we walk you through the full allocation of your budget, line by line: what is allocated to food and beverage, entertainment, design, photographer, etc., and what happens to those ratios when your budget runs smaller or much larger. We also get into the things nobo...
17 Sept 2026
Episode 1: You’re Engaged! Now What?
In our first meeting together, we will share the things you need to do before you can even get started with planning. We will share the critical conversations you need to have with your significant other and “stakeholders” before you make any initial decisions. Then, we will tell you how to build a guest list across two families, how to land on a bottom line budget, and why you shouldn't book a venue or a single vendor until both numbers have been established! Plus, the Rules of Engagem...
17 Sept 2026
Introduction: Let's Plan Your Wedding with Abby and Tamar
Welcome to Let's Plan Your Wedding, the podcast where we are YOUR wedding planners, and every episode is a planning meeting just between us. Over the last 25 years, Abby Gordon and Tamar Frieze have planned New England's most celebrated weddings through their acclaimed company, Two Eight Four Weddings & Events. From intimate gatherings at private estates to elaborate seven-figure weddings in tents, museums, ballrooms and beyond, Abby and Tamar (and Abby’s mother, wedding plann...
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