Karen Norum of Joyful Jaunts Travel has officially been named a WeddingSolutions.com Certified Destination Wedding and Honeymoon Travel Consultant through the WeddingSolutions.com Certification program. WeddingSolutions.com lends their expertise and years of wedding planning services to Joyful Jaunts Travel, empowering them with the education, planning tools and consumer recognition to reach the popular destination wedding and honeymoon market.
The wedding industry is a $50 billion dollar a year industry and 99% of couples take a honeymoon after their wedding. Destination weddings have increased over 200% in the last 10 years, with over 250,000 destination weddings in 2004.
Alex Lluch, President, Wedding Solutions, Inc. states “When Wedding Solutions, Inc. launched the Wedding Solutions Certified Destination Wedding and Honeymoon Travel Consultant program, it was of utmost importance that we provide unparalleled planning resources to consultants for their clients’ honeymoon and/or destination wedding needs. When a couple makes their honeymoon and/or destination wedding arrangements with a Wedding Solutions certified consultant, they can be confident in the fact that the consultants have the necessary guidance and know how to help the couple make an educated travel decision.”
The Wedding Solutions Certified Destination Wedding and Honeymoon Travel Consultant program is an extensive course that provides consultants with wedding trends and statistics, destination training, and popular honeymoon and destination wedding choices at resorts, all-inclusives and cruises. The course covers marriage requirements, planning timelines, budgets and the worldwide resource guide to wedding planners. Course completion takes from 3 to 6 months, with a required 75% passing grade on the final exam to be deemed certified.
Wedding Solutions, Inc. is the foremost authority on wedding planning in America and has published 16 best-selling books on wedding planning, as well as The Ultimate Guide to the World’s Best Wedding and Honeymoon Destinations. Each month over 500,000 brides and grooms use WeddingSolutions.com and Wedding Solutions planners, representing over 30% of the traditional bridal market.
