29 Jul 2013
Elope To Have an Inexpensive Wedding (without all the kitsch)
Why in the world would you elope?
Michelle Singletary is the personal finance columnist for The Washington Post.
She, like me, strongly advocates getting out of, and staying out of debt. She says:
If you have done all the right things to make sure you are ready for marriage, then have the wedding you can afford. People will want you to do a lot of things out of tradition or their desire to be sure relatives or friends aren’t left out of the celebration. But they aren’t going to help you pay for it.
On top of that, Investopia lists debt as one of the Top 6 Marriage-Killing Issues.
The average wedding today costs $28,427. I maybe come from the wrong side of the train tracks, but I don’t know too many couples who can fork over that much cash without going into any kind of debt, even if it’s just the in-laws chipping in for much of it.
Getting married is both a romantic and social obligation between couples, but it is also a legal requirement in order to get most state benefits like social security disability, family rights when visiting the sick, receiving family rates and tax breaks, and more.
Inexpensive weddings are becoming more and more popular in the “new economy” since the collapse in the mid-2000s. People still need to get married, but they can’t afford the large-scale events that have been popular for a few decades. When looking for inexpensive wedding ideas, couples need to look past dated connotations to old, time-tested practices.
How can you have an inexpensive wedding that doesn’t look like it came from the dollar store or from the clearance aisle at Target?
Elope Asheville is one option. Here at Elope Asheville, we take on every aspect of your small wedding planning so that you can focus on the love of your life and the fun you will have on your day.
We have all seen the stressed-out bride who, a few weeks later, says, “I can’t even remember my wedding day it was so stressful!”
Elope Asheville is the solution to the stress problem. All you need to do in order to get married with us is to:
- Tell us the date and time you want to get married
- Go pick up your marriage license
- Show up
That’s it. We take care of everything else. We have the venues. We have flowers, wedding cakes, a photographer, and even a live musician already picked out and ready to provide memories for you. We have a single up-front fee that covers everything so you won’t be surprised at the end of the day. In short, we have taken on every bit of stress so that you won’t have any.
This is today’s modern elopement – inexpensive weddings done the right way.
Elopements have gotten a bad wrap over the past twenty years. People think of elopements as running off to Vegas in order to have Elvis marry them while wearing rented powder blue tuxes and orange wedding dresses.
Or maybe it conjures the imagine of showing up at someone window, late at night, to run away to another state in order to quickly sign the legal forms so that you can call each other “husband and wife.” 
This couldn’t be further from today’s reality.
When you elope with Elope Asheville, not only do you get an inexpensive, stress-free wedding, you also get a romantic wedding experience that rivals even the largest ceremonies that cost thousands more. We will work with you to plan the exact kind of ceremony you want that will fit your religious preference — or even lack thereof. You can bring some guests with you. You can have a beautiful wedding cake, fresh flowers, and your very own wedding photographer. This isn’t a fly-by-night wedding. This is just a wedding you can afford.
This is just a wedding you can enjoy.
Elope Today. No… seriously!
How easy is it to elope sooner rather than later?
If you contact me at 8am, you could be married by noon. It’s really that easy.
Of course we prefer a longer amount of time for planning, but it’s not necessary. North Carolina marriage laws are fairly simple and straight-forward. You don’t even need to leave your house to apply for a marriage license. You also don’t have to be a citizen of North Carolina to get married here!
So <a href=”mailto:jonpaul@elope-asheville.com”>Contact me today</a> to get the planning process started. You will have a wedding you can afford, in the most beautiful surroundings you can imagine, with the love of your life in the most romantic moment of your life.