{"id":14461,"date":"2019-03-30T01:10:47","date_gmt":"2019-03-30T01:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\/blog\/?p=14461"},"modified":"2019-04-18T01:36:23","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T01:36:23","slug":"why-you-should-elope-on-maui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\/Blog\/why-you-should-elope-on-maui\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Should Elope on Maui"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you thinking about having an elopement on Maui? We absolutely LOVE elopements and are always happy to plan these sweet events that are tremendously meaningful. It&#8217;s such an honor to be one of the only guests in attendance and make sure that your special day is absolutely flawless and exactly how you imagined it to be. There are many reasons that couples decide to elope on Maui as opposed to having a big wedding at home, but one of the reasons that we hear the most is that the big planning back home was becoming too stressful, after all, there are so many more opinions you have to think about: parents, future in-laws, who to invite, where to have it, who will pay, and the list goes on and on. Our Beach Wedding Packages are very reasonably priced and allow you to be completely stress free on your wedding day, while we take care of all of the details. You will be able to savor the moment with the love of your life and truly be present with each other. On top of that, you can combine your wedding and honeymoon into one trip on the gorgeous and romantic island of Maui!<\/p>\n<p>Jo Ann and Mark met each other on Match.com almost 12-years ago, when we asked what drew them to the island of Maui for their elopement, the bride answered:<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-quote su-quote-style-default\"><div class=\"su-quote-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">Maui is paradise, the most peaceful place I&#8217;ve ever been to. Choosing to have our elopement on Maui allowed us to experience our special day in a loving, fun, lighthearted way with our toes in the sand and without all the distractions of a huge wedding back home. <\/div><\/div>\n<p>And what could be better than that!?<\/p>\n<p>Maui Beach Wedding Planner: <a href=\"https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Makena Weddings<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maui Beach Wedding Photographer: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marbelle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marbelle\u00a0Photography<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Minister: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alapaki.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reverend Al Terry<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beach Location: Makena Cove<\/p>\n<p>Bouquet: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.floraldesignsmaui.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Floral Designs Maui<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lei: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiheiwaileaflowersbycora.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kihei Wailea Flowers by Cora<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14462\" src=\"https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/elope-on-maui-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/elope-on-maui-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/elope-on-maui-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/elope-on-maui-1-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14463\" src=\"https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/elope-on-maui-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/elope-on-maui-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/elope-on-maui-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/elope-on-maui-2-768x509.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14464\" src=\"https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/elope-on-maui-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/elope-on-maui-3.jpg 900w, https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/elope-on-maui-3-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/elope-on-maui-3-768x509.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14468\" src=\"https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/elope-on-maui-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/elope-on-maui-7.jpg 900w, https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/elope-on-maui-7-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/elope-on-maui-7-768x509.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14466\" src=\"https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/elope-on-maui-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/elope-on-maui-5.jpg 900w, https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/elope-on-maui-5-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/elope-on-maui-5-768x509.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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We absolutely LOVE elopements and are always happy to plan these sweet events that are tremendously meaningful. It&#8217;s such an honor to be one of the only guests in attendance and make sure that your special day is absolutely flawless and exactly how you imagined it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[37],"class_list":["post-14461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beach-wedding","tag-maui-beach-wedding","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14461"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14472,"href":"https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14461\/revisions\/14472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makenaweddings.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}