Graduate Spotlight: Mona Deane's Take on the Playbook Retreat at Casa de Campo, DR all-inclusive resort casa de campo destination wedding playbook destination wedding university dominican republic golf resort luxury villa wedding playbook retreat travel agent travel agent training

Read below to learn more about how Mona from Horizon Escapes in Connecticut was able to experience this unique property from a perspective she may not have in her standard research. From the villas to the on-site planners and everything in-between, the Playbook Retreat gave our group experience...

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The Destination Wedding Playbook Workshop Wins a Magellan Award business coach destination wedding playbook magellan award travel agent training travel business coaching

In the fall of 2018, I launched the Ultimate Destination Wedding Playbook Workshop. 

I had heard from SO many agents who were struggling with automation, burned out, and discouraged. They wanted mentoring, common-sense instruction, and encouragement to reach their goals. 

I wanted to...

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Playbook Retreat: Day 3 — Luxury up close (Part 4) destination wedding playbook destination wedding specialist destination wedding university hard rock cancun playbook retreat riviera maya wedding sunset sailing travel agent travel agent training unico 2087

Our final day together brought more beauty, as we toured the Hard Rock Hotel Cancun with the most stunning blue water in the hotel zone. 

The HRHC and Group Gama delighted us at every turn with options to offer our future couples.

Make your own Mimosa bar, anyone? 

Also, we...

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Playbook Retreat: Day 2 — The Wedding Day! And also: punch your fear in the face (a hands-on DW training like no other) (Part 3) destination wedding destination wedding expert destination wedding planner destination wedding playbook destination wedding specialist destination wedding university group travel travel agent travel agent training

Day 2 was ALL about Taking Care of Business — we spent the morning diving deep into the questions, practicalities, and challenges of being an entrepreneur.

Representatives from Hard Rock’s Wedding department shared their expertise with agents on things like social media marketing,...

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Playbook Retreat: Day 1 — Welcome to LUXURY ( (Part 2) destination wedding playbook destination wedding specialist destination wedding university group travel playbook retreat travel agent travel agent training

From the moment they arrived at the Hard Rock Riviera Maya, I wanted my agents to feel as amazing as their clients will feel. I wanted them to feel the luxury, the pampering, the awe, that sense of wonder and adventure and possibility.

This is part of what is so FUN about planning destination...

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No one else was doing the one thing that Destination Wedding Travel Agents really needed — so I made it happen! (Playbook Retreat Part 1) aic hotels destination wedding expert destination wedding planner destination wedding playbook destination wedding specialist hard rock weddings immersive travel training onsite training playbook retreat travel agent travel agent training travel business coaching

If you know me, you know: I’m not shy — but I don’t really like to talk myself up that much.

It feels kinda like bad karma because the reality is that most of everything we do is with the help of at least one other person and usually lots of other people along the way. But...

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