We've assembled an all-star lineup of instructors for this course - veteran romance travel advisors, agency owners, and wedding planners who belong to the High Volume Special Interest Group - the top producers in DWHSA. These instructors book and manage more than 1,000 DW groups every year collectively. They collect glowing reviews on Wedding Wire and TheKnot, they talk about DWs with the media (from TV shows to major newspapers and bridal sites), they speak about DWs at major conferences around the world ...
... and, every day, they still deal personally with the same challenges you face with DWs: anxious and challenging brides, mothers-in-law who know it all, DW guests who don't listen to instructions, resorts and suppliers that are understaffed and overbooked, and ever-changing COVID-19 rules in lots of different destinations.
They've mastered the art of destination weddings - and, they're eager to help you build your DW business this year!
... and, every day, they still deal personally with the same challenges you face with DWs: anxious and challenging brides, mothers-in-law who know it all, DW guests who don't listen to instructions, resorts and suppliers that are understaffed and overbooked, and ever-changing COVID-19 rules in lots of different destinations.
They've mastered the art of destination weddings - and, they're eager to help you build your DW business this year!
Lisa Sheldon
Lisa is co-founder and president of the Destination Wedding & Honeymoon Specialists Association (DWHSA). She's trained hundreds of travel advisors in DWs since DWHSA's founding in 2013. |
Liz Scull
Liz is DWHSA's general manager in Canada and the former manager of Ensemble Travel Group's DestinationVows program supporting hundreds of agents across Canada. |
Cheryl Bailey
Cheryl and her husband Shea opened Yellow Umbrella Events in Texas in 2011. They've planned hundreds of DWs since then (voted "Best Destination Wedding Planner" in Texas five years in a row). |
Nancy Barkley
Nancy is owner and founder of Honeymoons and Get-A-Ways in Pennsylvania. She chairs the Wedding and Honeymoon Tourism Group for the World Tourism Network, and she's been featured on major media from the New York Times to CNN. |
Kim Goldstein
Kim owns Journeys Travel Inc. in Virginia (launched in 2006). She's planned hundreds of DWs and honeymoons for her clients over the past 17 years. |
Suz Haire
Suz and her 5-person team handle more than 40 DW groups each year. She's the former owner of an event planning company and a salon and spa that catered to brides. |
Amira Harris
Amira is director of romance at Aisle Travel in Calgary, one of Alberta's largest full-service romance travel agencies. |
Mark Hennigan
Mark is co-owner and founder of Dreamers Travel in Maryland. He and his wife Laura opened their storefront agency in 2010 and now work with a team of eight ICs. |
Laurie Keith
Laurie is founder and owner of Romantic Planet Vacations in Ontario - the first destination wedding travel agency that opened in Canada (and now one of the largest). |
Michaela Moore
Michaela is a romance travel advisor with Creative Vacations in Iowa with 26 years of destination wedding experience (and a Conde Nast Traveler top travel specialists for 2021 and 2022). |
Shelli Nornes
Shelli is president and CEO of Romance Travel Group in Minnesota. Starting with her own wedding trip in 1998, she's planned hundreds of DWs for couples. |
Roobina Sarkisian
Roobina is a very experienced wedding planner who owns I Do We Do Weddings in California. |
Cassie Staiger
Cassie is owner and founder of Curated Travel Co. in North Dakota. She and her 5 agents plan DWs around the world for their clients. |