Blink twice and the holidays will have come and gone and you know what that means…Thousands of newly engaged couples will be on the hunt in January for their dream wedding venue. It’s estimated that 40% of all engagements occur from Oct to New Years Eve, add in Valentines engagements & you have access to a landslide of prospective clients in that crucial first quarter of 2022. Are you feeling confident in your marketing plan for 2022? On December 12th to 15th we will travel to historic, charming Harrisonburg Virginia for a holiday edition Wedding Venue Owners Working Vacation! Attendees will stay at The Madison Hotel near charming downtown Harrisonburg shops, restaurants and holiday night life. Wedding Venue Owners Holiday Vacation, Harrisonburg VA, some small town wedding venues are booked up through 2023! Learn how other venues are managing the volume and how they book so many weddings!
Harrisonburg is home to James Madison University, Eastern Mennonite University and some of the most in demand wedding venues in region. Harry Jarret is the owner of On Sunny Slope Farm, he is also the Senior Sales Manager at The Hotel Madison & Shenandoah Valley Conference Center. Harry Jarret will be a featured speaker on this Wedding Venue Owners Working Vacation (holiday edition). Harry will share his expertise on running a successful wedding venue in a smaller market, hospitality & sales skills that help you book more weddings and how to work with your local hotels to build powerful packages that couples love!
While we are in Harrisonburg we will visit 8 to 10 successful wedding venues in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley including historic venues, gorgeous barns, tented venues and estates. We will get to learn successful strategies from each wedding venue owner we meet and we will have 15 to 30 wedding venue owners join us from all over the country! We arrive on Sunday Dec. 22nd for our Cocktail & Connections Meet & Greet at The Hotel Madison. On Monday & Tuesday mornings we tour wedding venues and in the afternoons we enjoy business round table discussions and wedding venue knowledge sharing sessions. On Wednesday morning we enjoy a casual business breakfast before departing back to our home towns inspired and motivated to take on 2022 with the best wedding venue owner strategies for success!
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