100 Best U.S. Wedding Destinations (100 Best Series) [Paperback]

Kathryn Gabriel Loving (Author)

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Couples don't run away to get married these days - they get away, with twenty or thirty of their friends and family! An alternative to the traditional ceremony and reception, a destination wedding can be tailored to reflect a couple's unique sense of adventure and style. Whether it's a glacier in Alaska, a hacienda in New Mexico, a chapel railcar in Wisconsin, or a lighthouse in North Carolina, the perfect wedding site is waiting for you in this guide.
100 Best U.S. Wedding Destinations includes venues chosen for their picturesque settings, varied amenities, reputation for excellent service, and access to a wide range of wedding vendors experienced in fulfilling a couple's every need. Many of the sites also offer wedding packages and trained staff to help coordinate long-distance planning.

Look inside for:
Wedding sites for every taste and budget
Details about facilities, amenities, and catering
Pricing options and policies
Suggested activities for visiting guests
Other considerations such as climate and accessibility

About the Author

Travel writer and wedding photographer Kathryn Gabriel Loving lives and works in the Santa Fe-Albuquerque area of New Mexico, where she's been on the sidelines of many destination weddings. In this book she shares her expertise about the best of the best places to run away and get married throughout the United States.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: GPP Travel; 1st edition (January 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762737077
• ISBN-13: 978-0762737079
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,678,014 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Marginally Useful Resource for Getaway Weddings, October 22, 2006

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This review is from: 100 Best U.S. Wedding Destinations (100 Best Series) (Paperback)

While the information provided for each venue in this book is useful and detailed in its own right, the actual venues chosen are quite suspect in many cases. It seems pretty clear there is an arrangement with some of them to be included in the book, rather than being places that were discovered through research by the author. IOW, many great places are left out because they weren't part of the "marketing plan". Also, while it's admirable to include as many states as possible, the plain fact is many states simply lack any real destination "pull".

Example: South Carolina is a state with literally dozens of beautiful seaside resorts, huge gardens and old historic places where one might want to have a ceremony. There is ONE listing for South Carolina... the same number of places listed for Minnesota (Mall of America???). The fact that Mall of America made it into a listing of America's 100 best "destinations" for a wedding, tells you something about how carefully the places in this book were considered. Similarly one listing for Alaska seems incredibly short-sighted, considering all the cruises and beautiful National Parks there. Meantime there are more than 12 locations listed for New Mexico. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure there are some beautiful locations in NM, but that is a disproportionate number of listings for a place most people will not have on their "short list of states".

Another problem with the book is that it has about a dozen pictures total, all in the front of the book, so there are many many locations you don't even get a sense for. How is the average couple supposed to say "Yes, that's the place we want to look into!" if you can't even see a picture of it? Bottom line: many great locations are overlooked in favor of those the author presumably has some connection with, and that helps no one...

...I do not recommend this book other than to borrow from someone (just in case the place for you happens to be here).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not what you think!, December 6, 2008

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Nicole Dobbins "Nicole" (Mary Esther, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 100 Best U.S. Wedding Destinations (100 Best Series) (Paperback)

I thought this book would give 100 Best US Wedding 'Destinations' instead you get 100 Best Wedding 'Venues'....there's a big difference in the two! A destination is a city/state...NOT an actual venue/reception location. Also NO pictures at except for the photo essay in the beginning that includes just 14 photos. I wonder if the places in the book paid for to be listed as they are not the best, as I perceive, places for a venue.
Save your money on this one!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Unreliable, September 5, 2008

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MysteryMan "hoshidog" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 100 Best U.S. Wedding Destinations (100 Best Series) (Paperback)

The fact that this book recommends the Hartness House in Springfield, Vermont makes me doubt its worth. The Hartness House only looks good in the winter when the snow covers many of the problems. I would not trust this book.