Vivien and Tamás’s wedding

I first saw elopement weddings in Hungary during the covid period, when couples often chose this form because of restrictions. The foreign form of elopement weddings has been around for years and is also very popular and attractive, but I would have preferred to have my own wedding at home, in the city where we live, in the city we are really attached to. That’s why a Budapest wedding was a no-brainer for me. We met here, we live here, we love the diversity and sights of the city, we often go back to familiar venues and discover new ones. We chose this format because elopement weddings are about doing only the things that are important to us, that connect us, that make us happy and planning the big day from both our perspectives, the way we dreamed it. The whole day is flexible, there is nothing compulsory, no rushing or arriving on time. Except for one thing: the date of the wedding itself. The elopement wedding is very flexible, in terms of time, energy, costs, programmes. Everything works out exactly as it suits the couple. The elopement wedding doesn’t mean that loved ones can’t attend the wedding, several couples are welcome to have family at one or two stops, but they keep the rest of the program to themselves. However, any other variation will work. And some people just want to spend the big day alone. We had our elopement wedding as part of a day-long rendezvous, one of the stops of which was the wedding itself. With wonderful, and for us, nostalgic venues and activities.