So what's the appeal? Well, it can be as simple or as elaborate a ceremony as you want. It can be as traditional or themed as you want. And there is a ceremony for any budget - starting at only $25 and going up to $20,000 plus - and everything in between. And you'll have plenty of choice of restaurants to celebrate your wedding. Added to the fact that there are 71 wedding chapels/venues to choose from (independent chapels as well as those in hotels), as well as destinations such as the Grand Canyon, Lake Las Vegas and Mount Charleston to choose from, and you’re going to be spoiled for choice.
There is no minimum stay required to get a marriage license in the city - all you need is $55 and i.d., turn up at the Marriage License Bureau, and you're ready to get married. If you're renewing your vows, you'll just need to take a copy of your marriage certificate to your chosen chapel.
If you're looking for a wedding chapel with celebrity links, The Little Church of the West is a pretty little wooden chapel that has been around for over 50 years - which is positively antique in Las Vegas terms! They have married stars including Judy Garland, Betty Grable, Deanna Durbin, Shirley Bassey and Richard Gere - it's also the chapel where Elvis and Ann Margaret exchange vows in the film 'Viva Las Vegas'. Or the famous Little White Wedding Chapel which has married stars including Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Joan Collins, and more recently Demi Moore and Bruce Willis. It is also where Britney Spears started her first round of married life - it lasted only 55 hours.
If you want to follow in the footsteps of the King, Elvis and Priscilla married at the original Aladdin Hotel back in 1967. That hotel was replaced by a new and improved Aladdin, but you can still book your 'Love Me Tender' Wedding Package with Elvis impersonator here. In fact if you want an Elvis impersonator at your wedding, you have 94 ceremony options at various chapels - the Graceland Wedding Chapel even has a 'Duelling Elvis' package where you get 2 different eras of Elvis for your money.
So what are the most romantic wedding package options available in Las Vegas? Well it obviously depends on your definition of romance - if you're already married to your motorbike, for instance you can have a Harley Davidson wedding where you ride right up to the altar, or you can even get married in the Harley Davidson Café, surrounded by Hogs and related memorabilia. Here are some popular options:
- Get married on a balcony overlooking the lake at the Bellagio Hotel. When the minister pronounces you man and wife, the fountains will play for you.
- Get married in a gondola on the Grand Canal at the Venetian Hotel as a gondolier serenades you both.
- Get married at the top of the Eiffel Tower at sunset for stunning views of the city.
- Take a helicopter ride to the Grand Canyon and get married in the Canyon itself – your wedding photographs will be stunning
And for something more out of the ordinary, how about the following:
- Pirate ship wedding at Treasure Island. The bride enters down a rose-strewn walkway before a pirate swings down from the rigging with the rings. Not the most private of settings in the middle of Treasure Island lake, but great fun nonetheless.
- Star Trek wedding at the Star Trek Experience. Get married on the deck of the Starship Enterprise in the presence of Borg, Ferengi and Klingons (depending on the package), before celebrating your wedding with a Federation wedding cake in Quarks Bar.
- Wild West Wedding at Bonnie Springs. Just outside the city, get yourself married old west style in this old west town with your minister on horseback and cowboys holding the groom at gunpoint during the ceremony.
- Belleza Dogs at the Belleza Wedding Chapel. If you can't bear to be parted from your four-legged friend during your wedding, why not make him part of the event? Take your pooch along for the ceremony, and the Belleza will even throw in a bag of dog biscuits to keep him happy on honeymoon.
