Unusual Wedding Venues take us to some really interesting places… Some people I know are planning their weddings at the moment and to be honest, it all seems like an awful lot of hard work to do something extremely similar to every other couple who have been married… It’s all white dresses, kilts, church (even though they are not religious in the slightest) hotel reception, cake and then a photo session before the whole wedding party gets drunk and falls over.
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So out of curiosity, I did some research on weddings with a bit more bite!
The first one I researched was a Wild West Wedding or a Ranch Wedding I thought this might be fun. I found a place in Texas called the Red Corral Ranch who cater for traditional(ish) weddings and also proper cowboy/cowgirl weddings in a barn with a “finger lickin’ barbecue and a Hoe-Down”, now that sounds more fun than a sit-down meal with a choice of chicken or fish!!
Red Corral Ranch is situated in central Texas near Austin, and from the pictures looks beautiful, with the clearest of clear sky’s and rolling hills all around and the accommodation looks amazing, probably better than any 4* Hotel you would get in any city. Think of the wedding photographs!!
As well as the Big Red Barn to get married in there is also the option of The Butterfly Garden in the grounds of the ranch which in spring/summer has millions of colorful butterflies flapping about like living confetti.
There is also is the “The Labyrinth” which is a wooden platform on the highest peak in the ranch looking over Winslow Creek. The views are incredible. The Labyrinth was handcrafted by the son of the ranch owners and holds up to 60 guests seated for the ceremony and then back to the Celebration Hall (a Wooden Church) or The Big Red Barn for the reception/hoe-down!!
A word of warning, though, this is maybe not the place for veggies as the barbecue would be a lot of red meat, red meat, and more read meat. But the food looks amazing…
The wedding packages are pretty good, the main expense would be getting to Texas and accommodation.
For anyone who wants to get married wearing cowboy boots and a Stetson or the usual penguin suit and fairy princess' dress… both are welcome.
Looks like a lot of fun
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