Can't buy me love: one agent specializing in the honeymoon market shares some tips to help you boost sales. (Honeymoon & Romance).

Travel Agent, July, 2002 by Cope, Peggy

It's often said that nothing in life is guaranteed, except death and taxes. It seems that romance might need to be added to the list, however: Young couples continue to get married and take honeymoon trips with unabated vigor, despite recent dips in the overall travel market. The only difference, say some, is the destination. One agent in particular has found that Hawaii offers the perfect solution for clients who crave the exotic but harbor small fears about traveling to foreign countries this year.

Irene Bernstein, an agent with American Express Travel in Garden City, N.Y., has specialized in selling honeymoons for the past 25 years, and she sees the honeymoon market as evergreen. "My market is recession-proof," she proclaims. "No matter what happens--and...

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