Whether a destination wedding involves just one couple or dozens of guests, destination weddings are worth your time and effort. Typical destination weddings may yield commissions ranging from $2,000 to $10,000. But for one large destination wedding, which may have up to 100 guests who stay four or five nights at a deluxe all-inclusive resort in Mexico, you can easily secure commissions of $20,000 or more. Do we have your attention?
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Here are some destination wedding trends found in the Honeymoons and Destination Weddings Course:
A unique element included in the wedding package Resorts are adding new experiences and features into their one-price packages. For instance, many wedding packages include adventure sports outings for the couple. It might be a private snorkel tour with a guide or a chance to swim with dolphins during their stay. Or, it might be something in the beauty sector, such as including wedding-day hair and makeup for the bride and mani/pedis for her and her bridesmaids. So, it’s new experiential perks that are landing destination wedding couples now.
A foodie element Couples want to be sure their wedding menu will be phenomenal, and it’s not enough to view the menu list on a resort’s website. They want to see what the chefs create, so resorts are loading up their Pinterest and Facebook pages with professionally shot menu items, including desserts and their cakes. Food trucks and chef stations at the reception are increasingly popular.
A private foodie experience, such as a tasting party in the resort’s wine room or an interactive cooking lesson in a private kitchen with the chefs. Open kitchens are a great new design element of newer resorts and refurbished resorts because couples are enamored of all things culinary. Menu items are creative, styled fabulously, often organic, indulgent, and true highlights of a destination wedding experience.
A personal photographer Wedding couples want to be able to bring their own photographer to shoot their wedding. They’ll pay for that photographer’s airfare and lodging to ensure they have their all-important wedding photos taken by a pro they’ve been able to create a relationship with, not a local person the resort offers. Pictures are too important to the couple.
Choosing a local photographer, outside of the resort’s onsite photography department, actually can benefit the couple. The local photographer likely knows more about the lighting at certain times of the day, knows the destination itself, and possibly knows resorts and great locations for special photography shots.
A welcome party (which is a big deal) Couples appreciate what guests go through to be there with them on their wedding day, so more effort and expense is going into a fabulous welcome cocktail party at the resort, on a champagne dinner cruise, in a stately room, or in a scenic vineyard. Additional events, such as a bridesmaid luncheon or a farewell brunch, are events often included in a destination wedding. Bachelor and Bachelorette parties in the destination also are common.
These are just a few of the new trends in destination weddings, with more to come as resorts continue to innovate and set themselves apart. Now it’s time for you too to set yourself apart and become the expert!
