FEATURE WEDDINGS & HONEYMOONS
WEDDINGS & HONEYMOONS
Top Selling Tips...
• Pump the client for information… “This is their ‘Big Day’ so there’s a lot riding on getting it right. Go through everything with a fine toothcomb.”
SUZY HIGGS product manager, Bridge & Wickers
• Private or public… “Find out what type of wedding your client wants – if they want an intimate, private wedding, then a beach location may not be for them.”
SARAH JACKSON market manager, Kuoni
Where To Book It
THOMSON TAILORMADE 0871 664 0273
www.thomsontailormade.com Seven nights at the four-star Rendezvous Hotel, in Saint Lucia start from £1,399pp, including all-inclusive accommodation, flights, transfers and a free wedding. Total price for a couple: £2,798
Hayes and Jarvis – 0871 664 0246
www.hayesandjarvis.com Tie the knot in the Big Apple's Central Park. Couples can stay in one of the newly revamped rooms at the five-star Empire Hotel. A five-night stay costs £1049pp, including room-only and Delta Airline flights. The Central Park wedding package costs from £1,959 including the ceremony, marriage licence and legal fees, wedding coordinator and bridal bouquet. Total price for a couple: £4057.
BRIDGE AND WICKERS - 020 7483 6555
www.bridgeandwickers.co.uk A honeymoon Down Under is from £4,830pp for the 13-night Golden Triangle trip, including five nights at the Park Hyatt, two nights at Longitude 131˚ at Uluru, one night in Cairns at the Shangri-La and five nights at Lizard Island, as well as domestic flights and transfers, a 4WD tour at Uluru and Kata Tjuta. International flights costs from £949. Total price for a couple: £11.558.
Room Report In South Africa, Makanyane Safari Lodge in the malaria-free Madikwe Game Reserve has wedding packages for travel between September 1 2011 and April 30 2012. For R62,000 (around £5,572) couples get three nights' full-board accommodation, local wines, beers and spirits; a minister to
• Enjoy the wedding-moon… “Advise clients to book the wedding in the first week of their holiday so they can have a honeymoon of relaxation afterwards.”
KATHERINE HOBBS product manager, Caribtours
• Choose the time of year wisely… “We recommend the Maldives for weddings between January and April, Seychelles between May |and September, Mauritius from June to November and Sri Lanka from January to March.”
HAYAT BOURNER weddings & special assistance supervisor, Virgin Holidays
perform the ceremony, flowers, photographer, two-tier wedding cake and beauty treatments to the value of r2,000 (around £179), game drives, game walks; a visit to the sleep-out hide and transfers from the Madikwe Game Reserve air strip. A wedding package for up to 16 costs R283,000 (£25,368). AMResorts has introduced two
resorts in the Dominican Republic, the child-friendly Now Larimar Punta Cana and the adults-only Secrets Royal Beach Punta Cana. AMResorts is also offering agents the chance to view their resorts’ weddings and honeymoons via videos uploaded to YouTube. Agents can see locations, cakes and package details. •
Clockwise from left: A Mauritius wedding at Heritage Awali from Thomson Tailormade; Cocktails at Elegant Hotels; A Smuggler's Cove wedding venue ready to go
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