Make the most of your Business with Honeymoons and your Honeymoon Registry

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Make the most of your Business with Honeymoons
and your Honeymoon Registry
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Wedding Honeymoon Industry

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• Every year an average of 2,400,000 weddings are
  performed in the United States alone.
• Among couples that have a wedding, 99 take
  honeymoons.
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• Honeymoons comprise a 12 Billion a year industry
  with couples spending an average of 5,000 on
  their honeymoons. The average length of a
  honeymoon is 11 days.
• Half a million couples will celebrate a
  destination wedding this year with an average of
  46 guests flying with the bride and groom to the
  wedding.
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• 45 of honeymoon destinations are domestic and
  55 are international.
• 86 plan to travel more than their parents did
• 79 plan to travel after they have kids
• Average Age of honeymooners is 26 for Brides and
  29 for Grooms They are computer savvy are you?

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What is a Honeymoon Bridal Registry?

• 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 trip itself.
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The changing needs of honeymooners

• 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 Benefit Travel
Agents?

• Give your clients a way to have extra money to
  spend on
• their booking.
• Linda Peckham and James Dodge received 5,840.00
  to spend on their perfect honeymoon.
• Do you have clients that want a longer or more
  luxurious honeymoon, or would rather have monies
  towards their honeymoon instead of more pots and
  pans?
• Now you can offer a way to increase the amount of
  money Brides and Grooms have to spend on their
  trip by using the honeymoon registry.

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How are service fees paid

• 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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Why do we charge a service fee?

• We charge no set up fees other registries
  charge 150.00 (www.honeyluna.com) to 225.00
  (www.giftpile.com) to set up your registry.
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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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Make commission on registry item service charges

• You can make commissions on more than their
  travel booking. You will receive commissions on
  service fees from items that are purchased on the
  registry , spa treatments, extra activities ,
  even shopping !
• Gullivers receives 20 of all service fees
  collected, the average you receive is 30.00.
• Last month our highest commissions were paid to
  Travel Agent, Melissa Drake She helped promote
  her clients registry and received 124.00 in
  commission from us.

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Its free we dont book travel!

• 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.

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• We provide ways to help generate more leads,
  through marketing materials, email templates,
  letter templates and bridal show training.
• Visit www.HoneymoonWishes.com/files/Affl
  iliates
• Everything you need to learn about the
  honeymoon registry is available to you online.
• All Marketing Materials and Questions
  Answers are available online.

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How can 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!
• 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.
  
•  If you have an automatic email system respond to
  any honeymoon inquiries with and email about your
  honeymoon registry and wedding website.
•  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.
• Once your clients have done their registry, take
  a moment to see what they have signed up for.
  Take that opportunity to book upgrades or
  commissionable items that they want.
• 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.
• 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.
• Add to any advertising that you currently have in
  Yellow Pages, newspapers, etc. that you have a
  honeymoon registry or free wedding website.
•  Send out a press release or be a contributing
  writer to local newspapers. Become an expert on
  Honeymoon Destinations or Travel Tips, even a
  what not to do article.
• 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. Download our
  Bridal Show Script at www.HoneymoonWishes.com,
  agents using that process average 156 leads per
  show!

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Bring people to your own Website!
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How do you sign your clients up? 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 are gifts purchased?

• 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.
• 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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When 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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What do couples and agents say about using the
registry.

• 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
  housewares! 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 bookingtheir vacation
  with
• RCE Travel. Thanks!
• Char, RCE Travel

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Thank you, sell more Honeymoons and market your
website!
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Where can you find more Training, Questions
Answers and Marketing Materials?

• www.HoneymoonWishes.com/files/affiliates