We were married at Cupids Wedding Chapel in March '06 and we mostly had a great time. We chose this chapel as they had a good website, and offered the whole package, of the limo, flowers, a first dance, hiring the wedding dress and tux, and it could be viewed live on the internet, or recalled for 3 months on the website, so that our friends and family at home could join in too.
I had made several phonecalls to Cupids regarding details, and had requested emails of confirmation, but never received any back. However, things mostly went to plan. When choosing the dress and tux - we hadn't realised that a different Limo and driver would pick us up, meaning that we had to tip two lots of drivers both that day, as well as the wedding day.
I struggled to find much choice with the available wedding dresses, but after lots of changing, I did find one that looked nice for the day.
The flowers weren't exactly as they had looked in the photos on the website, but they were pretty and the right colours.
One thing that was stressful was that the Chapel had only allowed 20 minutes for the Limo to pick us up and get us to the Chapel. It came a bit late, and the Monday traffic was awful, so we arrived late. Then, by the time we had sorted the paperwork, and downloaded the music that we wanted, the service started 30 mins late - a pain for those staying up to watch it live in the UK, and made me feel really rushed, which I could have done without.
On the whole, though, we really enjoyed the service. The Reverend was great, and it seemed very personal to us. He did forget to do the Unity Candle Service bit - but I think that was because we came late and were rushed a bit.
The photographer took some good photos in the Chapel. I wasn't really interested in the studio shots, but to get the shots we did want, we ended up having to buy the whole package - which did work out at lots of $$$$s! As you can't take any of your own photos, though, there wasn't much choice if we wanted to walk away with something to remember the day by!!
We were really worried when we read the other reviews, and thought it may be an awful experience, but it wasn't. We enjoyed our day, but had to allow lots of extra money for tipping all the different people involved!
It was lovely to walk away with our marriage certificate, CD, video, bottle of bubbly and two glasses, for later. It was more expensive than we expected, but we really enjoyed our service and the wedding.
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