Planning a wedding can be stressful and expensive, but planning a wedding in a small town in northern Wisconsin can be a whole different experience. Local businesses are knowledgeable and eager to help you find just what you’re looking for, and getting around the area is easy and stress-free.

With so much to see and do, and such a great variety of places to stay, finding the perfect activities and accommodations for your closest friends and family is easy. Entertaining your guests is easy with Minocqua’s hiking and biking trails, fishing and boating opportunities, shopping, interesting nightlife and numerous restaurants.

Accommodations range from budget motels and hotels to luxurious resorts and sprawling lakefront vacation homes and cabins that sleep up to 30 guests. And there are a number of vendors in the Lakeland area of Minocqua, Woodruff and Arbor Vitae who are happy to lend their skills and local knowledge to help you create the ideal wedding celebration.

Whether you’re dreaming of an outdoor ceremony in a lush garden setting or on the beach, or a more traditional ceremony in a charming church, you’ll find it in Minocqua. Area resorts and lake front vacation homes offer picturesque outdoor locations for wedding ceremonies. And most resorts offer large spaces for reception-type events, and their staff will help you find vendors for any equipment you might need to rent, flower arrangements, music, catering, whatever you might need.

The Minocqua area offers a variety of romantic settings including beautiful churches, elegant resorts, sandy beaches and woodland retreats. There are a number of churches in the area including the Ascension Lutheran Church, the Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Lakeland Seventh Day Adventist Church, St. Matthias' Episcopal Church and more.

Reception sites might include the Campanile Center for the Arts in what was formerly the St. Patrick's Catholic Church in downtown Minocqua and any number of the area’s resorts.

From photographers to florists to limousines, to tuxedo rentals and relaxing pre-nuptial massages, you’ll find everything you need to plan your ideal wedding in the Island City of Minocqua.