| Toying with the idea of a winter destination wedding, | | | | the ceremony. Most ski areas and resorts have |
| but not sure you want to hold the most special | | | | wedding packages available, so you have your choice |
| moment of your life in the coldest months of the year? | | | | of such wonderful ski areas and resorts all over the |
| Maybe it's time to change your thinking. Winter | | | | country, like Lake Tahoe, California, Vail, Colorado and |
| weddings can be magical events. With a winter | | | | Stowe, Vermont. There's even one town in the |
| wedding you can choose any type of wedding you | | | | Adirondacks of New York which offer free skiing at |
| want. The bride can arrive at the church in a sleigh. Or, | | | | the town-owned Ski Center. Chestertown in the |
| maybe she can ski down a mountain slope at a fancy | | | | Adirondacks would make a great winter wedding |
| ski resort. Or, perhaps the bride and groom can enjoy | | | | location, offering wedding guests free cross-country |
| a sand ceremony on the beach. | | | | ski trails, a rope tow for downhill skiing, a tobogganing |
| Wait a minute. A sleigh, ski resort, and a beach? | | | | hill and a covered ice-skating rink. In addition, |
| Something doesn't belong here. We're talking winter, | | | | Chestertown has numerous cabins and bed and |
| right? | | | | breakfast inns for you and your guests. |
| That's the great part. A winter destination wedding or | | | | If some of your guests aren't into downhill skiing, many |
| elopement means you can chose the type of winter | | | | ski areas offer other winter activities, such as |
| you want. You can have the traditional winter of snow, | | | | cross-country skiing or tubing. |
| or head off to a warmer destination. So, what kind of | | | | Warmer Winter Weddings |
| a winter wedding do you want? | | | | Okay, so you're from Vermont and you're sick of |
| Snowy Winter Weddings | | | | snow. You want to get away from the snow for your |
| Let's face it. To some people there's nothing more | | | | wedding or elopement. Follow the sun! Florida, |
| romantic than sitting together in front of a roaring | | | | California, Arizona, Hawaii and Mexico. |
| fireplace, sipping hot cider, champagne or red wine. | | | | Phoenix, Arizona may seem like a furnace during the |
| Whether you're thinking of eloping, or planning a | | | | summer, but for winter weddings, it offers nice |
| destination wedding with a group of close relatives and | | | | weather, luxurious spas and resorts, as well as the |
| friends, a ceremony at a historic New England Inn or | | | | Desert Botanical Gardens in which to host your |
| ski resort in Colorado or Utah could be just for you. | | | | wedding. |
| Many inns and resorts of New England have special | | | | While California beaches may be colder during the |
| winter wedding packages, such as the Stonebridge | | | | winter months, they still are beautiful places to wed. |
| Country Club in Manchester, New Hampshire and the | | | | And, during the winter months, you can practically have |
| Interlaken Inn of Lakeville, Connecticut. | | | | some romantic beach spots to yourselves. |
| Perhaps you and your future spouse are ski fanatics. | | | | Winter weddings can offer so many choices. The hard |
| What better way to celebrate your marriage than to | | | | part will be deciding which wonderful wedding |
| have a wedding at your favorite ski resort? It will | | | | destination to choose. |
| certainly give your guests something fun to do after | | | | |