I went to a very nice wedding in Vegas, at an off-strip resort called Emerald somethingorother. She said it cost them $10k for everything.

He'd love nothing more than the Vegas route. But I've been to a few of those Vegas chapel type weddings and they're a little cheeseball. Only good Nevada wedding I've been to required the use of a pirate ship (you know who you are!) and reception was in a proper ballroom.

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Brava!

Also, babe, in summary, no tent!

Leave the tent action for your betrothed when he sees you on your wedding night.

The Vegas wedding I attended had a big sweaty Elvis marry them. Cheesy? Yep. But the bride was really into Elvis. This was a wedding that both my husband and I were in. And it was one of the most fun as well.

After the wedding, we all went back to the Hard Rock Hotel where we were staying and had dinner and drinks. They paid for dinner, we paid for our drinks. A close friend made the cake which looked like a giant present.

Flower were very minimal - I think she might have held a single red rose. And everyone took lots of photos and for them.

It really was a lot of fun and not nearly as stuffy as any other wedding I've attended.

I've had 2 weddings. The first was a big to do with a church wedding and reception at a restaurant. The second was a lovely, quiet affair with 10 people at the Awahnee in Yosemite. The Awahnee wedding was the most awsome, wonderful, perfect wedding ever. Small, quiet, lovely weddings are so much more pleasant and wonderful than large affairs.

I don't begrudge people who want to have a big wedding. It is a rite of passage and deserves to be celebrated. No, it is not for everyone, but some (like me) do like the idea. Our wedding was smaller than either of us would have liked, but we did not want to keep putting off the event because of a lack of funds (which was an issue for us at that point). It was more important for us to BE married than then GETTING married part.

I also think that some people over-do it. Whether it being bridezilla mode or spending too much money (read: more than they have). There ARE creative ways to tie the knot and celebrate the occasion with family and friends without breaking the bank.

Event tent rent?
 

Cindy lol funny at the time i think the whole ceremony, flowers, music, pictures, honeymoon suite for a night was like roughly not too bad considering the cost of renting the tent etc to go with it. You know you could do a Vegas wedding in a nicer wedding chapel (most casinos have them) and then do some sort of resteraunt type thing afterwards if you wanted to.


Another brainstorm if it is in months with nicer weather why not a beach type wedding ceremony/reception? Just a suggestion. Ok enough with helping out here.

We did the Vegas wedding only because my brother had gotten married 4 months prior to us and my parents had to shell out money for his wedding since his bride at the time her parents didn't couldn't afford all of it so we wanted cheaper and not a church wedding either. What we spent was in budget.

Event tent rent?
 

Exactly we didn't want a huge wedding like my brother had. We wanted small intimate and invited only those who wanted to be there we wanted to share our day with. Yes we were able to mingle even during our reception and that was so much fun rather than being stuck at the wedding party table or not feel comfortable with everyone in attendance just for gifts.