Sep 10, 2026 · 24 min · 11 segments
Wedding budgeting gets confusing fast when you are trying to figure out what vendors actually cost and how to make it all work together. In this episode of Shoot the Vows, we sit down with Lynea…
Lynea D'AprixGuestCaitlinHostCayleeHost[upbeat music] Hi, I'm Caitlin.
And I'm Caylee, and this is Shoot The Vows.
Shoot The Vows.
Today we have a guest.
We have Linnea Dupree from The Wedding Talk.
Linnea, do a little self-intro for us.

I own The Wedding Talk, and I'm a planner, coordinator, designer, photographer, and videographer.
All of the above.
[laughs]
Just check all of the-
... options.
Check them all.
But you travel.
Okay

... travel everywhere, but, you know, trying to get a little more local to New York now.
Awesome.
Okay.
And today we were gonna kind of focus on budget.
Yes.
Um, but as far as budget, talking about how to create a budget, how to research for vendors within your budget, how to figure out what people are even charging, all of that stuff.
Um, so you are a full planning team, right? So you do a lot of that.
So tell me a little bit about what the very first, like, conversation looks like with your couples as far as budget.
Like, what are you guys talking about and how are you helping them navigate that?
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[upbeat music] Hi, I'm Caitlin.
And I'm Caylee, and this is Shoot The Vows.
Shoot The Vows.
Today we have a guest.
We have Linnea Dupree from The Wedding Talk.
Linnea, do a little self-intro for us.

I own The Wedding Talk, and I'm a planner, coordinator, designer, photographer, and videographer.
All of the above.
[laughs]
Just check all of the-
... options.
Check them all.
But you travel.
Okay

... travel everywhere, but, you know, trying to get a little more local to New York now.
Awesome.
Okay.
And today we were gonna kind of focus on budget.
Yes.
Um, but as far as budget, talking about how to create a budget, how to research for vendors within your budget, how to figure out what people are even charging, all of that stuff.
Um, so you are a full planning team, right? So you do a lot of that.
So tell me a little bit about what the very first, like, conversation looks like with your couples as far as budget.
Like, what are you guys talking about and how are you helping them navigate that?