The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - Renewing Our Vows with Arie and Lauren Luyendyk

Episode Date: August 23, 2023

Ben and Ashley are checking in with Arie and Lauren Luyendyk for an update on one of Bachelor Nation's biggest success stories! Their romance sounds like a fairy tale... but they might sleep in separate beds! Ben and Ashley find out the truth... We hear all about their vow renewal in Aruba, and tears were shed... but who did the crying?? Plus, Arie shares his experience on Maui helping with recovery efforts after the devastating wildfires. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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bringing back guests who Bachelor Nation loves. And these two people are definitely in that category. Ari and Lauren, thanks for joining us. thank you so much for having us hello all okay so you guys have just returned home from what already just told us was a month of traveling with three kids under the age of five and holy crap where did you go and how did you do it well we started in michigan because my family we went there during the summers when i was growing up and we just went to go visit family there so we were there for a week and then Netherlands. Yeah, then we went to Holland to go see my family. My grandma, so they're a great

grandma. She's 91. She hasn't met the twins yet, so that was really fun. And we were there for a little, it was a little long because it rained every day. Oh, is it like two weeks? Almost, yep. Yeah. And then we, we arrived early. So the next stop was Aruba, which is really cool. Yeah, we decided to leave the Netherlands early because it just wouldn't stop raining. And there was nothing to do with three kids in the rain after it exhausted all the family visits. So we went to Ruby early and stayed there for a week, a little over a week. But it was beautiful. What are your tips to traveling with children, especially in like long-term stays?

Like two weeks in the Netherlands is hard. Like where did you stay? We booked an Airbnb. I think like that's the easiest thing for us because we've got three kids now. And we plan to have the twins in one room and Alessi in one room and then obviously us in our own. But they liked sharing rooms they're in a new place. They just felt more comfortable altogether. So we could have probably stayed in a hotel there anyway.

Well, I think it's close because you can cook. You have kind of like a home base. It just feels like a little bit more. I don't know. The transition I think is easier. Yeah. The hotel gets a little tiring because like you are just eating out every meal. Also it's really expensive.

So it's good, I think, to have a air baby. Sure. the uh the midwest has a special place in my heart michigan is a place obviously i went to from indiana a lot during the summer uh we have a lot of friends up there i i am shocked and actually and i were just talking about this before you guys jumped on it it's something that i hope to do one day as a father is to be able to travel with uh my kids and so we do appreciate all the tips you have question though when you're flying from like hollander aruba how long a flight is that and how do you keep everybody entertained?

Well, it was 10 hours, and it was the longest flight we've done with them so far. Yeah. And we did a red eye, actually. So we were hoping they would sleep most of it, but they didn't really. I mean, they have iPads. Like, Amazon Fire for the Twins because they're very rough on electronics. A less expensive option. Lux is like not really into watching TV that much

he's just like on off on off like turning pushing all the buttons all the time so he's our hardest one traveling so we kind of just like pass them back and forth you're like all right it's your turn yeah the other one to break and then go back but we don't yeah we don't really give them screen time at home so when they are on the plane

and they have something to watch they're usually super engaged so that was and then we bought like these like hammocks. Hammicks are key. The ones that you wrap over the seat in front of, or the tray table. And you can feel like you're lying down a little. But the elevation of your foot,

just like half a foot, is game changer. Yeah. I think they were much more comfortable that way. So that's a big tip. I'd never use those before, but they love those. We have like their,

like all their sleeping stuff I always bring with us that they're used to having at home. So like they have these tiny little pillows. They've got their blankets. They're, B, like, they're kind of like, I don't know. Passy is it. Yeah. A little blankets they're attached

too. Yeah. It made it kind of like, as far as packing, a little annoying because we had a lot of stuff. Like, we're sleeping. Because I feel like as soon as you put their sleep sack on, they're like, oh, okay, it's time to go to sleep. So they just Yeah. What about snacks, though? That's my key. He's able to eat

whatever he wants on a flight. Oh, yeah. Just keep your shit. I mean, we had these, like, crazy snack boxes, and they got tossed into the aisle. on the plane. You're not looking. They're like, and it's just all over the floor. I'm like,

this is a bad idea. I know. The floor is so disgusting when we leave a flight. Yeah. They all got sick, obviously, because they're crawling,

touching everything. You just have to go in slow like vacation. This sound, I mean, here's the deal. I'm not a parent. It's hard for me to put vacation and what you're telling me

in the same sentence. Jared doesn't really believe in it. Yeah. I don't see how this works. Also, I am curious. Obviously, the two of you are very busy. We're going to talk about the duo app here. Lauren, obviously, you're a business owner.

You design fashion. You have a great presence on social media and Ari. You obviously are working with the app as well. But we've also seen you on some reality television recently, like the traders on Peacock. Give us a picture of how you do navigate life. with all of this stuff happening at all times? I don't know. How do we navigate it?

We just prioritize, you know, I think in the morning, like right now, like a whiteboard. I'm like, okay, I have to do these things. But for me, the app has been my focus this year. So I kind of took a real estate, took a backseat to that. And the market's so stale anyway. So it's kind of a good time to kind of shift into something else.

And it's been really rewarding to see couples having a good time on these dates and a lot of great feedback. back from the app. So that's kind of what I've been focusing on other than travel and just hanging out with the kids. But I don't know, every day is different, which kind of makes it fun too. I think if I did one thing for a long time, I would get bored of it. So it's fun to like do multiple things. Yeah. Yeah. And then for me, I guess I'm working on the app too, but I do different things for the app. I do more of the creative stuff and like managing people. Like that's more my specialty. she's really great in managing people i'm terrible i cannot fire anyone i cannot give good feedback i don't

know what it is but she's great i'm just too nice and i'm like yeah you're doing great and then behind those doors i'm like they're terrible he's like you have to him either you're awesome lauren go in there yeah but yeah i do that and then this year i feel like i've been so busy since the twins are born i've been trying to be focused on the kids more because i'm realizing like Alessi's going to be with us one more year before she's in school every day. So doing that and then obviously the app and then social media just like developing in different avenues and in social media. Can you remind people why the app is different than say Bumble or Raya? So our app is for couples that are already together or like if you met on a Tinder or Bumble,

something like that and you don't want to plan the date or you want to take the pressure off of one person planning your first date, you would go on duo and we would plan a surprise date for you. So kind of just like takes the pressure and the stress off of one person planning it and you can both show up and have a surprise date. Yeah. So cool. A big date inspiration on there. So it's more built for couples. You said the price range too. So it's not like you're going to go on some massively expensive bachelor themed date if you sign up. Correct. Yeah, you set the budget could literally be zero um to really yeah you could say zero and we could just plan like something either at home um just gives you creative ideas on where you could maybe go to like a scenic outlook and

you bring snacks from the house you know what i mean so it's always like this extravagant thing it can be can be anything really right such a good idea And we run a podcast called Emergency Intercom. If you're a crime junkie and you love crimes, we're not the podcast for you. But if you have unmedicated ADHD... Oh my God, perfect. And want to hear people with mental illness, psychobabble. Yes, yes.

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it was just the announcement. It was kind of just the initiation of this thing starting. Remind listeners out there where this idea came from. What was the birth child of this app? And why was it important to the two of you to make it a priority in your life? Well, as everyone on this podcast probably knows, we met on The Bachelor and we were sent on surprise date. And we both showed up and were like, okay, what are we doing? Kind of exciting and anxiety-inducing. So we were like, this is a cool experience. We want to continue this throughout our relationship.

So Ari and I have always been really intentional about planning fun and, like, new dates for each other. And through COVID, we had to get really creative. And I started surprising Ari with dates at our house, just like totally off-the-wall run things that you normally wouldn't do. and we started getting asked a lot about like how you come up with these ideas and you know like what kind of ideas can you share with other couples and we're like you know what maybe maybe we need to build a platform where we can share you know fun experiences like this with other couples because I feel like it really strengthened our relationship and we wanted to help other couples strengthen their relationships and keep things exciting too I love the idea of the app it's so such a good

idea now we have in our notes here something that I don't know about you guys from your social media because I follow you pretty well. You guys sleep in separate beds? No. We did when the twins were first born, like, for a while. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But it was just for survival. So when somebody was on sleep mode and then somebody was on like overnight mode?

Yes, exactly. We just switch off like that. Yeah, that's funny. But not any longer. No, not any longer. The kids sleep great. So, like, yeah, that was only like a two-month. period maybe yeah okay it must be nice to come back together again then yeah so you guys also came

together in another way recently it i think in aruba you renewed your vows yeah yeah that was something we were not planning on doing okay this soon but we heard that aruba has this whole like group vow renewal that they do there every year it's called aruba i do and it's where a ton of I think there were hundreds of couples that came together on equal beach and they do like a group vow renewal and it was just so fun like our kids were there was that sunset we got to like watch dancers and just celebrate like being married for four and a half years we'll probably do another one but it was so fun it was super cool so I think going into it we didn't know do we write our own vows again but basically there's couples there from you know just married for like a year or two

to all the way up to, what, 65 years is the oldest? It was a lot of years. It was a lot of years. And so it was really cool. They had one person sort of do the vow renewal, and the vows that they spoke about were awesome, I thought. Yeah, I honestly, we kind of went into it lighthearted. We're like, oh, this is going to be so cute.

Like, obviously, you love each other. It would be fun to do this together with our kids there. But we both, like, were stopping. I was not expecting that. expecting that are you he like tries to act like stone cold he's like oh yeah unbothered and then he just starts getting like all red and i'm like well if i cry she's definitely gonna cry because it doesn't make a lot to make long cry yeah it was sweet and i love seeing couples that have been together forever like their whole lives i'm like oh that's

gonna be us one day yeah everyone dressed in white you know the weather obviously was perfect and It was the fifth year they've done this. And it's just such a cool concept, I think. I think it's like something that it's just like good for the heart. It's never a bad time to just kind of recommit and, you know, telling each other why they mean so much to you. And I think it was super fun. So you guys didn't like exchange vows that you wrote.

You basically just kind of repeat after the leader? Yeah, exactly. But I did write some vows, but. I wrote some in my head. so cute i think it's uh it's always beautiful to tell your partner how you feel something i'm trying to get better at uh as you know i've been married now for almost two years i forget that the partner needs to know like you think it you feel it they need to know and sometimes having that little push helps now you did get married back in 2019 you mentioned that you are

going on four and a half years right over four years now you got married in maui then you also have a house in Maui and obviously everybody listening is familiar and aware of the stories that are coming out of Maui right now, the devastation from the fires and the lives lost and the lives changed and the lives affected. What, okay, so a lot of questions

kind of underneath this umbrella, but the first one is, was your community affected? Was your neighborhood affected? Our neighborhood not. Well, in Kula. In Kula was. So we live up in Upcountry and there were fires behind our

neighborhood, but luckily they didn't reach our neighborhood. So people in the community where we live, yes, they were affected, but our neighborhood was not. Yeah. So I think the closest fire house that was affected to us was, you know, less than a half a mile. So really close. But it's really close. Yeah. Were did you do you know, I mean, I'm sure you do. This is a neighborhood. Did you have friends down there at the houses, like buyers at this time? where do we have what like do you have friends in the neighborhood that were there when the fires started to come over yeah we're calling them every day we're like waiting for them to wake up they're like hey how are you yeah what's happening one of our neighbors dan he was one of the only

ones that kind of stayed in the neighborhood because our neighbor got evacuated and he lives sort of the top of the neighborhood and behind his house is a big open ranch and that's where the fire was and so i was kind of calling him getting updates uh is getting closer to the house like Like, you know, what the wind's doing? Because it was all kind of dependent on the winds. If the wind shifted, our neighborhood could have gotten burned down. But it lucked winds kind of continued in one direction and it just blew past our house. But yeah, he was sending images of the fire in the field behind the neighborhood and kind of recounting like how windy it was.

He said it was insane. Like he couldn't even stand up. He had to go inside. He slept in his living room because he felt like the windows were going to break in his bedroom. Wow. The winds were so intense. No way. And he was sending us videos and our trees were sideways, like just blowing so hard.

Yeah. So I went back there to check on the house and to help the community. And, you know, in our yard, just a lot of down trees, but, you know, no fire damage. You went there? Yeah. So I just got back yesterday. Yeah, yesterday. Oh, my gosh.

So, yeah, I went back for a couple days, volunteered with, yeah, the war memorial, which is where, most of the displaced families are put in the beginning. And when I arrived, luckily, a lot of them were moved into the hotels. So now on Conopoli, which is right next to Lahaina, many of the displaced families are staying at the Hyatt and they're being well taken care of. But for the first kind of week, there wasn't really a lot of organization. So it was a big huge community pull to help the families, help the affected, get water to people, groceries. The water is contaminated in a lot areas on the island right now even still so there is a lot of like community support which is the coolest thing to see so i went to go volunteer there and was definitely eye-opening um where some areas

the island are obviously like lehina it's just like complete devastation in other areas it's so unaffected you would you wouldn't even know anything happened you know so it's kind of a weird mix of being in the most beautiful place the world knowing that lehina was in ashes but then also having all these our friends and business owners being like we really want people to come here because you know our lives depend on tourism so there's just like this weird a mix of emotions right now it's it's very intense um and very sad i was going to say can you elaborate on your emotions like how does it feel just like see a community that you feel like you're part of just being ruins yeah i mean it's it's obviously super devastating when we drive through whinea they blocked off

where you can go down so no one can go down into line of town where the damage happened but you can drive along the highway so you see it kind of down the hill you see it next to you and it's just unbelievable because it's really so it's a small area but it's just completely in ruins and it's sad because we've had so many moments there and it's just I don't know it's hard to put into words but luckily I feel like the community is so strong everyone's kind of come together So, you know, it will eventually rebound, but it's just it will take years and years and years for anything sort of to happen there and for it to get back to, I guess, how once could have been. I'm just really thankful to kind of be part of that community and to help them for a couple days. But yeah, luckily our house wasn't effective.

is Enya Umanzor. And I'm Drew Phillips. And we run a podcast called Emergency Intercom. If you're a crime junkie and you love crimes, we're not the podcast for you. But if you have unmedicated ADHD, oh my God, perfect. And want to hear people with mental illness, psycho babble. Yes, yes. Then Emergency Intercom is the podcast for you. Open your free IHeart Radio app. Search Emergency Intercom and listen now. you do if one bad decision forced you to choose between a maximum security prison or the most brutal boot camp designed to be hell on earth unfortunately from mark lombardo this was the choice he faced he said you are a number a new york state number and we own you shock incarceration also

known as boot camps are short-term highly regimented correctional programs that mimic military basic training. These programs aimed to provide a shock of prison life, emphasizing strict discipline, physical training, hard labor, and rehabilitation programs. Mark had one chance to complete this program and had no idea of the hell awaiting him the next six months. The first night was so overwhelming and you don't know who's next to you. And we didn't know what to expect in the morning. Nobody tells you anything. Listen to shock incarceration on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever for you get your podcast. The Super Secret Bestie Club podcast season four is here.

And we're locked in. That means more juicy chisement. Terrible love advice. Evil spells to cast on your ex. No, no, no, no, we're not doing that this season. Oh, well, this season, we're leveling up. Each episode will feature a special bestie, and you're not going to want to miss it. Get in here!

Today we have a very special guest with us. Our new Super Secret Bestie is the divo of the people. The devil of the people. I'm just like text your ex. My theory is that if you need to figure out that the stove is hot, go and touch it. Go and figure it out for yourself. Okay. That's us.

That's us. My name is Curley. And I'm Maya. In each episode, we'll talk about love, friendship, heart breaks, men, and of course, our favorite secrets. Listen to the Super Secret Bestie Club as a part of the Michael Thura podcast network available on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts. podcast or wherever you get your podcast. Hi, I'm Janica Lopez, and in the new season of the Overcomber podcast, I'm taking you on an exciting journey of self-reflection.

Am I ready to enter this new part of my life? Like, am I ready to be in a relationship? Am I ready to have kids and to really just devote myself and my time? I wanted to be successful on my own, not just because of who my mom is. Like, I felt like I needed to be better or work twice as hard as she did. Join me for conversations about healing. And growth. Life is freaking hard.

And growth doesn't happen in comfort. It happens in motion, even when you're hurting. All from one of my favorite spaces, The Kitchen. Honestly, these are going to come out so freaking amazing. Be a part of my new chapter and listen to the new season of the Overcomper podcast as part of the MyCultura podcast network on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. so do you have plans i mean i don't know how often you guys were down there i mean you know how often were you spending time in maui a few times a year we go there um usually during the

summer because it's super hot here we just go there to escape um yeah started going on new years and then like a couple other times sprinkled in here and there just whenever we can so do you have plans then to to go back soon uh kind of what are you guys thinking as you kind of process, you know, this devastation? Are you planning on keeping that same routine? I don't know. I think we do plan to go back to our home up in Kula and like hang out with our friends and our community there. But we're obviously not going to be going near where the fires are where everyone's trying to like rebuild and all of that. But we want to go back and we want to help. I think now that Ari's gone without the family, he's kind of scoped it out

and like okay they'd be okay for us to go back and like maybe we can help in some ways and have a lessee involved in volunteering and stuff and do what we can yeah yeah i think it's important to show lessee and the kids you know to be part of the community to do what you can to help and um so i think we will probably go back in a few weeks and and do some more volunteering did you go to your actual house while you were there yeah yes actual house the community um around that area was just helped chopping chop down, down trees and helping neighbors get fresh water, making grocery runs for neighbors, like the elderly. So that was kind of what I was helping with in our area.

Then I also went to Lahaina and helped. There's, they set up these, like the locals set up these hubs, which is really kind of creative at these parks. So anyone who was displaced can go get food, clothes, you know, books for kids, like the, the small little comforts that the community could provide. they really came through with us so that was cool so i volunteered at one of those hubs um for a couple days as well and then kind of made runs for people like this one gentleman he didn't have a phone so went and got him a phone and made like lists for people and then went to like Costco and got them those

things that's so nice that's wonderful so uh obviously you've been down there you've seen it i'm sure you've gotten back and and broken down uh and talked about the trip with loren uh arian loren if there's some listeners out there are going, I want to help. I want to support, but I'm not going to be able to make it to Maui. What are some of the organizations that you were able to see doing work on the ground that you would say, hey, these are great people to support right now? That's actually so tough because I feel like there's been a ton of donations already

to a lot of different funds, a lot of different charities. And I think right now, like the help would be better used to directly help the families. So Lahaina has started like an Instagram page and also like a huge Google doc with verified families that have lost everything. And that's kind of where I've put my attention to just because the big organizations like Maui Food Bank or Red Cross Salvation Army, they've seen just a huge influx of donations. But really, I think the immediate need is there now for the family is directly affected. So I think that's probably the best route. What about baby to baby?

I feel like you guys are working with them. Yeah, baby to baby is a good one. I would say as far as the, you know, that obviously hits home close, you know, close to home. All the all the parents out there with kids that are staying in either the shelter or the hotels. They provide all the necessary things like baby equipment, formula, diapers, which was a really big need as a couple days. that's up a couple days ago so that is a great organization of support well um yeah well that uh that list uh is important right now and our thoughts here are with the people in maui and ri um it's great that you went down there now we're going to completely switch gears here we're going to finish this

conversation with the two of you um talking about the bachelor do you still watch it or have you not tuned into this last season we have not watched no very long time you guys i know i know this you but let me tell you go watch this past season in a binge form because it was amazing really yeah which one oh with charity yeah okay it felt like a throwback season it felt like one that would have existed years ago um lacking drama um putting love on a pedestal it was really really great so you don't watch it um you're not tuning in so most of you're not tuning in so most your world is existing around working with this app then so as we close tell us about uh your dreams for for duo what you hope to do in the future with this app um kind of where do you see this going

i feel like our dreams are you know just to improve relationships you know i think that's kind of the number one thing so many so many married couples and in divorce so i think a lot of that is due to just not putting each other first so i think our app does that And I think it puts a priority on dating, which I think is important. So our dreams and goals are just to make the app, obviously, as big as it can get, to help a lot of relationships. And I think that's, that is the goal. Yeah.

That's a great goal. That's beautiful. I love it. And we will be tuning into Golden Bachelor. Oh, yes. See, people who I've been to watch are coming back. Are we all? All right, guys, it's been so good talking to you.

Thank you so much for coming on. for doing what you're doing in Hawaii. We'll see you soon. All right. See you soon. Thanks, all. Bye. This has been another episode

of the Almost Famous Podcast. Thanks to Ari and Lauren for coming on the show. As mentioned, there is some complexity in the donations to Hawaii. Obviously, all those organizations that were mentioned

like Salvation Army, Convoy of Hope, United Way, Red Cross. Like, they do have influence and your gifts to them and your donations of them matter. But also there's a lot of individual families out there that are hurting that have been displaced and need support also. And so baby to baby is another great organization. So maybe that list helps. Maybe it helps guide

if you're looking to support in some way. And maybe if that list doesn't help, then we encourage you to dig in deep and find ways to support people either financially or with time or with encouragement who have been a part of this devastating event in one of the most beautiful places in the world. R. and Lauren obviously are working really hard ash on this duo app. It came out in March. They came on the podcast then to kind of announce it and it sounds like it's going really well. It's a really smart idea. Yeah. It sounds really cute. I've seen some of like my friends on Instagram, Chris Harrison kind of stands out to me who used this app with Lauren at some point. They're doing some great promotion. And so you can go

check out the Duo app if you're looking that's DUO if you're looking for great date night ideas but as Ashley and I mentioned earlier in this week we're going to continue to bring on past bachelor nation contestants and catch up on their lives and interview them and kind of figure out where they're at in life where are they now I guess is the question that we'll be digging into but until next time I've been Ben I've been Ashley bye Almost Famous Podcasts on IHartRadio or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. Hi, my name is Enya Emanzor. And I'm Drew Phillips.

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