Weddings & Honeymoons
How far does the pound stretch on these honeymoons? The cost of luxury
them,” she says. “The last one I did I had 18 hot enquiries, so the conversion rate is also better at smaller events.” She recently also instigated monthly
networking coffee mornings with complementary local suppliers selling photography, dresses and other wedding essentials at the shows, and these are proving lucrative. “In three months I’ve probably had at least
two referrals a week,” she says. Beyond wedding fairs, she markets herself by
contributing free advice columns to wedding magazines and blogs. She also asks clients to tag her in their honeymoon pictures on social media. “It’s just getting yourself out there and being known as a specialist in that area,” she says. “It helps that I’m a big fluffball, I love it all, so I think I come across as genuine.”
Pictured 1. More Brits are marrying overseas 2. Positano, Italy 3. Plitvice Lakes, Croatia 4. Four Seasons Bora Bora, French Polynesia 5. Sugar Beach, A Viceroy Resort, St Lucia 6. PurePods, Little River, Canterbury, New Zealand 7. Domes of Elounda, Crete 8. The Sarojin, Thailand
DESTINATIONS WINTER 2015
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sensational seychelles
Cox & Kings’ Charming Seychelles multi- centre combines boutique hotel L’Archipel on Praslin with a villa at Le Domaine de L’Orangeraie on La Digue and the Sunset Beach Resort on Mahe. The nine-night island- hopping honeymoon costs from £3,395 in low season, £4,295 in high season,
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all around australia
Premier Holidays’ Luxury Unforgettable Australian Experience has three days in Melbourne with a Philip Island penguins trip; Red Centre Experience including Sounds of Silence dinner at Uluru; three days in Cairns with a reef cruise and three in Sydney with a harbour cruise. From £3,253, with flights and some meals, trade.
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parisian romance Classic Collection Holidays offers three nights at the Banke Hotel, Paris, from £852pp, with breakfast, in June, in a superior double, with flights and private transfers. This boutique Opera district hotel (which can also arrange weddings) is a former bank with dramatic, sexy decor, classic-
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Splurge £3,395
Deal £3,253
Steal £852
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