I know they say not to trust strangers on the internet...

I met my life partner chasing my dreams across the globe. I quite my 9-5 in 2017 and bought a one way ticket to Canada with nothing but a backpack and a camera. I spent the summer working in a remote adventure lodge in British Columbia, guiding ATV and hiking tours in BC's pristine backcountry. That's when Johannes (ze German) showed up.

He didn't speak English. I didn't speak German...somehow, it didn't matter. 5 years later, we're living in Austria, we've learned each other's languages and we love to travel in our self converted camper helping make other couple's wild elopement dreams come true!

You want the real, deep, soul searing truth about why I believe eloping is the best way to get hitched? Because I absolutely loathed everything about marriage for most my life.

I come from divorced parents. I raised myself, and I'm fiercely independent. The idea of changing my name and throwing a party where I'm obligated to invite people who make my stomach sink...well...that's just a hard pass.

So I started dreaming up my own way of defining marriage, and some seriously kick ass ways of celebrating it. MY way. No exhausting guest list, no stuffy hotel ball room, no BS.

Okay, I'll just say it out loud:
I loathe weddings.

And then I met Johannes...