Hello Imperfect mummy's.
I'm just looking for advice on eloping.
My partner and I are thinking about eloping. Trying to decide weather we want it just us and our children or to invite immediate family and our closest friends.
Can I please hear your stories, weather it was just you and your partner or if you invited some family. The costs involved? Would you do it again? How did you go about it? Any advice?
Would love to hear your experiences!!
Thank you?
Elopement and your experiences
Elopement and your experiences
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Elopement is running away to get married. If you take people (other than your kids) it's a destination wedding! Sometimes to avoid the hassle involved in organising a wedding, avoiding drama, and sometime because family members wouldn't approve.
Once you start inviting others it becomes a destination wedding, which then involves the planning and fitting around others. It's up to you which one you want, a lot depends on why you were planning to 'elope'.
My grandma and grandpa eloped, they climbed out of there bedroom windows and ran away to get married. It's a story us grandkids love because they were such Rebels ?
We found an elopement package on the sunshine coast. We booked and paid for it, we ended up cancelling a month before for other reasons but I have to say it was such a simple process they handled everything we just had to show up. They had various packages where it could just be the two of you or a certain amount of people say max 12.
We were just going to have our parents present after the ceremony go for lunch
.then in a couple of months time have a small party with family and friends.
When we get around to actually taking the leap again will definitely go the same route it was simple and easy all the hard work was done by someone else and affordable.
My hubby and I met in 2001 while on a Contiki tour of the USA. 14 months later we eloped to Las Vegas. We didn't tell anyone, although family & friends did know we were on holidays. We had a bottle of champagne delivered to our closest family and friends a few hours before we got married which they could not open until the time stated on the envelope, which was the exact (USA) time we were getting married. They were surprised but happy that they got to toast us as we were married. When we returned home, hubby's family were at the airport with signs and flowers and they had decorated our car. We don't regret it. We are planning on going to Hawaii this year for our 15th wedding anniversary and renewing our vows with our son and hubby's parents.
Had a eloped wedding. $500. I am a nervous person and didn't want all the fuss. And it was cheap! Why waste all that money! Just my opinion though. I regret no professional pics. I love pics. No family. No friends. Just us. Didn't have kids at the time. Would of had them there if we had kids.
Then we had a reception a year later. About $5000. No regrets. Maybe who I invited coz I felt I had too. Only invite close friends and family! Coz they aren't going to be in your life 2 years down the track.
My friend had a small ceremony in a church. Low key. The wife's parents and the husband's parents. and two best friends.
My other friend, on Sydney harbour, could pay for a house!
We put so much emphasis on those around us when it is actually your day! Have you, your partner, your kids, both parents. Then if they are truly your friend, invite them. Because in 5 years you may just get a happy anniversary on Facebook from said friend who celebrated with you, now they mean nothing.