What a wonderfully happy couple you are! You had an absolutely whirl wind of getting engaged, telling half the world about your future nuptials and a sweet engagement party given by both of your best friends. You two are so much in love and so excited about spending the rest of your lives together. After all the excitement of getting engaged it occurs to you that you have a huge wedding to plan on a pretty small budget. You start fighting over silly things such as flower arrangements and who is to sit with whom at the reception. This is starting to not be fun or romantic any more and you now wish you could just run away and get married because that is all that really matters in the end. A Las Vegas Wedding may be what you are looking for. Months of stress is not worth it when you can go to "Sin City" and have a much better time, get it done quickly and enjoy the rest of your lives without being in huge debt.

Las Vegas, Nevada is the marriage capital of the world. It is host to over 100,000 marriages a year. There are a lot of reasons for this. The weather is absolutely gorgeous in Vegas, with over 320 sun filled days a year. This makes it a great honeymoon destination with lots of things to do. Anything from the typical gambling in its many casinos, glitzy Vegas entertainment, golfing, clubbing and pool side relaxation. Whatever is your whim, Las Vegas has it all. Most importantly, marriage in Vegas in easy and pretty painless. There is no waiting period or blood tests required. All you need to obtain your marriage license is $55.00 (along with a fianc of course) and being the legal age of 18 and able to prove it.

Vegas weddings vary with the couple's individual style and budget. You can have a black tie affair with the works in a beautiful location with a lavish reception if that is your desire. All of the hotels and casinos in the area offer many beautiful ceremony and reception sites complete with onsite wedding planners. Maybe you are a little bit wild and crazy and want to do it up "Elvis style" complete with an Elvis impersonator presiding and singing over your nuptials. For those flighty and impatient individuals, how about renting a really cool car and hitting a drive-thru wedding chapel? Your imagination is your only obstacle when it comes to a Vegas wedding. In Vegas, you can have it your way without the muss and fuss you would experience with a typical traditional wedding in your home town.

It does not take months to design your dream Vegas wedding. If you are a more organized individual you may start planning it before you actually get there. Between some phone calls and internet research of locations and wedding packages it can be done in a day or two if you are keeping it fairly simple. For those going for something more spur of the moment, why not just fly there and see what happens? Once you get there and start talking to people you can get a great idea of what some of the better chapels are around and make your decision then. However you do the Vegas wedding make it begin and end with fun and by all means memorable. Although the motto of Las Vegas is "whatever happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" you will be bringing your Vegas wedding and marriage home with you and you want it to be remembered with love and warm feelings.