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Friday, January 9, 2009

Ideas for a Quickie Wedding

I wouldn't say that my Fiance and I are lazy, but we are looking for the easiest way to get married. Can you recommend anywhere- possibly in Europe- where we can simply drop in and get married while on vacation with out dealing with a lot of the pre-planning of legal forms and licenses that usually accompany a typical wedding? Is there a service that might do it for us?

Most of Europe has pretty strict wedding laws that prohibit really simple ceremonies like those you’d find in Vegas. Scotland has some of the easiest wedding laws but even there you’ll need a marriage visa and have some paperwork hoops to jump through!

In the US, Gatlinburg, Tennessee is second to Las Vegas in terms of both the number of weddings and ease of ceremonies; there are many, many wedding chapels in the area that range from touristy to beautiful.

Many islands in the Caribbean have very vacation-friendly marriage laws, a few make it possible to arrive and marry on the same day. You won’t find the many wedding chapels like Vegas on any of the islands but you will find many resorts that offer wedding packages...some free for guests...and wedding coordinators to handle every detail from paperwork to wedding officiant to wedding cake. SuperClubs and Sandals both offer free wedding packages for guests (you’ll pay the marriage license fee); we’ve seen many of these weddings and they’re nice with beach settings, a small wedding cake, etc.

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Gatlinburg Winterfest Trolley in January

I saw you enjoyed the trolley tour of Gatlinburg lights. Your new website says it runs on Saturdays only when we'll there. Our family will be making our first visit to Gatlinburg in mid-January, and it looks like the day we check in is the only chance we'll have to take the trolley. Do you have any contact information? Phone number? Email? Website? We'd like to find out what times it departs and if we can make reservations. Thanks! --Debbie, Nashville, Tennessee

We do have some contact info for the trolley rides. You’ll want to call the Gatlinburg Aquarium Welcome Center at 865/436-0535. The trolley departs from there and the welcome center also handles the reservations and tickets. (You can hold a reservation with a credit card then pay for the tickets when you arrive.)

Happy travels! Paris and John

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