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What is an elopement wedding?
In a nutshell it is a wedding for just two people wishing to tie the knot at a destination location away from home and enjoy a stress free wedding day in private. This is usually done in secret with no friends or family present.
Today it still involves getting married away from home and some couples choose to keep it their secret, others don't. Put simply, it is a no fuss wedding involving a classic ceremony in a beautiful destination with a romantic, almost cheeky feel.
All of our elopement weddings for 'Just the Two of You' include a bottle of Prosecco, music played for you, and us as witnesses. We will also be on hand, in the background, to ensure everything runs smoothly leaving you to focus on each other and savour every moment. That's us (Caroline and Steve) in the pic!
Need some elopement inspiration: Read our article on 10 Reasons to Elope
Where are the best places to get married when are just the two of us?
There is something especially romantic about the thought of running away together to get married in secret.
You need to look for a wedding venue that specifically caters for elopement weddings. Many offer elopements but check out the privacy. Will you be offered a bedroom to get married in, or a corner of the restaurant to eat in?
Look for somewhere that gives you privacy. It 's not quite so romantic when gown clad Spa seekers are wondering around the venue.
There are dedicated venues out there that specialise in elopement weddings and will be happy to offer you fully exclusive use.
Look for venues with a dedicated wedding planner that will be with you on your special day. It is always easier if you can get to know your planner and have consistency and support throughout the planning process. This helps you get to know them, and builds confidence and trust. A very important element for your special day.
If the venue is offering to provide witnesses for you, then ask who will that be? Get to know them.
Lots of venues are located in great places around the UK, so seek out one that has special meaning to the two of you. Maybe a special place where you have holidayed together, maybe where you proposed. Think about combining your elopement wedding with a mini break or quick getaway holiday. This way it will be easier to fend off prying questions from family and friends.
Elopement Wedding Packages designed for "Just the Two of us"
We have designed three different elopement packages, each intended to suit different needs and budgets..
Our Elopement Wedding Ceremony
Enjoy a warm welcome to Cote How from Caroline and Steve. with a glass of prosecco and time to settle yourselves while the registrars finalise their paperwork with you.
Make your entrance from the Woodrow reception area into the stylish Wordsworth ceremony room. Steve will operate your own carefully chosen music and will make sure that the video is on!
Your intimate elopement is a relaxed and friendly ceremony and the registrars are great at making you feel relaxed. Steve and I will witness your wedding and sign the register for you before exiting again to your chosen music. Post ceremony you can celebrate together with a Prosecco toast enjoyed anywhere you wish in our tranquil gardens. Afterwards maybe take a stroll together to the lake shore for Rydal Water, a favourite beauty spot, for those cherished photographs.
This is our two-hour wedding for TWO
Elopement Wedding Ceremony followed by a Cumbrian Picnic
Just married and prosecco on ice... and rather than feel that you have to rush off perhaps linger a while longer and enjoy a bite to eat some together time in private.
Specifically designed as a romantic sharing treat, your wedding breakfast is a tasty selection of fresh and homemade locally sourced goodies, including local cheeses, bread, chutney, scotch eggs, quiche, cake and homemade scones.
Our elopement weddings enjoy fully exclusive use of our whole venue, you are free to decide where you would like to eat your delicious picnic. Choose anywhere within our stunning grounds with spectacular views all around, or in front of our cosy log fire and candlelight in winter. This is a three-hour wedding for TWO
Elopement Hideaway
For those who really can't bear to leave us...
Our premium Elopement Wedding gives you the opportunity to enjoy a luxury nights’ accommodation at Cote How in our Loughrigg Wedding Suite. Our Hideaway Elopement includes your ceremony, delicious picnic, one nights’ accommodation, finished off with a sumptuous continental breakfast served to your room.
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Complimentary Ceremony Video
We have a brilliant Sonos System which plays throughout your wedding, utilising your own personally compiled playlists. This is a free music service which we include and operate on your behalf.
We can also video your wedding ceremony and add it to this stylish USB stick along with any photos we take on the day. This is a lovely keepsake to capture those memorable moments!
Viewing from far away...
We understand that visiting for a show around can sometimes be problematic so we have put together this short video tour.
Meet Caroline, owner and wedding planner at Cote How. The video shows the gardens, reception area and the Wordsworth Ceremony room which is licensed for elopements and intimate weddings for upto 12.
Click on the image which links to our YouTube channel.
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For those of you living a long way from us and unable to visit before you elope than we can arrange a personal virtual tour for you. Please call Caroline to chat on 015394 32765.
