Chapel of the Flowers - Las Vegas

Chapel of the Flowers has provided traditional, intimate and elegant weddings on the world-famous Las Vegas Strip for nearly 60 years. It is a full-service wedding venue, with three elegant wedding chapels as well as a beautiful glass garden and gazebo. It’s cobblestone accented grounds and lush landscaping create a variety of options to capture that picture-perfect moment. The chapel’s professional wedding planners work with couples on a daily basis from one-year out to day of planning. On-site, Chapel of the Flowers provides fully-equipped white limousines, videography where a couple goes home with their ceremony DVD that same night, world-class photography where couples can pick up their photos and view slideshows in its photo gallery the following day, and a full-service florist, making fresh, custom bouquets and flower arrangements on a daily basis. Additionally, the chapel offers live Internet viewing to cater to the destination bride.

• We were married on Wednesday 3rd August 2011 at the Chapel of the Flowers in Las Vegas and we cant speak highly enough of the Chapel. We found the chapel on the internet and fell in love with it straightaway. We contacted the chapel and were put in touch with Archel (wedding planner). We spent the next 12 months emailing back and forth from England about what they offered and what we wanted. Archel was incredibly professional, polite, and efficient and never let us down. We didn?t feel pressured into adding more services to our package but was informed about everything they could provide. Archel put our minds at rest as we had never seen the chapel and wouldn?t until days before our wedding. When we arrived in Las Vegas from England we visited the chapel and finally met with Archel. As soon as we arrived we knew that we had made the right decision and our wedding was going to be the best day of our lives. The actual chapel and the grounds are much better than the wonderful photographs on their website. Archel took us on a tour of the chapel and ground and we even visited the flower shop and photo shop. When we saw the Victorian chapel I cried! It was perfect. We went away feeling amazing. On the day of the wedding the Limousine driver (George) collected my dad and I on time from our hotel and even helped me carry my long dress! When we arrived at the chapel our photographer was waiting for us to get out of the limousine and started taking the photographs. I was shown into the chapel and the photographer (Mike) explained how he was going to work. During the ceremony he made himself completely invisible and he and his colleague took the most beautiful wedding photographs I have ever seen. I was aware that there was a bride having her photographs taken in the grounds when I arrived and another bride and groom in the chapel before us, however, I was made to feel that I was the only one getting married that day and it certainly didn?t feel like we were waiting in line. I felt special and cared for by the staff. I met with the minister before the service and he put me at ease. The service took 10 minutes and it was amazing. The minister has us in tears with his beautiful words and vows but also laughing with joy. We had 20 guests from England with us and they were also full of emotions. We had the same number of people watching from England on the website in the middle of the night and they have all said it was the best wedding they had ever seen. Most people watched the service more than once! The minister (Al) really made the service extra special. He was serious when needed and funny when it was appropriate. The perfect balance and I will cherish the way he made us feel. After the service our photographs were taken and we were so pleased with the service we received from Mike. We went away with our unity candle, the DVD of the wedding and a message and rose which my father-in-law had arranged for us as sadly he couldnt be there. We were then taken to our reception by George at the Platinum Hotel (which the chapel had arranged) and we were blown away. The location, the view of the strip, the presentation of the room, the service, the food and drink and the overall hotel was absolutely incredible. We couldnt have asked for anymore. The following day we went back to the chapel to view our photographs and choose the 32 which were included in our package. However, they were so incredible we ended up buying all 446 photographs. We didnt feel under any pressure to buy more but they were so amazing we just couldnt leave them. Mike is a brilliant photographer and he made us look fantastic in the photographs. The day went just as we wanted and I really would urge anyone who is planning a Las Vegas wedding to hold theirs at the Chapel of the Flowers.

  Submitted by Emma Reid on Thursday 25 August 2011