Monday, June 27, 2016

Separating yourself from other Celebrants

You’ve done your training and your research, now you’re waiting for all those clients. How do you let them know that you’re ready, willing and able, and how can you convince them that you’re the celebrant for them? 

First of all, decide what special talents you have that will differentiate you from other celebrants, or which will allow you to provide a service that other celebrants can’t provide. Before you just shrug your shoulders and decide that there’s nothing really to separate you from other celebrants, do some brain storming. You’ll find that almost everyone has some special talent that he can make use of. For example:
  1. Have you studied public speaking, taken drama classes or singing lessons? All these are some of the talents which other celebrants won’t have. 
  2. Have you studied law, or languages or done volunteer work? These are some other talents which can differentiate you from other celebrants. 
  3. If English is your second language, you might be just what your compatriots are looking for. Not only will you be able to conduct a ceremony in a language which all of their guests will understand, you might offer to be a translator for other celebrants who are associated with couples using your language. 
  4. Celebrants who are parents or grandparents might have a natural affinity for ceremonies dealing with children. 
  5. Celebrants who themselves have enjoyed long, happy partnerships might look to attract couples celebrating their Renewal of Wedding Vows as part of their Wedding Anniversary Celebration. 
  6. If you enjoy photography or art generally, it might make you a bit of an expert when it comes to drafting certificates for various ceremonies or even taking a few snaps for those couples who’ve decided on an elopement ceremony with only two witnesses. You end up being not only their celebrant, but also the one to create memories for them through your photographic skills. 
  7. If you’re young and exuberant, the younger clients might love your energy. 
  8. If you’re an older, more sedate person, clients might enjoy your unflappability. 
  9. As a retiree, your accessibility might be a real plus for the client who is tired of talking to the answering machines of Celebrants who are in full time employment and never home. 
Having found out what some of your talents are, the next thing you should consider is how these talents will benefit your prospective client, always remembering that it is not your talents which are important to your clients, but how these talents will benefit them.

In your dialogue with the prospective client, be it directly person to person, or indirectly through the advertising medium, the emphasis should be on the benefit to the client, and not the cleverness of the Celebrant. You should be able to tell a client what is different about your services, as compared to that of any other Celebrant, and, indeed, what makes you different from the other Celebrants.
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Sunday, June 26, 2016

World Honeymoon in One Day

Time is short, and the world is large. If you want to see as much of it as you can, make China your honeymoon destination. 

Located in the city of Shenzhen, China, is the largest theme park representing the world in miniature. Known as the ‘Window of the World’ it comprises some of the best known landmarks in the world, comprising world-famous scenic spots, natural landscapes, folklore and mythical places. 

The park is divided into the Area of Oceania, the Area of Asia, the Area of Europe, the Area of Africa, the Sculpture Park, the Recreational Center of Modern Science and Technology, and International Street. 

From ancient times there is a miniature Roman Colosseum and the Greek Acropolis. Pyramids and the Sphinx represent the early civilizations of Africa, while Taj Mahal is reminder of the romance of India. 

Not so old, but just as memorable, are the Palace of Versailles, the Towerof Pisa, the Tower of London, L'Arc de Triomphe of Paris and St. Peter'sCathedral of the Vatican City. 

In Holland the typical scenes are that of windmills and tulips while Russia is represented by the Winter Palace situated in Saint Petersburg. 

Australia is represented by its unique Opera House while America shows Manhattan with its towering skyscrapers representing modern lifestyle, the Statue of Liberty which is its best-known landmark, and Disneyland. 

Representing natural wonders there are the Niagara Falls, the Grand Canyon of America and Mount Fuji of Japan. 

While, this is a miniature world, it is so designed that you can be part of the scenery. For example, you can take a gondola along the canals of Venice andeven climb the 108-meter-tall replica of the Eiffel Tower. You can also view the active Hawaii Volcanoes with its glowing rocks and molten lava. 

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Honeymoon with Love from Russia

Even if train travel doesn’t excites you, when it comes to Moscow underground, there’s more to train travel than meets the eye. 

Apart from being cheap, efficient and fast, the Moscow underground encompasses more than 180 stations spread across 12 conventional lines with 299.3 kilometres (186 miles) of track. Close to most major places of interest in the city of Moscow, it is an easy way to get around town.

The fee for 1 trip is fixed and not dependent on the length of your journey. You can use it as a means of going from point A to point B, or you can make as many line-changes as you need to or want to. The ticket is good until you actually exit the metro system.

Why would you want to visit the various stations? After all isn’t one station pretty well the same as another? In this case absolutely not.

Many of Moscow's metro stations are actually works of art designed and embellished by prominent Russian architects, artists and sculptors.

Each central station has its own unique style. For example one station is decorated with bas-relief sculpture picturing folk dances. Featured on the walls of others are national ornaments and painting. In another one still, there are 76 bronze statues placed in niches in broad columns.

The subject matter of these art works encompass the whole spectrum of human life, from farm workers, to soldiers and sailors, to children and athletes, to national heroes.
In their inception, grand stations were designed like palaces, decorated with stained-glass windows and lighting effects designed to avoid glare. Walls were faced with marble, granite, and other various stones while pillars supported the roofs.

In short, the metro is a veritable museum of Russian history in art form.

The length of the station platforms, which are 150 metres, or 492 ft, accommodates eight cars. With each car designed to seat fifty passengers, and has standing room for 140 persons, a full train can carry 1,500 passengers. On an average day, the metro operates 9,702 trains carrying an average of 53 passengers per car.

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Saturday, June 18, 2016

Have a Movie of a Honeymoon


Love your movies? Remember that Sheik    of     Arabia who kept inviting beautiful ladies to his kasbah? Although in his case the kasbah was nothing more than his tent, officially kasbah means fortress. Hundreds of years ago, kasbahs were built by wealthy Arab families to provide protection from marauders and to help control major caravan routes that ran through Morocco.

One particular kasbah, which was built in the 11th century and is now a UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) World Heritage site, has also been the background of such movies as ‘Lawrence of Arabia’, ‘Jesus of Nazareth’, ‘Jewel of the Nile’ and ‘Gladiator’.

Atlas Studio, situated in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, is a favourite place for Hollywood films taking place in the desert area. Some of the movies filmed here include ‘The Man Who Would Be King’, ‘The Jewel of the Nile’, ‘The Mummy’, ‘Gladiator’, ‘Alexander’, ‘Kingdom of Heaven’, ‘Babel’, ‘Body of Lies’, ‘Prince of Persia’, ‘The Sands of Time’, ‘Star Wars’ and ‘The Living’.

The town itself, where the studio stands, has luxury hotels, upscale restaurants and a large airport. In addition to the main studio building there are a number of outdoor sets comprised of building facades from various civilizations such as ‘Colosseum’, where Crowe fought in ‘Gladiator’. There is also a massive prop jet plane that was used in ‘Jewel of the Nile’ while in another area of the studio there is an Egyptian tomb with 12ft statues guarding the entrance and exit. Another building holds a replica ‘kasbah’ with winding passageways and alleys.

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Friday, June 10, 2016

Honeymoon for two, or three or more

According to 1,001 Honeymoons, for something very different but incredible memorable, try an Arctic Honeymoon. Apart from Ice and Snow Hotels and Glass Igloos there are also the unforgettable Northern Lights.
  
For those couples who will be taking honeymoon with their children, and who don’t mind the cold, there is the possibility of introducing their children to Santa Clause himself, as well as his elves, by visiting him in his Santa Clause village, in Finland. Here Santa Claus greets thousands of visitors from all over the world every day of the year.

Santa Clause Village is filled with shops showing arts and crafts from Finland, and also has its very own Santa's Post Office, and Santa's own stamps, that lets you send mail to friends back home. 

To learn more about Christmas traditions all over the world, the village includes the Christmas House, showing Christmas films, rare Christmas decorations from Lapland, Finland, United Kingdom, Russia, Germany, Iceland, Japan, France, Austria, Spain, Poland and USA.

Whether you’re young or not so young Santa Clause is happy to have his photo taken with you.

Walk around the village, enjoy the giant snow men, slide down the ice slides or visit the shops, cafes and the post office.

Other experiences include reindeer sleigh rides, dog-sleigh rides, snowmobile rides. Depending on the weather, you might get to see the northern lights in their incredible colours.

For those who would like to see the wildlife, there is a Wildlife Park with 50 species of wild arctic animals and 200 animal specimens, including polar bears, brown bears, wolves, lynx, moose, deer, reindeer, squirrel, beaver as well as numerous birds.

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Friday, June 3, 2016

100 reasons for a honeymoon in Venice

For the romantic honeymooners, Venice might be the place they’ll want to visit. Consisting of 100 islands and 150 canals it has its unique travel format - the gondolas and its gondoliers. In films, the gondoliers, apropos of nothing but good nature, burst into a song for the gratification of their passengers. Inevitably the romantic song turns out to be, ‘O Solo Mio’, to the disgust of the Venetians who complain that the song originated in Naples and is not a local composition.

But even more memorable are the 400 plus bridges which connect the many islands of Venice.

Best known is The Bridge of Sighs, connecting the Doges’ Palace’s interrogation rooms with the dungeons. In its time, the Doge's Palace was the centre of power where denunciations, elections, executions, intrigue, and inquisitions took place. In order to make accusations easier to make the power brokers came up with the Bocca di Leone, or ‘lion’s mouth’, a hole-in-the-wall box where citizens could post denunciations of their foes and disliked neighbours. The most famous one in its own time, and still in existence is the one attached to Doge’s Palace.

The bridge offered prisoners of the Venetian Republic a final opportunity to view the city before they were led to their cells or to the executioner. The Italian name for the Bridge of Sighs is Ponte dei Sospiri.

A less grim bridge is the Bridge of Breasts, Ponte delle Tette, leading to one of the red-light districts of medieval Venice.

In the 1600s, Rio Terà delle Carampane became a specially designated ghetto where the city had decreed all local streetwalkers must live. To encourage the passers by using the bridge, the ladies of the night would uncover their breasts while sitting in the windows from where they could be easily seen. Hence the name, Bridge of Breasts.

Ponto del Soccorso or Bridge of Salvation/Assistance is named after the church Santa Maria del Soccorso and the Casa del Soccorso, which were part of a charitable institution aimed at aiding unwed mothers and other women who ‘had lost their virtue’.

The complex was founded by poetess, courtesan and philanthropist Veronica Franco (1546-1591), who used her network and cultural authority as a successful author to push her social reforms to aid these women.

Her passionate support of defenseless women and strong convictions about inequality are described in the book, ‘The Honest Courtesan, Veronica Franco, Citizen and Writer in Sixteenth-Century Venice’, by Margaret Rosenthal.

Some of the people who enjoyed what Venice had to offer included Lord Byron, Charles Dickens, and Proust.

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