Candy Cain will be heading to the beautiful ‘Tween Waters Inn in Captiva, FL with the Association for Wedding Professionals International at the end of October to teach the AFWPI Destination Wedding Specialist Certification Course. This course will take place through an AFWPI educational trip. During this educational weekend, attendees have the opportunity to take the Destination Wedding Specialist Certification Course and receive their AFWPI Destination Wedding Specialist Certification, tour a variety of locations in Captiva, network with other destination wedding professionals and so much more.

Candy Cain leads the industry in planning destination weddings.  With her expertise, Candy designed and created a Destination Wedding Specialist Certification course, which has been implemented by the AFWPI to certify wedding professionals in this growing niche of weddings. Candy will teach this course on Sunday, October 30, from 4:00pm – 8:00pm at the ‘Tween Waters Inn. The course lasts four hours with a 15-minute break halfway through and addresses all aspects of a destination wedding: landing clients, contracts, networking with other vendors, working with local vendors in the destination, learning laws, how to travel, and much more. If time permits, there will be a Q&A session with Candy. After the course, attendees will receive their Destination Wedding Professional Certificate from the AFWPI.

The cost of the course is $299 for attendees that have already registered for the educational trip, $349 for AFWPI members and $389 for wedding professionals that are not affiliated with AFWPI. Please click on the appropriate button below in order to confirm your attendance at this valuable course. Once your registration is received, you will receive an email confirming how you would like your name to appear on your certificate.

If you are already registered to attend the entire educational trip, please click this button to register for the course and pay the $299 fee:

If you are a member of the Association for Wedding Professionals International (AFWPI) and would like to attend the course only, please click the button below to register and pay the $349 fee:

If you are not a member of the Association for Wedding Professionals International (AFWPI) and would like to obtain your AFWPI Destination Wedding Specialist Certification by attending the course only, please click on the button below to register and pay the $389 fee:

Candy will be offering her wildly successful marketing seminar, Magnetic Marketing: How to Attract Clients & Dollars, at Playa del Secreto in Rivera Maya on July 30 from 9:30am – 11:00am. Candy designed this seminar to help people attract and close more business deals. Whether you are a travel agent, hotelier, wedding planner, photographer or are involved in any aspect of destination weddings, this seminar is for you. In 90 minutes, attendees will learn Candy’s technique that took her from $50,000 to $750,000 in sales revenue in just one year.

This course will also be available ONLINE at the same time, so you can interact with Candy and the others taking the course in Cancun. As an added bonus, everyone will receive a copy of Candy’s e-book, Magnetic Marketing: How to Attract Clients & Dollars.

COST: $79

 

What are you doing for Labor Day Weekend? This September 2 – 5, Candy Cain Travel will host the First Annual Reality Weekend at ClubMed Sandpiper Bay in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Hang out with some of your favorite reality stars while enjoying an all-inclusive vacation for the whole family. Candy Cain, destination wedding diva that is the subject of a developmental reality show, will be in attendance to hosdt the event herself. Plus, we have a slew of exciting activities planned. Check them out:

Friday, September 2, 2011
       Arrive at ClubMed Sandpiper Bay at your leisure. Enjoy a welcome party after dinner, where you can meet and greet with the reality stars in attendance as well as all of your favorite reality fans. Take a look at the items that will be offered in the silent auction, which will benefit the March of Dimes.

Saturday, September 3, 2011
     Explore the resort and surrounding areas for breakfast and lunch, but make sure you are back at the resort mid-Afternoon for a fun treasure hunt inspired by some of your favorite reality shows. Our reality stars will be participating as well! Prizes and awards will be given for participation in the treasure hunt. At night, we will all have a fabulous group dinner, where you can further meet and greet with the reality stars in attendance.

Sunday, September 4, 2011
     Enjoy breakfast at leisure. Join in the optional golf tournament (for an additional fee), then sit down for a lunch with your fellow reality fans and stars in attendance. Bid on the items that you want at the silent auction. In the evening, there will be a special dinner with a presentation of the awards and prizes from the treasure hunt, awards from the golf tournament, announcement of the silent auction winners, and presentation of the checks to the charity.

Monday, September 5, 2011
      Departures at leisure.

The per person cost for this fabulous weekend is $600. That rate includes everything listed above (except for the golf tournament), resort room (based on double occupancy) unlimited food, unlimited drinks, activities, gratuities, taxes and fees. Children ages 3 – 17 are $300 for the same inclusions for this wonderful weekend. Airfare and round trip airport transfers are not included, but can be added. If you are interested in staying for just two nights, the rate is $400 per adult and $200 per child.

Reality stars that will be attending will be announced over the next couple of months. (Here’s a hint: the first one to be announced appeared on thd hit CBS show “Survivor”.) Fill out the form below to hold your space for this amazing adventure! Someone from Candy Cain Travel will get back to you within 24 hours.

Family Vacation Specialist Stacey Bridgeford inspected the Queen Mary II for Candy Cain Travel.  Here is her report:

The Norwegian Epic is a site to behold. There was a lot of fanfare about this ship even just during the design phase, so travel agents and cruise junkies were unbelievably excited to see the Epic upon its completion. I was fortunate enough to actually win a cabin onboard the Norwegian Epic when it was Christened in New York on July 2, 2010. My trusty assistant and friend, Ebony, was thrilled when I asked her to accompany me as my guest. We would be on a cruise to nowhere from July 2-4, 2010 on Norwegian’s latest and greatest ship, the Norwegian Epic.

Upon arriving at Pier 88 in Manhattan, we were in awe of the sheer size of the Norwegian Epic. It dwarfed the two ships flanking either side– The Norwegian Jewel and the Carnival Miracle. As a matter of fact, it is the largest ship to ever enter New York Harbor. That’s saying a lot.

Checking in was quick. Perhaps this is because only half of the ship was filled for the Epic’s Inaugural Celebration, but the lines went quickle and everyone that helped us seemed to be really excited about the ship’s launch. Everyone checking in was visibly excited about the two night cruise they were about to take.