| Moab has a number of talented individuals to care for | | | | approved by the South Eastern Utah Health |
| the floral arrangements, create an elaborate cake, play | | | | Department, their staff hold Food Handler cards and |
| music or tackle the set up of event tents and matters. | | | | these companies have unlimited experience in food |
| The charm of Moab cast a spell upon your first visit. | | | | preparation, ice chest and waste management in the |
| Moab beckons to you, now that love has magically | | | | outdoors, conducting food handling without plumbing or |
| sprinkled you and a beloved. | | | | electricity. |
| Arches and Canyonlands National Parks have the | | | | The hospitality industry in Moab has two riverside |
| spacious views of the world laying out before you, a | | | | resorts, enveloped in canyon scenery, and attentive |
| fine metaphor for a couple sealing a future together | | | | staff to create a flawless wedding day. For a July or |
| with the world of possibilities laying ahead for | | | | August wedding, seek the alpine climate of the La Sal |
| togehterness. A National Park wedding may be | | | | Mountains to enjoy Whispering Oaks Ranch. Each of |
| restricted by the number of vehicles, but not by | | | | these three settings has on-site food service and |
| endless views of scenery. Typically only two vehicles | | | | feature wedding party expertise. Within the city |
| will be permitted to occupy parking spaces. In Moab, | | | | boundaries of Moab, the Aarchway Inn is remarkable. |
| for Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, shuttle | | | | Combine the courtyard with the event lawn and |
| companies can be contracted to remedy this condition | | | | pavilion for a fantastic outdoor wedding. Another |
| of the park. A special use permit will be required. Apply | | | | approach to marrying in Moab, would be to rent a |
| for the permit by submitting Form 10-9302 with $55 | | | | facility like Canyonlands by Night or Bar-M |
| application fee for wedding. Allow at least 14 days for | | | | Chuckwagon. These venues can provide food service |
| processing this initial step and about 4 weeks all told. If | | | | for 300 or more guests. |
| approved expect to pay an additional $130 for | | | | The following unique venues to consider might not be |
| administration costs. This includes two hours of | | | | obvious. Three Dogs and a Moose are four |
| monitoring fees. Understand if additional monitoring will | | | | sumptuous cottages adjacent to a common garden. |
| be required by park service as this costs $50 an hour | | | | The sister property Cali Cochitta has long been an |
| per park service employee. The conditions for a | | | | intimate space for wedding celebrations. Cali Cochitta |
| National Park permit are clearly indicated, like throwing | | | | has stylish catering services to add elegance for an |
| rice or seed will be prohibited, etc. There will be no | | | | endearing wedding. Cali Cochitta caters for Three |
| park closures. The general visitor may look on. | | | | Dogs and A Moose property too. |
| Besides Arches and Canyonlands National Parks of | | | | Upon inspection of Moab's Historic Star Hall, the bride |
| Moab, Dead Horse Point State Park is a ubiquitous | | | | and groom will note plenty of parking and a quiet side |
| desert setting worthy of consideration for a wedding | | | | street of Moab. A congregation of 289 guests with |
| too. Like the national parks, a special use permit is | | | | space for three wheel chairs is housed in Star Hall. |
| required. Fees vary from park to park, however, $10 | | | | The stage can be enhanced with amplified sound. |
| must accompany the application once you have | | | | Dressing rooms downstairs permit the bride and |
| discussed with the park manager the size, dates and | | | | groom an adequate space to ready for this most |
| explored the park site for feasibility. | | | | prestigious moment. From the dressing rooms, exits |
| The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has tracts of | | | | outdoors enable them to re-enter this 2009 renovated |
| unrelenting beauty too. It is necessary to review the | | | | theater from the front doors and march the aisle up to |
| Comprehensive Operating Plan, prepare a | | | | the altar. No food or drink are allowed in Star Hall, |
| topographical map indicating proposed use, insure | | | | however, adjacent to the hall is the sun court, a colorful |
| according to BLM's specified amounts, and fill out Form | | | | landscaped space for a reception. |
| 2930-1 (Special Recreation Application and Permit). | | | | Moab as a destination wedding offers elegance and |
| Contact the Moab Field Office early in the planning | | | | style in a tremendous russet setting of stone. Another |
| stages, time required to process is related to the work | | | | imaginative metaphor, begin your marriage in a place |
| load at the time and varies. The Bureau of Land | | | | that is dimensionally solid, just like you, the bride and |
| Management has enumerable locations to consider for | | | | groom, desire for your relationship, wedding day |
| a wedding. Local Moab tour operators render services | | | | forward. |
| for remote food service. The tour operators are | | | | |