HOW TO HANDLE THE WEDDING BOOM
Like most wedding professionals, we as a company are experiencing a BOOM! Twice the amount of weddings, quadruple the amount of work, and...
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THE GAY AGENDA BLOG
HELPFUL & LGBTQ WEDDING PLANNING TIPS FROM HAWAII
Chael Kekona
- Apr 27, 2022
- 5 min
SUSTAINABLE WEDDING IDEAS
My love of ʻāina (earth, land, etc.) from a young age has always pushed me towards sustainability and the importance of living more...
Zabrina Zablan
- Apr 13, 2022
- 6 min
MY FAVORITE SOFTWARE AS A WEDDING PLANNER
As a weddings and events planner, having bomb software is the secret sauce to being able to run your business efficiently. When I first...
Chael Kekona
- Apr 6, 2022
- 4 min
TO ELOPE OR NOT TO ELOPE?
To elope, or not to elope, that is the question. With this wedding industry boom, it certainly feels like everyone and their best friends...
Zabrina Zablan
- Mar 30, 2022
- 5 min
GROWING YOUR TEAM - WHEN IS IT TIME TO HIRE HELP?
When I started TGA it was just me. Well to be fair, Ipo was definitely there in the beginning as well, just more in a “I support you in...
Zabrina Zablan
- Mar 9, 2022
- 3 min
5 THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU HAVE UNSUPPORTIVE FAMILY
So you just got engaged! Congratulations! This is such an exciting time filled with love and celebration of this next chapter in your...
TGA Admin
- Mar 2, 2022
- 4 min
QUEER PLANNING DIARIES: THOUGHTS FROM A NEWLY ENGAYGED
Glasses up, WE’RE ENGAGED! My partner and I just closed out the year as fiancés! And the coolest part about it is that we were both...
Ipolani Duvauchelle
- Feb 16, 2022
- 3 min
QUEERLY BELOVED: NON-TRADITIONAL OFFICIATING
So I did a thing. For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Ipo. I rarely pop on the blog, but today I wanted to talk about a new...
Zabrina Zablan
- Feb 2, 2022
- 7 min
7 STEPS TO SETTING A REALISTIC BUDGET
Photography: Tropical Media Group Budget – That very daunting, a whole lot confusing, sometimes hard to stick to number that couples set...
Chael Kekona
- Jan 26, 2022
- 5 min
DITCHING WEDDING “TRADITIONS”
Photo Credit: Dearest Jane Photography I’ve always found weddings interesting, because of their deep relationship with traditions, which...
Zabrina Zablan
- Jan 19, 2022
- 5 min
TIPS FOR PROPOSING
Well, it is engagement season. That time of the year (between November and February) where our feeds are flooded with newly engaged...
Chael Kekona
- Jan 12, 2022
- 4 min
WEDDING PHOTO LIST
Being the detail oriented Virgo I am, it’s important we talk about Wedding Photo List! What is it? Why do I need it? What should go in...
Zabrina Zablan
- Jan 5, 2022
- 3 min
A REVIEW: BRIDGET & DARYL
Bridget and Daryl reached out to TGA early 2019 to assist them with their wedding. They had booked their venue and a few vendors, but...
Zabrina Zablan
- Dec 31, 2021
- 4 min
HOW I GOAL PLAN
At the end of each year, I take some time to reflect on the past yearʻs goals and see the ones we were able to accomplish and which ones...
Zabrina Zablan
- Dec 22, 2021
- 5 min
2022 WEDDING TRENDS
We are a few days away from 2022 and it is time for us to look towards the new year for all the new (and old) wedding trends to expect. I...
Chael Kekona
- Dec 15, 2021
- 4 min
PICKING YOUR WEDDING PARTY SUPPORT TEAM
Photo: Kenzie Kate Photography You’re engaged and the initial wave of excitement has finally settled (does it ever really though?) and...
TGA Admin
- Dec 8, 2021
- 4 min
2021: A YEAR IN REVIEW
We are about a week into the final month of the year, and despite the pandemic not slowing down for anyone, I must say, this year has...
Chael Kekona
- Dec 1, 2021
- 4 min
VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: BIANCA OF TAILOR MADE CUSTOM CATERING
We’ve had the pleasure of working with Tailor Made Custom Catering (TMCC) on a few occasions and were thrilled when they asked us to join...
TGA Admin
- Nov 17, 2021
- 3 min
TIPPING OUT YOUR WEDDING VENDORS
Makeup Artist: Kelly Zhang Studio Photography: HPW Productions Tipping in the wedding and events industry is sometimes overlooked and not...
Chael Kekona
- Nov 10, 2021
- 4 min
THINGS TO PRACTICE TO BE A GOOD VISITOR OF HAWAI'I
Before I started with TGA, I worked in a few different parts of the tourism industry here in Hawaiʻi and even got my Master’s in Tourism...
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