I haven’t worked for Viva Las Vegas wedding chapel for very long, but I’ve already noticed a disturbing trend: people thinking that Vegas weddings are cheap substitutes for the real thing! Listen, just because our prices are so low you couldn’t limbo underneath them doesn’t mean the wedding is cheap. They’re just as reputable as other places.

How do I know? Because I’ve done it myself!

I met my wife late last summer. I quickly proposed (fearing someone attractive might snatch her up!) and we started our plans for the wedding. It being her second marriage and my second engagement, neither of us cared to revisit the hassles of a traditional wedding. We wanted something fun. An Elvis wedding in Las Vegas it is!

For a “cheap Vegas wedding” it was certainly more romantic, fun and tear-inducing than even we had imagined. Friends showed up literally from all over the U.S. to attend and those abroad watched on live video feed. We had a great Elvis wedding, a fun and unpretentious ceremony, and we both finally got what we’d wanted since we first locked eyes: to be married to one another.

There was nothing “bogus” or “cheap” about it. It was not a marriage borne out of convenience or drinking (that was the night before, duh!), it was purely out of love and wanting our wedding to be OUR wedding. It was shiny, noisy, and yes, a little cheesy. It was fantastic.

So if you’re reading this and for some reason of the opinion that the weddings at Viva Las Vegas wedding chapel are just cheap Vegas weddings, think that no longer. Don’t believe what you see in the movies – I can personally tell you that although the prices are low, it doesn’t mean what you get is a cheap substitute!