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Sep 2023
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Italy Destination Wedding + Euro Summer ...

ALLISON WETIG AND CEARA KIRKPATRICK
About this episode

In this episode, Ceara has on her recently married little sister McKenna Rip (R.I.P. to McKenna Kirkpatrick) to talk about her destination wedding in Tuscany, Italy. They also talk about traveling around Europe for three weeks together and their shenanigans around Italy, Czechia, and The Netherlands. 

McKenna dives into what it was really like planning and hosting 50 of her closest friends and family in Italy for a wedding. She talks about how she and Julian decided on having their wedding in Italy, how they picked a venue without having visited beforehand, what a wedding like this costs, and more. 

LINKS:

McKenna’s Instagram 

McKenna’s TikTok Page (has tons of videos on planning her Italy wedding)

Lake Como VRBO w/ Private Dock - TikTok, Link To Book

Lake Como Rental Boat Company 

McKenna’s Videographer Hannah Colburn: IG, TikTok 

McKenna's Wedding Photographer - Anna Mantini

Canal Motorboats - Amsterdam Boat Rental 

Ceara Maid of Honor Speech TikTok 

McKenna and Julian’s Wedding Venue

How to Live Stream on Facebook 


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