Frequently Asked Questions

Traditional weddings are incredibly expensive and can take years to plan. If couples choose to elope, their ceremonies can be planned in a few hours with costs that are a fraction of what they’d pay for a traditional wedding. Plus, elopements tend to be much more personal and intimate. Traditional weddings are all about…well…tradition! Elopements, rather, put the focus back on the couple and their love, allowing the lovebirds to have an elope wedding ceremony that’s as unique as their relationship. Not to mention, eloping makes it easier to hold a ceremony in a beautiful location—such as the pristine mountains of Colorado or Gatlinburg, as well as a magical beach in Hawaii.

We’re currently set up all over the nation!

From top to bottom, we customize what we do. We believe your big day should be about YOU and the only way we can do that, is by getting to know your desires, needs, and hopes, and then customizing the elements of your ceremony to match that. For example, if you are planning to elope in October, our fall elopement packages will be completely personalized and tailored to your love story.

While we aren’t crazy about labels (we aren’t a wedding planner, per say), we’re here to answer questions, provide elopement planning services, give needed advice, and do everything we are able to help your day be a stunning event!

As you may have guessed, it will be simple (and hopefully fun)! If you choose to elope, the first order of business is to decide your ceremony date, time, and location. We also like to know how many guests you’ll bring along. From there, we’ll help you choose from our various elopement packages. After that, we’ll get to personalizing! We personalize everything from the ceremony, to the photo styles, to the flowers. Our firm belief is that your elope wedding ceremony should be a reflection of your relationship! Easy. Peasy. Lemon. Squeezy.

Our answer every time: as soon as you’re able! While we have done a number of ceremonies the day after an eloping couple contacts us, we’re able to spend more time personalizing and fitting your ceremony to meet your needs with more lead time. The most important part on our end is for you to reserve your date. All the pieces fall into place after that one magical ‘click’!

Yeah! We allude to this in the above question and have planned many beautiful elopements with minimal notice. Now, when there’s less lead time for eloping, some venues, vendors, and times aren’t available, so there’s less flexibility than usual.

If you’re interested in working with us on a last-minute ceremony, please reach out and we’d love to help!

We define an elopement as 20 guests or less*. But, that doesn’t mean we can’t perform a ceremony with a higher guest count. Ceremonies with over 20 guests will have the additional cost of $10/person per vendor. For example, if you have the Sprout Package (2 vendors) and have 30 guests (10 extra guests), there would be an additional charge of $200 added to your Sprout Package. Please don’t hesitate to ask us about our elopement planning packages! *Guest count restrictions can vary from venue to venue.

While we do our best to be flexible for our eloping couples, our teams do have other gigs (and lives). Once you book your date and time, consider you locked in for those details, unless we specify otherwise. In the case of bad weather, we can work with you to find another appropriate venue or applicable date.

We’re happy to work alongside other vendors! Say that you want to elope with an officiant of your own choice but also want to book a Simply Eloped photographer for your ceremony – that’s totally okay. Please just let us know as you’re going through the booking experience.

The only country (we’re aware of) that requires special documentation to elope is the UK. It’s considered an ‘extended license’ and we are more than happy to advise you on the process. Just reach out!

As stated in our terms of agreement, your deposit is non-refundable. The reasoning for this is that during the elopement planning we do pay some fees up-front as soon as we start tailoring your big day. We much prefer to postpone if you are able! We do, however, refund in full if you cancel 24 hours or less after booking.

We accept payment online via credit or debit card. Reach out to us and we’ll send you a personalized link to start planning your elopement.

Without a doubt—yes!

Absolutely! We’re always on the lookout for wonderful people to join our remote elopement planning team. If helping people have magical elopements sounds fun to you, please shoot us an email!

If you’re interested in becoming a Simply Eloped vendor, email – team[at]simplyeloped.com

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Definitely! We’re expanding and constantly looking for ways to help more eloping couples, so we may be setting up where you live soon. Thanks 🙂 please fill out this form: