The dollars: what eloping might allow you to also do
Currently, the average wedding in Victoria costs $46,000.*
Depending on any extras organised by a couple, elopements with Elsewhere cost as little as $5000. And that includes a highly sought-after photographer and celebrant team plus a 2-3 night intimate getaway (something most weddings don’t).
Even if couples choose to go all out on their outfits or food or any other details, their spend remains a fraction of what it would be for a wedding with a larger group of guests.
Some couples absolutely choose to elope because it’s more realistic for them financially. But many of our couples choose to elope not because they wouldn’t be able fund a larger-scale wedding if they really wanted to, but because they’d rather spend that money on something else instead.
We thought we’d share just a thing or two that you might like to spend those pennies on if you were in this boat and opted for an elopement instead of a wedding:
+ an interstate holiday
+ an overseas holiday
+ a local but luxe holiday
+ a series of multiple weekends away
+ a house deposit
+ a new deck
+ a pool
+ a furniture upgrade
+ an appliances upgrade
+ a cleaner
+ a babysitter
+ a meal provider
+ a massage therapist
+ another avenue of outsourcing
+ a combination of all of the above to give you back the most precious thing you have: time
+ your dream doggo
+ your dream car
+ your dream gym / yoga / sport membership
+ your dream concert / festival / theatre tickets
+ your dream dates… how about an entire year of monthly boujee experiences you wouldn’t treat yourselves to otherwise?!
The thing is: we think your marriage deserves an incredibly special, memorable, curated experience to mark it regardless. With Elsewhere, we hope and aim for you to be able to have precisely that… as well as… perhaps, if you’re in the position… something more. Something that will bring guaranteed value and joy to your lives as you enter this next chapter. Something you decide on together. All it takes is an openness to the possibilities, possibilities as exciting as the above…
*Statistic based on a recent study by ABIA Weddings Australia, collated from 5000 couples over 6 months.
Words by Kahani Motiani - resident celebrant for all of Elsewhere’s elopements.