Using Honeymoons to Grow your Business

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Using Honeymoons to Grow your Business
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The Wedding Industry

• The wedding industry is a 50 Billion dollar a
  year industry
• 20,000.00 is the average spent on a honeymoon
• Each year in the US 2,400,000 weddings are
  preformed
• What percentage take a honeymoon?

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Honeymoon Industry

• 99 take honeymoons!
• The question is not IF they will take a honeymoon
  but WHERE? And who will they book it through?
• The average spent on a honeymoon is 5,000.00
• The average length of a honeymoon is 11 days
• 79 of honeymooners plan to continue traveling
  after they have kids
• The average age of wedding couples is 26 for
  Brides and 29 for Grooms
• They are computer savvy are you?

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Destination Weddings

• Destination weddings have an average of 46 guests
  flying with the wedding couple to the wedding
• Destination Weddings are 10 of current weddings
• Destination Wedding room nights should surpass
  honeymoon room nights in 3 years

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Why do todays couples use a honeymoon registry?

• With the younger generation not to concerned
  about receiving traditional China and Silver, and
  with the rising cost of the ceremonies going up
  towards 20,000, younger couples still want to
  take a honeymoon but need financial help.
• As more couples live together prior to marriage,
  are older when they marry or are on consecutive
  marriages, the need for more things is not as
  great as the need for a vacation experience.
• Second marriages comprise 37 of all
  weddings performed equaling just under a million
  second marriages a year in the US alone.
• The average wedding is extremely costly
  averaging 20,000.00 and honeymoons averaging
  5,000.00.
• Couples dont want to send out announcement
  cards asking to Please send a check to my travel
  agent at or No gifts please just cash.

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How does the honeymoon registry work?

• On our online honeymoon registry, Brides Grooms
  list anything they want to do on their honeymoon
  even portions of their trip. First they book
  their travel as normal, then they go online and
  create their own bridal registry list.
• It works just like a wedding gift registry. 
  Instead of buying pots or pans, toasters or
  towels, guests purchase portions of their dream
  honeymoon as a wedding gift. We do not book
  travel or make reservations. We provide Brides
  Grooms a way to get more money to spend on their
  trip or to get reimbursed for monies already
  spent.
• Its free to the brides and grooms to set up,
  there is a 10 total processing fee (7 service,
  3 credit cards) to cover management of the
  account, credit card processing, gift cards,
  wedding web page etc.
• The couple can choose whether to add it to the
  gift amount when the purchase is made or deduct
  it from the monies they receive.

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• For example, instead of a crock pot guests can
  buy the couple A night in a suite or a
  Couples Massage. Using and promoting the
  honeymoon registry, the couple receives an
  average of 2000.00 in gift money to spend on
  their honeymoon.

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Guests can even contribute towards the cost of
the honeymoon itself
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How does this benefit your wedding couples?

• Theyll have an extra 2,000.00 extra to spend on
  their honeymoon booking
• They can take a longer more luxurious honeymoon
• They have everything organized in one online
  account, no envelopes and accounting to do
• They can plan ahead/pre-book their activities or
  upgrades
• Dont have to worry about cashing checks right
  after their wedding and then leave on their
  honeymoon
• Its much more personal than asking for money

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How does this benefit the wedding guests?

• Convenience
• Guests dont have to guess what the wedding
  couple really wants
• Guests dont have to dont have to drive to the
  store
• There is no sales tax
• There is no gift wrapping
• They even get a gift card so they dont have to
  buy one at the store
• They can contribute money yet keep it personal

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How does this benefit you?

• Your clients have extra money to spend on heir
  booking which
• more commission on your travel business!
• You expose your YTB site You expose your YTB
  Business
• You are giving the couple state of the art
  technology at their fingertips.
• You make commissions on the honeymoon registry.
• You make 20 commission on our service fees.
• You give extraordinary service to the wedding
  couple loyal clients that will book with you
  for anniversary trips, family trips, etc.

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How is it paid for?

• Its a free service to you and your clients.
  There is a 10 total processing fee on the
  transaction (7 service fee and 3 credit card
  fee) this covers all account management, order
  processing, the wedding web page, and gift cards.
• We are the only site where the couple can choose
  to take the service charge out of the gift amount
  they receive or add it to the gift amount at the
  time of purchase.
• 100.00 gift 107.00
• Or a 100.00 gift 93.00

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What does the service fee cover?

• We charge no set up fees other registries
  charge 150.00 to 225.00 (to set up your
  registry and still charge service fees.
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• There are absolutely no ads, pop ups, etc. on our
  site so they can be sure that them and their
  guests are never bombarded by advertisements on
  our website. Other sites will send them and their
  guests advertising via email after they visit
  their registry site.
• There is a 7 fee that covers our operations. We
  are the only site that allows the couple to
  choose how they would like to pay the 7, it can
  be deducted from the gift amounts that they
  receive, or they can add it to the total gift
  amount to be shown at time of purchase. Its
  totally up to them and your choice remains
  private.
• The Couples gets a Wedding Web Page where they
  can post three photos, tell their story,
  directions to the church, details about the
  reception etc.
• The couple gets to manage their account, they
  have a username and password so that they can
  view the list of gifts and givers anytime. They
  are able to see ahead of time how much money is
  in their account and pre-plan their activities.
• Their guests get to choose from gift
  announcements that they can fill out after the
  purchase and send to the couples. The couple is
  notified each time they receive a gift.
• There is no additional fees for sales tax,
  shipping or gift wrapping as charged by a store
  registry.
• And, when they get home from the trip, we keep
  those announcements organized for them so that
  they can easily scroll through them to write up
  their thank you cards.

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  HW Honeymoon Registry Basic Registry   Costs
to Register None
None   Service Charges And Mark
Ups 10 service charge 30 100 mark
up   Taxes None 3 10 by State   Gift Wrap
Charge None 5.00 - 25.00 by size of
gift   Time to Register 10 15 Minutes
Average 3 hours to visit
store   Time to purchase For Guests 5 10
Minutes 1 hour at mall or store     Benefits
Provided By Registry Wedding Page for
details No Wedding Page About the Wedding
Day   Downloaded Announcement No
Cards Cards- Complimentary   Email Campaign
Reminders No email For promotion of
Registry   Tracks gift purchases with
Tracks/no instant email With instant email
notification   Thank You Web Page to post No
Thank You page Photos of Couple Allows
partial payment gifts Purchase whole items only
  Allows customized description Of why the
couples want each gift Total Service fees 10
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How do you get started?

• This is a completely free program no cost to
  join, operate or to use our materials.
• Its already on your website, on the home page
  under Travel Resources you just have to let
  your clients know about it.
• We are not travel sellers and are never in
  competition with you. We want to help you book
  more travel!
• We are registry experts that is all we do.
• More bookings for you more registries for us.
• To Begin YOU BOOK THE TRAVEL

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How do you sign your clients up?

• How do you sign your clients up? Once you have
  booked the travel Direct them to your travel
  website its
• already set up under the tab honeymoon
  registry right on the home page!

• You book the travel and refer the couple to the
  registry to sign up. You do not have to sign them
  up yourself, but taking a moment to show your
  clients where to sign up is recommended.

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How do Brides and Grooms register for what they
want they want to do?Direct them to your travel
website go to the tab Honeymoon Registry right
on the home page!

• The couples go online and register for anything
  they would like to do on their honeymoon, even
  portions of their trip.
• We walk them through every simple step. You do
  not have to do it for the bride and groom.
• We give ideas of what to ask for, or they can
  create their own. They just click on what they
  want.

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Your clients have their own Wedding Website
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How do the couples let their guest know where
they are registered?

• We give them downloadable announcement cards that
  they can type your website name in. They are in
  the Let Everyone Know section of the site.

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How are gifts purchased?

• Guests go to your YTB site and then go to
  honeymoon registry.
• Once there they simply type in either of the
  Wedding couples last names.

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• Guests go online, view all the gifts the couples
  wished for and then purchase a gift for the
  couple. Its safe and secure we never store or
  reuse their information.
• They can use all major credit cards, if they are
  not computer savvy, we will help them take the
  order over the phone.
• Remember some gifts are not purchased until
  right before the wedding the couple has all
  ready paid for the trip so they are essentially
  getting reimbursed for their expenses they
  also have more spending money for their trip!

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What happens after a gift is purchased?

• The guest sends a gift card via email, they can
  print it out from their computer to take with
  them to the wedding..
• The gift money goes into our Merrill Lynch
  account
• We pay the Couple whenever they request it.
• We pay the Couple directly not the agent or
  travel supplier.
• The couple can view all their cards at anytime
  through their account login

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How does everyone get paid?

• The Couple can collect their gifts at anytime
  through pay pal (internet transfer) or check via
  email request.
• Travel Agents are paid 30 days after the
  honeymoon date.
• There is a 50.00 minimum to reach in commissions
  before checks are sent out.

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How can we help you market to honeymooners?

• Tell everyone you know that is getting married,
  or who know someone getting married about the
  honeymoon registry idea. At any given time 1 of
  any room is getting married!
• Email Correspondence-Tag all email correspondence
  with Find out about our Honeymoon Registry or
  Find out about our Wedding Websites have that
  link go to your site.
•  Each time you send out a package in the mail,
  include your one page flier about your honeymoon
  registry.
• Download the flier and add your own Website name.
  

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• If you have an office or storefront, print out
  the poster about your honeymoon registry and post
  for your clients to see.

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Print out announcement cards for your clients
as a gift for booking with you once they have
registered.
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• Use the backside of your business card to add
  that you are a honeymoon specialist and mention
  your honeymoon registry and free wedding website
  that are part of your services.
• Add to any advertising that you currently have in
  Yellow Pages, newspapers, etc. that you have a
  honeymoon registry or free wedding website.
• Cultivate working relationships with businesses
  in your area that you know bridal shops,
  florists, ladies gyms, bakeries, and hair salons.
  Trade referrals with them either by a referral
  sheet or web space.

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• Host a Honeymoon Night in your area with a
  local supplier, get couples to book on the spot
  with special offers
• Do a bridal show in your area. Exhibit with your
  own booth at an area bridal show.
• Before you do a showmake sure you are prepared!
  We have show scripts, posters, flyers, and
  supplier flyers right online at
• www.honeymoonwishes.com/files/affiliates

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We provide ways to help generate more leads,
through marketing materials, email templates,
letter templates and bridal show training.
Everything you need to learn about the honeymoon
registry is available to you online. All
Marketing Materials and Questions Answers are
available online.
Visit www.HoneymoonWishes.com/files/Affliliates
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We were so happy with the results we had from
our registry. The staff at HoneymoonWishes.com
was always so professional and the ideas they had
for our registry were great! We had lived
together before our Wedding and so we had
everything for our home that we needed. This was
a great way for our guests to give us something
we really wanted." --- Andy and Kim Wilhelm "My
best friend recommended that we register our
honeymoon because we were combining two
households into one and already had two of
everything the last thing we needed was more
house wares! Our cruise was truly a dream come
true.I could have never asked for a better gift
from my friends and family. I had no idea there
would be so many extra things to do and buy on a
cruise until found the information on your site,
using the registry let me do it all!" ---
Anthony and Susan Martinez "You guys are so
great. I am excited about the success of this
website! Everyone complimented on how wonderful
this website is. Thank you for making our wedding
so enjoyable with this very unique gift. )
Thanks a million" --- Bridgette Picardo "Again
thank you so much for all of your extra effort
with this. Our family sincerely appreciates it.
You're the best! I appreciate all of your help."
--- Jason Amanda Stephens Thank you very
much Kristin, you're an angel! I can't begin to
explain how much every bit of assistance is
appreciated this close to the wedding. Crystal
and I have been very blessed to have people like
you to work with during this eventful and busy
time. God bless you! - John. When I discovered
Honeymoon Wishes I was thrilled that I didn't
have to continue creating/writing the
information for my site. I only wish I had found
you sooner!Best,Ultimate Escapes TravelLeslie
PhillipsOwner/Travel Consultant You might want
to know that my havingaccess to a bridal
registry is one of the deciding factors
in their booking their vacation with RCE
Travel. Thanks! Char, RCE Travel
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