San Diego • Temecula • Southern California
Walled courtyards, low mountains and a sunset people plan the whole evening around. We write the ceremony around your story.
Weddings in Palm Springs
Palm Springs weddings run on the season rather than the calendar. Summer afternoons sit above a hundred degrees for weeks at a time, which puts almost every wedding here between autumn and late spring. That is when the courtyards work: Korakia Pensione with its walls and its quiet, Sparrows Lodge with its long tables, the bungalows at Colony Palms, the older ranch grounds at Smoke Tree Ranch. The mid century lines of the place show up in the photographs whether you plan for it or not.
The licence comes from the Riverside County Clerk-Recorder, since Palm Springs sits in Riverside County. Both of you have to appear together in person with valid government issued photo identification, the fee is a hundred and eleven dollars, and the licence is good for ninety days. You fill the application in online first and receive an order number, then book a time. Appointments are recommended rather than required, and the recommendation is worth taking in the busy months. If either of you finalised a divorce or a domestic partnership dissolution inside the ninety days before you apply, bring a copy of the final dissolution.
The light is the reason for the evening ceremony here. The sun drops behind the San Jacinto ridge and the whole valley goes warm and long for a stretch that photographers will ask you to protect. Ceremonies set thirty to sixty minutes ahead of that land in it without rushing. Gardens like Moorten Botanical Garden and the lawns out at Indian Canyons Golf Resort hold that light particularly well, and both are small enough that a voice carries without much help.
Guests underestimate the desert every time. Even in March the afternoon is warmer than the forecast feels, the air is dry, and people arrive having driven two hours from the coast without drinking anything. Water at the entrance, shade where the chairs are, a start time late enough that nobody is standing in full sun. Then keep the ceremony near twenty minutes, which is long enough to say everything true and short enough that the day stays comfortable.
A few of the places couples get married here. Ask us about yours.
A personal ceremony, thoughtfully led.
Everything you need for a ceremony that feels warm, personal, and unmistakably yours.
Starting at $595
Check Your DateYour story. Your vows. Your moment.
For couples who want a completely personalized ceremony experience.
Starting at $995
Check AvailabilityPrepare for the years, not the day.
Four sessions with us, the eight-module Get Your Ship Together curriculum, and the workbook and book posted to your home before you begin.
Starting at $600
Start Marriage PrepPrepare for the wedding. Invest in the marriage.
The Signature Ceremony, Marriage Prep and vow coaching, prepared together. Marriage Prep runs on the eight-module Get Your Ship Together curriculum.
Starting at $1,595
Begin Your ExperienceSignature
Prepare for the wedding. Then keep going.
Everything in The Marriage Experience, including the eight-module Get Your Ship Together curriculum, and then four more sessions across your first twelve months of marriage, at roughly one month, three months, six months and a year.
Starting at $2,150
Begin The First YearAlso serving Inland EmpireTemeculaOrange CountyLos AngelesSan Diego. Destination wedding inquiries are welcome.
Twenty minutes, no cost, no pressure. We talk about your day and whether we are the right fit.