As wedding industry experts, we are often featured in press and media coverage within conversations about the wedding sector, bridal fashion and more.
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Press and Media Features
Guides for Brides are proud to have been quoted and/or featured in the following publications and media platforms...
Metro: Commentary on Unusual Wedding Traditions becoming Trends because of Social Media (26/07/24)
Metro asked Guides for Brides CEO, Alison Hargreaves, to comment on an lesser-known wedding tradition that is taking off because of TikTok. The article featured in the Metro online in July titled "Brides are being urged to do something very strange with a sausage the night before their wedding" and was also picked up by MSN.
Goss.ie: Wedding Etiquette Rules for Wedding Guests (19/05/24)
Former royal butler and etiquette expert, Grant Harrold, shared his top five wedding rules for guests on behalf of Guides for Brides' with Goss.ie.
Coverage following William and Kate's 13th Wedding Anniversay (29/04/24)
Guides for Brides' expert commentary was featured on numerous outlets discussing the details of the Prince and Princess of Wales' wedding day back in 2011. Nikita provided expert commentary on her wedding dress style and on their wedding as a whole. Articles were seen in The Sun (as well as The Sun's US, Irish and Scottish outlets), MSN, Entertainment Daily and exclusive commentary for OK! Magazine.
Coverage following King Charles and Queen Camilla's wedding anniversary (09/04/24)
A series of news outlets requested commentary from Guides for Brides in time for King Charles and Queen Camilla's wedding anniversary. With the support of Former Royal Butler, Grant Harrold, we featured in a variety of outlets including Hello! Magazine, Express, Daily Mail and The Mirror.
Good Housekeeping: The dos and don'ts of wedding speeches – from the expert (14/03/24)
Further reports on the data obtained by Guides for Brides about the increase in women giving speeches at weddings. Heidi gives expert wedding speech writing advice.
GB News: Nikita features live on air to talk about the number of women proposing on a leap year (29/02/24)
Guides for Brides wedding planning expert, Nikita Thorne, appeared as an expert guest on the GB News breakfast show to discuss the research we did on leap year proposals. See a snippet below of the interview that we posted on TikTok.
Irish Country Magazine: Expert tips on writing your bridal wedding speech (27/02/24)
Feature on our recent survey detailing an increase in the number of women wanting to make speeches on their wedding day. Heidi Ellert-McDermott of Speechy provides additional commentary.
Hello!: Princess Kate's everlasting influence on bridal trends (21/02/24)
Expert commentary provided by Guides for Brides on royal wedding trends particularly focusing on the Princess of Wales and her influence on bridal fashion at her wedding in 2011.
Yahoo! Life: The most popular wedding dates for 2024, 2025 and 2026 (10/01/24)
Article looking at the most in demand dates couples enquired about on Guides for Brides. Features expert commentary on wedding date trends for 2024, 2025 and 2026.
Cosmopolitan: The Crown: Why didn't the Queen go to Charles and Camilla's wedding ceremony? (15/12/23)
The final series of The Crown features the wedding of King Charles and Queen Camilla. Former royal butler, Grant Harrold, spoke exclusively to Cosmopolitan on behalf of Guides for Brides, recounting his memories as a guest at the wedding in 2005.
Femail (Mail Online): Would YOUR husband take your surname after marriage? Research shows over a third of men would swap to their wife's last name in a 'growing trend' (21/11/23)
In research from Guides for Brides it was found that 1 in 3 men would take their partner's name after marriage. This was picked up by Femail (The Mail Online) publication and the article features expert commentary from our partners at Name Switch about the growing trends.
Hyphen Online: 'Muslims shun extravagant weddings as cost of living crisis bites'- 05/07/23
Saman Javed reached out to our team to gather information and data for her piece on Hyphen Online about how Muslim couples are saving money on their weddings with the cost of living crisis. Read the article here.
Wedding Trader: Feature on the Guides for Brides Customer Service Awards - 12/05/2023
Jessica Jex's article all about the Guides for Brides Customer Service Awards 2023 was published in the May/June 2023 edition of Wedding Trader Magazine. The article covers the awards and why they are important as well as showcasing the wedding venues and suppliers who were our category winners and highly commended winners.
The Modern Couple's Guide to Wedding Speeches: How to Write and Deliver an Unforgettable Speech or Toast - 09/03/2023
iNews 'Growing trend for cut-price weddings sees couples swap champagne and steak for English wine and pies'
iNews 'Getting married? Couples face wedding disappointment with wrong flowers and food due to Brexit'
Alison gave insight to iNews regarding the impact of Brexit on the wedding industry in particular cake makers and florists. You can find the whole article here.
Globe Echo 'Festival Tourism is Booming in Dubai' - 28/01/2023
You can see the entire article here.
Globe Echo 'Dubai Is The World's Favorite Destination For Weddings And Social Events' - 28/01/2023
You can read the whole article here.
Wedding Trader Issue 33 - 17/01/2023
Law Reform Article
The Independent - 10/06/2021
You can read the full article here.
Cosmopolitan - 30/04/2021
You can read the full piece here.
The Oxford Mail - 21/04/2021
You can read the full feature here.
BBC South Today - 19/03/2021
Guides for Brides' founder and director Alison Hargreaves was featured in a segment on BBC South Today about Step 2 guidance for weddings.
Bridelux Symposium - Luxury Planner Panel - October 2018
Alison Hargreaves founder of Guides for Brides and Beyond Weddings was asked to host the Luxury Planner Panel at this years Bridelux Symposium at the Ham Yard Hotel, London. Thank you to Bloomsbury Films for recording the panel of planning experts, Siobhan Craven-Robins founder of the National Association of Wedding Planners, Daisy Amodio founder of The Proposers and Leslie Mastin a luxury event planner from New York.
OK Magazine - 2018
Vogue India - July 2017
