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brainofjbbrainofjb Boston Posts: 381
edited August 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Has anyone here had their wedding in Vegas or Attend any wedding in Vegas,

we are starting to plan ours. I am working on either the Bellagio or the Venetian.
We are not having a huge ceremony just a few people.
it is very hard to plan, being so far away from Vegas.
I have been to these two hotels and they are pretty nice.


I was thinking of having a nice dinner/cocktail thing after and then maybe dancing VIP at one of the clubs.



Anyone have any recommendations?

I am not doing the Elvis/chapel Vegas thing. I want to try and keep in small and classy.
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  • riffrandallriffrandall Posts: 685
    brainofjb wrote:


    Anyone have any recommendations?

    I am not doing the Elvis/chapel Vegas thing. I want to try and keep in small and classy.

    Honestly if you want "classy" I wouldn't do Vegas.
    My friend got married at the Little Church of the West a few years ago & had her reception at the Palms.
    It was so gross. Not one original idea in the whole affair.
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  • brainofjbbrainofjb Boston Posts: 381
    riffrandall wrote:
    Honestly if you want "classy" I wouldn't do Vegas.
    My friend got married at the Little Church of the West a few years ago & had her reception at the Palms.
    It was so gross. Not one original idea in the whole affair.

    THe Bellagio is pretty nice! I dont think it would be that cheesy

    we are doing vegas for a couple of reasons.
    I think if it is done right, it could be very classy
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  • Inhiding230Inhiding230 Posts: 362
    I think if you do it right it can totally be classy. Sounds like fun!
  • brainofjbbrainofjb Boston Posts: 381
    seren327 wrote:
    I think if you do it right it can totally be classy. Sounds like fun! Although arranging a wedding in a different state is not easy! I got married in May in NJ and I only got the chance to go there once before the wedding. That was a challenge.


    that is my problem. I have seen the hotels that I am thinking about having it in but I am not sure what a ceremony would look like there.
    Also, I want the dinner to be classy too.

    The Bellagio is beautiful. I think that is my best bet but they only take 50 bucks off of your room. That isnt great.
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  • Black DiamondBlack Diamond Posts: 25,107
    The Belaggio is terrific but the new Wynne is beautiful also. I would look there over the Venetian.

    I don't know if you can afford this, but you might want to hire a wedding planner where you are to coordinate with the hotel.
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  • Inhiding230Inhiding230 Posts: 362
    Most hotels have a wedding/catering coordinator that will take care of most of the arrangements - at least mine did, and it was not a fancy hotel. I had to do a lot of leg work and she sent me lots of pictures of other ceremonies they had held there.
  • brainofjbbrainofjb Boston Posts: 381
    seren327 wrote:
    Most hotels have a wedding/catering coordinator that will take care of most of the arrangements - at least mine did, and it was not a fancy hotel. I had to do a lot of leg work and she sent me lots of pictures of other ceremonies they had held there. Also, in my mind I knew exactly what I wanted - we did an evening ceremony with the outdoor grotto kind of feel - lots of fairy lights and lots of candles everywhere. It turned out really well and everyone was amazed that I had done it all myself from another state.


    yea, i have sent emails to a couple of the planners that work for the hotels

    I am just not that girl who grew up dreaming of her wedding. I dont have the "Dream" wedding in my head or have my heart set on anything.
    you think that would make it easier but It actually makes things harder to plan
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  • Inhiding230Inhiding230 Posts: 362
    brainofjb wrote:
    yea, i have sent emails to a couple of the planners that work for the hotels

    I am just not that girl who grew up dreaming of her wedding. I dont have the "Dream" wedding in my head or have my heart set on anything.
    you think that would make it easier but It actually makes things harder to plan

    I agree though, it will be harder for you if you don't really know what you want.
  • Motown322Motown322 Posts: 465
    I got married out in Vegas, and I can tell you that the Bellagio and the Venetian are quite expensive. Granted, they're nice places, but you're probably looking at about $5K after you're all said and done with pictures and all that shit. We got married outside at the Flamingo... I had no problem with it. It was fine. I wanted to get married outside and I wasn't about to pay the fucking money the other joints wanted.

    It's going to be a lot of work handling the details and everything... you can certainly hire a planner to do it for you, but you'll pay handsomely for it.
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    my buddy got married in vegas on valentine's day....ever been to vegas on valentine's day? i've never seen so many people wandering around in tuxes and wedding dresses :eek: he got married at the tropicana in a tiki hut...their "turn" was at 9pm....we waited in the bar, drinking...as we entered the "chapel" we all put our drinks on the wishing well in front :D the old guy doing the service had been doing it all day and was drunk and cranky...as we left the chapel we picked our drinks and proceeded to the tables :D
  • in_hiding79in_hiding79 Posts: 4,315
    VEGAS WEDDINGS ARE A BLAST!! I HAVE BEEN TO FOUR!
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  • GraySaturdayGraySaturday Posts: 2,878
    I got married in Vegas!!

    Well actually, we got married in the Valley of Fire State Park.. but it was a package, with the limo taking us from Vegas. We spent the whole week on the strip, and we had our wedding dinner at the Paris Eiffel Tower restaurant.

    It turned out AMAZING, and I loved every second of it.
  • brainofjbbrainofjb Boston Posts: 381
    Motown322 wrote:
    I got married out in Vegas, and I can tell you that the Bellagio and the Venetian are quite expensive. Granted, they're nice places, but you're probably looking at about $5K after you're all said and done with pictures and all that shit. We got married outside at the Flamingo... I had no problem with it. It was fine. I wanted to get married outside and I wasn't about to pay the fucking money the other joints wanted.

    It's going to be a lot of work handling the details and everything... you can certainly hire a planner to do it for you, but you'll pay handsomely for it.

    yea, but 5k is a lot cheaper than having a wedding at home w/ a reception.
    I would have to have alot of guests, If i had the "traditional wedding"
    this Vegas thing eliminates me from having to invite extended family and a lot of friends.

    it works out a lot cheaper.
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  • brainofjbbrainofjb Boston Posts: 381
    GraySaturday wrote:
    I got married in Vegas!!

    Well actually, we got married in the Valley of Fire State Park.. but it was a package, with the limo taking us from Vegas. We spent the whole week on the strip, and we had our wedding dinner at the Paris Eiffel Tower restaurant.

    It turned out AMAZING, and I loved every second of it.


    ooo the Eiffel Tower restaurant! that sounds nice!!!
    how many guests did you have?
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  • GraySaturdayGraySaturday Posts: 2,878
    brainofjb wrote:
    ooo the Eiffel Tower restaurant! that sounds nice!!!
    how many guests did you have?

    We only had 4 guests actually.. but I know a lot of places can hold much larger groups.

    The dinner was AMAZING. I loved it. And they let my mom bring in a wedding cake from a cake designer. The also have a great champange listing. You wouldn't think that you'd remember your wedding dinner from all the excitement, but it was so good, I remember exactly what I ordered and how yummy it was!

    Can beat the lovely view either. My mom arranged a big table over looking the strip. It was perfect.
  • Motown322Motown322 Posts: 465
    brainofjb wrote:
    yea, but 5k is a lot cheaper than having a wedding at home w/ a reception.
    I would have to have alot of guests, If i had the "traditional wedding"
    this Vegas thing eliminates me from having to invite extended family and a lot of friends.

    it works out a lot cheaper.

    So you're not going to have a reception after the fact when you get back home? You'll still have to figure on something after the ceremony for the guests that paid to come out there... dinner/drinks and tip at a nice place for 10-15 people is probably gonna run you another $1500.

    I'm just trying to tell you from someone who did this in the past year (and went out there to do it with the thought that it was going to be cheap to do)... shit adds up QUICK. When we actually sat down and figured it out we really didn't save much money.
  • The ChampThe Champ Posts: 4,063
    brainofjb wrote:
    ooo the Eiffel Tower restaurant! that sounds nice!!!
    how many guests did you have?

    That is pretty cool, but the restaurant, Mon Ami Gabi, under it overlooking the strip and the Bellagio fountains is even better ;): http://z.about.com/d/govegas/1/0/L/K/parissbs0004.JPG

    And yes, can't wait to go back to Vegas yet again in 2 weeks :)..good luck with the wedding..
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  • brainofjbbrainofjb Boston Posts: 381
    Motown322 wrote:
    So you're not going to have a reception after the fact when you get back home? You'll still have to figure on something after the ceremony for the guests that paid to come out there... dinner/drinks and tip at a nice place for 10-15 people is probably gonna run you another $1500.

    I'm just trying to tell you from someone who did this in the past year (and went out there to do it with the thought that it was going to be cheap to do)... shit adds up QUICK. When we actually sat down and figured it out we really didn't save much money.


    yes, but it will be very casual. I have a big italian family with lots of cooks, so food will be easy. My friends band will play the party. I will pay them but It wont cost as much as if they did a wedding.

    I know things will add up. I think having a dinner for 20 or so guests is alot cheaper than having a wedding with over 200 guests.
    In the long run, it shd be cheaper.
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  • brainofjbbrainofjb Boston Posts: 381
    GraySaturday wrote:
    We only had 4 guests actually.. but I know a lot of places can hold much larger groups.

    The dinner was AMAZING. I loved it. And they let my mom bring in a wedding cake from a cake designer. The also have a great champange listing. You wouldn't think that you'd remember your wedding dinner from all the excitement, but it was so good, I remember exactly what I ordered and how yummy it was!

    Can beat the lovely view either. My mom arranged a big table over looking the strip. It was perfect.

    sounds great but I think I want to have the dinner in the same hotel that I get married in.

    I dont want to jump from Italy for france ;)


    i would love some input on some restaurants
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  • Motown322Motown322 Posts: 465
    brainofjb wrote:
    I know things will add up. I think having a dinner for 20 or so guests is alot cheaper than having a wedding with over 200 guests.
    In the long run, it shd be cheaper.

    It should be, but you still gotta rent a hall for 200 people... invitations are expensive as fuck plus the stamps... booze gets costly (I know this because I also have a large Italian family :D)... a friggin' cake... it's a lot of bullshit and the nickel-and-dime shit is what really pissed me off.

    As far as dinner goes, we went to Alan Albert's, a steakhouse right on the strip across from the Monte Carlo. The guys there did a FANTASTIC job with us and the food was great. We just got with them and did an abbreviated menu, plus an assortment of appetizers and a cake from a local place and it was about $60 per person (without the bar tab).
  • brainofjbbrainofjb Boston Posts: 381
    Motown322 wrote:
    It should be, but you still gotta rent a hall for 200 people... invitations are expensive as fuck plus the stamps... booze gets costly (I know this because I also have a large Italian family :D)... a friggin' cake... it's a lot of bullshit and the nickel-and-dime shit is what really pissed me off.

    As far as dinner goes, we went to Alan Albert's, a steakhouse right on the strip across from the Monte Carlo. The guys there did a FANTASTIC job with us and the food was great. We just got with them and did an abbreviated menu, plus an assortment of appetizers and a cake from a local place and it was about $60 per person (without the bar tab).


    true, true.. I know it will all add up.

    My Fiance's mom passed away. His dad lives in Europe. He does not really have much family. That is why I want to stay away from the traditional type wedding.
    it will be us paying for the wedding with some help from my family. We are avoiding a rehearsal dinner, limos, and a few other things that go along with a traditional wedding.
    I know it will end up being pricey but I am hoping, if we plan well enough, it will work out.
    I am NOT a PLANNER, so i stress toomuch. I dont really want to pay for a wedding planner.
    This is gonna end up being alot more work than I intended. LOL
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  • Motown322Motown322 Posts: 465
    I hear you on the planning part... I used to do automotive event management for like 8 years and it's such a pain in the ass. And there was no way I was going to pay someone a couple grand to plan it. Definitely start early on it, though... that's one piece of advice. Don't pay anyone to do address labels either. That's what Word and Excel and mail merges are for. :)
  • brainofjbbrainofjb Boston Posts: 381
    Motown322 wrote:
    I hear you on the planning part... I used to do automotive event management for like 8 years and it's such a pain in the ass. And there was no way I was going to pay someone a couple grand to plan it. Definitely start early on it, though... that's one piece of advice. Don't pay anyone to do address labels either. That's what Word and Excel and mail merges are for. :)


    no, I have a great computer for all that kind of stuff.
    Its going to be simple but hopefully classy.
    I am also thinking of cutting down the guest list for the VEGAS part.
    make it alot cheaper.

    thanks for your advice!
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  • chimechime Posts: 7,839
    Have friends that married here ... think it is kinda classy Vegas :) ... and they planned it all from the UK

    http://www.lasvegasweddingsatthegrove.com/home
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  • HawkshoreHawkshore Posts: 2,160
    A little off topic .....but does anyone know how the divorce rate of Vegas Weddings compares with the national average?
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  • brainofjbbrainofjb Boston Posts: 381
    Chime wrote:
    Have friends that married here ... think it is kinda classy Vegas :) ... and they planned it all from the UK

    http://www.lasvegasweddingsatthegrove.com/home

    thanks... this looks real nice
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  • meisteredermeistereder Posts: 1,577
    Hawkshore wrote:
    A little off topic .....but does anyone know how the divorce rate of Vegas Weddings compares with the national average?


    I got married at the Mandalay Bay. It was really nice. But I was only married for 13 months. :(

    My friend got married at the Venetian and is still married.

    So based on this scientific survey, the divorce rate is 50% -- right around the national average.
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,447
    cutback wrote:
    we waited in the bar, drinking...as we entered the "chapel" we all put our drinks on the wishing well in front :D the old guy doing the service had been doing it all day and was drunk and cranky...as we left the chapel we picked our drinks and proceeded to the tables :D

    From an "attendee" standpoint, there's nothing wrong with that!! :D

    It's a tough call, though...do you go with the place where Joan Collins got married (Little White Chapel) or go with Billy Ray Cyrus' choice (Graceland)? :eek:
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  • brainofjbbrainofjb Boston Posts: 381
    meistereder wrote:
    I got married at the Mandalay Bay. It was really nice. But I was only married for 13 months. :(

    My friend got married at the Venetian and is still married.

    So based on this scientific survey, the divorce rate is 50% -- right around the national average.


    did you guys have receptions or did you just have the ceremony?
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  • Born.Mine.DieBorn.Mine.Die Vancouver Posts: 225
    I have not seen a wedding in Vegas but my friend eloped there...you can just go and sign some papers I think?..

    I have heard they have these wedding packages in Mexico tho that include everything from the pictures, the location and dresses to choose from as well...
    :)
    anyone here of this?....maybe this will be another option for you...?..sounds alot cheaper then planning a huge wedding at home...
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