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How to Elope in Chocó, on the Colombian Pacific
There is no road to this coast. That single fact produces everything else about it, including the reason to come.
Vol. IX · No. 4Est. 1999 · Worldwide
The Elopement Gazette
Arman Arai’s journal of marriages made quietly
The Shutter
Where will you marry?
Choose a country, then narrow to a city, and the front page will set itself to your dispatches.
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FeatureTofino
How to Elope in Tofino: The Coast, The Tides and What It Costs
A rainforest that ends at an ocean, and the tide decides half of it
FeatureColombia
The Mountains Circuit: Eloping Across Antioquia and the Coffee Axis
Medellín, Guatapé and the wax palms, joined by road rather than by a domestic flight. What the circuit costs, how the days are shaped, and why the driving is the point.
FeatureBogotá
The Andes and the Páramo Circuit: Eloping Above Bogotá
A cathedral cut two hundred metres inside a salt mountain, a shrine above a city of eight million, and a high moor full of plants that grow nowhere else on earth.
FeatureColombia
The Caribbean Circuit: Eloping in Cartagena, Rosario and Barú
A five hundred year old walled city, then a forty five minute boat to coral islands. Colonial stone and open water in one long weekend, with no flight in between.
DispatchVancouver
Eloping on Vancouver Island: The Day Noor and Kenji Ran Out of Road
They drove north up the east coast until the highway thinned out, and got married on a bluff above the Strait of Georgia with one officiant and nobody else. The day, and how to plan one.
Dispatch
Eloping on the Baja Bluffs: The Whole Circuit
Two oceans an hour apart with a desert in between, and the most photogenic beaches are the ones you must not swim at.
DispatchJasper
Can You Get Married at Maligne Lake and Spirit Island?
Yes at the lake, no on the island, and almost everybody asking the question means the island. Here is what is actually possible.
DispatchJasper
Can You Get Married at Pyramid Lake in Jasper?
Yes, and it is the one I would pick for a couple who want something beautiful without turning the day into an expedition.
FeatureJasper
Eloping Under Jasper's Dark Sky Preserve
11,228 square kilometres of protected darkness, and the one thing this park has that no other Canadian mountain town can buy.
CompareJasper
Jasper Winter vs Summer Elopement: An Honest Comparison
Two different parks, and the winter one lost its centrepiece. Maligne Canyon is closed for 2026 and the icewalks are not running.
PackagesJasper
Jasper Elopement Packages: What Each Tier Actually Includes
Two tiers, and the difference is time and film rather than a list of extras. The Blueprint has no film in it.
FeatureRevelstoke
How to Elope in Revelstoke: The Complete Guide
The BC licence, the one permit that actually exists, the Meadows in the Sky, the heli and the snowcat, the seasons, the costs, and the day itself: how I curate Revelstoke elopements end to end.
DispatchRevelstoke
The Meadows in the Sky Elopement Guide
A subalpine meadow at the top of a mountain that you can drive to. Twenty six kilometres of switchbacks, and a road that does not open when people assume.
FeatureRevelstoke
The Revelstoke Heli and Snowcat Elopement Guide
Two ways to reach terrain with no road to it, and one of them works in cloud. That is not a small difference in the Columbias.
FeatureWhistler
How to Elope in Whistler: The Complete Guide
The BC licence, summit ceremonies by gondola, heli lakes, the winter second season, and the day itself: how I curate Whistler elopements end to end.
FeatureBanff
How to Elope in Banff Without Queueing for the Photograph
You cannot drive to Moraine Lake any more. Here is what that means for your day, the permit nobody reads properly, and the seven decisions that matter more than the location.