I had the pleasure of photographing and videoing this Balboa Park engagement shoot San Diego California.
Many Vegas chapels won’t allow photographers. Shocked? Yes it is shocking I will admit! About 40% of the Hotels and Casinos on the Las Vegas Boulevard are owned by MGM Properties. If you get married at any MGM property you absolutely cannot bring your own photographer or videographer. In fact you could be a billionaire and offer them your retirement savings, but they still won’t allow outside wedding vendors.
Another 30-40% of the hotels and casinos on the strip are owned by Caesars Group. Caesars group are actually very generous about allowing brides and grooms to bring their own wedding vendors for a fee.
The rest of the chapels both on and off the strip are either privately owned, or owned by smaller organizations or more independent casino chains, and they make their own rules.
Want to avoid the Las Vegas Chapel completely? Wedding Planner Jamelle Johnson likes to say “Think Outside the Chapel.”
“Las Vegas Wedding Venue won’t allow photographer inside”
“No photographers.”
How to plan your wedding when your Las Vegas Wedding Venue won’t allow your photographer inside.
A Guide for Brides.
DON’T SWEAT IT!
As somebody who got married in Las Vegas, Las Vegas weddings are close to my heart. I’m also a fan of Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson, and Las Vegas has a special place in the heart of the fans of both of those guys! The King of Rock’n’Roll, and The King of Pop!
When you’re planning your wedding in Las Vegas there are all sorts of rules and regulations that you may not be aware of that are specific to Las Vegas only!
Many chapels and hotels will not allow you to choose your own photographer, videographer, florist, or officiant.
Considering that your photography and video are the two things that last the test of time, and last even after both of you have passed away, this is definitely something important to take into consideration. I thought I would create a guide for bride and grooms planning a wedding in Las Vegas as to the wedding chapels and hotels that do not allow you to bring your own photographer, and those that do. Do you have your heart set on a location that doesn’t allow you to bring a photographer? Don’t sweat! There are options. Joshua and I got married at a small Elvis chapel that wouldn’t let us bring our photographer in. We got married at 12 noon, and we had our amazing photographer start at 2pm. I had my heart set on my photographer, but I also had my heart set on my wedding chapel. The ceremony was so short and rushed, that it wasn’t too upsetting that my photographer wasn’t able to come inside. Between 2pm and 7pm we took 5 hours of couples photographs with our photographer around the strip. We also booked the Las Vegas Neon Museum and I had wanted a mix of light and dark photos and wanted to be there right at the hour of sunset, so our photographer timed this well for us. We finished off with photos at the cheesy Las Vegas sign! (How could you not??)
So I don’t want you to worry if you want to choose a venue that has a ban on photographers, you can still have the rest of your day captured.
Choosing your photographer and videographer should be the most important thing on your to do list. Why? Because photos and video last for life.
It’s great to spend a lot of money on a venue, flowers, a dress, but nobody remembers the food a week later. The dress often goes into a cupboard to be forgotten, and it doesn’t matter how beautiful it is if you didn’t get the right photographs. Choose your photographer, then choose your venue based around what they do and do not allow.
<h1>The following chapels and hotels
do
allow you to bring your own vendors, photographer, videographer, florist.</h1>
All Total Rewards hotel + Casinos allow the bride and groom to bring their own photographer and videographer to their wedding ceremony.
Be aware that the hotels do charge a fee that can range from $100 to $200.
Total Rewards hotel + casinos in Las Vegas that do allow brides and grooms to bring their own wedding photographer and/or videographer include:
Harrah’s Las Vegas,
The Cromwell Las Vegas,
The LINQ Las Vegas,
Bally’s Las Vegas,
Caesars Palace Lsa Vegas
Rio All-Suite Hotel + Casino,
Paris Las Vegas,
Planet Hollywood Resort + Casino.
The Flamingo wedding chapel locations allow you to bring your own vendors at a rate of $150 per vendor.
The Little Vegas Chapel is a quaint white wedding chapel located towards the Stratosphere. Their external vendor fee for photographers is $150 which is very reasonable.
Brad + Liz had their wedding elopement at the Little Vegas Chapel. (click to see photos)
The Little White Wedding Chapel downtown is one of the chapels that allows brides to bring their own vendors for a fee.
The little white chapel at Viva Las Vegas Wedding Chapel allows couples to use their own photographer for a $300 fee.
A Wedding Chapel in LV allows brides to bring their own photographer for a very reasonable fee of $150 per hour. One hour is usually enough.
Zohar owns The Royal Wedding Chapel Las Vegas, and they allow outside photographers for a reasonable fee.
A Little White Chapel allows brides and grooms to bring their own photographer for a $150 ‘outside vendor’ fee. Their ceremonies start at $75 plus the ministers fee and the gazebo itself has no charge. The chapel is known for the weddings of Joan Collins, and Michael Jordan, and they have a 24 hour drive up wedding window.
1301 Las Vegas Blvd South – 702 382 5943 A Little White Chapel has wedding ceremonies ranging from $242 to $1800
<h1>The following chapels and hotels
do not
allow you to bring your own vendors, photographer, videographer, florist, officiant.</h1>
M-Life Casino/Hotels.
BELLAGIO®
ARIA®
VDARA®
MGM GRAND®
The Signature at MGM Grand®
MANDALAY BAY®
DELANO™ LAS VEGAS.
THE MIRAGE®
Gracelands Wedding Chapel is one of the small chapels off the strip that does not allow brides to bring their own vendors. Little Chapel of the West does NOT allow you to bring your own photographer or videographer. Wedding Chapel of Las Vegas also do NOT allow you to bring your outside vendors.
Do not fear. If you are getting married at one of the “No outside vendors” wedding venues it does not mean that you can’t have your chosen photographer for the rest of the day.
A Las Vegas wedding photographer like myself is happy to meet you at your hotel room, photograph the detail shots, and your preparation photographs, do any photographs you would like to do prior to the wedding ceremony, and then meet you again after your wedding ceremony for hours of photographs on the strip as well as your reception!
xoxo Sky Simone
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Would you happen to know if the hilton hotel in lake Las Vegas allows outside photographers and brides to take pictures? Have a bride asking about photos there.
Hi Kelly, you’re best calling the hotel and asking them. If they say you can’t take photographs there, then ask them “Is there an outside vendor fee the client can pay?”
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