Thinking About Eloping? Here's How to Decide If an Intimate Wedding Is Right for You
There comes a moment in nearly every engagement when the excitement settles just enough for reality to set in. The proposal has happened. Friends and family have celebrated. The ring is admired countless times each day. Then comes the question every newly engaged couple eventually asks. "Now what?” For some couples, the answer is immediate. They have always dreamed of a traditional wedding surrounded by family and friends. Others begin planning only to discover that what was supposed to be joyful has become stressful. Guest lists grow, budgets expand, and opinions begin arriving from every direction. That's when many couples quietly begin asking a different question. "Do we really need all of this?" Over the past decade that question has transformed the wedding industry. More couples than ever are choosing intimate weddings and modern elopements—not because they're running away from tradition, but because they're returning to what a wedding has always b...