Chapel of the Bells

just got married here got paid way more then they said it was going to be and got less of what they told me i was going to get instead of the 4 pictures i was going to get 2 instead of the listed price on the package i paid way more a few hundred dollars more they were late picking us up from our hotel. it seemed rushed and they were rude to my family we couldnt take our own pictures for the wedding we were already over charged for. im kinda mad i didnt read the reviews before going to this chapel. driver was nice and polite but once we got to the chapel it just went left and wanted to get the hell out of there.

My husband and I renewed our vows last Tuesday 10÷27÷15. We’ve been married 17 years and we had planned a trip to Las Vegas back in the spring with 5 friends. One of our favorite movies is «Vegas Vacation» with Chevy Chase and Beverly DeAngelo. So, my husband said that we should renew our vows at the same chapel that Clark «Sparky» Griswold and Ellen Priscilla Ruth Smith Griswold did. So, I called and spoke to Mary at Chapel of the Bells. She was SOO helpful, professional and polite! After reading other reviews, I was a little worried. However, Mary explained everything to me, including the price for each item. So I was not surprised by any of the charges because I knew ahead of time how much it would cost. Mary kept in contact with me to confirm my date/​time and what time to send a car to pick us up. The limo was beautiful — not outdated at all. Rick, the limo driver, was in a suit and was very professional, opening the doors for us and talking to us during the drive. When we arrived at the chapel, it was just as I pictured-​just like the movie-​including the pink motel next door! I was super excited as we entered. Jon Ross went over everything with us (Mary was off that day, unfortunately. I wanted to meet her and give her a big hug for all of her help!) The ceremony was beautiful. Pastor Steve did a very touching reading that had us all in tears. He made it personal to us. And then the photographer took lots of pictures inside and outside. We went through the pictures and picked out the ones we liked and bought a small package. Our «best man» bought us the DVD of the service so we can have it to show everyone back home in PA. It was just a spectacular day, and I would definitely recommend Chapel of the Bells! Don’t go by the reviews below about being scammed. All you have to do is ask and they will tell you the price for everything up front! It was totally worth the money! And I have a memory of Las Vegas that will last a lifetime! Thank you Mary, Jon, Pastor Steve, Rick and photographer!

This place is a scam. They steal your money and never let you see the venue. They are very rude and unprofessional. I put down payment to reserve our venue and because of how they dealt with me i decided to take my business else were. They would not refund my deposit of 500 $. I gave them plenty of advance notice my wedding isn’t till December. I wish i could give them a worse review with no stars. DON’T BOOK HERE IT’S A SCAM.

This place is a scam. We touched the flowers and they wanted us to rent them for $ 100. then they ruined our wedding and made us wait for hour. This place is a massive scam. do not come here ever. They are the worst thing to happen to las vegas

They were the rudest people I’ve ever met my friend got married there and I was very disappointed how they ruined her day. Not even worth 1 star!

We were married on April 10^th, 2015 at Chapel of the Bells and were/​are very happy with our whole package. Keep in mind when booking/​planning a Vegas wedding that you get what you are willing to pay for… its that simple. Do your research and have a budget… ask questions. There will be added expenses so expect those, photographs and tips for the driver and minister… expect it at the chapel. These folks are in the business of creating an environment and conducting quick weddings, nothing more, they are not your family/​friends, they are cordial and friendly to deal with, but like the rest of Vegas they operate on money. Everything went as planned because it was well planned before we left Michigan. Get the details worked out early on and communicate with the Chapel before you leave home and well before the ceremony. Have fun, be flexible, and understanding and realistic in your expectations
Follow the instructions you receive from the Chapel, and keep in mind… this isn’t your grandma’s style of wedding… its’ VEGAS baby!!!

Got to chapel and they didn’t say anything told us to stand here and waved us when music started we didn’t get to rehears anything they didn’t even speak to us. The ministry barely spoke clearly and she was fast speaking. It was so fast like they wanted us out. 18 percent gratuities on top that we didn’t know about my packaged paid for the ministry and they wanted me to tip more. The guy did our pictures so fast. For an additional picture it’s 85 per pose. You can’t take pictures. It was awful. Thank goodness I had friends to take us somewhere to take more photos. Should have done a drive through it felt the same.

Exceeded our expectations! Yes the outside is a tiny bit cheesy BUT the chapel inside was so pretty and well kept. We flew in from NJ and stayed at a hotel on the strip. Booked a few months in advance. Our driver was right on time and very friendly. The minister was terrific and his ceremony actually had us teary eyed. So much nicer than we imagined. The photographer did a fantastic job of making us 40 something’s look great. We were so pleased with the pictures that we bought them all. Zero pressure. Friendly and welcoming staff. A great choice for a second wedding or a renewal of vows, or anyone who just wants to avoid the chaos, stress and expense of a big wedding. The only thing I wish was different was that I wish we could have taken our picture disk home with us. We are anxiously waiting for it to come this week.

I called to ask for price quotes. The guy who answered the phone had an attitude the whole time. I was very friendly and he talks to you like you owe him a favor and sounded like a dik. That alone makes me cringe and will not even go there no matter the price. That’s it. I was trying to add zero stars here for that place but the lowest is 1 star

We were married at The World Famous Chapel of the Bells on 11÷9÷12. Chris Thurman was our concierge driving us to and from our hotel and from the courthouse to the chapel.(the rides were included in our wedding package) He was wonderful! He gave us great tips on cab rides, great restaurants and even some history and interesting facts about Old and new Las Vegas. He was very knowledgable and funny. :) Our reverend, Rev. Bird did a great job. It was a small intimate, wedding and perfect for us. The package deals for the wedding itself were reasonable and our pictures we ordered came right before our 1 month wedding anniversary. I would recommend this place to anyone who is thinking of getting married in Las Vegas! Thanks again Chris Thurman. :)

There’s a lot to this. The short?
Crap customer service, can’t remember to return calls and are very rude.
Crap photographer.
$ 500 CD of photos, maybe 50 photos on it (many of which are just the same photos in black and white and sepia) With probably 10 decent pics on it because the photog sat in the corner.
TOOK ME ONE YEAR TO GET SAID PHOTOS!
Great officiant.
There are too many quickie chapels in Vegas to go here.
So, we chose Chapel of the Bells because my parents were actually married here.
Décor wise little has changed since their wedding in the 80’s. That’s fine, it was a kitschy Vegas wedding.
Unfortunately little has changed technology wise either. For music I brought my ipod and speakers, that’s fine too, I can roll with it, I’m getting married to my best friend of 10 years, the rest hardly matters.
We booked a whole year in advance. Since they do not allow outside photographers I was very specific about asking if the incredibly expensive and limited number of pictures in the package we were buying were chosen by me and my future hubby, or some stranger just picking and choosing what he liked.
Mary was very clear about our ability to pick them. Good, if I’m only getting 3 shots of my wedding I need them to be good ones.
I asked if the photog had a portfolio. Mary scoffed. «no, no portfolio, only like 20 year of experience»
red flag. Oh well, just go with it.
I call 6 months out. Check to make sure our reservation is still on the books, and ask again about picking the pictures. Mary tells me again that we choose them.
Call two days before. Same convo with Mary.
The big day arrives. The officiant who married us was an absolute doll. He did a fabulous job and led a beautiful ceremony.
The Photographer stood in the corner.
Red Flag.
The next day I call Mary, since my Mother in Law had paid for the package I had not gotten the specifics on ordering the pictures. She told me they would email me a code in a few weeks and I could see the pics on line.
OK.
4 weeks later I call Mary. «oh you haven’t gotten the code? Let me see if I can find it, I’ll call you Monday»
This, ‘I’ll call you Monday’ routine lasted 2 months.
Then one day, a large envelope arrives. Guess whats in it. Three crappy pictures from Chapel of The Bells.
I call Mary again. guess what, she will call me Monday.
Again I don’t receive a call back. I call Mary and tell her I need to speak with someone else.
I am transferred to a man who can’t talk, He is driving you see, and he has the business line of Chapel of the Bells transferred to his cell phone which he doesn’t not have a hands free set for.
Here’s and idea, buy a hands free set.
When I do get to talk to him I explain what happened. He gives me the website info and tells me to pick out the photos I want. I do so, and call him back with the numbers.
He tells me it will take a couple of months to get them.
I wait, and wait. And I call back. He has no recollection of this happening and transfers me to the «photo department»
The woman a deal with from this point on is a gem. She asks me why I waited so long, its been about 6 months at this point. Really? I tell her the whole story and to that she says ‘We don’t do that, you get images we choose, no one would have told you that’ Oh really?
Well, I’m not happy with these images, I paid money, I WAS told I would pick, so what now.
She doesn’t understand why I can’t just be happy with what I got. Because they are not good photos I tell her. She tells me that she doesn’t think she can even get the photos for me, since its been so long.
This is exactly what you want to hear about your wedding photos.
So, A year after my wedding, and I have to pay $ 300, on top of the $ 200 we already shelled out, for the whole CD of the pictures. There are maybe 50 pictures on the CD, ¹⁄₃ of which are just the same pictures but they clicked the sepia button in photo shop and added some crap shadow effect around the edges. If this is 20 years of experience I am a freaking unicorn. I am not happy.
Just don’t. Seriously.

My husband and I had an excellent experience with Chapel of the Bells. They called us early in the day to confirm the location of our hotel. We were picked up promptly at our scheduled time in a very nice, clean Cadillac. The driver was very friendly and made conversation with us on the drive.
Upon arriving at the Chapel, my husband and I went inside to confirm everything with no issues. The man (who was also the photographer) was very nice and the minister was very sweet and gave us a great ceremony.
We did not feel rushed at all. They even let us wait a few moments for my sister-​in-​law to arrive and let us take all the time we wanted afterwards to take photos outside the chapel. (No cameras are allowed inside the chapel, so be forewarned. I think most, if not all LV chapels are this way though.)
My only complaint is that when I went to make my reservation, the man I spoke to on the phone was a little short with me. I also had asked if we were able to choose which photos we received with our package and they said yes over the phone, but when we were confirming everything they insisted that they choose the best pictures and we can purchase more later.

wow. Extremely disappointing. We got married here last Thursday. The minister was VERY sweet, nice man. The woman at the desk was nice… but then there was the photographer [yes. Thank you so very much for yawning in the middle of us getting married and staring blankly in different directions]. and then the male that showed us our photos [drug problem?! What the hell his problem was, is beyond both myself and my now husband]. We booked a couple days prior. we knew for months we were coming down to get married, and I should have scheduled else where before we left. but I didn’t. and this is what we got stuck with. We paid the extra $ 75 and they picked us up from the hotel and brought us to the chapel [in the middle of nothing good] and attached to a seedy hotel. Afterward they dropped us where we wanted to be dropped off at. Didn’t realize our package included NO pictures. and for the awful photography the young girl took and ultra cheesy photos. we were not about to spend the almost $ 400 they wanted, or the $ 85 per 8×10. They said we could view the photos in 4 – 5 months from now. but we aren’t even sure WHERE to view them at… Obviously not their website.
Seriously. do not waste your time or money.

I got married here in September 2009. It wasn’t my first choice, but since Wee Kirk cancelled on us at the last minute, we went with The Chapel of the Bells.
It was a beautiful, small ceremony, Minister Bird was really sweet. I will not give them 5 stars only because they told us to take las vegas blvd from the luxor, and it took us over an hour an a half to get there. everyone who took the freeway was there in ten minutes. we were supposed to be getting married at 8:50pm, we didn’t get there until past 10:30. No Vegas-​ian in their right mind would tell someone to take las vegas blvd to get to the other side of the strip.
i completely forgot to ask M. Bird to make the ceremony less religious/​preachy, but he didn’t go overboard with it.
The price is good, it’s a pretty little place, the lighting is great (we got some wonderful photos). and they DID take the time to wait for us (i’ll admit my best friend gets the props for coercing them and they WEREN’T happy, but they didn’t really show it to us when we got there). I was glad that they were able to save the day too! Their least expensive package includes an audio recording of our exchanged vows, which is a really nice touch.
Don’t let the neon sign fool you. It’s a place with taste and class. I was worried at first too.
In the end, it doesn’t really matter where you got married, just that you’ve married the right person!
We’re still both very happy and thanks to the Chapel of the Bells for starting us off right!