Hosted by award-winning wedding expert and author Sara Kennedy, Real Weddings With Sara brings you honest conversations, expert insight, and real-life planning stories from couples and creatives across Ireland. Discover more from Sara at theaislebysarakennedy.ie.

This week Sara is broadcasting from the stunning Grand Hotel Malahide , recently renovated with breathtaking views that must be seen to be believed. .

Sara sits down with Irish influencers Kate O’Neill and Michael O’Malley ,the creative duo behind the viral wedding planning spreadsheet that’s taking social media by storm. To tackle one of the toughest parts of planning — the guest list! Michael devised a clever Google Sheets scoring system to help decide who makes the cut. Each potential guest is graded based on relationship, likelihood of attending, and how much the couple want them there, turning the daunting task into something both strategic and really fun. (we know..the impossible is now possible).

Whether you’re knee-deep in planning or just dreaming of your big day, this episode brings practical tools and also an insight into planning a wedding abroad ( Kate and Michael have picked Portugal for their wedding , there is some very helpful advice on how to do that in this episode, here comes the sun! (we will take any glimmer of it at this stage).