florida or las vegas?????

[nyck]

After spending 3 weeks in Florida in October 2002 money is a bit tight. We would like to get married in either Las Vegas or Florida and we were wondering what the law requirements were for each State. We have found out a lot of information for Las Vegas but not so much for Florida. Are there wedding chapels in Florida like as in Vegas and is it just as easy to obtain licenses etc to get married when you are from another country.

thanks nyck & lisa (uk)

[Redkop]

Hi

I am getting married in florida in 6 weeks......(angela put the shotgun down i'll be there).....we are getting married at Cyrpess Grove in a Wedding gazebo

Cypress Grove

There are wedding chapels in orlando and sure someone on here wil lhave web links. The law in florida states you to be in the state for 3 days before you get married and you have to have a wedding licence to get married. They cost $90 and you can get married at the court house were you get your marriage licence.....check this link out for mori info

Orange County Court

Chris

36!!!!!days till WDW and only 43!!!!!days till the Wedding

[Floridalover]

This is where I am renewing my vows, unless I win the lottery before September


http://www.whitechapelweddings.com

As you can see. It doesnt cost the earth.

[hockeyfan74]

Nyck & Lisa:

Congrats on the upcoming marriage! I'm engaged as well and will be tying the knot in May of this year!

MUCH easier to get married in Nevada than Florida. I have traveled to Las Vegas MANY times (I have an uncle that lives there), and there are chapels-a-plenty. Nevada laws regarding marriage are much more relaxed than in Florida. On a recent trip to Vegas, I passed numerous chapels offering weddings for as low as $25 (American). I'm sure there are some chapels scattered throughout Florida, but I don't think you'll find the volume of chapels in Florida like you would in Nevada.

As for laws regarding marrying if from another country, I should probably defer my comments to someone who knows what the heck they're talking about - I'm no international lawyer

[Keith]

'ang on a mo ;-)

I don't see how it could be much easier to get married in vegas than Florida...

Having just got married in Disney I can tell you that you simply go to the court house with identification (we used our passports) and $88.50 in cash and ten mins later you walk out with a marriage license that is valid immediately and for the following 60 days.

That's it!

There is no waiting period for out of state people and you don't have to be in state for 3 days or anything like that.
(the exception is that if you're a Florida resident, you either wait 3 days or you take a premarital preperation course)

We flew in and got into our hotel at about 1am on the Friday, got the marriage license about 12pm on the same day and got married the next day at Disney.

The officiant who you get to do your ceremony takes care of sending the license to the florida courthouse and they then file it etc. and send you all the proper documents you need. We got ours just a couple of weeks after having been married there.

A good tip is to give a few $s to the officiant to ask for copies of the wedding license ($2 each)... its useful to send them out to banks and the like if your intended is going to want to change her name, update status to married etc.

There are wedding chapels around Florida too... perhaps not as many as along the vegas strip ;-) but all sorts of prices and options. Have a good look at the link redkop posted.. friends of ours were married at cypress grove and they have the *best* photos ... the scenery and everything is just amazing.

It'll come down to where you want to remember getting married (and where you spend the honeymoon too ;-)

...but really I can't imagine that it could be any easier to get married that it was in Florida (and we're from the UK so yep, no problems being from another country ;-)

All the best and good luck where-ever you choose!

[hockeyfan74]

Anyone know if they have drive-thru wedding chapels in Florida? They do in Vegas - you can get married SUPER quick - just like ordering fast food!

[Keith]

Don't know the answer although the taxi driver we had in Florida said they did have (but he was kinda a joker anyway ;-)...

...but I did see one in vegas because there was a documentary being filmed about it as we went past. Can't say I fancied it much ;-) but it was certainly there.

When we saw the documentary the presenter asked if they were going allow couples to reverse back through and get it reversed if it didn't work out... the guy either completely missed the humour or was really good at not smiling and said "oh yes, well the divorce/anullment drive through will be the next window on the other side when we get some legal issues sorted out. So they won't need to reverse at all, just keep on going and stop at the next window"

too funny

[Lavenderlamb]

I know personally that I would plump for Florida every time.

I don't know what it is about Vegas, but it always appears as though it's a cattle market, with people being herded through as quickly as possible and onto the next couple asap.

Perhaps I'm just biased, but I can't think of anywhere more magical to tie the knot than Florida. We've already been married 5 years, but plan to renew our vows for our 10th anniversary, okay 4 and a half years away yet, but I am hoping to include a stay in GF in all that!

And by the way, you're all invited!

[Redkop]

Originally posted by Lavenderlamb

And by the way, you're all invited!

and your paying for us all to stay were

chris

33!!!!days till WDW and only 40!!!!days till the Wedding

[nyck]

I don't know what to do now Florida or vegas ,florida or vegas.
Is this what happens Pick up a marriage licence,get married,than whats the next step does the send the court house send the marriage certificate back to England or do you have to wait in florida to collect it .

nyck