Category Archive: Weddings

  1. How to elope to Vegas in style!

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    Las Vegas is the classic destination to elope, because Nevada makes it easy to get married and Vegas has the art of the elopement down to a science. But if you’re worried that eloping means giving up on a grand experience, let us put your fears to rest. Not only is the Riviera the perfect spot for your honeymoon, we’ve made the ultimate wedding as affordable and simple as any eloping couple could hope – and maybe even free! More details on that below.

    The Ultimate Elopement

    Let’s just say, we’re well practiced at pitching the perfect wedding ceremony. Performing thousands of them will do that! So how does this sound?

    Someone Else Handles Every Worry
    People don’t elope because they want to make their weddings harder on themselves! So the first step in the ultimate elopement: we assign a practiced, expert personal wedding coordinator. This person shoulders the burden of planning the event and making specific recommendations based on your tastes and personal style. Every detail – sharp photography, delicious wedding cakes, stunning floral arrangements, tailored clothing needs – will be meticulously addressed, and you are free to take charge in the decision-making as much as you wish, or let your personal wedding coordinator handle it all for you.

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    A Wedding That Lets You Relax
    Instead of furiously running around taking care of last minute details and succumbing to eleventh hour freakouts, your wedding experience starts with a day spa pass for two, with a couples massage for the happy couple. Sink into the sublime delights of a local day spa, and let other people take care of the details.

    A Ceremony That’s As Entertaining As It Is Beautiful
    Here’s where we really shine: whatever flavor or theme of wedding you’d like, we’re ready. We’ve seen it all, and we can put it all together on the fly as part of an affordable package. Looking for a solemn, gorgeous ceremony? The Riviera Wedding Chapel is perfect at proving that eloping doesn’t mean sacrificing dignity. Or maybe you’d prefer a ceremony that spices things up? Then we’re happy to let an Elvis impersonator give the bride away and then entertain the couple with several classic songs.

    Celebrate In True Vegas Style
    Enjoy a limo ride along the Las Vegas strip with champagne and crystal flutes that are yours to keep. This is a wedding reception done right: a party on the go, either just for the newlyweds or for their small wedding party. No worries about picking a location, selecting a caterer, watching Uncle Bob get drunk and make inappropriate passes at your bridesmaids. Just two lovebirds, and maybe their closest friends or family, celebrating in style.

    Add A Little Extra Romance
    Still thinking this elopement thing is a little lacking? Please. We’re polished professionals at crafting a romantic atmosphere. How do you feel about a honeymoon suite strewn with fresh rose petals and chocolate truffles, with a primo bottle of champagne or wine awaiting an evening of personal, mutual congratulations between the happy couple?

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    Elope to Vegas in Style!

    Maybe none of the ideas in this post quite struck your fancy? That’s the beauty of eloping to Vegas: you can piece together the perfect ceremony just for you. It can be as fancy and stylish as you see in the movies, or as down-home and off-the-wall as matches your personality. You can work as hard at it as you want, or just let go and let our coordinators magically pull it together.

    Learn more about your wedding options from the Riviera Royale Wedding Chapel. Plus, every month the Riviera Wedding Chapel hosts a drawing for a free Las Vegas wedding! You can enjoy a grand elopement at no cost. Visit now.

  • The Riviera Guide to Las Vegas Wedding Themes

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    The Riviera Guide to Las Vegas Wedding Themes

    Mulling the glitter and glam of Vegas for your own wedding? If so, you’re in good company: Las Vegas draws millions of engaged couples here each year to celebrate their nuptials. It’s partly the low cost and easy process for getting a license, but there’s more to it than just that.

    In our previous post on weddings, we explained why Vegas is the perfect place to elope when you don’t want to deal with all that who-sits-where wedding planning ju-jitsu. But our humble city offers far more than just a streamlined wedding: we promise a fun one. That’s because it’s so easy to create your own personalized, themed wedding that matches the happy couple’s personalities perfectly.

    Here’s the Riviera’s quick guide to some of the most popular Las Vegas wedding themes.

    Elvis Weddings

    This one’s a classic: Elvis. Presley himself married Priscilla here in 1967 at the original Aladdin Hotel (now Planet Hollywood).

    Elvis impersonators are a dime a dozen ’round these parts, and being married and serenaded by Elvis is sure to spark a cool wedding whose memories last a lifetime. Not sure where to scare one up? Contact the Riviera wedding coordinators. You can even choose what role Elvis plays in your ceremony: do you want him to officiate? sing? escort you down the aisle? or maybe you want to dress as Elvis? Bonus option: entertain with a Priscilla impersonator as well!

    An incredible number of local chapels and casinos offer Elvis-themed weddings, a testament to his enduring legacy here. The Riviera can help: just contact our wedding planning staff to set up your own Elvis dream wedding.

    Horror & Fantasy Weddings

    Here’s where things get colorful. Down the Strip you’ll find a famous (or infamous?) year-round haunted house, Eli Roth’s Goretorium … at which you can totally get hitched. Wedding packages include a minister dressed as a zombie, vampire or god of gore; appropriately gruesome reception hall; themed cakes; and … of course … a walk through the attraction. Packages start at $666.

    You can also find other horrifying weddings that will leave you (or maybe just your mother-in-law) with lifelong nightmares: local wedding chapels can organize weddings themed around Michael Jackson’s Thriller, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Dracula, a graveyard setting or zombies.

    If you’d like the fantasy setting but not so dark, don’t worry, you’re covered! You might opt for a Camelot or medieval wedding, replete with dashing knight marrying ravishing royalty.

    Honorable Mention: A Cirque Wedding

    Love Cirque du Soleil and similarly-styled shows? Then this Las Vegas wedding theme is for you: the Viva Las Vegas Wedding Chapel (highlighted in our post on eloping) offers this magnificently memorable theme. In additional to a theatrical production setup, an aerial team will perform in the air above you during the ceremony.

    Want to make your Las Vegas wedding theme a reality?

    We’re here to help…we at the Riviera can take care of every detail of your dream ceremony. Just reach out to our wedding chapel and we’ll start planning a wedding that will blow you and your guests away.

    Have another wedding theme in mind, or want some more ideas? We’ve only just scratched the surface in this post. Stay tuned for some additional posts with more Las Vegas wedding themes and tips on creating the perfect theme.

    Image Credits: Elvis via Wikipedia, Medieval Wedding via sxc.hu