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Going to Europe? 5 Tricks and Tips to Get There Cheaply
With a little bit of extra work, your dream European vacation can cost less than you imagine!
In 2010, when I started my niche wedding industry business, I had a dream of one day becoming a business that operates on an international level. It only took four years of work to build the foundation and structure of my business to open a brand in Europe!
How I started my business is a snapshot of how I like to live life in general: Instead of learning every single aspect of what I want to do, I like to pretend I know what I’m doing — and trust that I’ll figure it out as I go along. I’m going to learn this, dammit. I say to myself. I’m just not going to know how to do it right now.
The first wedding I officiated was the first wedding I had ever been to! I genuinely had no clue what I was doing other than pointers I gleaned from watching a few low-resolution 2010-era YouTube videos.
When I launched a brand in Ireland, I had to quickly come to speed with everything Ireland had to offer, as well as learn how to book travel for my couples — while scrambling to act like I knew everything there was to know.
It didn’t take long to learn little tricks of getting across the pond relatively cheaply. I…
