DH and I eloped in September last year to the Greek Islands! Well we planned to elope on our own but ended up taking 30 family and friends with us! It's was INCREDIBLE to say the least and an absolute dream.

In the end it cost the same as what a big wedding here would have cost.

To get around the marriage certificate thing and to avoid hefty translation and apostle stamp costs, we opted to have a courthouse ceremony just before we left the country. This meant our legal marriage was in Australia and our ceremony on Santorini was symbolic. Our guests didn't even know the difference as we didn't feel the need to mention it. It was just a piece of paper anyway!