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By Serena and Dominic Fournier, The Wedding Duo
When your spouse is also your business partner, you learn very quickly what it means to balance life, love, and logistics. For us, building The Wedding Duo has only strengthened the way we support our couples. Wedding planning can feel overwhelming, especially for couples who are planning the biggest event of their lives while navigating the emotions that come with it. There is excitement and joy, mixed with pressure, opinions, and a never ending flow of inspiration online.
In the past, most couples pulled ideas from a few family weddings or advice from relatives. Now you have creators, celebrity weddings, and a mountain of reels in your feed. It is inspiring, but also heavy. When we started The Wedding Duo, it was because we knew there was a better way. We had already worked hundreds of weddings and had run a business together. We knew we could guide couples through the stress by being not only planners and DJs but also partners who understood how much teamwork it really takes.
Decision Fatigue Is Real
When couples tell us they feel overwhelmed by choices, we get it. Wedding planning comes with decision fatigue, and social media adds fuel to the fire. Should you do a first dance. What about the bouquet toss. Assigned seating. A first look. A content creator. A custom monogram. What will happen at the Swift – Kelce wedding. Everything feels like a major decision.
Our job is to take the weight off your shoulders. We start early so we can help you step out of the noise and focus on what you want. The truth is that most weddings do not have celebrity budgets. And even at luxury weddings, the thing people remember most is how the day felt.
We have planned everything from destination events to backyard DIY celebrations. The details matter, but the feeling matters more. One of our favorite recent moments was a viral video of servers dropping a giant wedding cake. The groom laughed, grabbed a fork, and turned a disaster into a memory. That is what weddings are about. Not perfection, but joy.
Weddings, Business, and Real Life
Planning a wedding teaches you things that carry into marriage. You make big decisions together, you pivot when things change, and you learn to trust the process. The same thing happened to us while building our business. We once received a message that looked like a total scam. It was TikTok, and working with them launched us into a social media presence that grew to over 800 thousand followers. We never expected it. We also never expected how many new decisions would come with it. Partnerships, content, managing growth. It all felt familiar because wedding planning works the same way. Plans change, and you adjust.
We share these stories with our couples so they know they are not alone. Planning a wedding with your partner is a crash course in communication and connection. Running a business together has taught us the same lessons. We each bring our own strengths. Dominic thrives behind the DJ booth, and Serena thrives on timelines and logistics, but we also switch roles when we need to. It is a constant balancing act and we love it because it helps us show up stronger for our clients.
At the end of the day, our goal is simple. We want couples to step away from stress and step into the joy of celebrating their decision to spend forever together. If we can offer guidance, perspective, and a few hard earned lessons while helping you create a day that feels like you, that is the heart of The Wedding Duo.
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