I was interviewed for an article regarding the many changes to the Wedding industry in the Tahoe region.

“Once set to be on par with weddings in Las Vegas and Reno, Tahoe’s boom in weddings has slowed down—echoing the general downward trend in weddings.

Reverend Robert Orr has been doing weddings for 35 years in the Tahoe area. He, along with two others, started a wedding association in 1995 that operated on the south shore until about 2006. Along with others, like Rob McIntyre, who ran Chapel of the Bells, he says he did over 300 weddings a year.

A major reason why so many chapels got their start in the mid 1990s in Tahoe was because California decided to end the requirement for blood tests prior to 1995. Up until that point, standard marriage licenses needed …”

Read the full article over at the Tahoe Daily Tribune website.

Article written by Eli Ramos for the Tahoe Daily Trubune