Personal experience: a wedding in Las Vegas. How it was
'11.12.2017'
Every girl dreams of a magical wedding. Millions of guests, gifts, palaces. Either I'm not a girl, or not everyone. We had us, Vegas and sneakers converse. Wedding, to my mind opinion is a celebration of only two. It all happened with us.
Dima made me an offer in the summer. We flew to LA, and suddenly, at a height of 8 thousand meters, he fell on one knee and asked if I would marry him. “Why are you kidding? Of course! ”I replied. We rarely talked about the wedding before, because we immediately started living together, and in absentia considered ourselves to be "married." In any case, all this disgrace had to once be legalized, and closer to winter, we finally decided on dates. We decided to finish December, few of our two days of our birth with breaks in 7 days.
Without hesitation, we bought tickets to Las Vegas and went to the store for 2 pairs of snow-white converse. I didn’t even know what kind of dress I would have, but on 100% the choice with the sneakers was predetermined, thanks to my husband for supporting me.
Choosing a dress for me in general has become a problem, because, having visited a bunch of shops in San Francisco, I felt that only women who like to look like a woman on a samovar marry. Psihanuv, I went to Asos, and for the day I found the dress of my dreams.
Each person chose his own wedding “bow”, and we didn’t know to the last how each of us would look like, but what happened turned out to be in harmony with each other. In fact, the wedding budget turned out to be ridiculous, compared to what people spend, wanting to feed a whole horde of relatives, we invested about $ 1500 with everything, everything - including a suit / dress, car rental, a flight San-Franco-Las Vegas and $ 300 - honestly lost at the casino.
We did not book anything in advance, except for the hotel, which was a gift from our wonderful neighbor. We just picked a date and flew in. Vegas the day before her. They rented a car and went to get a license for registration of marriage.
To formalize your relationship in the United States, you need your passports and 60 dollars for a license, and then what your imagination is enough for. You may to paint Elvis Presleyyou can sign drive-thruas in a window in McDonalds - for especially in a hurry.
There is wedding Grand Canyon helicopter packages or themed weddings gangsters. In general, your heart and wallet will be pleased.
You can also get married in any US city, but we chose Las Vegas, as it is the capital of weddings, and secondly, you will be licensed all over Nevada for 5 minutes, and not for a week, as in other cities. Filled out papers (you can fill them Online Training: For those who prefer the flexibility of learning from a distance or cannot make it to our Sofia location, we offer comprehensive online courses., but it is safer to fill in the place, since there you can ask questions, especially since it will not take more than 10 minutes), then wait for 5 minutes, voila - even run and now get married.
The next step is the selection of the chapel. There is a whole street with them there, I found the most interesting ones in advance, and we just drove into each of them - find out how, what and how much it costs. We immediately looked for a chapel with gazebos on the street, because inside the building itself, it seemed that now Whuppy Goldbergand start singing wild songs with a choir. Well, gazebos still look very cute and romantic. We stopped our choice on Vegas Weddings. The arbor they had on the second floor and it looked all perfect enough for us. The ceremony can be held immediately, or sign up for a specific time. We decided not to rush and chose the next day.
We paid about $ 350 including taxes for the ceremony. Plus, you should definitely leave at least $ 60 tip to the minister (the friend who is writing you), he will even give you an envelope for this, and $ 20 to the photographer. Our package included 12 photos from the painting ceremony itself. Each next photo could be bought for $ 40. You yourself cannot take pictures and shoot videos, but if you pay extra $ 250, you can bring your own photographer. Since we were alone, we didn't have much choice. All photos could be redeemed for $ 750, but we bought 4 - and there was really nothing else to choose from.
The transfer in a limousine was also included, but we took a car, which, by the way, was hellish nonsense. Except to get to the chapel and to the airport, we did not use it - a waste of money, it would be cheaper to take a taxi. The next day at 12 hours of the day we already had to be there, the ceremony itself was assigned to 12: 30. For those who want to please their parents - almost all the chapels have web-wedding broadcast. So you just need to clarify in advance the availability of this option and give a reference to relatives.
Having finished with all the preparations, we went to check in to the hotel. Separately, I would like to tell you about hotels in Las Vegas: I have never seen such cool rooms for quite loyal money anywhere. They make everything as comfortable as possible so that you profuked your money in the machines. In each hotel on the first floor there is a casino, there are no windows and it is impossible to understand what time it is. Spread free drinks, and there is a smoke screen. In the state of Nevada smoking is allowed in public places. We had dinner, lost some money (the casino is very evil) and lay down sleep. Still, an important day on the nose.
Dima from the room I kicked out quite early, in 9 they already came to my room ladies - smarten up me. Separate story with fun. If you know how to do it yourself and want to stay as natural as possible - skip the makeup option and order only a haircut.
I washed away everything that this crazy woman put on my face and repainted herself, because I didn’t smell natural there, although I stressed a lot of times that I don’t wear bright makeup, or even walk without it. Hairstyle, I was pleased. I made soft large curls and surprisingly did not flood them with varnish.
We met with Dimka around 11, we hugged, wept, armed GoPro, a camera and went to have breakfast, do not marry on an empty stomach.
The painting itself is not much different from our traditions, only after the exchange of rings, we still exchanged two red roses and promised to remember them when will quarrel. Muzychka - the same march of Mendelssohn.
We repeated the words of the oath behind the minister, and I tried to stand straight, because I already imagined how my mother was indignant through the webcam: “straighten your back”, all your nerves were gone in 15 minutes, and we went for a walk around the city happy.
The most interesting impressions of Las Vegas began on our walk. They paid for us everywhere. Really everywhere. Even in the evening, when we went to the bar to drink cocktails, a waitress came to us and said: “You guys will get drunk today, three tables are already paying for a round of drinks for you.” I can imagine how often people see weddings there and still don’t cease to be touched, many approached and simply congratulated, and our sneakers check it out, probably half the city.
Concerning certificates and legalization of marriage in the territory of the former CIS:
The certificate that is issued immediately after the wedding - has no legal force, just a beautiful leaf in a beautiful folder. The original of the documents is returned to the "Civil Registry Office" and stored there forever. You need to get a copy of the certificate and an apostille to confirm the marriage in Ukraine.
And if you do it yourself, it can take about 3 months. My short advice, immediately after the registration of the marriage, you will be offered help with the documents - do not refuse it.
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