Small Weddings and Intimate Elopements
Imagining an intimate wedding or elopement? Swoon!
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Featured San Francisco Bay Area Elopement Package | CAVALLO POINT, THE LODGE AT THE GOLDEN GATE
Inviting, intimate, and serene, Cavallo Point is an ideal location to begin your new life together. Whether your celebration is just for the two of you or with a few friends, they'll help you create the dream wedding you envision—plus they offer a SF Bay Area elopement package.
Here are a few highlights:
- Use of one of Cavallo Point's beautiful indoor venues for a private ceremony and reception
- Champagne toast during dinner + custom single-tier wedding cake
- One complimentary night in a Contemporary Deluxe King with view or Historic King Suite with view for bride and groom
- Two 60-minute spa treatments for bride and groom during the weekend of the wedding
9 Beautiful Houston Venues for Your Micro Wedding
Planning a micro wedding in Houston? Whether that’s always been your wedding day dream or if it’s the new plan B, these intimate celebrations can pack a big punch when it comes to style and the guest experience offered! So if you’re looking to scale down that invite list to just your nearest and dearest, check out these gorgeous venues that offer custom-curated packages that will save you time, money, and stress when it comes to planning your perfect day!
8 San Antonio Wedding Venues Perfect for Micro Weddings
Intimate weddings can be just as fun, or more, than a larger celebration! Whether you’re looking for a quaint venue on the River Walk or a romantic garden venue, San Antonio has a variety of wedding venues for your micro wedding. And as this list proves, a shorter guest list doesn’t mean having to compromise your vision for your perfect wedding day!
26 Stylish California Venues For Your Micro Wedding
Planning a micro wedding in California? Whether that's always been your day-of dream or if it's the new Plan B, these small celebrations can pack a big punch when it comes to style and the guest experience offered. So if you’re looking to scale down that invite list to just your nearest and dearest, check out these beautiful venues that offer custom-curated packages that will save you time, money, and stress when it comes to planning your intimate event.
12 Perks of Micro Weddings and Elopements
Our favorite thing about micro weddings and elopements is that they open up endless possibilities. When it's just you and your boo, or a cozy VIP guest list, you're able to craft a thoughtfully-curated event full of authenticity, meaning, and connection—without the stress of having to "please" everyone. Here are 12 perks of having a supremely intimate event.
Road Trip Weddings: 14 Of The Best Elopement Destinations In Colorado
Searching for a gorgeous place to elope, but don't want to get on a plane or travel far from home? Thanks to Colorado's picturesque landscape you can exchange vows with a majestic Rocky Mountain backdrop, surrounded by towering trees in a National Forest, on the shores of an impossibly blue alpine lake, among sandstone-capped spires, or in a chic industrial loft looking over the city. Whatever your wedding day style is, adventure awaits at these perfect local hotspots!
Small Wedding Details that are High on Style
There's no reason to skimp on style just because you're having a small wedding. It's all in the details, right? That's why we've rounded up 14 of the most stylish and stunning small wedding details we've seen.
13 Elopement and Micro Wedding Details We're Obsessed With
Need ideas for your elopement or micro wedding? You're in the right place! We've listed 14 small wedding details we're simply obsessed with...proving that even mini weddings can have mega style.
Everything You Need To Know About Small Weddings
Perhaps you need to downsize your guest list due to Covid-19, or maybe you've wanted an intimate wedding all along! In any case, small and micro weddings are growing in popularity and are a wonderful way to tie the knot with just your true-blue nearest and dearest in attendance. Want to pull off a small-scale celebration? Here's a list of resources to help you plan.
7 Santa Barbara Venues Perfect for Small Weddings and Elopements
From the crystal-blue shoreline to its rustic Wine Country, Santa Barbara is pure romance—and not surprisingly, a popular elopement destination. Whether you’re on a budget or willing to splurge, you’ll find some tempting options among these venues that welcome small weddings.
22 Stunning Venues That Make It Easy To Elope
So you’ve decided to elope! While that once meant hopping over to Vegas to a drive-thru chapel with an Elvis impersonator as the officiant (a choice we can still get behind!), elopements today continue to grow in popularity and offer a lot more options. These romantic and fun alternatives to a traditional wedding can happen just about anywhere, and if you’d like to hit the easy button and let someone else take care of the day-of details we've got you covered: From West to East, here’s a handful of beautiful venues that provide creative, comprehensive, and affordable elopement packages so all you need to do is show up and say “I do”.
14 Awe-Inspiring Mountain Elopement Locations In The U.S.A.
Is there anything more romantic than eloping in the Great Outdoors? The U.S.A. is home to a number of renowned mountain ranges and lush forests that set a glorious stage for your vows. So whether you want to say "I do” beneath towering redwoods on a wooded hillside, on top of a snow-capped peak, or among dramatic desert red rocks and buttes, these stunning landscapes will serve as an epic backdrop, witness, and guest of honor for your elopement.
13 Of The Best Beach Elopement Destinations In The U.S.A.
Dreaming of eloping on a beach somewhere in the United States? From the romantic misty shores of the Pacific Northwest to the pristine sandy coastline of Florida, we've found the most gorgeous oceanfront locations to say “I do". These jaw-dropping places provide the perfect backdrop for your intimate event so that you and yours truly can focus on the only thing that matters: each other.
12 Connecticut Venues Perfect For A Small Wedding
Planning a small wedding? Connecticut offers an array of stellar options for an intimate celebration! Go for glam at a historic luxury resort, fun at a bowling alley bistro, or rustic at a restored 19th-century barn.
Keep It Cozy: 11 Manhattan Venues Perfect For A Small Wedding
Planning a small wedding in the Big Apple? Whether you want to celebrate your love in a private rooftop garden or right on the water, these Manhattan venues provide the perfect setting for an intimate affair.
How To Have A Summer Camp Wedding
There's a reason camp weddings are becoming so popular: They often last a full weekend, which means more time to hang with your closest friends and family…and they're also in a stunning rustic location—perfect for nature-loving couples. If you're thinking of hosting a camp wedding, here are some tips from my perfectly-imperfect wedding to yours.
How To Have A Minimalist Wedding
We like to think of minimalism as clearing away the clutter, eliminating the frills, and being very intentional about what you choose to be part of your big day. Here's how to Marie Kondo your wedding.
Keep It Cozy: 10 Northern Sierras and Lake Tahoe Venues Perfect For A Small Wedding Or Elopement
Planning a small wedding doesn't mean you can't make a big impression. Whether you're next to the water or above the treetops, these Lake Tahoe & Northern Sierra venues provide a gorgeous setting for your intimate celebration. Many offer elopement packages, too!
Planning a small wedding? 8 Orange County venues that are perfect for an intimate gathering.
Think a small wedding can't be just as much fun as a large one? Think again! Small weddings can be a blast, and whether you want to celebrate at a chic hotel, in a private garden, next to the ocean—or even on it, Orange County offers an interesting mix of wedding venues for your intimate event.
14 Denver Wedding Venues Perfect For Small Weddings
Small weddings can be just as fun as larger celebrations! Here's an interesting selection of wedding venues in the Denver area that are perfect for an intimate celebration.
13 Affordable Wedding Venue Options (That Don't Feel Cheap)
While the venue will take a healthy bite out of your overall wedding budget, you don't want it to consume the whole thing! When you choose a nontraditional venue, like the 13 types listed here, you're likely to enjoy a unique setting along with a lower price point. And we call that a win-win.
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