Small Intimate Weddings, Destination Elopement, Romantic Honeymoon in SW Colorado

Honeymooners have spent this special time in their lives at Willowtail Springs for many years and for many reasons. We hope you will think about us for this special event if there is a honeymoon in your future.

Located Durango, Mancos and Cortez, Willowtail Springs offers an economic, romantic and enchanting celebration.  Classy and charming, the B&B cabins are beautifully furnished, in the midst of lust gardens on sixty acres, forests, streams, a private lake and boats for trout and bass fishing or day dreaming. The surroundings are a rare treasure and a photographic paradise.  The night sky and the rainbows are a treat in themselves from the two person hot tub or the fields.  The abundance of birds are a joy to see and to hear.

Elopements and small intimate weddings at Abode at Willowtail Springs are the feature article in this years Durango and Four Corners Wedding Magazine.  Check out the pdf of the article on our bottom menu bar, In The Media.  Also, Durango Wedding Magazine is online, adurangowedding.com, if you want to look at the full spread.

"What a magical, surreal spot to spend our honeymoon. Details and layers play gracefully form every corner."
– Michael and Jenny, New Orleans, Louisiana

"This enchanting place made our honeymoon so special."
 Coy and Christina, Fayetteville, North Carolina

   "Perfect honeymoon.  Inviting atmosphere with personal touches, the fresh flowers and bath products, the bread and yummy jam."
      Jamie, Colorado Springs, CO

Some couples actually decide to marry during a stay at Willowtail Springs.  Others plan ahead for this event in a variety of ways. Romantic and economical, there is only the cost of the stay and a coordination fee starting at $300, unless more than 4 people are present at the ceremony, in which case an additional site fee may be charged unless the entire property is booked with the wedding party.

You can marry yourself in Colorado with or without a witness or have a relative, clergyman or friend do the ceremony. In this case, Willowtail Springs provides the lovely backdrop of landscape and interiors. Remember when scheduling your ceremony that you must pick up your license at a Court House in Colorado during their open hours (usually 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday–Friday). You can drop off the license after the ceremony or send it in.

  "Our quiet wedding under the pinions of the Bungalow was all we had wished for and more.  Our honeymoon was esquisite, surrounded by nathure and the elegance of our cabin.  Only the hummingbirds roked the perfect silence and solitude."
      Lynn and Criag, Seattle, WA.

   "The time and effort placed into our wedding was unimaginable.  The experience was one of true tranquility for both our ceremony and honeymoon."
      Shaw and Candace, Petal, Mississippi

   "Thank you for blessing our marriage with the energy and presence of this abundant place.  We will return soon to our paradise nestled by the lake and talk again to the trees and the fairies."
      Wendy and Chrish, Alameda, California 

Willowtail Springs offers an exquisite and inexpensive site for small weddings, a property for the bridal family to stay if the wedding is larger and held somewhare else or simply as a photographic site. It is also especially lovely for the bride and groom to stay for their honeymoon.

We can accommodate lodging for up to 12 people including the bride and groom, who may have their own separate cabin. Weddings can be held in the elegant Lakehouse, the studio, the lake or outside in the gardens, weather permitting. We can also accommodate a small reception and rehearsal dinner for 5-12 people or you can use one of the many restaurants in the area.

There is a site fee, depending on the individual situation, and a coordination fee which covers the extra work always done by our staff.  This fee starts at $300.  It includes any extra labor parking extra people, arranging details such as decorations, and furniture, lining up various caterers and other items.

   "Thank you for making our special day so wonderful.  You both went out of your way for us and we enjoyed every minute."
      Lisa and Mike, Lubblock, TX

   "Your guidance and friendship with our wedding was lovely. We are so fortunate to have stumbled upon such an unusually beatuiful place."
      Ami and Matt, Lewisville, CO

   "The cabin is a work of art and attention to detail, color, light and space.  Thank you for making our wedding so special."
      Yvonne and Mide,  Arlington, TX

Check on Rate page for more specials coming up mid December for the Peak Season!!!

Recommended photographers and credits for the above photos:

Illuminartsphoto.com , 970-759-2040

Kyla Jackson, 970-769-1212

Barbara Grist Photography, 970-560-2767

Cloy Arts and Sciences, Peggy and Lee Cloy, 970-533-7592 or 970-560-0333

People to Contact for wedding/elopement/honeymoon activities