Getting Married in Vegas

Tarqy

Tarqy

Tarqy

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Me and the other half have decided to go to Vegas to tie the knot later this year, thinking Late Sep/Early Oct time, Weather seems reasonable and misses the major conferences, looking for some wholesome GD advice on the place, I'm sure some of you must have been :)

The wedding side of it seems fairly straight forward since the chapel we looked at (Chapel of the Flowers) appears to make all of the arrangements, but if anyone has any experience of this it would be good to get some info.

Also looking for advice on where to stay, Would it be better to book a basic room and look to get an upgrade once we get there or upgrade during booking?

Oh, nearly forgot but any activities we should make sure we dont miss?
 
Tacky in the extreme, don't trivialise such an important part of your life like this. Get married here and do Vegas as the honeymoon. Nothing in Vegas should be taken seriously, that's kinda the point.
 
[TW]Fox;20961374 said:
Tacky in the extreme, don't trivialise such an important part of your life like this. Get married here and do Vegas as the honeymoon. Nothing in Vegas should be taken seriously, that's kinda the point.
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<insert impressed clapping gif here>
 
Why on Earth would anyone want to get married there? By all means have your honeymoon there, but the wedding? Eurgh.
 
I have been to a wedding in Vegas. Its soo tacky and cheap, everything is rushed and not special at all, in and out and photo's done in 30mins.

Honeymoon in Vegas, yes, wedding in Vegas seriously No.
 
Great idea. My GF's sister is doing this, staying is some really nice places. Proper Jelly
 
jamief said:
Why on Earth would anyone want to get married there? By all means have your honeymoon there, but the wedding? Eurgh.
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After my grandfather passed away, my grandmother started seeing her next door neighbour. Then they hopped across to Las Vegas and got married without telling anyone what they were planning.

Its her life and shes free to do what she wants, but I thought it was kinda tacky personally.
 
My wifes mate did this and there was a webcam hooked up so people back hom could watch. It looked kinda sad to me, there was about 10 people in total there.....

I was tempted to do something like this and glad i didn't after i saw the webcam.

As for rooms, i'd be tempted to book a basic room and upgrade when there. We were offered an upgrade to an exec room for about £20 a night. The room was twice the size and good view over the strip.
As for things to do... gamble / shows / shop / grand canyon / quad bike tour!
 
If you have all your friends and family fly over and plan it well it could be really nice.

I saw a amazing wedding in the bellagio a few years ago, everything was so beautiful but they must have spent huge money on that.

Quick and cheap weddings in LV are just awful. If you want to do something different how about you take transatlantic cruise and get married on the boat followed by a honeymoon in LV?
 
I got married in Vegas at the Chapel of the Flowers.

It was great, much better than to boring, drawn out affairs you get to have in the UK.

I would have never wanted a 'traditional' wedding and all the fuss it entails.

<edit> OP, if you want to know anything just ask and I'll try to help!
 
Diesel said:
I would have never wanted a 'traditional' wedding and all the fuss it entails.
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Well at least someone agrees :) This is one of the main reasons we want to do it this way.

I do have a few questions, I understand you need to visit Clark County to get a marriage licence. Can you just take a taxi and is there much waiting around?

Does the bride need to walk though the hotel/casino in the dress to get to the chapel or can you change at the venue?

Where did you stay? Did you tell them you were getting married and did they do anything special?

Cheers :)
 
If it makes you happy go for it. I'm sure it will be exciting. My mind still has "rush wedding" in mind when I think of vegas, but that's probably because I watched the hangover not long ago.
 
Have you ever been to Vegas before OP?

It's not to everyone's liking an it would be a shame to get there and realise you hate it.
 
I think you need to post these questions to the venue, I don't think you'll find many people on here who have been married in Vegas.
 
I went to a convention drinks do in one of the better known wedding chapels and didn't particularly like having a drink there let alone the idea of getting married there. You know when people rent out the venue to convention guests as a mickey take it is not where you want to get married (saying that I did get engaged in Vegas).
 
Tarqy said:
Well at least someone agrees :) This is one of the main reasons we want to do it this way.

I do have a few questions, I understand you need to visit Clark County to get a marriage licence. Can you just take a taxi and is there much waiting around?

Does the bride need to walk though the hotel/casino in the dress to get to the chapel or can you change at the venue?

Where did you stay? Did you tell them you were getting married and did they do anything special?

Cheers :)
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You can pre-apply for the marriage license in advance online but you need to go to the Marriage Bureau to pick it up, when you arrive you can then use the express line, it took us about 5 minutes. The Marriage Bureau is Downtown near Freemont Street, we took the Deuce but you could take a cab.

I've no idea if she could change at the Chapel, at a guess I'd say no. My wife (to be at the time!) walked through the casino in her dress, it wasn't a problem for her.

We stayed at Imperial Palace, nothing fancy but that was more to ease the pockets of those who had flown out with us. We didn't tell them we were getting married, so I've no idea if you'd get anything out of them!
 
[TW]Fox;20961374 said:
Tacky in the extreme, don't trivialise such an important part of your life like this. Get married here and do Vegas as the honeymoon. Nothing in Vegas should be taken seriously, that's kinda the point.
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Must say I agree and certainly not something I'd choose having been there.

However, it is ultimately the OP's choice, and so, any advice that can be given to help him I'm sure would be appreciated. :)
 
Sounds good to me, no fuss. It's crazy when people spend 10's of thousands for weddings for one day imo.

I'm not sure I'd go for Vegas but low key for sure.
 
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