Submitted by [deleted] t3_11dqiqf in RhodeIsland
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Submitted by [deleted] t3_11dqiqf in RhodeIsland
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Not here, but my husband and I got married at city hall in Manhattan. Best decision we ever made.
City Hall in Providence is beautiful, so especially if you're able to have someone take pictures there I'd say do it.
My wife and I decided we didn't want a big wedding. We'd both been married before and it's just headache, hassle and expense. We went to Kent County Courthouse, spent $200 and was done in an hour. My son and step-daughter attended/witnessed.
We spent 4 nights at Foxwoods and had a small gathering at my In-laws house. I don't think we went over $1,000 all told.
Best decision we could have made.
It doesn't have to be a court house or city hall, unless you prefer a literal city hall marriage (which absolutely dos have its charm). Anyone can be ordained by an online church, and is therefore allowed to officiate. RI rules even expressly affirm that online ordinations are totally valid. If you're cool, I can do it for you!
Then you just need two witnesses and you're good to go.
I think I just said this in another thread. Drove up to the temple of music. It was COVID times so we couldn’t really do much, did a gondola ride after (outdoors). The only ppl present was officiant, partner’s parents and two sisters, our witnesses, and a cousin (and whole lot of ppl on zoom, we held the phone on a tripod). We still have the money we saved in an account and waiting for the right time to buy a house. AND we have gorgeous photos. No regrets ❤️
Second this! My husband and I got married in the Aldermen Chambers. OP google Providence city hall wedding photography. You won’t be disappointed.
Check out http://www.nondenomwedding.com/ Skip did our wedding, he was great...
I got a justice of the peace to meet us in the park where I asked her out when we were teens. Then we drove to Montreal for our honeymoon. Easy peasy cheap & breezy
Thirded, we did the same. Pics over the pedestrian bridge after came out amazing!
Thank you!
>Thank you!
You're welcome!
Omg, this is great! ❤️ thank you so much! So happy it was a wonderful life experience for you, great idea!
I eloped and had a reception afterwards. It was nice because there wasn’t any pressure on either day. For our wedding we were able to focus on each other and have a really special memory, that’s just for us. For the reception, it was just a fun party. We weren’t worried about anything going wrong, because we were already married.
There's also the Newport Irish American Athletic Club
Not sure when this was, but prices are up a lot post covid/inflation hikes (not sure on this venue in particular). Just worth mentioning prices have exploded, so OP might be in a different ballpark.
November 2021 so not too long ago !
Lrie13 t1_jaa8l53 wrote
I wanted this but my husband was not on board. We settled for a micro wedding at hotel Providence with about 25 people for under $5k