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Standing frozen on a rock waiting for someone to tell you to smile is nobody’s idea of fun. Unfortunately, this is often what you have to do if you have a traditional wedding. You’re a bit stuck with a tight timeline and don’t get to have the fun you deserve during your photo shoot. And […]

Let’s get real. If you are reading this, you’ve likely looked at traditional wedding planning, realized it feels more like an agonizing corporate logistics project than a celebration of love, and decided to opt out. Instead of choosing table runners and making polite small talk, you want something monumental. You want to exchange your vows […]

Let’s cut straight to the chase. If you are reading this guide, you have likely looked at the standard, massive wedding industry template, felt like you suddenly needed to get your cortisol checked, and decided to completely opt out. Instead of dealing with family politics, seating charts, and steak & potato dinners, you want an […]

Congrats for opening up this elopement guide! It means you’re wanting to do things your way, and you think Switzerland is where it’s at (it 100% is). Picture this: giant snow-capped peaks, turquoise lakes as vibrant as your personalities, and the two of you, madly in love, dancing amongst the wildflowers or the autumn larches. […]

Standing on an alpine ridge at sunrise with hot coffee in your hands hits differently than sitting in traffic on your way to a venue. In fact, trading an overcrowded ballroom for wild peaks is the best decision you can make for your wedding day. If you are searching for unbelievable places to elope on […]

Squeezing a lifetime memory, a 5-mile mountain hike, family obligations, and a four-course dinner into a single 8-hour window feels less like a wedding and more like an extreme sport. If you’ve been searching for real reasons why you should have a multi-day elopement, here is the unfiltered truth: your wedding day shouldn’t feel like […]

Planning an adventure wedding gives you total freedom to design an itinerary packed with incredible things to do on your elopement day. In fact, trading a traditional timeline for an unforgettable experience is the whole point of eloping. Because your wedding day should reflect what you actually love doing together, there are zero rules holding […]

I get a lot of people DMing me on instagram questions like, “Where would you go if you wanted to propose?” As an adventure elopement photographer and experience designer living at the foot of the Italian Dolomites, hand-picking the best places to propose in Europe is what I do. Now I finally have an article […]

A bride emailed me a month ago with some location doubts. She had hired me to plan and photograph her elopement next year in the Dolomites. When she first emailed me and told me her plans, she sounded very excited, and everything aligned with a “typical” Dolomites elopement. But then this bride told me she […]

If you’ve been quietly dreaming of trading a sweaty 35°C summer wedding for crisp mountain air, glowing golden foliage, and cozy wool layers, welcome to the autumn elopement club. While summer gets all the hype, fall is secretly the ultimate cheat code for adventure elopements. The summer tourist crowds have packed up and gone home, […]