Charming Destination Elopement in Monterey

Like so many modern love stories, Anne and Matt met on Tinder (in Switzerland), where they both lived on the same side of town. Matt had also just signed up in January 2023, and they matched with each other very quickly! Right from the start, they had chemistry and started writing to each other for hours each day during lockdown. Anne says they found their conversations profound and exciting and were definitely on the same wavelength. Their Tinder app has eighty-two pages of communications:)

These two trusted their gut, and after only a month, they became engaged on February 2, 2022, despite never having met in person. They finally met two days later, and both said the other exceeded their expectations.

According to Anne, “We met on the dating app Tinder in Switzerland, where we lived very close to each other. A few days after Matt signed up, we had already been matched. That was in January 2022. Immediately after the match, we wrote to each other every day for several hours. Our conversations quickly became very deep and exciting.” She says, “We quickly realized that we not only had amazingly similar experiences and interests but also that the chemistry was right and that we were on the same wavelength in so many areas of life.”

They’ve spent every day together since meeting and feel incredibly grateful to have found each other. They moved in together after six months, traveled around Europe together, and decided that Monterey, California, would be the perfect place for their elopement wedding. Because we are both a California elopement photography company and an intimate wedding planning company, we guided them every step of the way for their perfect beachside wedding ceremony and couples wedding photography session. Anne wanted a spot high atop a cliff, overlooking the ocean, because their home country is landlocked and does not touch any oceans at all. (However, they do have the best chocolates and watches in the world, so don’t feel too bad for them!)

Their package included their wedding officiant, Eileen, a bridal bouquet and boutonniere, and two hours of wedding photography. You can customize your own package by adding hair and makeup for yourself and any bridal party or family members.

Lovers Point Park offers so many choices for your wedding ceremony. They have a lush green lawn with a beautiful butterfly statue (A Monarch butterfly sanctuary right up the street), a white sandy crescent beach, and all kinds of boulders and tide pools for your photography backdrop. We’ve never photographed a ceremony in their chosen location, so I thought a blog post would be helpful to showcase this new option. The beach at Lovers Point Park is marvelous and rarely has many people on it, but it DOES disappear at high tide. We constantly check the tide chart when booking a wedding at this location to ensure you have plenty of that beautiful white sand to run around on and enjoy. The cove is backed by a two-story rock wall that’s also really pretty as a backdrop.

Anne chose a bouquet of pink, white, and green roses, wildflowers, and eucalyptus with a matching boutonniere for Matt. Her white halter-neck dress with cutouts on the bodice and his tan linen suit completed their coastal California wedding style! If you are having a simple pop-up elopement with no arch and chairs, you can forgo a permit, but if you want a larger, more formal affair, you can choose a location and obtain your permit here.

Please reach out if you’re interested in planning a small wedding or elopement in the Monterey and Carmel areas. We’d love to help you create a beautiful event.