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September 14–15, 2026  |  Live Online  |  $39

THE WEDDING INDUSTRY AS WE KNEW IT IS RETIRING.

(So we're throwing it a party 🎉)

A brand-new, one-time-only live event for wedding pros who know something is shifting and want to figure out what the hell we’re supposed to do next... together.

Two days of candid conversations, live panels, interactive sessions, a little industry group therapy, and some much-needed perspective about what’s still working, what needs to go, and how we want to run our businesses from here.

This event has never happened before. And it won’t happen again.

September 14–15, 2026

THE WEDDING INDUSTRY AS WE KNEW IT IS RETIRING.

(So we're throwing it a party 🎉)

A live event for wedding pros who know something is shifting and want to figure out what the hell we’re supposed to do next... together.

GET YOUR TICKET -> JOIN FROM ANYWHERE $39

Two days of candid conversations, live panels, interactive sessions, a little industry group therapy, and some much-needed perspective about what’s still working, what needs to go, and how we want to run our businesses from here.

This event has never happened before. And it won’t happen again.

See what's happening at the party

An Exclusive Event from the Wedding Summit Series 

2 Days Live + Resource Vault 
Lifetime Access to Recordings • 2000+ Worth of Resources
Panels • Interactive Sessions • Retirement Speeches • Industry Group Therapy 
GET YOUR TICKET & THE RESOURCE VAULT

THIS IS NOT A SUMMIT.

And I should know. I've hosted a lot of them.

The Retirement Party exits because this particular moment in the wedding industry  needs a different kind of event. 

 

THIS IS NOT A SUMMIT.

And I should know. I've hosted a lot of them.

The Retirement Party exits because this particular moment in the wedding industry  needs a different kind of event. 

Hi! I'm Margaux Fraise. The host of the Wedding Summit Series and the Wedding Industry Pulse, where I spend an enormous amount of time looking at what’s happening across this industry.

And right now?

There is a LOT going on.

AI is changing how couples research and how businesses operate. Social media continues to reshape expectations. Buyers have more information and more opinions coming at them than ever. 

And wedding pros are trying to figure out how to run a business in the middle of all of it.

I don't think we're looking at a weird year we'll eventually get past.

I think we're at the beginning of a transformation that will fundamentally change how wedding businesses operate over the next 1–3 years.

Which means I don't want to give you another event where a bunch of people talk at you.

I want to get wedding pros in a room together and TALK ABOUT IT.

PART EDUCATION. PART GROUP THERAPY. 

REAL TALK ABOUT WHAT COMES NEXT.

These are the conversations wedding pros need to be having right now, so you can stop guessing about what’s changing and start making smarter decisions about what comes next for your business.

See What’s Coming: Understand where the wedding industry is headed and which shifts will matter most to your business over the next few years.
Decide What’s Worth Keeping: Identify the strategies, skills, and business fundamentals that are still working and deserve a place in your next era.
Understand the New Client: Learn how couples are changing the way they research, trust, communicate with, and ultimately choose wedding professionals.
Know Which Signals Matter: Separate meaningful industry shifts from passing trends and constant noise so you know what actually deserves your attention.
Find Your Way Forward: Decide which changes make sense for your clients, your goals, and the wedding business you actually want to be running.

YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE THE NEXT 3 YEARS FIGURED OUT.

But you probably shouldn't head into them assuming the next 3 years will look like the last 3.

Join us at The Retirement Party for two days to step outside the day-to-day of your business, compare notes with wedding pros across the industry, and get the perspective you need to make small, smart changes now instead of much bigger ones later.

Because the bigger risk isn't that everything changes overnight. It's that things keep changing little by little...and you don't realize how much has shifted until the business you've been running no longer works quite the way it used to.

JOIN THE RETIREMENT PARTY

SO, WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU JUST KEEP DOING BUSINESS AS USUAL?

YOU KNOW THAT FEELING THAT SOMETHING IS... OFF?

You know your business. You know your market. And lately, some of the things you could once count on may feel a little less predictable.

Maybe you're...

Watching bookings + clients behave differently as couples research longer, arrive with more information, and make decisions in ways that don't look quite like they used to.

Questioning what still works in your business as marketing, sales, costs, expectations, and the path from “I found you” to “I booked you” continue to evolve.

Trying to separate real change from all the noise while AI, technology, social media, and endless industry advice make everything feel like it needs your attention RIGHT NOW.

YOU'RE NOT IMAGINING THE SHIFT.

And you don't need to change everything. You need enough perspective to know what deserves to change, what deserves to stay, and what actually matters next.

I NEED TO BE IN THIS ROOM! -->

TWO DAYS TO LOOK BACK, LOOK AROUND & LOOK AHEAD

The Retirement Party isn't built around presentation after presentation. It's two days of live conversations, panels, interactive sessions, and plenty of opportunities for YOU to be part of the discussion.

Here's how we're spending our time together:

 

 DAY ONE

WHAT WE'RE RETIRING

RETIREMENT SPEECHES
What industry leaders, attendees and educators have learned from the work they're retiring, and the lessons worth keeping long after the resource itself is gone.

THE HILL I'LL DIE ON (AND RETIRE ON)
The business beliefs and industry advice experienced pros are still defending...and what they're finally willing to reconsider.

BAGGAGE CLAIM
The expectations, habits, rules, and "that's just how weddings work" thinking we absolutely do not need to drag into the future.

WHAT WE STOPPED DOING (AND NOTHING BAD HAPPENED)
In this candid roundtable discussion, contributors share the strategies, services, habits, marketing tactics, and business practices they've intentionally left behind...and why their businesses are actually better because of it.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
We'll celebrate the trends that stood the test of time, lovingly roast the ones that didn't, and recognize everything from "Most Overused Wedding Advice" to "Business Tool MVP" to "Worst Table Trend Ever"

 

DAY TWO

WHAT WE'RE KEEPING

STILL WORKS
Real strategies wedding pros are STILL using successfully, because not everything needs to be reinvented just because the industry is changing.

WHAT WE'RE TAKING WITH US
Not everything deserves retirement. Join to hear the ideas, systems, relationships, business practices, and mindset shifts contributors believe every wedding professional should carry into the next chapter of their business.

FUTURE YOU
The wedding industry is changing. So what kind of business do you actually want to build from here?

BUILD YOUR RETIREMENT PACKAGE
An interactive hour to take everything we're discussing and start deciding what YOU want to keep, change, retire, and pay attention to next. Featuring our exclusive resource vault!

WEDDING INDUSTRY TIME CAPSULE
Together we'll build a wedding industry time capsule by deciding what deserves to be sealed away forever...and what future wedding professionals should still be learning years from now. 

+ MORE LIVE CONVERSATIONS THROUGHOUT BOTH DAYS

TWO DAYS. LOTS OF OPINIONS. ZERO BORING CONFERENCE ENERGY.

OH, AND WE HAVE PARTY FAVORS. 🎁

MEET THE RETIREMENT VAULT.

The live event is the heart of The Retirement Party, but I couldn't ask a bunch of wedding educators to retire things without finding out what they were ready to retire.

So I asked contributors to dig through their businesses and pull out courses, trainings, templates, guides, workbooks, and resources they may no longer actively promote or sell, but that still have plenty of value for wedding pros. 

And everyone who comes to The Retirement Party gets 30 days inside the entire Vault, to grab over $2000+ in resources.

Think of it as one very overstuffed retirement-party goodie bag.

A PEEK AT WHAT'S BEING RETIRED...  

 

👉 FREE 2026 State of the Wedding Media from Meghan Ely & OFD ($159 value!

👉 FREE Wedding Reviews Tracker from Shannon Tarrant  ($27 value!)

👉 FREE Event Management Logistics Course from Megan Gillikin & The Planners Vault ($197 value)

👉 FREE The Stand-Out Brand Launch Checklist from Emily Foster Creative  ($197 value!)

👉 FREE Leads Lab Trainings from The Wedding Summit Series ($47 value!)

👉 FREE Wedding Pro Business Builder Course from Becca Pountney ($745 value!)

👉 FREE 'Best Practices for Wedding Expos & Tradeshows' from Brandy Blackford & Refine for Wedding Planners ($47 value!)

👉 FREE Timeline Tuneup Workshop from Renée Dalo ($147 value!)

👉 FREE Year End Sales Process from Margaux Fraise ($27 value!)

👉 FREE Do Less Grow More Challenge from Tayler Cusick Hollman & Enji Co. ($23 value) 

👉 FREE Wedding Review Request Email Templates from Ian Ramirez ($27 value!)

👉 FREE Wedding Day Timeline Template & Checklist from Anette Naif ($47 value!)

👉 FREE Sales Funnel Course - from Margaux Fraise ($97 value)

MORE ADDED EVERY DAY!

GET YOUR TICKET & ACCESS TO THE RESOURCE VAULT

COME FOR THE GROUP THERAPY.

STAY FOR THE RETIREMENT CAKE. 🎂

 

Okay, there isn't actually cake.

It's virtual. Shipping everyone cake seemed logistically irresponsible.

But there WILL be two days of smart people, honest conversations, different perspectives, ridiculous retirement metaphors, a giant Vault of education, and a room full of wedding pros trying to answer the same big question:

What do we want to take with us into whatever comes next?

You don't have to have your next three years figured out.

You just shouldn't have to figure them out alone.

JOIN US FOR THE PARTY

IN CASE YOU'RE NEW HERE -- SEE WHAT OUR COMMUNITY SAYS ABOUT OUR EVENTS

YOU CAN CATCH THE NEXT ONE...

EXCEPT YOU CAN'T.

I create a lot of education through the Wedding Summit Series.

The Retirement Party is different.

It was created specifically for this moment in the wedding industry, and recreating it every year would completely defeat the point.

There will be other summits and trainings.

There will be other opportunities to learn.

BUT....there will only be one Retirement Party.

September 14 + 15, 2026.

And when the industry looks different a year or two from now, I have a feeling we're going to remember the conversations we had in this room.

Don't be the person hearing about them afterward.

JOIN THE PARTY

MEET YOUR HOST

Hi there, I’m Margaux Fraise, wedding planner, founder + host of the Wedding Summit Series, and creator of the Wedding Industry Pulse.

Through years of hosting summits, researching the trends and client behavior shaping our industry each month for the Pulse, and talking with wedding pros and educators across every category and market, I get a pretty unique view of what’s happening in weddings beyond my own little corner of the industry.

And right now, I’m seeing a LOT of dots connect.

I believe we’re at an inflection point that will change how we market, sell, communicate, use technology, and run profitable wedding businesses over the next few years.

That’s why I created The Retirement Party. Not because I have all the answers, but because I know this is the moment we need to get smart wedding pros in the same room, compare what we’re seeing, and figure out what comes next together.

I can’t wait to have you in the room.

FAQ

Join wedding pros from across the industry at The Retirement Party

If you've felt even a little bit like the wedding industry is changing beneath our feet, I really believe you need to be part of this conversation.

You don't need to change everything about your business, but you DO need to understand what's changing well enough to know what deserves your attention, what still works, and how you want to move forward.

We're only having The Retirement Party once, at this particular moment in our industry. Don't be the wedding pro hearing about the conversations afterward and wishing you had been in the room.

JOIN US SEPTEMBER 14–15. YOUR TICKET IS JUST $39.

Join wedding pros from across the industry at The Retirement Party

If you've felt even a little bit like the wedding industry is changing beneath our feet, I really believe you need to be part of this conversation.

You don't need to change everything about your business, but you DO need to understand what's changing well enough to know what deserves your attention, what still works, and how you want to move forward.

We're only having The Retirement Party once, at this particular moment in our industry. Don't be the wedding pro hearing about the conversations afterward and wishing you had been in the room.

JOIN US SEPTEMBER 14–15. YOUR TICKET IS JUST $39.