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Five briefings, before you sign

Five field guides to marrying in the Coachella Valley and the high desert: the licence, the calendar, the permits, eloping, and what it costs. Everything here is sourced to a county fee schedule, a municipal code section, or a rate card a business publishes itself.

The California Marriage License, in Two Counties

One form, ninety days, no waiting period, and a small pile of fees that shift depending on which side of the county line your ceremony sits.

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What the Desert Calendar Does to a Wedding Date

The desert's wedding season is the inverse of the country's. Here is the temperature data and the mechanism behind the wind through the pass.

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The Permit Question, City by City

The most expensive mistake in a desert wedding is assuming that renting a large private house entitles you to hold the wedding in it.

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The Small Wedding, Priced and Permitted

Two people, a park permit and a confidential license is the cheapest lawful wedding this region offers.

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What a Desert Wedding Costs, and What Nobody Prints

Eighty-nine businesses are written up across this site, forty-six venues and forty-three vendors, and the majority will not name a figure until you have emailed them.

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