Frequently asked questions

No. Every price on this site is published. Easy Elopements list a set figure per location, and the other paths show a real starting investment on the pricing page. A call is for designing your day, not for unlocking a number.

Both, and that is the point. She builds the plan, scouts the locations, files the permits and runs the day, then photographs it herself. One person holds the whole thing, so nothing gets lost between a planner and a shooter who have never met.

You do. Tess researches, vets and recommends your florist, officiant, hair and makeup, caterer and anyone else you need, and she makes the introductions. You sign with them and pay them directly, which keeps your contracts in your name and means there is no mark-up passing through anybody.

Not yet. The Easy Elopement form sends a date request, and Tess confirms availability by email, usually within two business days. Nothing is charged here; the retainer comes as an invoice from her once you have both agreed the details.

An Easy Elopement uses a location Tess has already scouted, with the inclusions, guest limit and price already decided. A Signature Adventure starts from a blank page and is built around your specifics, which takes longer and costs more but can go anywhere.

A growing catalog of extraordinary concepts — a meteor shower, an eclipse, a castle ruin, an alpine lake — written up as full experiences with locations, ideal dates and a starting investment. Most have not been built yet. You pick one and it becomes yours. Have a look.

Anything from just the two of you to about 150. Each Easy Elopement location publishes its own limit because the permit sets it, usually between 8 and 30. Larger numbers move into Custom Weddings.

Plan A, Plan B and Plan C are already in motion before the week of your wedding. Tess keeps the timeline steady, handles pivots before they reach you, and every location on this site has a confirmed backup at a similar drive time. Rain photographs beautifully, for what it is worth.

Several are fully accessible on paved paths, including Kubota Garden, the Woodland Park Rose Garden, the Volunteer Park Conservatory and Discovery Park. Every location page states the walking distance, the surface and the terrain honestly. Tell Tess what you need and she will plan around it rather than ask you to adapt.

Yes, wherever the land manager allows it, and Tess will tell you which sites do. She brings extra squeaky toys. City gardens and most state land are fine; several national park sites are not.

Two to four months is comfortable for an Easy Elopement, six to ten for a Signature Adventure, and a year or more for a full wedding or a destination trip. Shorter notice is often possible, so ask before assuming it is too late.

Regularly. The Pacific Northwest is a weekend trip, and destination weddings are quoted with a flat travel line agreed before you sign.

A preview set within about a week, and the full gallery four to six weeks after the day. Galleries are private, downloadable at full resolution, and yours to print however you like.

Yes, from $1,450, and it is built into the same timeline rather than added on top of it. That matters — video that is planned alongside the photography does not cost you moments.

In Washington, yes, with a marriage licence from any county auditor. There is a three-day waiting period after you apply and the licence is valid for sixty days. Tess will send you the exact steps for your county, and the paperwork requirements for any destination you choose.

Take the two-minute quiz. It asks about travel, planning appetite, guest count and the kind of landscape you are drawn to, then points you at the path that actually fits. It takes less time than reading this page.