Wedding Crashers Club

02/09/2022

BIG THANKS to for his incredible MC and celebrant skills. We couldn't have pulled off our very first WCC event without you 🙏💜
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24/08/2022

First event is done and dusted! Here's some cheeky event highlights taken by .made.the.cut. Official photos and videos still to come! 📸

22/08/2022

What a night! We are still coming down from the giant high that was our very first Wedding Crashers Club. Stay tuned for some epic footage from .made.the.cut & images from . Huge thanks to everyone who made it happen and came along to . 🙌❤️😘

17/08/2022

This is it! Your last chance to get a ticket for the  first ever event! We have such a great night planned, you wont want to miss it.
All you need to do is get a crew together, get your $20 Tickets from eventbrite and rock up to the  5pm Friday and we will do the rest.

🤙Drink on arrival from .quitegood 🧀canapes from 
🎤 MC & Celebrant 
🎼 Music by 
📸 Photography tips by .hadfield
💒 Ceremony in chapel styled by 
💃 Dance tips by 
🍹 $15 Cocktails by 
🎧 Party beats with 
😎 Photobooth & Badgemaker 

17/08/2022

We can't change the weather on Friday but we can still have a fantastic party! 😏 We'll be rocking umbrellas from , and our event photographer isn't phased - check out these lovely pics from her last rainy day shoot. ☔️

12/08/2022

This time next Friday we will be putting the drinks on ice and getting ready to host our guests at the very first event at Tauranga Historic Village. $20 gets you a fun night out along with some expert tips along the way to help with your planning. So to avoid the dreaded FOMO get in quick to get your tickets!

09/08/2022

💍 Mark and Sophi have been married for three years now. They travelled together, started a business and also welcomed their beautiful baby boy before tying the knot! They were married on 9 March 2019. Here’s what Sophi has to say... 💖

🎪 Describe your day in three words…

🔮 Surprising, fun, relaxed. We tried to create some "reveals" for our guests in that our venue seemed to be a large Scout Hall, but the back doors opened out into a large grassy section which we had transformed into a mini-festival, complete with tents for kids, the bar, and even a tarot card reader.

🎪 What did your guests remark on?

🔮 Our guests seemed to like the Wes Anderson like aesthetic, the utterly fantastic live music, the simple but plentiful food (three varieties of paella for our main dish - meat, fish & vegan), the pie oven for the end of the night, the photobooth, and the Whiskey Bar.

🎪 Favourite memory?

🔮 It was actually at the end of it all! Mark and I decided to walk back to our accommodation (which wasn't far) at around 4am, and to get there we had to cross through a beautiful park and walk across a small bridge over a river. It was a stunningly clear night and the stars were wondrously bright. It was so lovely to walk hand in hand and excitedly talk about the day, our highlights, the speeches, and to feel the joy of being newlyweds.

🎪 What would you do differently if you could?

🔮 Nothing. It happened just as it was meant to, and the important bits all came together thanks to the help of our friends and family.

🎪 Any advice for newly engaged couples?

🔮 The day goes by so quickly. Make sure you schedule in even just ten minutes to be together, perhaps after photos or after the meal. Take a moment to reflect on your day and the new journey you are embarking on together.

05/08/2022

The countdown is on! In two weeks we will be ready to share the coolest wedding 💒 experience to hit the Tickets only $20 ⭐️Drinks on arrival by .quitegood 🤙🏽. ⭐️ canapés by ⭐️ 🎵 by ⭐️ photography tips by 📸 ⭐️Ceremony by 💒 ⭐️Bride dressed by ⭐️First dance tips by 💃🏻🕺. ⭐️cocktails available by 🍹🍸

04/08/2022

We had a crew meeting last night at .eatery Such a great place to meet up! Thanks for the delicious drinks and snacks 😘 🍹We have been busy getting everything ready for the newest event to hit the wedding industry! Get your tickets today, you don’t want to miss it.

04/08/2022

💍 WEDDING HIGHLIGHT 💍 Abby from Studio Glow chats with us about her wedding at earlier this year...

💐 When did you get married?
💒 11 March 2022, 5 months married

💐 What three words would you use to describe your wedding day?
💒 Blissful, Meaningful, Moody

💐 What aspect of your wedding did your guests rave about?
💒 Speeches being great and really emotional/meaningful. Great venue, lovely celebrant, awesome dancing.

💐 What is your favourite memory of the day?
💒 Sharing meaningful moments with Matt and with my closest friends/family - so much joy, so many happy tears (ugly crying included!).

💒 I’m a professional dancer and we had a bit of a costume malfunction during our wedding dance - you have to have a memorable funny story right?!

💒 We planned lots of special gifts and ceremony add-ins like a wine box ceremony and a rose ceremony for our mums, I also had photos and trinkets included in my bouquet...

💐 What would you do differently if you could?
💒 Matt: More photos of us mingling with friends and family, also less down-time during the photo-session so we could have more time with guests.

💒 Abby: Somehow make the day last longer! It was such a perfect day...Perhaps to have had my hair done earlier in the day so I was less rushed getting ready.

💐 What advice would you give to newly engaged couples?
💒 People say 'don't stress the small stuff' - I say 'stuff that’ and absolutely do! Some of the small, thoughtful, seemingly insignificant bits and pieces I planned to make our wedding sentimental were what made the day so special - worth every penny and minute of planning.

💒 Decide on a goal and use this to define your priorities and budget. We wanted a big guest list to celebrate with and a fabulous band in an amazing venue, so that was where we set our priorities effort and budget wise. We let other aspects like table settings, food, decor become less of a stress. It was a dream day and I want to do it all over again!

02/08/2022

Have you and your partner been meaning to plan your next date night? Well the Wedding Crashers Club is super affordable and you get so much for your ticket.

Come along, learn from some experts, take a cute photo, drink a yummy cocktail, check out the Historic Village, and watch a wedding ceremony. Easy!

01/08/2022

Join us on Friday, 19 August at The Historic Village, Tauranga for a jam-packed evening of entertainment and information. Meet other couples, learn from expert wedding vendors, and best of all, crash a wedding!

Tickets are $20.

Limited tickets available, get yours now from Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wedding-crashers-club-tickets-387294356847

31/07/2022

Cloe from talks with the Wedding Crashers Club about her wedding day. There's some sage advice below 👇 thanks Cloe!

🌸 When did you get married?

🍭 Sept 2003 - 19 years ago

🌸 What three words would you use to describe your wedding day?

🍭Exhausting
🍭 Exciting
🍭 Extravagant

🌸 What aspect of your wedding did your guests rave about?

🍭 Beach ceremony was beautiful, reception venue (Mills Reef) was huge and amazing, the DJ was awesome

🌸 What is your favourite memory of the day?

🍭 Everyone requesting their favourite song and having a good boogie, the funny speeches, being with those I love.

🌸 What would you do differently if you could?

🍭 Reduce the invite list, and have a smaller scale more intimate ceremony just with our favourite people

🍭 Spend more $ personally on things for me, my husband and special guests, not the masses.

🌸 What advice would you give to newly engaged couples?

🍭 Back when I got married it was about the big wedding, catering for everybody, making sure everyone has a place setting at the venue, the bigger the better, letting parents and family members help choose the guest list.

🍭 Our wedding was grand and the gesture was amazing and it was fun, it cost a lot to have everyone.

🍭 But if I did it all again and 20 years later I’d scale the size way down and make it intimate. A lot of money was forked out on meal plans and place settings as part of a venue package, we didn’t need it, that’s how weddings were done then.

🍭 Make your day special for just the two of you and bring your favourite people along, relax the vibe but still have the fancy dress, grazing food, and seats for people who want to sit occasionally.

🍭 Have fun paying for the exciting add ons like fireworks, dancers, singers, photobooth fun, more entertainment, the fancy frills for the couple, gifts and expense on the wedding night stay, the honeymoon etc. The wedding venue doesn’t need to be grand or expensive, just a gorgeous inviting space to host.

🍭Be creative with where and how you spend money and make it more about your tastes in a fun way, not ‘this is how a wedding should look’.

31/07/2022

For years, Anmea has been thinking about an event where couples actually get to experience a wedding and have some fun as part of their own planning journey. 💐

She teamed up with Bre to create the very first Wedding Crashers Club event! 😎

We have the most amazing vendors on board to offer tips and advice throughout the night. There'll also be drinks, canapés, live music and the opportunity to crash a wedding ceremony hosted by 🎶💒

Tickets are $80 for a double pass, there's only a limited amount available. 🎫

Friday, 19 August at the Historic Village, we'll see you there!

31/07/2022

👫 Meet Vicki and Phil, a fun-loving couple from Mount Maunganui. We asked Vicki a few questions about their wedding day 💜

💜 When did you get married/how long have you been married for?

➡️ We got married on a beautiful evening overlooking the Tauranga Harbour and Mount Maunganui on Friday 12 February 2021. Luckily, it was just before the Covid alert levels changed on 14 February. We’ve been married for 18 months.

💜 What three words would you use to describe your wedding day?

➡️ Surprise, celebration, love

💜 What aspect of your wedding did your guests rave about?

➡️ The element of ‘surprise’. Our guests came dressed to party at my 70’s themed 50th birthday, and one hour later they were celebrating our surprise wedding! It was incredibly special and created the most incredible buzz for the night ahead.

💜 What is your favourite memory of the day?

➡️ Partying with all our nearest and dearest. And for me, marrying my best friend. It’s not everyday you’re lucky enough to marry a gorgeous man in a purple suit.

💜 What would you do differently if you could?

➡️ Absolutely nothing, our evening was everything we’d hoped it would be and more.

💜 What advice would you give to newly engaged couples?

➡️ Enjoy the journey.

Thanks for sharing Vicki and Phil!

You can expect more stories and insights as we build our community, sharing info and advice from couples, for couples.

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30/07/2022

Bring your crew! 👯‍♀️👯🍾. The Wedding Crashers Club is it’s a fun night out for you and your friends to crash a wedding and get some tips to help plan your wedding 🤩 We won’t be selling you anything except cocktails 🍹🍾 by 🥳 See you there!

29/07/2022

In three weeks’ time, you and your partner could be witnessing a wedding ceremony in the Village Chapel at the 👩‍❤️‍👩 You'll get to observe and learn and experience what it will be like to say "I do". 💍

You'll get a feeling for how a typical wedding ceremony runs, and get the opportunity to ask any burning questions you have - how do you write vows, who looks after the rings and how do you put it on their finger, where does the celebrant stand when we kiss, how do I walk down the aisle in time to the song, it'll be your chance to ask everything you want to know 🥰

27/07/2022

27/07/2022