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Elopements: TTAT x Adventure Instead

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Elopements are cheap and secretive runaway weddings in Vegas, right?? WRONG!

It turns out elopements today are deeply desirable, jaw-droppingly beautiful and heart-breakingly intimate versions of a wedding that bring all the wow-factor and none of the drama! In this guest special, your The Thing About That hosts chat to Maddie Mae, founder of Adventure Instead: a company that specialises in organising, planning and photographing elopements. Hettie, Becca and Lucy learn all about how elopements have changed over the years and why they are now such a sought-after and non-traditional way of getting married. This episode tells you everything you need to know about elopements. Trust us - by the end, you'll wish you were eloping...

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Guest Special 2 length: 30 mins 49 seconds

Introducing Maddie Mae (00:34)

  • Founder of Adventure Instead, an elopement photographer specialising in elopements and intimate weddings
  • What is the meaning of an elopement? And how has our image of elopements changed historically?

    • Why do elopements still have traditional trappings? (04:)

    • The white dress and the exchanging of rings is still often there. Why?
    • How to make your wedding unique and personal. Maddie Mae talks us through how to plan your perfect day

      • Why should you elope? (07:26)

      • Why do couples elope? We hear the Adventure Instead data
      • "Just us" experience / shedding family drama / wanting to use less stuff

        • What is the process of planning an elopement? (09:59)

        • What to expect if you want an elopement company to help you elope

          • Is elopement an act of romance or defiance? (11:33)

          Finance as a driver (13:50)

          • Elopements can be cheaper or just as expensive. Money spent on different things
          • Misapprehension that elopers are cheap

            • How to manage the family if you choose to elope (14:54)

            Real life elopement example (16:30)

            • Maddie Mae talks us through her own elopement in Peru on New Year's Day!
            • Glampacking in Incan ruins with a wedding at sunrise
            • Wedding dress bought on Etsy

              • How to be "invisible" as an elopement photographer (19:26)

              • How aware is the couple of an elopement photographer?
              • The intimacy of the relationship formed between client and provider. Lucy also discusses her experience with Revels in Hand clients.
              • Photographer experience in big weddings vs elopements

                • The start of your elopement day (24:45)

                • How does Maddie Mae kick off the special day for the couple?
                • How to connect with your partner at the start of your wedding day
                • Higher emotions in more intimate weddings


                  • You can find Maddie Mae and Adventure Instead at:

                  www.AdventureInstead.com

                  @AdventureInstead on Instagram

                  And you can find the photography academy Maddie Mae spoke about here:

                  www.AdventureInsteadAcademy.com

                  @AdvtureInsteadAcademy on Instagram

                  And a free Educational Facebook Group for Aspiring Adventure Wedding & Elopement Photographers:

                  www.facebook.com/groups/weddingsandwanderlust


                  Thank you for listening!

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