Just in time for Valentine's Day: Some couples are not simply opting for traditional wedding-and-honeymoon travel; they're bringing their friends along for a buddymoon or expanding their trip into a megamoon. The expansion of the destination wedding into a full-blown extravaganza comes as romance travel has never been hotter, and advisors have to bring their A-game to manage these complex group bookings.

In this episode, host Rebecca Tobin talks with hotels editor Christina Jelski and Courtnie Nichols, the founder of the wedding- and celebration-travel focused agency Travel Bash, about these trends: Why couples are opting for bigger, longer wedding celebrations; who’s coming along; how much they're willing to splurge; and how a travel advisor planning a destination celebration keeps it all together.

This episode was recorded Thursday Feb. 8 and has been edited for length and clarity.

Sponsor This episode was sponsored by Windstar Cruises https://www.windstarcruises.com 

Related links: A honeymoon with friends? The “buddymoon” is gaining popularity https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Honeymoon-with-friends

Romance travel has never been bigger, and advisors are loving it https://www.travelweekly.com/Luxury-Travel/Advisors-say-clients-really-in-the-mood-for-romance-travel 

Travel Weekly’s wedding, honeymoon and romance-travel coverage https://www.travelweekly.com/wedding-romance-travel 

Courtnie Nichols’ Travel Bash: https://www.trave-bash.com

Just in time for Valentine's Day: Some couples are not simply opting for traditional wedding-and-honeymoon travel; they're bringing their friends along for a buddymoon or expanding their trip into a megamoon. The expansion of the destination wedding into a full-blown extravaganza comes as romance travel has never been hotter, and advisors have to bring their A-game to manage these complex group bookings. In this episode, host Rebecca Tobin talks with hotels editor Christina Jelski and Courtnie Nichols, the founder of the wedding- and celebration-travel focused agency Travel Bash, about these trends: Why couples are opting for bigger, longer wedding celebrations; who’s coming along; how much they're willing to splurge; and how a travel advisor planning a destination celebration keeps it all together.
This episode was recorded Thursday Feb. 8 and has been edited for length and clarity.
Sponsor This episode was sponsored by Windstar Cruises <a href="https://www.windstarcruises.com">https://www.windstarcruises.com </a>
Related links: A honeymoon with friends? The “buddymoon” is gaining popularity <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Honeymoon-with-friends">https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Honeymoon-with-friends</a>
Romance travel has never been bigger, and advisors are loving it <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Luxury-Travel/Advisors-say-clients-really-in-the-mood-for-romance-travel">https://www.travelweekly.com/Luxury-Travel/Advisors-say-clients-really-in-the-mood-for-romance-travel </a>
Travel Weekly’s wedding, honeymoon and romance-travel coverage <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/wedding-romance-travel">https://www.travelweekly.com/wedding-romance-travel </a>
Courtnie Nichols’ Travel Bash: <a href="https://www.trave-bash.com">https://www.trave-bash.com</a>

Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors explore ideas, share experiences and provide insight into what they’ve uncovered while reporting on some of the biggest trends in travel.

Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors explore ideas, share experiences and provide insight into what they&rsquo;ve uncovered while reporting on some of the biggest trends in travel.

Hosted by Rebecca Tobin, managing editor of Travel Weekly

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Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors take a deep dive into the biggest travel story of the week. 

In each episode, we invite invite our team of journalists and their trusted sources to delve into major travel trends that industry insiders, or just travelers, want to know about.  

You may be wondering: Why the Folo? Well, a folo -- f o l o -- is a journalism term, a kind of shorthand that basically means to follow a breaking news story with more in depth reporting and analysis. And at the Folo podcast, that's what we do. 

Hosted by Travel Weekly managing editor Rebecca Tobin.

Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors take a deep dive into the biggest travel story of the week.&nbsp;
In each episode, we invite invite our team of journalists and their trusted sources to delve into major travel trends that industry insiders, or just travelers, want to know about. &nbsp;
You may be wondering: Why the Folo? Well, a folo -- f o l o -- is a journalism term, a kind of shorthand that basically means to follow a breaking news story with more in depth reporting and analysis. And at the Folo podcast, that's what we do.&nbsp;
Hosted by Travel Weekly managing editor Rebecca Tobin.

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