How to Plan a Todos Santos Elopement
The symbolic-or-civil ceremony choice, the desert or the coast, the season, and building the day around the Pacific sunset. The full sequence, and the part I run.
You plan a Todos Santos elopement and stall on the Mexican legal marriage.
That is a decision you can usually resolve in one step.
The first choice is symbolic or civil, and after that Todos Santos is a relaxed, characterful town to plan around.
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You can marry legally through a Mexican civil ceremony with documents arranged in advance, or marry at home and hold a symbolic ceremony. Most choose symbolic. Then you choose the setting: the cactus desert, the wild Pacific beach, or the colourful town and its mission.
Ceremony and setting
You can marry legally through a Mexican civil ceremony with documents arranged in advance, or marry at home and hold a symbolic ceremony. Most choose symbolic. Then you choose the setting: the cactus desert, the wild Pacific beach, or the colourful town and its mission.
Season and the light
The mild season gives the most comfortable weather and the whales offshore, and the Pacific sunset is the signature light, so the ceremony is often timed to it. A day can pair the desert, the town, and the beach, planned around the light.
The sequence I run
Confirm the ceremony type first, then the date around the season, then the setting, lodging, and vendors. The desert, the coast, and the light lead, not convenience.
My part: as your Elopement Curator I plan the sequence, coordinate the ceremony and the vendors, and both photograph and film it. Twelve years and 240+ couples in, the couples who ran it in order found Todos Santos effortless.
See how the tiers cover planning, coordination, photo, and video →
