Vanessa and Ryan’s Lake Hayes wedding brought 10 of their closest family members and friends to a private villa in New Zealand for a week of celebrations. Their plans included an outdoor ceremony, food truck catering, and a helicopter ride into the mountains, where they exchanged personal vows away from their guests. The couple’s connection to New Zealand began years earlier. Having grown up in the same community in Southern Ontario, Canada, they reconnected at […]
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Wedding Ideas: Mountain Wedding
A Charming DIY Bohemian Harvest Wedding Set Against the Swiss Alps in Interlaken
Glass apple-shaped lamps inspired Polina and Simon’s Bohemian Harvest theme, which brought rich colors, oversized paper flowers, and playful DIY details to their Interlaken wedding Held at Trinkhalle am Kleinen Rugen, a traditional Swiss venue surrounded by the Alps, the celebration featured handmade decorations, custom-printed tablecloths, and personal touches created with help from their families and friends. The couple met in Basel while pursuing doctoral degrees. Their first date at a local autumn fair continued […]
Guests Took a Chairlift Up and an Alpine Slide Down at This Whitefish Mountain Resort Wedding
Guests at Madison and Justin’s Whitefish Mountain Resort wedding took a chairlift to their mountaintop ceremony, then had the option of riding an alpine slide down to cocktail hour. The newlyweds were the last to take the slide, making their entrance before heading straight into their first dance on the outdoor patio. With 113 of their 115 guests traveling from out of town, the couple also planned a weekend of activities, including a Montana rodeo […]
Golden Light and Personal Vows at This Serene Emerald Bay Lake Tahoe Elopement
Kristine and Tracy exchanged private vows at Emerald Bay, with Lake Tahoe’s vast blue waters, mountains, and Fannette Island stretching out behind them. The two, who first met through mutual friends at a house party, had the overlook to themselves for their intimate ceremony. After exchanging vows and taking portraits around Emerald Bay, they headed to Sand Harbor to catch the sunset. Their wedding outfits were just as striking as the views. One bride wore […]
Handmade, Homegrown, and Undeterred by a Storm: A Quiraing Isle of Skye Elopement
A major storm had knocked out power across much of the Scottish Highlands. Fallen trees and power lines had closed every road to the Isle of Skye, and when Lou and McKay asked for advice on making the trip, the response was fairly straightforward: “Don’t go, don’t even try.” They went anyway. After eventually reaching Skye and enduring another night of heavy rain, they woke on the morning of their Quiraing elopement to blue skies. […]
This Couple Returned to Milos, Greece to Get Married Where Their Love Story Began
Giovanni and Nastasia exchanged vows on the white volcanic rock of Sarakiniko, wandered through a fishing village for portraits, stopped for sunset drinks in Plaka, and ended the night around a candlelit table set directly on the beach. Their Milos, Greece elopement moved through the island rather than staying in one place, with each stop showing a different side of the destination they had first fallen in love with while dating. Milos entered the couple’s […]
A Maroon Bells Ceremony and Snowmass Reception: A Quintessentially Colorado Mountain Wedding
Selena and Kris got the mountain ceremony they had traveled to Colorado for, but they didn’t trade away the parts of a traditional wedding they cared about to get it. Forty guests joined them at Maroon Bells Amphitheatre before everyone headed back to Top of the Village in Snowmass, where the intimate reception turned into a full-on party and, eventually, a group jump into the pool. Junebug vendor Maye.Be Take A Photo, was there for […]
When a Master Sommelier Gets Married in the Dolomites, the Wine List Is Just the Beginning
Melissa and Jim’s Hotel La Perla wedding managed to give the wine list equal billing with the mountains surrounding it. Hosted in Corvara with only 40 guests, the celebration traded elaborate themes for exceptional bottles, long meals, and a weekend that gave everyone time to slow down and enjoy the Dolomites. Melissa, the Events Director at Verve Wine Chicago, and Jim, a Master Sommelier, planned the celebration around the things they care about most. Every […]
A Dolomites Elopement That Started at Lago di Braies and Ended With a Helicopter Mountaintop Picnic
There aren’t many weddings that begin on an empty dock at Lago di Braies and end with champagne and cake on a mountaintop accessible only by helicopter. That’s exactly how Alexa and Logan structured their day. They rented out part of the lake before sunrise, exchanged private vows with nobody else around, then spent the evening having a picnic above the clouds in Northern Italy. The couple traveled from Canada to create a day that […]
Wildflowers, Aspens, and Creek Views Made This Mountain Wedding a Garden Party to Remember
A creek running through the property, towering aspens overhead, and colorful florals inspired by summer wildflowers set the scene for Jordan and Kevin’s celebration at Blackstone Rivers Ranch. After moving to Colorado together in 2022, they quickly realized they wanted to get married there too. They envisioned a colorful, relaxed wedding that would also double as a fun weekend away for the friends and family traveling in to celebrate with them. Their story, however, started […]
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