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How Many People Should Be Invited To An Elopement?

Kylee, on September 3, 2021 at 8:57 PM Posted in Planning 0 7

So me and my fiance had plans for a bigger wedding about 2 years ago when we got engaged. We are not very sociable people at all so recently we talked about it and decided we would rather get eloped. I will still be wearing a beautiful gown, and it'll still be like a traditional wedding, except with way fewer people. We originally had about 40-50 people on our guest list draft and have already downsized it by 20 people. With us getting eloped, we only want family and maybe a couple of friends but no more than that.

I thought I would come on here and ask how many people typically come to an elopement. Because we are planning to look at places that do elopements soon and need to decide on a guest count soon. Any other advice would be appreciated as well! Thank you in advance!! Smiley smile

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Latest activity by Yasmine, on September 4, 2021 at 8:34 AM
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    Super December 2020
    Anais ·
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    You can have the amount of people you want.
    An elopement normally is very very very small, often just the couple and maybe a witness or two. 20 people is more like a microwedding.
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  • Jasmine
    Master August 2021
    Jasmine ·
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    I would personally say no more than 10-20 but it honestly varies on what the different venues offer as an elopement package. I know there are some wedding venues that would consider their elopement packages to be up to 30. Definitely a fine line when it comes to number of guests but even if you find one that's up to 30 (or more than what you're comfortable with), just keep in mind you don't have to have that many people. It's just the max you can have.

    Good Luck Kylee

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  • AJ
    Super October 2022
    AJ ·
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    I would consider 20 a micro wedding. Elopement to me is like bride and groom, officiant and like 2 other people.
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  • Michelle
    Rockstar December 2022
    Michelle ·
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    Agree with this. An elopement is the bride, groom, 1-2 legal witnesses as required by law and the officiant. A regular wedding is any number larger than that.
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  • Sexypoodle
    Master October 2021
    Sexypoodle ·
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    We just canceled our wedding of 70 guests and are now eloping with zero guests in attendance. However, what you described is an intimate wedding. A max of 20 is nice.
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  • Heather
    Savvy March 2022
    Heather ·
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    I agree than a true elopement is more like the bride and groom and like one or two. However, you can invite however many you want.


    I found a venue that does elopements and micro-weddings. They take care of everything, you just show up and they have different packages from 8 guest to 28 guests. So maybe that’s something to look into.
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  • Yasmine
    Master October 2020
    Yasmine ·
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    20 people would be more like a microwedding, I say go for it, especially if you aren't very social it'll make it more intimate for you & you're fiancé
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