Aaron’s Week 1-2 Action Checklist

Priority-ordered. Items marked with time estimates. Do the blockers first.

Week 1: The Blockers

BC Parks permit application — START NOW (2 hours)
- 140-day processing. Every day you wait is a day later the permit arrives.
- Step 1: Get insurance quotes (email Zensurance, Apollo, Front Row, Park Insurance)
- Need: $5M CGL with Province of BC as additional insured
- See: docs/adventure-weddings/guides/bc-parks-permit-application-guide.md
Register BC business entity (1 hour)
- BC sole proprietorship: $40 at bcregistry.gov.bc.ca
- Or incorporate: ~$350 (recommended for liability protection)
- District of Squamish home-based business license: $130/yr (604-815-5014)

Email Jude Douglass — Sea to Sky Officiant (30 min)
- About interim officiant partnership while Lana gets licensed
- Use template from docs/adventure-weddings/templates/vendor-outreach-emails.md (partnership section)
- Website: seatoskyofficiant.com
Set up Google Business Profile (1.5 hours)
- Follow checklist in docs/adventure-weddings/guides/google-business-profile-setup.md
- Business name: Adventure Weddings
- Primary category: Wedding photographer
- Service area: Squamish, Whistler, Sea to Sky, Vancouver
- Upload 5-10 Squamish landscape photos from your phone/camera roll

Review and sign up for Dubsado CRM (1 hour)
- dubsado.com — Essentials plan ~$36 USD/month
- Just create the account and explore; full setup with Lana in Week 2

First location scout (3-4 hours)
- Hit Shannon Falls + Nexen Beach + Smoke Bluffs (all within 10 min of each other)
- Bring phone/camera. Shoot:
  - Ceremony spots (where couple would stand)
  - Approach (trailhead, parking, path)
  - Light direction (note what time and where the sun is)
  - Any hazards or accessibility issues
- Start building route card notes (template in findings/14-route-card-template.md)

Follow up on insurance quotes (30 min)
- Compare options. Need: $5M CGL, Province of BC as additional insured
- Bind the policy as soon as you have a good quote
Submit BC Parks permit application via FrontCounter BC (1.5 hours)
- Once insurance is bound, you have everything needed
- Apply for multi-park permit covering all 7 target parks
- See step-by-step guide
Set up Dubsado with Lana (1 hour video call in overlap window)
- Create inquiry auto-response workflow
- Set up basic client pipeline: Inquiry → Discovery Call → Proposal → Booked
- Add pricing guide PDF (create a simple one-page from the financial summary)

Contact Natacha Trottier (30 min)
- HMUA + officiant — potential styled shoot collaborator
- Use template from vendor outreach emails doc
- natachatrottier.com
Contact 1-2 florists (30 min)
- The Wild Florists (thewildflorists.ca) — use local Squamish flowers
- Flower Factory Squamish
- Pitch: styled shoot collaboration (trade for portfolio images)
Email BC Vital Statistics (30 min)
- Contact VSRELREG@gov.bc.ca or call 250-952-2681
- Ask about Lana’s situation: NZ citizen, visiting seasonally via IEC visa
- Specifically ask about Section 3(2) temporary registration provision
- Ask whether CIMM accepts non-permanent-resident registrants

Review the 3 blog posts that were written tonight (30 min)
- apps/adventure-weddings/src/content/blog/how-to-elope-in-squamish-bc-complete-guide.md
- apps/adventure-weddings/src/content/blog/best-elopement-locations-squamish-bc.md
- apps/adventure-weddings/src/content/blog/rock-climbing-elopement-squamish-guide.md
- Note any factual corrections needed before deploying

Second location scout (3-4 hours)
- Hit Porteau Cove + Brohm Lake + Brandywine Falls
- Same documentation approach as Week 1
- Start creating GPS waypoints in Gaia GPS

Who	Why	Contact
FrontCounter BC	BC Parks permit	1-877-855-3222, frontcounterbc.gov.bc.ca
BC Vital Statistics	Officiant licensing	250-952-2681, VSRELREG@gov.bc.ca
District of Squamish	Business license, municipal parks	604-815-5014, communityplanning@squamish.ca
Jude Douglass	Interim officiant partnership	seatoskyofficiant.com
Natacha Trottier	HMUA + styled shoot	natachatrottier.com
The Wild Florists	Floral collaboration	thewildflorists.ca
Zensurance	Insurance	zensurance.com

Don’t worry about the website Squamish landing page yet — the blog posts are live, that’s enough for now
Don’t sign up for Wandering Weddings or WeddingWire yet — wait until you have Squamish portfolio images
Don’t start Google Ads yet — wait until website has couple photos from styled shoots
Don’t recruit model couples yet — wait until vendor collaborators are confirmed (Week 3-4)