A Micro Wedding is somewhere between an elopement and a traditional wedding. The key things to point out are the best elements of an elopement and a traditional wedding that a micro wedding brings together. The most appealing parts of an elopement are affordability and ease of planning. The best elopements come in a package where one company provides all the basics including the venue, the officiant and the photographer, and do it at a reasonable price. The best elements of traditional weddings include a place for a bride to put on her wedding dress, a beautiful venue with enough space for all the happy couple’s closest friends and family in attendance in a lovely wedding ceremony, with music, flowers, photographer, coordinator and officiant, followed by a storybook reception. A great micro wedding will allow the happy couple to have a lovely ceremony with an intimate number of friends & family, with the bride in a wedding dress, escorted down the aisle to music of her choice, in a gorgeous space with the feel of a traditional wedding, but without the high cost and months of planning that a traditional wedding requires. The Micro Wedding is a great compromise for the couple trying to balance expectations for a Traditional Wedding while keeping costs under control and keeping the planning to a minimum.
Reasons to choose a Micro Wedding
- Micro Weddings are more affordable than Traditional Weddings
- Micro Weddings are simpler to plan than Traditional Weddings
- Micro Weddings are a great compromise for everyone involved
Affordability
A Mirco Wedding can save the couple thousands, maybe even tens of thousands of dollars compared to a Traditional Wedding. The guest count is smaller, the bridal party is smaller, the venue is smaller, the amount of time at the venue is shorter, and the expectations of everyone involved are lowered. Many companies that offer elopements may also offer something larger, and some companies that offer traditional weddings may offer something smaller. In many cases, a Micro Wedding package may be similar to an Elopement package including the venue, officiant, coordinator, photographer, music and some decorations. These types of packages are almost always less expensive than having to find your own venue and then find your own vendors. Think of all the ways you can use the money you will save be choosing a Micro Wedding over a Traditional Wedding. You could pay down student loans, pay off other debt, jump start savings for a downpayment on a home. For those who may not have all the money they would need for the large, expensive traditional wedding, you can pay for a Micro Wedding rather than going into debt for a Traditional Wedding. You may not realize just how expensive Traditional Weddings are until you start looking at all the categories including venues, florists, caterers, bar service, wedding cakes, musicians, DJs, tux rentals, wedding dresses, wedding planners, invitations, rehearsal dinners. The total can easily match the down payment on a house or the cost of a luxury SUV.
Simplicity
Booking a Micro Wedding, the right Micro Wedding, can make the wedding experience for the couple as easy as some Elopements. A good Micro Wedding package should combine all the key services needed including the venue, officiant, coordinator photographer and sometimes even a videographer. Even with a guest count larger than an Elopement, the packing of services in a Micro Wedding under the umbrella of one company that specializes in Elopements and Micro Weddings means that you will have the experience that you and your loved ones want with the ease of planning and affordability that everyone can appreciate!
Compromise
Micro Weddings combine the best elements of Traditional Weddings and Elopements. The Micro Wedding will give the couple and guests the feeling of a traditional wedding, but with so much less expense and planning. The couple can marry in a lovely venue with an intimate gathering of closest friends and family present. The bride can wear a wedding dress and walk down an aisle with her escort, and even have a small bridal party. The couple can have team of professionals tending to the most important details including an officiant, on-site coordinator, photographer and sometimes even a videographer! There may be competing interests that can be satisfied when choosing a Micro Wedding, including one person who wants the experience and feeling of a Traditional Wedding and someone else who wants the ease and affordability of an Elopement. The Micro Wedding meets these competing interests in the middle. Parents, grandparents and siblings who attend a Micro Wedding will feel like they’ve “been to a wedding” and they won’t feel like they’ve been ignored or excluded. The bride who has a Micro Wedding will look back and remember having those closest to her present to share the day, and she will remember the day fondly rather than remembering all the work, exhaustion and expense.
What are the next steps now that I’ve chosen a Micro Wedding?
Where should you host your Micro Wedding? Does anyone offer a Micro Wedding in my hometown? Do I need to find a Destination Micro Wedding? These are a few of the important choices you will need to make, now that you’ve decided to have a Micro Wedding. The closer you have a Micro Wedding to your hometown, the larger your guest list may be, so you may have more success trimming your guest count if you choose a Destination Micro Wedding. You need to decide home much you want to spend and how much you are willing to spend. Those are often different numbers! Do plenty of research and ask lots of questions. Read reviews. Look at websites and social media posts. When you get a quote from a company, read the details and follow up with questions so you know exactly what you are booking, how much it costs and how it all works. The Friends & Family Elopements at Belmont Mansion are great examples of the best Micro Weddings in Nashville. Please visit us at ElopementsInc.com and review all the options that we have in all our cities.
