"Our photographer made me (Who is 1000% awkward) feel and look BEAUTIFUL. She made us laugh, feel comfortable and forget all the nervousness."
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"No stress, no hassle, no drama. Just us and New York's most fun-loving people pulling off the most authentic, heartfelt wedding day."
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"We continue to be blown away by the extra mile they made in making our wedding celebration the absolute best it could be."
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"It's truly impossible to articulate how wonderful and unbelievable the crew at Eloping is Fun are in helping you create the elopement of your dreams."
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Eloping means getting married in a way that is authentic and genuine to you. It means inviting the people that you want. It means celebrating this day in a way that is deeply personal and unique to you.
We know eloping means different things to different people.
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A "just us" elopement, intimate wedding, secret elopement, destination micro-wedding, love without the guest list, married in style not stress, love on our terms. Whatever you want to call it we have you covered.
We help couples rewrite the rules for getting married.
We intentionally offer a variety of ways to elope and get married YOUR way. All of our packages include photography + officiant + your own personal planner so that you don't have to DIY your wedding from scratch.
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We get to know you throughout the planning process. You get to share your dreams and your vision and then...
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For years to come, you’ll look back on this day.
At Eloping Is Fun, we take what could be one of the most time-consuming and expensive experiences of your life and flip it on its head to make it easy and fun. To us, eloping is not about quickie ceremonies in bland bureaucratic courthouses.
Your elopement is a chance for you and your partner to let your TRUE personalities shine through, whether that means eating pizza in your wedding dress or rolling around the streets of NYC with a bottle of bubbly, we give you the freedom to create a day you'll remember for the rest of your life.
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Officaints Matt Dallow and Sharron discuss what makes Eloping in NYC so awesome. “I’m walking here”.
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Want a peek inside the world of Eloping? Listen to our podcast, hosted by the founder of Eloping is Fun, Jenny Mac. This entertaining and informative podcast will inspire you on your elopement journey and imbue you with valuable information on all things eloping.
All About Eloping in NYC
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Join Eloping is Fun photographers Jonica and Krisanne as they share their wisdom on how to open up to the camera and have fun on your photo shoot.
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NYC’s most loved officiant, Bushwick Freddy, waxes poetic and all about the magic that is a personal, intimate wedding ceremony.
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FAQ's
There are no residence or citizenship requirements for getting married in NYC. You will need your gov’t issued ID, 35$ for your license and an officiant registered with the City of New York to perform your ceremony.
Yes, as long as you follow the marriage requirements of your home country then your wedding in NYC will be valid, recognized, and legally binding back home. Some couples will need an extended certificate or an apostile. Eloping is Fun can help you with that process. We know all the legal ins and outs. Please do not ask Reddit for advice; most of it is wrong.
I love the “concept” of city hall and we tried to make it work for YEARS, but I have finally broken up with city hall. Let me elaborate
The timing is at city hall restrictive, for one weekends are off the table and you are unable to even book your cermeony time until a few weeks before, so it makes is virtually impossible to plan your photo adventures, dining plans or hair and makeup in NYC. Also there are only 4 guests allowed, so your photographer plus 3 friends max.
After the security lines and picking a number and waiting, the actual wedding ceremony is like a slap in the face. At the end of the day, after hundreds of weddings, this was the final straw; couples deserve someone who at least gives two shits. The ceremony situation at city hall is a total buzz kill no matter how you cut it.
Hiring a photogrpaher at city hall is like throwing money in the toilet. Instead of crafting your time with your photographer doing cool NYC things, you are stuck at city hall waiting around. There is ONE cool photo you can get, leaving the courthouse but often its busy and crowded and you have to wait a long time to set up that “shot”
A lot of people start out thinking they can just do the wedding ceremony there and hire a photographer for “after,” but once you go that route, you have cut off many possibilities for planning and coordinating your wedding day activities in a logical way.
When couples have their wedding ceremony at NYC’s city hall, they miss out on so much. You can still have that thrilling experience of visiting city hall to get your marriage liscence but getting married here actually makes things more difficult for you.
Yes, you can. Many of our couples choose NYC as their wedding celebration city, and just do the legal stuff back home. Remember this is your day and you get to make the rules.
We have been celebrating many of our couples’ year anniversaries lately and have fallen in love with vow renewals and celebration photo shoots. We believe in celebrating your love over and over again to strengthen it and create memories.
NYC is your oyster, and we love to cater our wedding day adventures to compliment and show off your unique personality and style. Some of our favorite locations are the waterfront in Brooklyn, especially in DUMBO, The Brooklyn Bridge, The New York Public Library. Central Park, Top of the Rock observation deck, and even the Metropolitan Museum of NY. Anything is possible when you are Eloping in NYC.
