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BGDW20 | How Ericka Planned Her Destination Wedding in Riviera Maya, Mexico

On this episode of the Bridefriends' Guide to Destination Weddings Podcast, Desti Bride Ericka gives us her best advice, shares her fairytale engagement story and experience as a wedding planner, planning her own destination wedding at Azul Fives Resort in Riviera Maya, Mexico! You can feel the motivation and empowerment oozing out of this episode - what a GREAT way to end the year 2017!

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In this episode, we discussed:

· Making the decision to have a destination wedding

· Dealing with people who may not be supportive of your decision to have a destination wedding

· Thinking outside the box for ways to save money while planning a destination wedding

· Packing tips for your destination wedding

· Honeymooning considerations when having a destination wedding

· And more!

ERICKA'S SHOWNOTES ARE UNDERWAY!
STAY TUNED + THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE!

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MRS. PORTIS:
Thank you sooo very much for being our Bridefriend and sharing your destination wedding story! We wish you and you family (and coming +1😍) the absolute best!

QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

“Almost any decision is better than no decision at all.”

— BRIAN TRACY, MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER + AUTHOR

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BGDW19 | Changing Your Name After Your Destination Wedding w/ HitchSwitch.com

Wondering what it takes to change your name after you get married? On this episode of the Bridefriends' Guide to Destination Weddings Podcast, I was joined by Jake Wolf, co-founder of HitchSwitch.com and we go over it all in Name Change for Dummies/MythBusters style! Changing her name? Changing his name? Hyphenating your last name, changing your middle name, not changing your name, or not sure? This episode is for you!

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On this episode of the Bridefriends' Guide to Destination Weddings, Jake Wolff, Co-Founder of HitchSwitch.com and NewPassportPhoto.com joins us to go over the many intricacies of changing your name after marriage. These 2 companies are the name-change-life-saving brainchildren of Jake Wolff and Josh Gelb - two friends and attorneys that felt the need for a streamlined, dummy-proof process following their own marriages, so they made it a reality - a 3 step process to change your name!

This episode came in perfect timing because I was right at the beginning of figuring out how to change my own name, so I dug deep and got specific with my questions, which turned into an impromptu name change Mythbusters session.

Listen in to hear about the easiest way to change your name in any state and find out what you need to know about changing your name before AND after your destination wedding -- that's right - I said before AND after.

In this episode, we discussed:

· The origin of HitchSwitch.com and NewPassportPhoto.com

· The difference between a marriage application, marriage license and marriage certificate

· How to change your name after your wedding

· The processes of changing your first name, middle name, last name, and hyphenated last names

· The different State regulations and requirements to change your name

· How to change your name on your passport after marriage

· How to change your name in the US when you had a legal/civil ceremony for your destination wedding.

· The different processes for changing your name due to marriage, having children, divorce and death and everything else in between

· Can men change their name after marriage?

· How to change your name as a same-sex couple for marriage

· And more!

Things mentioned:

HitchSwitch.com

HitchSwitch YouTube Channel

NewPassportPhoto.com

U.S. Department of State - International Travel Info.
(Choose your country and the "Local Laws & Special Circumstances" Section provides marriage, same-sex, religious advisories and so many more details)

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Key takeaway: If your marriage application asks you if you want to change your name - check YES so you will always have it as an option for the future!

JAKE + HITCHSWITCH:
Thank you sooo very much for being our Bridefriend and EXPLAINING THE NAME CHANGE PROCESS TO US!

QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

“The menu is not the meal.”

— ALAN WATTS, PHILOSOPHER

Enjoy!

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💕As promised, here's a video from HitchSwitch's YouTube Channel. There's sooo much helpful information on there about the name change process - this video alone could have saved me money while changing my own name. Check it out!👇🏾🤗

Confused about the difference between a marriage licese and marriage certificate? You are not alone! HitchSwitch has gotcha covered... ;)

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