The Added Extra Unpacked

About The Added Extra Unpacked

Totally Absolutely Engaged is your behind-the-scenes look at the modern wedding industry - packed with expert insights, hilarious stories, and honest advice for couples planning their big day. Hosted by Isla and Paul, CEO of one of the UK’s top event rental suppliers, each episode features candid conversations with wedding professionals - from planners and florists to photographers and venue stylists. Together, they share their biggest wedding tips, industry secrets, and even their ultimate wedding icks. Listeners also get to hear real wedding dilemmas sent in by brides and grooms - from seating chart dramas to last-minute vendor chaos - as Isla and Paul unpack the best (and funniest) ways to handle them. Whether you’re planning your own wedding, working in the wedding industry, or just love hearing about love, Totally Absolutely Engaged brings valuable wedding planning advice, insider knowledge, and a healthy dose of humour to help you plan smarter and laugh harder. 🎙️ Tune in weekly for expert wedding tips, relatable stories, and entertaining discussions that make wedding planning a little easier and a lot more fun!

Publisher

TAEPodcast

Category

business · education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Oct 2024

Latest episode

12 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

69 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Oct 2026

   Wedding Mistakes Couples Make (And What Suppliers Really Think!)

   Send us Fan Mail Wedding planning can feel overwhelming, so we’re bringing you honest advice straight from the people who know weddings best! 💍 In this special episode of Totally Absolutely Engaged, Paul and Rhian head to The Hub Show to chat with a brilliant line-up of wedding suppliers about the questions couples really want answered before their big day. 🎧 In this episode, we’re talking about: 🎵 Wedding DJs and music: Should your DJ stick to your do-not-play list, even if the dance floor i...

2. 

   5 Oct 2026

   Wedding Dress Shopping: The Mistakes Brides Make & How to Avoid Them

   Send us Fan Mail Wedding dress shopping is meant to be exciting… but between budgets, family opinions, social media, alterations and suddenly questioning every decision you make, it can also feel VERY overwhelming. In this episode of Totally Absolutely Engaged, Paul and Rhian are joined by Jez and Jacob, the directors of SayOui, a bridal boutique in Sandbach, Cheshire, to get the honest truth about what actually happens when you go wedding dress shopping. From why around 70% of brides arrive ...

3. 

   28 Sept 2026

   Wedding Singer Secrets: Pricing, Song Requests & What Couples Don't See

   Send us Fan Mail What does it REALLY take to be a wedding singer? This week, Paul and Rhian are joined by Tasha Bennett, a wedding singer, songwriter and former successful photographer who has built a huge following online and now has a diary that stretches years into the future. But being a wedding singer isn't just turning up, singing a few songs and going home. Tasha talks honestly about everything couples don't necessarily see, learning songs, preparing tracks, protecting her voice, trave...

Who has been a guest on The Added Extra Unpacked

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Vicky
• DJ Chris G
• Sophie Brown
• Toni
• Rhian

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

26,854

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

4.7 / 5

14 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 29 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

17

Social presence

0

YouTube

72

Engagement

32