Eloping

qazwsx123

Just engaged and will be eloping next year. Not into the big Irish Wedding and have talked with both sets of parents about eloping who have approved and encouraged the idea.
Quick couple of questions for anyone who has eloped:
1. Has anyone eloped to Malta / Rome and had a Catholic ceremony? Any tips would be appreciated.
2. What did ye do for witnesses?
3. What did ye do for hair / make-up / photographer?
4. Did ye hire wedding planer / liasion person?

All replies would be gratefully appreciated so we can get the show on the road.;)

GRMA

eloping sure aint what it used to be

Zaph

Call me a traditionalist, but surely eloping means you don't tell the parents before you get married?

Peregrinus

"Elope: To run away with a lover, usually in order to marry without parental consent."

However, since parental consent is less and less of an issue, these days, the word is gradually coming to mean - especially in the US - travelling for the purpose of marrying without your family being present, even though they may know all about it in advance.

CelticRambler

This must be a wind-up? Use a wedding planner to elope? :eek:

If you're planning it and everyone knows about it, that's called a wedding. Do you need help with the guest list? :rolleyes:

Esel

I remember when eloping meant sloping....

Gatica

I am also a bit confused by why you'd want a wedding planner for an eloping. Eloping, if not to "escape" a traditional family/friends wedding, is at least meant to be a cheaper alternative. Hiring hair/makeup and coordinator for just the two of you seems like an awful lot of extra expense that's not necessary.
It may not be entirely odd to want a make-up artist and hairdresser as you might still want to pamper yourself and look good, but a planner is a bit OTT in my opinion.
Also, if you have a church ceremony with just the two of you, in a good few countries on the continent, as far as I know, you still would need to marry separately under a civil ceremony first. E.g. in France you'd have to go to the Mairie for the state ceremony first. This would be a lot of extra hassle I imagine if what you wanted was an easier alternative to the far more complicated traditional Irish wedding. If it's very important to you to be married by a church, then you can probably do that here at your local parish with some appointment when you return from your elopement. I can see it becoming rather complicated doing that abroad.

iguana

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