Title: Make the most of your Business with Honeymoons and your Honeymoon Registry
1Make the most of your Business with Honeymoons
and your Honeymoon Registry
2Wedding 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. -
- 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. -
- 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?
3What 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.
4For 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.
5Guests can even contribute towards the
cost of the trip itself.
6The 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.
7How 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.
8How 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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9Why 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. -
- 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.
10Make 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.
11Its 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.
12- 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.
13How 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.
14- 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.
15- 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!
16Bring people to your own Website!
17How 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.
18How 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.
19Your clients have their own Wedding Website
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21How 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!
22What 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
23When 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.
24What 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
25Thank you, sell more Honeymoons and market your
website!
26Where can you find more Training, Questions
Answers and Marketing Materials?
- www.HoneymoonWishes.com/files/affiliates