Doing a destination wedding requires a trust between the planner and the couple. It is a leap of faith that is made when a couple books a vendor to help them make their dream come true. (Just remember the leap that got you here: the question that was asked and response of yes has been the biggest leap of all!)
For some, it turns out their leap is made a bit too early. The vendor is booked and they are not a good fit. It happens. I get that need that itchy scratchy feeling urging you to pull the trigger to get just things moving.
Conversely, I get the nervousness that comes as you consider making that jump over the grand canyon of communication: being heard and understood; the resistance to making a mistake in choosing wrongly and findng out that this most important expression of self your wedding will be mistranslated into something that is not you.
So it is good idea to have a tool or two to use to help make the leap of faith exciting and sucessful.
To my mind, the most useful is having a sense of what generates trust in your interactions with those you do not yet know. Is it a quickly returned phone call? Is it a tone of voice or a manner of reaching out that makes you feel safe enough to share? Is it the practical voice of experience still laced with enthusiasm for you and what you are about to do? Is it a forthrightness in the giving of information or the stories told that illustrate a point of view?
Give it a think and then make your call. It might be a much shorter leap than you thought.
The Really Big Leap!