For many engaged couples, a destination wedding is a romantic way to express love and happiness. Couples choose places such as Las Vegas, Hawaii or the Caribbean but there is one place in the world that can beat all of those for the best place to marry-New Orleans!
For starters, New Orleans has some of the best locations to have a ceremony. From the historic Le Pavillon Hotel on Poydras to the newly renovated Roosevelt in the Central Business District to the Bourbon Orleans deep in the French Quarter, the city has first class sites that will treat brides like princesses with the royal treatment that has been going on for over a century.
If you want something a little funkier or off beat, places like the Louisiana Swap Exhibit at the Audubon Zoo, the Louisiana State Museum and the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas provide a unique place to celebrate your vows.
For some cities, certain times of the year are not a good time to marry due to an off season but in New Orleans, there is never an off season. Couples can get married as the ball drops at Jax Brewery on New Year’s Eve, can have a rock n roll wedding at the Jazz Fest or Voodoo Fest or watch the floats go by while getting married during Mardi Gras season.
Is the stress of planning a wedding too much to handle? Well if eloping is your thing, New Orleans has wedding chapels that will marry you at any place in the French Quarter including at the bank of the Mississippi River. With some of the best boutiques in the world, brides can find the dress of their dreams or the dress that is nontraditional.
If the most important part of your wedding is food, then New Orleans is the best place for you! From the famous Galitore’s to the always packed Acme Oyster House, there is a taste for even the pickiest eater. For the formal couple, a sit down dinner at such places as the Audubon Tearoom serves some of the best formal foods such as quail while for the casual couple, a buffet at Crescent City Brew house gives way for have conversation while eating some of the best Creole and Cajun foods.
So if you are at home, looking at your wedding books, wondering where is the best places to wed just remember that the Big Easy is always open.
