100 Best U.S. Wedding Destinations (100 Best Series)
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Manufacturer: GPP Travel
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 395.220973
EAN: 9780762737079
ISBN: 0762737077
Label: GPP Travel
Manufacturer: GPP Travel
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Publisher: GPP Travel
Studio: GPP Travel
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Editorial Reviews:
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Couples don't run away to get married these days, they get away with twenty or thirty of their friends and family, and they're not all flying to the Caribbean. Kathryn Gabriel Loving has tracked down the 100 best spots in the United States for a "wedding moon." For those who opt for destination weddings, the world is their chapel; their weddings reflect their sense of adventure, unique style, and desire to set their ceremony in nature, antiquity, or culture. This book gives couples the tools to find their ideal wedding site and plan the big event from a distance. Travel writer and wedding photographer.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Not what you think!
Comment: I thought this book would give 100 Best US Wedding 'Destinations' instead you get 100 Best Wedding 'Venues'....there's a big difference in the two! A destination is a city/state...NOT an actual venue/reception location. Also NO pictures at except for the photo essay in the beginning that includes just 14 photos. I wonder if the places in the book paid for to be listed as they are not the best, as I perceive, places for a venue.
Save your money on this one!
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Summary: Unreliable
Comment: The fact that this book recommends the Hartness House in Springfield, Vermont makes me doubt its worth. The Hartness House only looks good in the winter when the snow covers many of the problems. I would not trust this book.
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Summary: destination wedding book
Comment: No pictures, outdated information. There are thousands of sites I've found online that are not included in this book. And, the ones they rate as the best are definitely not. Very disappointed. Their research is flawed.
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Summary: Wedding Destinations is just that
Comment: I own a info website and thought that this book would be useful for assisting in the reviews and generating ideas. It did just that, although some of the desinations seemed to mundane.
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Summary: Marginally Useful Resource for Getaway Weddings
Comment: While the information provided for each venue in this book is useful and detailed in its own right, the actual venues chosen are quite suspect in many cases. It seems pretty clear there is an arrangement with some of them to be included in the book, rather than being places that were discovered through research by the author. IOW, many great places are left out because they weren't part of the "marketing plan". Also, while it's admirable to include as many states as possible, the plain fact is many states simply lack any real destination "pull".
Example: South Carolina is a state with literally dozens of beautiful seaside resorts, huge gardens and old historic places where one might want to have a ceremony. There is ONE listing for South Carolina... the same number of places listed for Minnesota (Mall of America???). The fact that Mall of America made it into a listing of America's 100 best "destinations" for a wedding, tells you something about how carefully the places in this book were considered. Similarly one listing for Alaska seems incredibly short-sighted, considering all the cruises and beautiful National Parks there. Meantime there are more than 12 locations listed for New Mexico. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure there are some beautiful locations in NM, but that is a disproportionate number of listings for a place most people will not have on their "short list of states".
Another problem with the book is that it has about a dozen pictures total, all in the front of the book, so there are many many locations you don't even get a sense for. How is the average couple supposed to say "Yes, that's the place we want to look into!" if you can't even see a picture of it? Bottom line: many great locations are overlooked in favor of those the author presumably has some connection with, and that helps no one...
...I do not recommend this book other than to borrow from someone (just in case the place for you happens to be here).
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