Being an elopement photographer in Western Australia I am always asked, why elope?
Weddings can burn you out. I have seen many couples reach the most exciting day in their lives and want it “over with” so they can go and relax together on honeymoon. These are very big weddings with a ton of financial and emotional investment.
I have always felt sorry for these people. Somewhere during the planning, their ideas and dreams have been compromised to keep everyone happy and it’s ended up being a thing they have to get done.
Of course not all weddings are like that. The majority of my couples are itching to “get their party started!” and wouldn’t allow for someone to dictate how their special day should be.
Eloping is guaranteed to be about your ideas and dreams
Eloping is simple and stress free, it’s an intimate day of pure celebration and fun. It can involve many awesome experiences and can include an epic adventure if you feel up for it.
2. Elope Packages reduce stress and make life easy for you
Investing in an elope package with an expert in elopements is going to be the best decision you can make. Especially if you are already leading a full and busy life.
It’s a bit like contemplating using a builder or owner building your house without any handy person skills or experience, unless you have a ton of spare time to skill up and research why would you do it to yourself.
My elopement package starts off with a bare essential marriage celebrant, two hours photography and planning. The last part is massive, it’s where I listen to your thoughts and ideas and then create an epic elopement experience for you. There will be some tweaks and adjustments here and there to fit in with what you’d love and your budget but ultimately I put together an team of vendors and experiences so you have the best elopement day ever!
3. Expert advice on tap to make your life easy
When you book me as your elopement photographer only or you book an elope package with me I will set up an easy channel of communication for us. If you love email, phone, WhatsApp chat group, zoom or Skype I can have that set up so you can ask me any question during business hours and I will be ready to help.
4. Local vendor contacts for emergency changes of plan
Whether you are eloping in Perth or the Margaret River Wine region I have highly experienced, trustworthy, genuine and creative wedding vendors to join my elopement team. I have been lucky to work in the wedding industry in Perth and also Margaret River and you get to know who really cares.
5. Eloping saves you financial stress compared to weddings
Even the most luxurious, extravagant and adventure packed elopement is not going to get near the cost of a wedding in Western Australia. Just look at the number of people involved, typically just the two of you, possibly you may go up to a dozen people but you are no where near eighty to one hundred and fifty people to look after.
The average cost of a wedding in Australia is $65,000 check this out
The average elopement package is $2000-$3000 my basic one with the bare essentials is $1850. If you add on accomodation, experiences epic adventures etc you will be anywhere between $4000 and $10,000. If you go all out with what is essentially a honeymoon thrown into the mix you can be spending $6000-$15,000 plus. Read this helpful article on elopement budgeting.
6. Elopements make getting married about having and intimate fun experience together
You must have chatted together about experiences, destinations or adventures that you’d love to do. Elopements let you incorporate that into your wedding.
Have you always wanted to walk a section of the Cape to Cape through Margaret River? What about taking a ride in a helicopter?Perhaps you love the ocean and you’d love to get married together at Rottnest? Or get married and then climb Bluff Knoll together? Or maybe you love the idea of spending a week at a luxury resort and spoiling yourself with relaxing experiences like massages and walks along the beach.
I have tons of fantastic ideas for you whatever experience you fancy I can help you to create an awesome stress free and fun elopement.
