Wedding Chapels in Gatlinburg, TN and Alternatives

You’ve decided that you want to get married and have chosen beautiful Gatlinburg, Tennessee as your wedding destination. Many couples immediately think that a chapel is what they are looking for. They may open a search engine and type in “wedding chapels in Gatlinburg, TN” or “cheap Gatlinburg wedding chapels”. Many of these same couples end up not choosing a Gatlinburg wedding chapel at all.

In fact, once the couple researches the available options, they instead find themselves opting for an outdoor or a cabin wedding. With our endless beauty here in the Smoky Mountains, it’s not a bad choice at all!

With the options Elope to Gatlinburg has access to, cheesy 1970s decorated Gatlinburg wedding chapels are a thing of the past. We have been offering our wedding services since 2013 and have numerous breathtaking locations for you to pick from. With us, you aren’t limited to a dimly lit and sterile feeling wedding chapel.

The positives of having a chapel wedding in Gatlinburg are fairly slim. First, we would point out that having a covered or an indoor area could be nice in inclement weather. However, we have some outdoor ceremony locations that offer pavilions that are nice in the event of rain. Going one step further, we even have an outdoor location that has outdoor heaters under a covered pavilion for those chilly fall days.

If you are concerned about the temperature or the precipitation on your wedding day, though, there are still better options than going with a Gatlinburg wedding chapel. We will discuss those options later on in this page.

Unfortunately, there are many things about the wedding chapels here that you should be aware of. Starting out with the aesthetics; many wedding chapels in Gatlinburg look like they have not been updated since the 1970s. They are often dimly lit and have a weird sterile environment to them.

The next issue with chapel weddings in Gatlinburg is that many chapels are very demanding. They have a giant list of rules that must be followed or you will be in violation of your contract. Some of these crazy rules are: Absolutely no guest photography, absolutely no guest video recording, absolutely no cell phones, etc.

It’s the 21st century. Elope to Gatlinburg is a full-service wedding company and takes over 150,000 photography shots a year. While we would agree that guests can definitely interfere with the photography aspect, the strictness level it is taken to by the Gatlinburg wedding chapels has more to do with selling you overpriced prints or digital downloads than affecting the quality of your photos.

If you are considering booking a ceremony with a wedding chapel in Gatlinburg, always read the fine print. Be fully informed. Ask how much the digital downloads and print release cost. If they won’t tell you…be worried. Unfortunately, many Gatlinburg wedding chapels advertise low rates to get you into the door.

After that, they can charge up to $2000 just for your photos with a print release. Additionally, it is not uncommon for these wedding chapels to nickel and dime you along the way for the smallest of things.

Ridiculous. But, there are alternatives…