Wedding Academy | The Micro, Intimate & Destination Wedding Handbook by Jac Bowie
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The Micro, Intimate & Destination Wedding Handbook by Jac Bowie

Book five of the wedding academy handbook series

The Micro, Intimate & Destination Wedding Handbook

Elopements, micro weddings and destination weddings anywhere in the world: legal and symbolic ceremonies, cultures and customs, destination budgets and timelines, teams abroad, guest travel and the business behind it. Planning recipes, the Destination Atlas and workbook pages.

18chapters
90fillable worksheets
1Destination Atlas
432full-colour pages
Paperback coming soon

The ebook is a fillable PDF with instant download, sold direct by The Wedding Academy.

what's inside

Inside the book

What's inside

  • Small weddings, big decisions: the wedding types couples book today, micro and intimate weddings, and elopements and adventure elopements
  • Destination fundamentals: the anatomy of a destination wedding, legal, symbolic and religious ceremonies, cultures and customs, and choosing the destination and venue
  • Planning from afar: destination and intimate budgets, the planning timeline, building your team abroad, and guests, travel and hospitality
  • Designing small and far: designing with a sense of place, and multi-day celebrations and guest experiences
  • The wedding, start to finish: wedding week on location, wedding day responsibilities, and risk, safety and when things go wrong
  • Building your business: services, packages and pricing, and marketing an intimate and destination business

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Contents
Look inside The Micro, Intimate & Destination Wedding Handbook: chapter one
Chapter one
Look inside The Micro, Intimate & Destination Wedding Handbook: stories and recipes
Stories and recipes
Look inside The Micro, Intimate & Destination Wedding Handbook: reference section
Reference section
Look inside The Micro, Intimate & Destination Wedding Handbook: worksheets
Worksheets
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The fillable ebook

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who it's for

Written for you if…

You want to plan micro weddings, elopements or destination weddings
You're a planner adding small or destination weddings to your services
You're a venue, celebrant or supplier working with couples from far away

Want to study it properly and earn a certificate? The book is built on our Certificate in Intimate, Micro & Destination Weddings.

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What people say about working with Jac

“I have hired Jac Bowie and her company to provide entertainment services. Jac is reliable, her entertainers were of the highest quality and her rates were very reasonable. I would not hesitate in recommending Jac to anyone who needs corporate entertainment or event management.”
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“Worked with Jac Bowie on a charity sponsorship and found her to be very professional with an eye for execution detail, where she delivered what was promised all with a healthy level of passion and fun.”
Sean CassarOwner, founder and CEO, BluSky Brands
“Jac has a vibrant personality and a can do attitude. I worked with her at PASH and was also involved in an event she ran. It was a great success and Jac put everything in to making it so.”
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about the author

Jac Bowie

Jac Bowie is the owner and CEO of The Wedding Academy, which has trained more than 11,000 students worldwide since 2004, 100% online. She has produced more than 500 events, worked in commercial radio, created and hosted the Wedding Empires podcast and founded the women's business network Business in Heels. Jac is the author of the eight books in The Wedding Academy Handbook series: The Wedding Planner's Handbook, The Wedding Stylist's Handbook Volumes One and Two, The Wedding Florist's Handbook, The Wedding Business & Marketing Handbook 2026 Volumes One and Two, The Micro, Intimate & Destination Wedding Handbook and The Couple's Wedding Planning Handbook.

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David Tutera

Wedding Academy | The Micro, Intimate & Destination Wedding Handbook by Jac Bowie

Leading Wedding & Entertaining Expert, David Tutera is hailed as an artistic visionary whose ability, uniquely creative talents and outstanding reputation have made him a tremendous success in the lifestyle arena. Tutera has created a name for himself by taking his passion for designing spectacular events and transforming it into a lifestyle.

He continuously exceeds the expected with an unmatched level of inspiration, imagination and innovation to create the latest trends in entertaining. Tutera’s grandfather, a successful florist, first noticed his grandson’s artistic ability at an early age and encouraged David to pursue his destiny. At age 19, with the sound advice of his grandfather and only one client, David opened his own event planning business.

Today, David Tutera presides over an award winning company built from experience, dedication and Tutera’s natural talent for transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary. His name has become synonymous with style, elegance, creativity and vision. David Tutera has a natural talent for transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary. His name has become synonymous with style, elegance, creativity and vision.

Honored by Life & Style Magazine as “Best Celebrity Wedding Planner,” David’s impressive client list includes Jewel, Star Jones’ wedding, Real Housewife Taylor Armstrong’s wedding, Los Angeles Clippers’ Chris Paul’s wedding, NY Giants Antonio Pierce’s wedding, Shannen Doherty’s wedding and events for Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey, Brandy and Ray J, Jenni “JWoww” Farley, Lil’ Kim, the Official Post Grammy Parties in New York City, Elton John, Barbara Walters, the Rolling Stones, Nancy Reagan, Prince Charles, The White House, private events for the Vice President, Kenneth Cole, Tommy Hilfiger, Susan Lucci, The John F. Kennedy Center, as well as countless film premieres and celebrity parties for royalty, politicians and socialites.

Tutera has also designed events for several charities including the Prevent Cancer Foundation, the Alzheimer’s Association, DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting Aids) and the Make-A-Wish Foundation. David has made guest appearances on Today, Extra!, Good Morning America, The View, CNN, The Rachael Ray Show, The Talk, Steve Harvey, Wendy Williams and many more. In addition People, USA Today, In Touch, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, In Style, Cosmopolitan, Redbook, Bridal Guide and Town & Country have all featured his work.

Tutera has also made special television appearances in the popular daytime soap, The Young & the Restless and TV Land’s The Exes. David lives in Los Angeles with his husband Joey, daughter Cielo and their rescue dog Lucy.