There are many reasons why couples opt for a scaled down, more intimate wedding. In our experience, these small wedding celebrations are as beautiful and meaningful as those larger gatherings. Here are 5 reasons couples are opting for a more intimate, micro wedding celebration.
1. Just The Two Of US
In the past, when people thought about eloping, it meant running off to the courthouse to get married quick or taking a drunken trip to Las Vegas to get married on the strip. Couples have now changed the connotations of elopements to something more romantic and adoring. Stylish elopements are popping up all around the country, especially in the Lake Tahoe area. There are so many picturesque locations around the lake to hold your intimate elopement ceremony.
2. Low-key, Just The Family
Weddings are where families come together and some couples have opted to keep the celebration to just that. For some couples, their families are the center of their worlds and can’t see themselves without those special few on their wedding day. Some special guests may be high risk so these smaller, family only wedding celebrations allow those special guests to be included in the festivities.
3. Intimate Wedding Now, Sequel Wedding Later
Due to the effects of COVID-19 hitting the U.S. in early 2020, many couples needed to make the difficult decision to postpone or cancel their weddings. Many of our couples postponed their weddings into 2021 but a handful of couples opted to have a small wedding ceremony now with a sequel wedding celebration the following year.
One of our couples told us that the wedding date they chose was really special to them so having their wedding on that date was one of the best ways to honor their love. They planned on having a sequel wedding next year once things with COVID subside.
Another one of our couples shared with us that in both the bride and groom’s culture, changing the wedding date is bad luck. This was their reason for downsizing from a 150 person lakefront wedding to an micro-wedding over looking Emerald Bay in Lake Tahoe.
4. Cost Savings
In 2019, couples spent an average of $33,900 in 2019 for their weddings. Having a smaller wedding has significant cost savings. One of our couples pivoted from a large mountaintop venue to a small wedding on a boat cruise in the middle of Lake Tahoe. They shifted the extra funds towards fun activities for their wedding guests during their fun wedding weekend.
By having an intimate elopement or small wedding, the money you save can be transferred to other costs you and your fiancé may have in mind. The funds couples saved by having a small wedding were shifted over to more wedding photography and videography coverage, a more extravagant honeymoon, or more funds to put towards a house.
5. Reduced Stress
It’s easy to get caught up in all the numerous wedding details when you have a large wedding you are planning for. By having a small wedding with your closest few, it will be easier to focus on the people and things that matter most. If having those intimate moments matter more than a large crowd then maybe an intimate wedding is the right choice for you.
Micro weddings have been quite popular in recent years but 2020 has really helped couples see the many advantages of having a small wedding.
The Northern Nevada and Lake Tahoe areas are filled with picturesque locations to elope or hold your micro wedding. If you’re considering eloping or getting married in the Reno/Lake Tahoe area, our team of experienced wedding professionals can offer guidance on the execution of your vision for your wedding day. We’ve partnered with the talent team at Chateau Bliss Wedding & Event Design to bring you a variety of stunningly styled intimate elopements and micro weddings along with an officiant, photography and videography services.
We’re making it easy for you to have your dreamy intimate wedding with the magnificent Lake Tahoe as your backdrop. Once you secure your location for your elopement/micro wedding, choose the style that fits the vision for your wedding day – modern, boho, rustic or classic romantic. Then we work behind the scenes to create a truly unforgettable day.
On the day of your wedding, you two show up with your marriage license ready to say your “I do’s” then we do the rest. A gorgeously designed ceremony, an officiant to make it official, and photography and/or videography services to capture those perfect, personalized impressions.
Your love deserves to be celebrated. Thinking about eloping in Lake Tahoe or Northern Nevada? We’d be elated to be a part of your big day. Click here to set up a no-strings-attached consultation.
Here’s a recent micro wedding our videography team captured at Squaw Valley’s High Camp in Lake Tahoe.
