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Destination wedding trends: Here's where couples are getting hitched far from home

Amy and Christopher Gallant live in the "Wedding Capital of the World." But for their nuptials, the couple - both of whom have East Coast roots - traded in Las Vegas for New England, opting to be married in an 18th-century church with a clock tower and belfry.

In June 2018, the two traveled to Amherst, N.H., where Amy had grown up, to be married at the church of her childhood.

"I think it was really special for us to get on a plane and say, 'We're going to our wedding,' and not just drive down the Strip," says Amy. "It was a whole week

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