Travel Niches
by John Hawks

Tapping the Exploding Destination Weddings Market

Whether it's celebrity wedding shows on TV, or the avalanche of wedding magazines and planning guides on bookstore shelves, it's obvious that planning and executing the perfect marriage ceremony is very big business these days.

That's why you should consider joining your fellow OSSN agents who have carved a profitable niche in the area of planning destination weddings. Thousands of couples in the U.S.A. and around the world trade a year's worth of decisions about the wedding cake and bridesmaid favors for the allure (and simplicity) of a wedding aboard a cruise ship or at an all-inclusive resort.

Sometimes called "weddingmoons," these trips can combine the wedding, the reception, and the honeymoon in one destination, at one time, at a single package rate. The couple can travel alone on the trip to enjoy their nuptials and their honeymoon on their own, or they may invite their closest friends and relatives to share the trip with them.

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