Question About Eloping! Opinions please!
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| Sun, 03-28-2004 - 12:49am |
I've been away from the board a couple days and WOW! I think I'll have to get myself a Silver Bullet after reading some of these posts. :)
Well, I do have need your opinions, though. This has nothing to do with weight loss! Okay, my fiance and I are talking about possibly eloping within the next couple weeks. We've never wanted a big wedding; we just want to kind of get it over with. We've been together nearly three years and we're in love. Plus we're really, really busy. And he's going to be starting a new job soon, and my job is really stressful. So I need your opinion on the following places to elope. Oh, and by the way, I live in Michigan. I think in this case, geography matters (because I don't like flying):
1) Vermont: It's about a 12 hour drive. Some people say there's not much to do. But what are we going to be doing anyway? It's elopement/honeymoon combined! Plus it's beautiful and it's very easy to get married there. There's no waiting period after you apply for the marriage license. And there are a lot of Bed and Breakfasts and hotels there that specialize in elopements.
2) Chicago: It's about a 4 hour drive from me. I have found a lady there who will marry us. I'm just concerned about the costs there, plus it's so busy and crowded. I don't know. My fiance likes Chicago a lot. But I'm not sure about it for elopement/honeymoon.
3) Niagara Falls: I think it's about a 5 hour drive from here (can't remember). I kind of think it's overrated. I'm looking forward to relaxing and taking in scenic beauty. Don't get me wrong, the falls are beautiful, but to me, there's not much to do there. There's wax museums and a lot of touristy stuff...I guess I'm not really into that. My fiance likes the idea of Niagara Falls also.
4) Las Vegas: The old standby. Obviously, we'd have to fly there. And I'm not so keen on flying. I don't really think this is something we'd really do. I just threw it in here.
So, what do you guys think? I really want to go to Vermont. It's so relaxing and there are so many places to get married! Plus all the inns there have massages and saunas, and everything. I want to relax. What do you guys think of the other places??
Thanks for your opinions!
Shannon

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Oh Vermont definitly. I love
Deb 270/228/145ish (updated 4/19/04. Next weigh-in: 6/1/04)
Good luck and congratulations!
~~Linda
~~Linda
I vote for Niagara Falls because, damnit, I grew up there.
I live in Massachusetts right on the NH border. We go up to NH a lot for day trips. Where do you go? We like to go up to the White Mts a lot. We go to Franconia Notch State Park and the Kancamagus Hwy. I just love it up there. We also go to Lake Winnepasaukee a lot. Have you ever been up here in the fall? If not, you really should. It's beautiful!
~~Linda
~~Linda
Amanda
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Deb 270/228/145ish (updated 4/19/04. Next weigh-in: 6/1/04)
~~Linda
Edited to say: Sorry, Shannon, I didn't mean to take over your thread!
Edited 3/29/2004 9:45 am ET ET by linda112491
~~Linda
Shannon,
That's quite alright!! :) I am glad that most of you guys agree with me about Vermont. My plan was to sort of make my love happy and maybe swing by Niagara Falls on the way back. We were planning on going next week, but due to his school schedule, it might have to change (bummer). Who knows when it will be now? Maybe we will go in the fall when the colors are beautiful. Either way, we'll be married sooner than if we were to have a traditional wedding. Plus we don't want a traditional wedding. So everything's good. I just wish we didn't have such conflicting schedules.
Shannon
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