I am so thrilled with how our day (or rather weekend) went! I have loved the recap posts and budget breakdowns on this subreddit, (thanks to everyone for posting!) so here is ours for our 9-17-16 destination wedding in Vegas!
PICS!! http://imgur.com/a/wjuW6

• Decision to have our wedding in Vegas! – I am so happy we did this. In the final weeks of planning, both DH and I were having our doubts as to this decision simply because of planning travel as well, it’s planning a big group vacation! But I am so glad we did, from the guests that had never been to Vegas before, to the many that saw awesome shows and hit the town, to the others that took trips to the Grand Canyon, so many people really enjoyed it and made the most of it. Also a lot of our guests were very lucky gambling! Also working with all the vendors was a breeze, not a single issue with any one, all communications were on point and they were extremely accommodating.
• Guests breakdown – We invited a total of 84 people of which 5 were courtesy invites (too old to travel/bedridden) so that is really a total of 79. We had 47 attendees of the wedding, including 5 very last minute cancellations. The good thing about Vegas venues is they are so ON TOP OF WEDDINGS having last minute cancellations was not a big deal. We really got to hang out with each person and since it was more of a weekend than a day if we didn’t talk to them much at the reception we made time for them at brunch or the pool party the day after.
• Weekend itinerary – The Friday night before our wedding we had a “rehearsal” dinner with the immediate family. We didn’t need to actually rehearse, and since it was destination and everyone was traveling, we just limited it to our parents and siblings, it was perfect. Saturday we got ready starting at 11:30, first look was at 4:00, ceremony started at 5:30, the reception was from 6:30-10:30 with an after party at the Mirage casino that went late into the night. Everything went very smoothly, except from our ceremony to our reception, the limo got in a fender bender! They got us another limo very fast and we were only 15 minutes behind our scheduled arrival to the reception. Sunday we hosted a buffet brunch at Flamingo and then a pool party for the friends at the Flamingo pool, we had reserved a cabana and partied the day away. After that we said goodbye to our remaining guests to start our honeymoon which was just a bit more time in Vegas with some activities planned.
• Budget overall – total we spent a little over $16k on the wedding from everything to travel, ceremony, reception, rehearsal dinner, brunch, pool party, etc. My father generously gifted us about $10k. Other than that, we didn’t really have a budget, but we definitely spent a little more than I had thought we would. In the end, I think it was all worth it.
• Budget breakdown

1. $137 – Invitations – we didn’t do Save the Dates and just sent our invites very early, we used Zazzle and they turned out great.
   
2. $109 – Décor – Zazzle and Oriental Trading Company. We printed some table numbers, a sign for our seating chart, and our seating chart was decks of cards with guest’s names and table numbers on them. Other than the centerpieces, that was all we did!
   
3. $1040 – Bridal look – my dress was only $99 from David’s Bridal, but I spent $450 in alterations! My shoes ($129) hurt so bad I only wore them for 45 minutes. I forgot my veil ($55) in the room, oops! My hair and makeup was my favorite part, Amelia C & Co were simply amazing and did exactly what I wanted for hair and makeup.
   
4. $786 – Groom look – Hugo Boss suit ($438 outlet mall), alterations, tie, shoes, cuff links, tie clip (he will wear all this again, so excluded from wedding budget)
   
5. $1800 – Travel – dogs & cat boarding, flights, hotels, airport parking
   
6. $350 – Getting Ready Lunch – I ordered room service and mimosas and my mom gifted party platters from Firehouse Subs for the girls while we got ready.
   
7. $2750 – Ceremony – Caesar’s Palace, included outside photographer fee, video, bouquet, MOH bouquet, 2 boutonnieres, keyboardist, officiant, 1 nights stay in Palace Tower
   
8. $300 – Shuttle – Bell Transportation. From ceremony to reception we took 2 shuttles and a limo. The limo was just FH and I and perhaps one of my favorite parts, just having that 10 minutes to ourselves right after the ceremony to be like “OMG WOW WE ARE MARRIED!”
   
9. $800 – Photography – Todd Wilson, 6 hours. You can get pretty good deals in Vegas. This included touchups/editing and all digital copies. He was awesome.
   
10. $5875 – Reception – 49 people at Maggiano’s Little Italy. Included 3 appetizers, 4 main dishes and 1 side, 2 deserts, all served family style and full bar with beewine/mixed drinks for 4 hours. Also this includes our floral centerpieces for 6 tables and the projector for our slideshow. Everyone raved about the food, it was the best decision we made for sure!
    
11. $800 – Photobooth – Shutterbooth. Excellent decision, our guests loved it! We also made this our guestbook, part of the service was the guests put a copy of their photostrip in a book and signed next to it, directed by the attendant. It made a lovely keepsake for us.
    
12. $1089 – Rehearsal Dinner – 10 people at Julian Serrano in Aria. Excellent restaurant with top notch customer service. The tapas style was fun for a group.
    
13. $1493 – Brunch – 35 people at Flamingo Paradise Buffet. It was a good deal on brunch for the strip and included unlimited beer, mimosas, and bloody marys. DH and I had matching outfits that was super fun to put together and everyone loved it. It was great to spend more time mingling with our guests.
    
14. $632 – Pool Party – Cabana rental (included bottle of Vodka and mixers) and we bought some beer for the party. Other people bought their own drinks/beer buckets as well so we had plenty. The pool party was one of our favorite things for sure, we never splurge for things like bottle service/cabana and it felt so luxurious.
    

• What I was nervous about – The flow of our reception and using Spotify mostly. We were not doing many traditional elements and didn’t have a DJ. I had my maid of honor help us in the hallway bustling my skirt, and then she simply opened the doors and her husband announced us to walk in, no DJ needed! We started up a slideshow that DH and I made. Then we did end up having a toast. We originally said no toasts but my dad asked if he could, and since I trusted him to not be embarrassing we decided to say yes, boy was I glad we did! It was the most amazing, well thought out, and hilarious speech and I couldn’t stop smiling. Then we went straight into dinner. We didn’t do cake, just had our venue’s deserts (tiramisu and an apple crostata) and no bouquet toss. But we did have a “first dance” basically the playlist (which we made, since, no DJ) hit a certain song, we went to the dance floor and started dancing. We told our parents to come up during a certain spot and they did. Then during our second song, everyone joined in on the dance floor. I was so nervous that just simply starting dancing would be awkward with no DJ/announcer but it was FINE!! Then our dance music started and it was perfect.
• Playlist – We used Spotify and downloaded the playlist offline on our iPad and had a second tablet with it downloaded just in case. I had a spreadsheet of all the songs/times that I used to make everything timed perfectly so we could just hit play at the beginning. I can’t believe it worked as well as it did, I was definitely nervous about this part, but I spent many hours working on it, making sure each song flowed, and the timing was right so we would not have to worry about it. The about 4 hour playlist is here and it goes from dinner music to first dance (The Luckiest) to dance party. Here is a screenshot of my Spotify (didn’t post a link because didn’t want my account name on there and couldn’t figure out a better way!) http://imgur.com/a/NatFu

Sorry for the length of this post, I just was so excited to post my recap. I could talk for ages about it all! I have really loved weddit throughout the planning, yall are the most supportive group and it was great to see yall’s lovely weddings and hear your opinions! I was full of anxiety and reading everyone’s posts and comments really helped! Our wedding day was most importantly filled with love and joy and it was the best day of my life. Good luck and congrats to everyone!
edit: formatting and fixed a few details.

VEHICLES

Note: I do not have stats for Jet (Airport) or Rhino (Golf Course).
All road types

Facility	Vehicle	Range
PC Shop	Robot	+10
Pizzeria	Moped	+6
Security Inc.	Balance Bike	+4
Bike Shop	Bicycle	+2
School	Unicycle	+2
Gift Shop	Ostrich	+2
Golf Course	Rhino	Unknown

Expressways (residents will not use these vehicles on 1x1 path tiles)

Facility	Vehicle	Range
Golf Training Center	Black Convertible	+13
Parking Lot	Sports Car	+12
Clinic	Pink Convertible	+10
Auto Dealer	Car	+8
Theme Park	Bus	+8
Safari	Bus	+6
Contractors	Van	+6
Concert Hall	Truck	+5
Motorcycle Shop	Motorbike	+4

Flying (direct, point-to-point trips)

Facility	Vehicle	Range
Airport	Jet	+16
Temple	Cloud	+13
Kairo Statue	Kairoman	+12
Palace	Blimp	+11
Casino	Cessna	+10
Skyscraper	Fighter Jet	+10
Rocket Hall	Space Shuttle	+10
Helipad	Helicopter	+9
Farm	UFO	+9
High-Rise	Balloon	+8
Racecourse	Wairoman	+5

Thus far, I've found that the Ackbar and Wairobot Statues unlock more vehicle slots. These bonuses are not retroactive, so any new residents who live in your city after building these statues will not have these additional slots unlocked by default.

PETS

To get rid of a resident's pet, you need to use the item Adopt My Pet (45 Music RP via Make Items).
Note: Possibly incomplete listing

Facility	Pet	Bonus
Pet Shop	Dog	Range +8
Hospital	Metabok	HP +20%
Toy Shop, Monument	Elephant	Land Value (LP) +30%
Spa Hotel	Panda	Land Value +30%
Fishmonger	Cat	Land Value +20%
Music Shop	Chicken	Land Value +20%
Aquarium	Penguin	Land Value +20%
Dance Club	Bunny	Coziness +30%
Bookstore, Beautician	Goat	Coziness +20%
Cram School	Koala	Coziness +20%
BBQ House	Cow	IQ +10%
Castle	Hawk	IQ +10%
3-Star Hotel	Flamingo	IQ +10%
Tapas Bar	Octo-Alien	Charm (Apl) +15%
Comms Tower	Saucer Ambassador	Charm +15%
Camp Site	Crocodile	Zeal (Wrk) +15%
Gym	Kangaroo	Zeal +10%
Dept. Store	Alpaca	Zeal +10%
Shrine	Kappa	Talent (Skl) +15%
Pagoda	Giraffe	Talent +10%
Beach House	Duck	Talent +10%

BOOTCAMP

To force your residents into obtaining new vehicles/pets, build an isolated area like this one. Note the following:

• You can get away with only one Office Bldg serving this area, however your residents will take an awful long time waiting for their turns for work. Two Office Bldgs. are recommended.
  
• Do NOT connect this area to the rest of your city.
  
• Arrange residents' houses according to their movement range. New residents should live closest to the Office Bldg. thanks to their very limited range, while others with at least 25 Range can sit at the edges of the area. Get rid of any existing vehicles/pets on the residents that you don't want. For married couples, the lower of two ranges takes precedence.
  
• If you have Child residents, you can either grow them to adults first by placing their houses close to educational facilities (School, Cram School, Bookstore, Bench) in your city - or have a Bench in the isolated area at a minimum. If you have the item Job Change Token, however, you can take advantage of the bug as u/antimatterchopstix described here, so those Child residents live and work like adults while still having a Study meter in their resident profiles.
  
• Do NOT build any Expressways. Use Roads (25G/tile) at a minimum, and replace them with Brick Streets (315G/tile).
  
• All facilities that generate the desired vehicles/pets you want should have all their accessory slots unlocked as soon as you can afford (150 RP, 250 RP, 500 RP), and equipped with Discovery Tips (75 Music RP + 30 Culture RP via Make Items, 5 minutes build time). Popularity does not matter here since the residents are forced to visit them anyways.
  
• You can build more than one for a specific facility if the vehicle/bonus it gives is most desirable e.g. Temple's Cloud with its +13 Range. 3 or more of the same facility is overkill though.