What the Heck is an Adventure Elopement?
Should you have a Traditional Wedding, a Traditional Elopement OR an Adventure Elopement?🤨
In case you haven’t heard, there’s a new way to elope these days. Eloping doesn’t have to mean the quick, run-to-the-courthouse-and-sign-some-papers dealio. It also doesn't have to mean running off to Vegas or having a cheesy breezy beach wedding in Florida.
If you’re on the fence about having a big ol’ traditional wedding, or if that whole experience just isn’t really true to what you want, but you DO want to celebrate this moment in your lives and make it JUST AS MEMORABLE (let’s be real, probably WAY MORE MEMORABLE), well, there’s actually a pretty rad alternative...
Let’s talk about what an Adventure Elopement Experience means. 😁
What is an Adventure Elopement Experience?
Imagine the raddest, most incredible day ever — what would you do? Where would you go? What would the entire experience look like from the time you woke up to the time you hit the hay?
An Adventure Elopement Experience is where you make THAT (all the cool things that just ran through your head) the reality of how you get married.
Forget any pre-existing notions you have about what your wedding ‘should’ look like and let’s talk about what it ‘could’ look like. An Adventure Elopement Experience is all about celebrating your wedding day the way you actually want to.
Adventure elopements call couples to truly consider the potential of how AMAZING the whole wedding day experience can actually be! It’s for those couples who believe they deserve just as much time to celebrate this special moment in their lives as the couples who plan to have a traditional wedding usually get.
What an Adventure Elopement Experience COULD include:
Hiking around the Garden of the Gods at sunrise, or Jeeping through Sedona at sunset
Roasting s’mores with your crew after a day exploring Glacier National Park
Taking a helicopter tour over the Grand Canyon, then stargazing and sharing hot cocoa on the rim
Cruising around Kauai, jumping in waterfalls along the way, and catching the sunset on a hidden beach
What an Adventure Elopement Experience DOESN’T include:
An overwhelmed bride running around trying to make last-minute changes to the seating chart
A 5-figure $$$ wedding venue that has a 2-plus-year waiting list
Awkward hugs with your sister’s boyfriend’s cousin who you’re just meeting for the first time
A jam-packed, minute-by-minute itinerary with a wedding coordinator herding you from place to place
Seriously, have a look at a few REAL timelines from some of our recent Adventure Elopes: 😍
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Day Elope on Kauai
3:30 AM Hair & make-up arrives 🎀💄
4:00 AM Mal rolls up 😏
6:00 AM Cruise down to the cliffs for sunrise ☀️
7:00 AM Climb down to the beach for our ceremony with Frieda girl 👩⚖️
7:30 AM COFFEEEEEEEEEEE at Dark Horse ☕️
9:00 AM NAPALI COAST BOAT PARTY ⛵️🐬
2:00 PM shower and freshen up for sunset 📸
5:00 PM Meet Mal at Big Save in Waimea town & cruise up the canyon for killa sunset shots 🌈
8:00 PM Mosey back down to the South Shore totally eloped 💍🤘🙌
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Day Elope in the Grand Canyon
4:00 AM Meet Mal at the South Entrance Visitor Center parking lot and catch the sunrise shuttle to South Kaibab trailhead
4:30 AM Cruise down to OOOh Ahhhhhhhh Point for a sweet sunrise, first looks, and breakfast with a view ☕️
8:00 AM Head back to the hotel for a giant nap and relax by the pool (‘cause AZ be friggin’ HOT in the middle of the day ☀️)
3:30 PM Meet back up with Mal at the SUPER secret trailhead and hike down to her favorite plateau for sunset 🥾
6:00 PM Get to the spot, freak out over the views, put on wedding clothes 👰♂️🤵🏼♂️
6:45 PM Exchange vows and rings, and snap tons of ballin’ sunset pics 💍📸
7:30 PM Hike back out of the canyon under a zillion billion stars ✨
10:45 PM Party in the parking lot ‘cause you just got eloped 🎉🎊🥳🍾🥂
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The Weekender's Elope on the Oregon Coast
12:00 PM Meet Mal at Port Orford for a sweet adventure to get to know the area 🥾
5:00 PM Meet Bambi and get checked into the campsite for your stay. Freshen up + get ready before your ceremony 🛸🏕
7:00 PM Head to Samuel H Corridor for a sunset ceremony on the cliffs 💍📸
9:20 PM Get back to camp and celebrate with a campfire and dinner! 🔥
10:20 PM Mal says goodnight and you enjoy your first night as a married couple! 🤘
Honeymoon Day 1
Visit the Jedidiah Smith Redwoods State Park for your post elope trash the dress sesh with Mal! 🌲
Check your trip itinerary for the address for your pre scheduled couples massage 😌
Honeymoon Day 2
Go on your prebooked whale watching tour + have a romantic dinner 🐳
Honeymoon Day 3
Check out from the Airstream is at 10am, but we’ve got a dope coffee shop you gotta go to and a hike planned before your flight home ✈️
So, what are 3 very clear signs you should probably consider an adventure elopement…?
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#1
Your wedding budget just seems to be majorly getting in the way of your honeymoon budget 😜
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#2
Instead of spending $20,000+ on a fancy venue and taking a few bites of a $1,000+ wedding cake, you’d rather sit around a fire with your buds making s’mores and drinking beers 🔥🍺
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#3
You’d rather hire a low-key ‘adventure photog’ who’s documenting you guys doing epic stuff all day, instead of a ‘traditional wedding photog’ who’s telling you to smile and pose awkwardly in front of her camera all day 📸
Are you guys ready to have an adventure elopement experience?
THEN LET’S DO IT HOMIES!!!! 😍📸🌏🤗
Instead of undercutting yourself and settling for a traditional kind of quick elope OR taking on the overloaded stress that comes from all the planning, logistics, and expenses of a ‘normal’ wedding, let’s make sure you get to have a DOPE DAY filled with all your favorite things, IN AN EPIC PLACE 🤗😛🙌
Mmmmmmmhhhhmmm, now doesn’t that sound WAAAAAAAAY better? If all your fam and buds don’t get it at first, don’t worry – once they see the pics, they’ll completely understand 😉. And hey, if you do want a few of them to tag along, invite them! Eloping with your fam and buds is a great way to celebrate with the people who mean the most while keeping the focus on what REALLY matters.
To get started, all you have to do is reach out. Regardless of where you are in the planning process, we are here and ready to help! 🙌
