Top 10 Activities to Do on your Elopement Day.
1. Write down your ‘hopes and dreams’.
On special stationery and seal them in a wooden box. You could pop in a bottle of your favourite wine too and look forward to reading these together on your first anniversary.
2. Read cards and letters.
From loved ones to evoke their presence and heighten emotions before you embark on your marriage ceremony. If you’re keeping things a secret from family and friends, exchange love notes and small gifts with each other for a beautiful keepsake for years to come.
3. Consider a ‘first look’.
If you are getting dressed and ready separately, pick out the perfect location to meet and see each other in your wedding finery for the first time… and share a last kiss before you’re married.
4. Pop champagne.
Over afternoon tea or on an alfresco picnic and toast your newly married status!
5. Reconnect with family and friends.
To reveal that you’ve tied the knot and invite them to share your happiness. A phone chat or video-call will enable you to finally share the news you’ve been bursting to tell!
6. Make memories with your guests, children or pets.
If you’ve brought anyone along for the ride, make sure to spend time together enjoying each other’s company, be this over a campfire or on a stroll around the local hiking trails.
7. Get an unforgettable view of the area with a private excursion.
You could immerse yourselves in a special tour of the vineyard complete with wine tasting, reach new heights in a helicopter ‘flight seeing’ over the canyon, watch an impressive bird of prey display at the castle or take an off-road safari trip into the wilderness!
8. Make the most of nature.
If you’re beside the sea or a waterfall, dive in for a swim. Sail around the bay, or lose track of time in a rowing boat made for two. Hire a pair of horses and go for a ride, or a take a convertible out for a spin on country roads and feel the wind in your hair!
9. A sunset couple’s shoot.
It is an absolute must for those dreamy golden-hour photographs. An hour before sunset, head out together with your photographer to see the day in a totally different light.
10. Celebrate the end to a perfect day with a candlelit dinner
For just the two of you, then have your first dance alone under the stars.
