Being such a special event, a wedding is one of those things that can be so planned it gets over planned! Sometimes getting away from home makes for a much more relaxed wedding where the focus is on the bride and groom, not on what the groom's grandmother thinks about the bride's grandmother or any other distracting issue anyone in the family might have! Wedding chapels in Tennessee gets quite busy in the warmer months as many couples wish for a wedding in a beautiful, warm, southern setting and perhaps some distance away from bickering family members.

Wedding chapels In Tennessee are found all over in cities such as Knoxville and Memphis where couples can get married by "Elvis!" Perhaps the most concentrated area of wedding chapels in Tennessee is around the Great Smoky Mountains. Gatlinburg weddings are the most popular out of all the other Tennessee wedding destinations. The main reason being is that Gatlinburg is an exceptionally exquisite natural area and borders on the Great Smoky Mountain National Park

Gatlinburg weddings are also available in several very affordable packages that equate to much less than the thousands of dollars many families insist on being spent on over-the-top weddings that many couples don't enjoy! The simplest, no frill's Gatlinburg weddings package is a mere $100 and basically only includes the service of the minister who will perform the ceremony right in your Tennessee cabin if you choose. Many other packages, with all the frills, are also available.

When choosing to get married in Gatlinburg there are several Gatlinburg wedding chapels available. Chapel at the Park is a very popular Gatlinburg wedding chapel which is secluded and surrounded by the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. They also offer wedding packages and honeymoon cabin rentals in the park. Since the Smoky Mountains do offer such a gorgeous backdrop there are several Gatlinburg wedding chapels in the vicinity that are set in pristine natural locales in the mountain area. Some of these Gatlinburg wedding chapels are exclusively log chapels that are set by lovely mountain streams, covered bridges and charming gazebos for a mountain wedding paradise.

A Nashville wedding offers a little more choice in unique locales for the ceremony and normally includes quite a party afterward! A Nashville wedding could take place in one of the areas mansions made available for weddings. Belle Meade Mansion is just one of the historically significant locations for a Nashville wedding. Many of the mansions can be rented by the hour. They are restored to their original glory and offer the perfect setting for a Southern Belle style Nashville wedding.

Castles in the area also provide a special location for a Nashville wedding. Hundred Oaks Castle just outside of Nashville is one of the few remaining castles in North America and turns a wedding into a true-life fairytale. More than 200 years old, Rock Castle provides an elegant setting for a Nashville wedding. Other Nashville wedding ideas include a bed and breakfast wedding or a local chapel to fulfill vows. No matter which option is chosen for a wedding, it is the most special time in people's lives and the element of love will overshadow any mountainside, cabin, chapel or castle with its own vibrant and unique rainbow.