If you've got some special people (or four-legged friends) in your life that need to be there on your special day, you can bring them along.
Elopement Wedding Guests
Guests or no guests? Maybe you already know for sure. Maybe you’re undecided. For some it’s a tough one, for some it’s super easy.
We know some couples want to have guests so we’ve made it an option. You don’t have to make a decision about guests (let alone how many) when you book. You can add (or reduce) guest numbers at any time up to a week before your wedding. Not a problem.
Your guests can arrive on site on the day any time after 11.30am. Your wedding ceremony will be at midday so you can bring arrival drinks before the ceremony. That’s optional too.
We’ll get your guests seated 5 mins before the ceremony, they’ll all have great seats to witness the two of you getting married. Then it’s champagne and off to your mini drinks reception. After some photos you’ll all sit down to your wedding breakfast followed by tea & coffee and chilling in front of the fire.
There’s no curfew for elopement guests, whether they’re staying on site or not. So long as we can’t hear any music from the house after 11pm, they can stay with you on the terrace as long as you want.
Children
Elopements come in all shapes and sizes. Couples on their own with no guests, couples who’ve just had their first baby, couples with adult children and all ages of children in between.
Quite a few elopements are just parents and children. New outfits, a great couple of days out and loads of fab pics to record it all.
Some couples with children prefer to get married without them so they can focus on getting married. We all know what attention magnets small children and babies can be, right? Whatever works for you is good, this is your wedding.
You can bring up to 2 children under 5 and they don’t count towards your guest numbers and there’s no charge for them. If you have more than 2 children under 5, the extra ones count towards your guest numbers but there’s still no charge for them.
For children 5-13 there’s a 50% discount on the adult guest charge and for children over 13 there’s a £10 discount on the adult guest charge as we don’t serve alcohol.
Dogs at your wedding
We love dogs! We have our dog Spud and now lil Ned our two border terriers, they've got their own fans on our Insta page.
Dogs at weddings. So important to be able to have your fave peeps at your wedding and for many of us, dogs are members of the family so we want them to be there. Like all family members, some dogs are more predictable than others. Will they jump up at your wedding dress? Will they bark/whine through the wedding ceremony. Think about what will realistically work for them and what they’ll be happy with.
We can recommend a local dog wedding chaperone to look after your furry fam so you don’t have to worry about them on the day.
Our florist can make you a floral arrangement for your dog’s collar. Uber cute. Maybe attach the ring box to their collar. A special lead. Maybe even a whole outfit. Yep, dog wedding outfits are a thing.
You’ll find all the deets of our dog policy here so be sure to pop over there for that.
Save the date
If you’ve read through the elopement brochure and you want to check our available dates, you can click below to check out our availability calendar for 2024 and 2025.