The exotics next door: for a transporting experience, your clients may not have to travel as far as they think. (Honeymoon & Romance).

Travel Agent, October, 2002 by Crous, Yolanda

Ah, the honeymoon. It's the first trip of a couple's married life, and the vacation they'll remember forever. The honeymoon holds the promise of romance, excitement and a welcome vacation after months of wedding planning, anticipation and fretting. But newlyweds aren't the only ones in love.

The travel industry has good reason to be enamored of these couples: Honeymoons fuel the industry with $7 billion annually, according to the 2002 Conde Nast Bridal Group Format Wedding Study. In fact, the average couple spends $3,719 on their honeymoon (that's an increase of 170 percent over ...