Elopement wedding


You might want to elope but you’ll still need to plan it well in advance, book the available date/time slot (waiting lists can be pretty long)

We were told that waiting lists for ours were long, but it depends on what you pay for. There are always slots available at the right price.

We booked through a company called Sweet Gibraltar Weddings and they said that there was "up to" a three month waiting list. They gave us the package options and we went for the most expensive, (which was still very cheap, given that it includes three days in a top hotel, hair, make-up, limo, photographer/videographer, witnesses, registrar, after ceremony drinks and nibbles, etc). They rang us within the hour with a list of slots starting just three days later.

Think it was around €1300, (£1050), all in.
 
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I advised both my daughters to just disappear somewhere and come back married. They didn't of course but to date only one got married.
I like your style. I've told all three of my kids they can have a contribution to a wedding or a lumper for a deposit on a house. No.2 daughter has gone for the deposit on the house, much to my approval
 
Got married in secret at Folkestone registry office over 20 years ago, just a a tiny handful of people there. We didn’t have much money back then for a big do, was lovely tho, no stress, no drama and no regrets.
 
We just did Aberdeen reg office with about a dozen close family & friends (quick pint over the road for both of us beforehand). Back to her place for homemade buffet & booze, then ordered some taxis & took everyone who wanted to come down to the nightclub where we had met. It was about as low-cost & low-key as you could get, we all had a bloody good time as I remember it, and we have never regretted not spending tens of thousands on the big showy malarky. Each to their own I s'pose.
We did consider just doing it on our own with a couple of witnesses but realised that would have upset the parentage, so made a bit of a concession
 
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Got married in Vegas with just five guests.

Used a company called wedding wagon.
A British guy is the minister and his wife is the photographer.
Cost 130 dollars.

Way better than some massive do full of people you don't like and costing you a fortune too.
 
Just me and the wife at ours…paid two Italian students to be witnesses.
Told families a few weeks before and to be fair everyone knew we wouldn’t be doing a big wedding.
 
I don’t know what the requirements are that relate to an actual venue and I’d assume most that cater for weddings will have a minimum cost associated with hosting - based on number of guests and room price. But that won’t be an issue if all you need is for a registrar to turn up and officiate. Or if you want a church wedding then the priest/vicar will advise and if you don’t invite people, then the only folk there will be those that generally turn up at church for a wedding- yes I believe that there are such people.

Otherwise the choice is simply yours. Pick a venue that is meaningful to you and your life-partner, make the arrangements and go ahead with a couple of witnesses. People have already pointed you to venues (like Gretna) that specialise in small affairs and could help with the admin stuff, but I’d imagine you can just do it yourself and book a date at a registry office if you like

I had my wedding at Lumley Castle with 30 guests. So quite small. Family plus about half a dozen friends.
 
A fair few on this thread who were bride and groom only plus two unknown witnesses.

I thought that type of wedding was quite unusual. Makes mine seem really large!
Bride + groom. Our little children x 3 . Unknown witnesses x 2. Total 7
 

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