The Elopement of Your Dreams

It’s time to make your elopement day something epic

We all have our individual reasons for not having a traditional wedding. The top three are family drama, cost, and “just don’t want it, thanks.” At the core of all these reasons are underlying themes of stripping away the nonsense and giving yourself the freedom to celebrate your wedding in a way that is personal and authentic. 

We hear these collective reasons for eloping or having a non-traditional wedding every day and we have built our business around those values. 

You are here today because you have decided (or are deciding to) to follow the path of what I like to call “my wedding, my rules.”

Even as you navigate this bold personal decision, you may still be under the influence of what our culture has told you about weddings and elopements. Maybe you have a subtle underlying belief that an elopement is “less” than a big wedding. Maybe you are so freaked out at the idea of anything wedding-related that you want to just get it over and go to city hall. Maybe you think that it’s weird to go over the top and celebrate if it is just the two of you. 

We are all coming at this with our own preconceived notions of weddings, and what is actually possible for your wedding day. Our job at Eloping is Fun to to hold your hand and let you dream big for your wedding day. After all, you are eloping, so you are already breaking the rules. Why not break some more rules about what an elopement “should look like”.

Don’t put your elopement in a box

Throughout the decade-plus that we have been guiding couples on their non-traditional wedding journey, we have struggled as we have seen couples miss out on all the possibilities for their wedding day. Many couples who came to us did so out of a backlash to the industrialized wedding industry and all the chaos and drama it has caused people. 

We realized there was a blind spot when it came to our couple’s dreams and fantasies. The blind spot was the false idea that an elopement could not be something spectacular, magnificent, and epic. 

The words “dreams and fantasies” have been exploited and overused by the wedding industry. Our culture created a monster with $80K barn wedding and then put elopements in these boxes:

• Vegas
• Courthouse
• or the latest one – a mountain top in Colorado at sunrise (not for me, I wanna sleep in and drink mimosas)

When it comes to this day, you get one shot

We listened to couples who were struggling with being overwhelmed and anxious about planning their weddings. They had felt that there were limited options when it came to planning their elopement or micro-wedding.

We listened to our couples and heard their frustrations that they wanted something more—more adventure, experience, joy, and even more pomp….

We listened and realized that many couples did not know what was possible for their wedding day. So, with our personalized, high-touch, and intuitive approach to wedding planning, we started offering unique and creative experiences for our couples on their once-in-a-lifetime wedding days. 

Some things ring true for big weddings as well as elopements, and it’s that when it comes to this day, you get one shot, one day that will be a day you relive and retell for the rest of your life. 

To quote the infamous words from Lin-Manuel Miranda in Hamilton “I’m not throwing away my SHOT”

We are not promoting perfection here or biting off more than you can chew. But we want your elopement day to be more than one note. We want this day to be a story, the first chapter of this amazing life you are creating together. The openness and freedom in which you approach this day is an investment with a payoff that will last a lifetime…

What do you want to tell the world when you share the story of your wedding day?

This is about dreaming bigger than you have allowed yourself to and saying, “F*@# it! We do want something MORE!

We are speaking to the couples who fell into the “keep it super simple just cuz it’s an elopement” trap and didn’t hire the videographer because they feared that it was too over-the-top. 

Or couples that fell into the “elopement-budget” trap and didn’t realize that investing more into this day would allow you exponentially more of an adventure and life story than you thought possible. 

Eloping is Fun offers the gentle support and guidance to avoid falling into these traps, throughout our elopement journey and planning process. 

Now that you have made the choice to elope with style, which is more exciting and empowering than spending your life savings on a big, impersonal wedding or spending the day in the vibe killer that is city hall, taking a number and standing in line—only to finally face an officiant who looks dead behind the eyes, we want you to take some time to be open to all the possibilities of this day. 

It’s your wedding day after all, and you deserve to dream BIG

It’s taken me almost ten years to face and acknowledge some of the regrets I have about my own wedding, which is why, as you get to know me you will hear me say over and over again:

“Have you dreamed about what you really want for this day? If you had 100% permission to just go for it, to have fun, and express yourself without limitations, what would you do?”

And I get it. You might not even have the answer to those questions right now. But the team at Eloping is Fun are here to help you dream, to help you expand your horizons, to help you open your eyes to the endless possibilities, and best of all we are here to make the whole damn thing happen!!