Canada’s premier gay travel agency is Toronto-based Total Advantage Travel & Tours and they are making LGBTQ+ destination wedding dreams come true. One of their recommended destination weddings resorts is Karisma Hotels & Resorts property on the Mayan Riviera. LGBTQ+ couples have expressed that not once did they feel uncomfortable. That’s the way all LGBTQ+ destination weddings should be.

 

 

Business for LGBTQ+ destination weddings is booming in Canada and in the U.S.as well. As same-sex marriage laws pass more couples have weddings on the brain. The buying power and demand for LGBTQ+ destination weddings is massive coming out of the U.S. market.

More agents, especially those with strong bookings in the destination weddings market already, are expanding their sales expertise to include LGBTQ+ friendly products. While many agents are developing this side of the market on their own, others are getting a helping hand from their agency chain.

 

 

Transat Distribution Canada wants to keep its agents at the forefront of the growing market with a destination wedding fam in Puerto Vallarta that will include training on LGBTQ+ destination weddings and the special requirements of the LGBTQ+ wedding market.

Transat is working with retail partners specializing in this market and using their marketing means to get the word out. On Transat Travel and Voyages Transat’s websites and travel professionals well-versed in LGBTQ+ destination weddings can promote their expertise through that system.

 

 

There’s a wealth of destinations out there catering to LGBTQ+ weddings. The most popular place is the Mayan Riviera in Mexico as LGBTQ+ weddings are not only accepted but encouraged and sought after. There are many hotels in the area that offer special packages for the LGBTQ+ market.

However, when planning and booking LGBTQ+ destination weddings it is crucial to stay away from countries that still have anti-gay laws. Take parts of the British Caribbean, for example.

There are many LGBTQ Jamaican-Canadians but they can’t get married in their homeland because of the strict anti-gay laws. There is no use in trying to deal with hotels in these kinds of countries, they will frustrate and insult you and your clients.

 

 

Transat advises LGBTQ+ couples to be frank with the wedding planners at the various resorts as LGBTQ+ destination weddings are becoming the norm and they won’t be discriminated against. Get the couple to understand that these destinations want them and count on them to increase the acceptance to LGBTQ marriage in other countries.

 

Recommended LGBTQ+ wedding destinations:

• Puerto Vallarta, Mexico • Cancun, Mexico • Los Cabos • Punta Cana, Dominican Republic • Sitges, Spain • Mayan Riviera, Mexico (Recommended: Karisma Hotels & Resorts) • Florida, U.S. • California, U.S

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