About Us
Who are Wedding Destinations?
Wedding Destinations are Australia’s largest overseas wedding planners. With over 60 years of wedding and travel experience it’s no wonder we are the name on everyone’s lips when booking a destination wedding!
As we are a division of the Jetset Travelworld group this means you and your guests will benefit from the buying power we have attained through the volume of wedding travel we've booked over the years.
Introducing the team at Wedding Destinations
Angela Woods
Angela is our Wedding Destinations guru. She has been at Wedding Destinations since the day it opened its doors and understands the ins and outs of every aspect of planning a wedding. Angela has a passion unlike no other for Destination Weddings, having married in Koh Samui, Thailand, in 2007. Angela had 51 of her closest friends and family attend her wedding and has first hand knowledge of what a bride-to-be will be feeling in the lead up to her big overseas day.
Being a destination wedding bride herself she understands the emotional roller coast you are about to take part on And knows just how much fun you are about to have! With first hand experience she can offer tips and ideas that you can only understand once you have been through the experience yourself.
Angela is also our Asia expert, having traveled all through Thailand, Vietnam, Sabah, Malaysia, Bali and India. She lives and breaths Asia and is an expert in all our wedding locations throughout the South East.
In saying that, she has also traveled through Vanuatu, Fiji, Japan, America, UK and Europe and cruised the South Pacific. She has every confidence and experience in booking any of our wedding locations.
With over 300 weddings under her belt it’s no wonder she is in high demand!
Angela’s number one reason she recommends you have a Destination Wedding
“For me it was the fact that I didn’t have to spend all my day making sure I said high to everyone. I loved the fact that, come our wedding day, everyone had spent a week together and family and friends all knew each other. This made for a very casual and relaxed feeling on our wedding day.
I had always said I wanted to get married barefoot on a beach and that’s exactly what I did! The location was stunning and would have cost tens of thousands to have the same quality of wedding in Australia. I think the day was more emotional because of the stunning location but there was definitely not a dry eye in the place. I loved my day some much I sometimes think of getting divorced so I can do it all over again! Or maybe I’ll just have to be like Heidi Klum and Seal and renew my vows in a different location each year. I guess I’m in the best job to do just that!”
Karan Dempsey
Karan is the other parent of Wedding Destinations having planned countless weddings around the globe and has been a guest at 6 overseas weddings. She personally handpicks many of the resorts presented to you. She comes with a wealth of knowledge having been in the travel industry for over 22 years - she loves making your dream wedding come true.
Karan specializes in the Pacific region; she regularly travels to Fiji, Vanuatu, Cooks and Hawaii, recently adding Thailand and Bali on her travel agenda. Karan has spent much time in building, strengthening and developing relationships at the resorts we offer you. You can also guaranteed that being a client of Wedding Destinations our resort partners are waiting to pamper and welcome you and your guests.
Karan has also traveled to many travel destinations including UK/Europe, Middle East, USA most Asian cities and loves Cruising. She understands the importance of finding your dream wedding location and let’s not forget the Honeymoon!! In most of our locations you are never far away from somewhere new. Karan will always suggest some fabulous honeymoon add on options and locations which are easily accessible from your Wedding Destination.
Karan’s number one reason for recommending a Wedding Destination
"With many Aussies now traveling the globe, its no wonder we fall in love not only with destinations but often a kindred spirit is found, ahh a wedding destination is created. It’s a perfect half way mark if you have two nationalities uniting, it keeps both sides of the church ooops beach balanced…Many couples are choosing to get off that Wedding conveyor belt, its costing them huge $$$’s and all they are hearing is (next!!)."
"You know you are doing something special when you book your Wedding Destination. After all you are creating you own dream, its your time (its not just a few hours in 1 day), you are creating magical lifetime memories with those whom have traveled afar to share in your special day. There’s no Aunt Betty whom you haven’t seen in donkeys years... There’s no process line as your footsteps are imprinted on the sand as you say ‘I do’ or that perfect sunset. There’s no special effects, its just surreal…"
Why Karan loves creating dreams…
"My favourite is seeing your wedding photos, seeing the finished product come alive. The smiles, the dress, the flowers, and the location….I absolutely love it. It really confirms that I have made a difference. I often get calls from choked up Fathers of the Bride or Groom upon their return to personally thank me for helping create their child’s dream…it always bring a tear of joy…that says it all."
Lindsey Harrison
Lindsey has been with Wedding Destinations for 3 years, she deals with many of the more unusual and obscure destinations. When clients want to be married in an exotic destination or as part of a world trip. She has worked in the travel industry for over 23 years and has extensive experience in specialised travel areas and touring, combining the remote and less known regions.
Lindsey’ s number one reason for recommending a Destination Wedding
"Everyone’s wedding is unique and should reflect the individuality and personality of the Wedding Couple. With Destination Weddings the diversity of options allows the couple to create the ritual in the environment that best reflects their personalities and values without being limited to a prescribed structure and formula."