Destination weddings & group travel

The curriculum

Every module, in order

1. 01

   Understanding the Destination-Wedding Client & Running the Consultation

   Learn who the destination-wedding couple really is, what they need from an advisor rather than a search engine, and how to run a structured discovery consultation that surfaces the true budget, guest list and decision-makers before you recommend a single resort.

   Outcome — The advisor can identify the needs of a destination-wedding client, run a repeatable discovery consultation, and convert that conversation into a written proposal brief with clear scope and boundaries.

   • • Who the Destination-Wedding Couple Actually Is (24 min)
   • • Running the Wedding Discovery Consultation (28 min)
   • • From Consultation to Proposal Brief: Scope and Boundaries (24 min)
2. 02

   Resort Matching and Destination Selection for Weddings

   Learn to match a destination to a couple's guest budget, travel effort tolerance and season, evaluate a resort's actual wedding operation beyond its marketing photos, and build a defensible three-resort shortlist with a comparison worksheet.

   Outcome — The advisor can narrow the world's destinations to a realistic shortlist, evaluate a resort's wedding operation with a professional eye, and present three options with a comparison worksheet the couple can decide from confidently.

   • • Matching Destination to Guest Budget, Travel Effort and Season (25 min)
   • • Evaluating a Resort's Real Wedding Operation (26 min)
   • • Building and Presenting a Three-Resort Shortlist (24 min)
3. 03

   Wedding-Package Comparison and All-In Pricing

   Read a resort wedding package line by line — what is complimentary, what is an upgrade, what is per-person, and what the couple will actually pay on the day.

   Outcome — The advisor can compare complimentary, mid-tier and luxury wedding packages on a like-for-like basis and present a true all-in cost.

   • • Resort Wedding Packages: Complimentary to Luxury (26 min)
4. 04

   Room Blocks, Group Contracts and Guest Booking Management

   The planning agreement, the room-block agreement, the guest booking process and the rooming list that keeps 60 travelers straight.

   Outcome — The advisor can set up and manage a wedding room block end to end, tracking every deposit, release date and guest booking.

   • • The Planning Agreement and the Room-Block Agreement (26 min)
   • • Room-Block Request and Contract (27 min)
   • • The Wedding Website, Guest Booking Process, Payments and Rooming-List Management (28 min)
5. 05

   Destination Wedding Budgets, Deposits, Commission and Advisor Fees

   Learn to build an all-in destination wedding budget a couple can actually trust, guide them through deposits, payment schedules, cancellation terms and insurance, and understand exactly how you are paid — through supplier commission, professional planning fees, or both — so you can quote your value without apologizing for it.

   Outcome — The advisor can build a defensible all-in wedding budget, explain deposit and cancellation terms clearly enough that a couple never feels blindsided, and confidently quote and collect a professional fee alongside or instead of commission.

   • • Building an All-In Wedding Budget the Couple Can Trust (27 min)
   • • Deposits, Payment Schedules, Cancellation and Insurance (26 min)
   • • How the Advisor Gets Paid: Commission and Professional Fees (25 min)
6. 06

   Timelines, Deadline Maps, Payments and the Wedding-Week File

   Transportation, payment schedules, cancellation terms, and the wedding-week file that holds the timeline, contacts, rooming list and budget.

   Outcome — The advisor can build a deadline map from a signed contract and maintain a complete wedding-week file.

   • • Transportation, Payment Schedules and Cancellation Terms (24 min)
   • • The Wedding Week File: Timeline, Contacts, Rooming List and Budget (26 min)
7. 07

   Ceremony and Reception Venues, Welcome Events and Group Activities

   Learn to read a resort's venue inventory, match locations to guest count and weather, plan welcome events and rehearsal dinners against private-event minimums, and sell optional group activities without overloading the wedding week.

   Outcome — The advisor can evaluate any resort's ceremony and reception spaces against a couple's guest list and weather risk, plan a realistic welcome-event schedule, and recommend group activities that add value instead of fatigue.

   • • Reading a Resort's Venue Inventory (26 min)
   • • Welcome Events, Rehearsal Dinners and Private-Event Minimums (25 min)
   • • Selling Group Activities and Excursions Without Overloading the Week (24 min)
8. 08

   Vendor Sourcing, Contracts and Outside-Vendor Fees

   Sourcing outside vendors, reading their agreements, and handling the resort's outside-vendor fees and access rules.

   Outcome — The advisor can help a couple evaluate an outside vendor and identify every fee before anything is signed.

   • • Outside Vendors: Photography, Décor, Entertainment and Beauty (28 min)
9. 09

   Photography, Entertainment, Décor and Beauty Services

   Coverage hours, deliverables, sound curfews, floral substitutions, hair and makeup timing — the creative services that make or break a wedding day.

   Outcome — The advisor can brief a couple on every creative service decision and confirm the details in writing.

   • • Photography and Video — Coverage, Deliverables, Rights and Timelines (26 min)
   • • Entertainment and Sound — DJs, Live Music, Curfews and Reception Flow (25 min)
   • • Décor, Florals and Beauty Services — Substitutions, Access and Timing (25 min)
10. 10

    Marriage Requirements, Ceremony Types, Guest and Resort Communication, and Site Inspections

    Understand the difference between civil, symbolic and religious ceremonies, how to handle documentation questions responsibly without giving legal advice, how to build a guest-communication system, how to communicate with resorts and coordinators, and how to plan and run a site inspection.

    Outcome — The advisor can explain ceremony types accurately, route legal and documentation questions to the correct authority every time, run a guest-communication system that reduces confusion, manage resort communication professionally, and execute a structured site inspection.

    • • Civil, Symbolic and Religious Ceremonies — and Where the Advisor's Role Ends (27 min)
    • • Building a Guest-Communication System (26 min)
    • • Communicating With Resorts and Wedding Coordinators (25 min)
    • • Planning and Running a Site Inspection (25 min)
11. 11

    Applied Practice: A Complete Wedding File, Logistics, Risk Management and Marketing

    A full destination wedding from first consultation to final commission, plus wedding-week logistics, professional boundaries and how to market this specialty.

    Outcome — The advisor can run a complete destination wedding file, manage wedding-week logistics and market the specialty responsibly.

    • • Initial Consultation, Budget and Guest-Count Discussion (28 min)
    • • Destination and Resort Selection, and a Three-Resort Comparison (29 min)
    • • Room-Block Request and Contract (27 min)
    • • The Wedding Website, Guest Booking Process, Payments and Rooming-List Management (28 min)
    • • Resort and Outside-Vendor Coordination, Transportation and Final Details (28 min)
    • • Wedding Week, Common Problems and Solutions, and the Final Commission Calculation (29 min)
    • • A Complete Wedding File — Worked Case Study From Consultation to Commission (30 min)
    • • Wedding-Week Logistics and Risk Management (27 min)
    • • Marketing the Specialty Responsibly (24 min)