How to Include Family Who Can’t Attend Your Elopement on Your Special Day
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How to Include Family Who Can’t Attend Your Elopement on Your Special Day

Elopements are intimate by design. They’re about stripping away expectations and choosing presence, intention, and adventure. But just because you’re exchanging vows on a windswept ridge or deep in the desert doesn’t mean the people you love most aren’t part of it. 🤍

Over the years, we’ve filmed elopements where family couldn’t attend for all kinds of reasons—distance, health, finances, or timing. And honestly? Some of the most emotional moments of the day come from the ways couples choose to include them anyway.

Here are some meaningful, intentional ways to bring your people into your elopement—no matter how far away they are.

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Planning an Elopement with Roaming Desert Film Co.
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Planning an Elopement with Roaming Desert Film Co.

At Roaming Desert Film Co., we believe elopements are more than a quiet alternative to a big and stressful wedding—they’re an intentional choice to celebrate your authentic story, your connection, and the freedom to celebrate love on your own terms. Booking an elopement isn’t about skipping tradition; it’s about creating space for meaning, adventure, and authenticity. Whether you’re exchanging vows beneath an endless desert sky, along a windswept coastline, or somewhere wildly personal to you, we’re here to document it with the same care and cinematic storytelling as any grand celebration.

From the first conversation to the final film and photos, our approach is rooted in presence and knowledge as your guides! Here is the basic outline of booking your elopement with us!

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Three Ways to Legally Elope — A Guide from Roaming Desert Film Co.
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Three Ways to Legally Elope — A Guide from Roaming Desert Film Co.

There’s something timeless about eloping — the intimacy, the adventure, the freedom to define your day exactly how you want it. Here at Roaming Desert Film Co., we don’t just document love — we help couples plan thoughtfully, including making sure your elopement is legally valid.

Eloping doesn’t mean skipping the paperwork; it means knowing how to handle it in a way that supports your vision. Below are the three most common legal routes couples choose when they elope — each with its own benefits and logistics.

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A Zion National Park Elopement: The Love Story of Jesi and Tyler
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A Zion National Park Elopement: The Love Story of Jesi and Tyler

Like all great modern romances, this one began…with a Facebook friend request. Not just any request though - Tyler, being the gentleman that he is, asked Jesi’s mom for permission first and after careful preperation, he followed up with the smoothest, most original line of all time, “Hey, how’s it going?'“

Somehow that simple line was the beginning of everything. They lived 40 minutes apart and had to drive a bit to see each other, but they made it work, and even took a trip out to Acadia National Park that sparked an interest in exploring together.

Tyler proposed to Jesi at Disneyland, and she never saw it coming, but of course she said, “YES!” They ended up eloping in Zion National Park and did their honeymoon in the remaining Utah parks of the Mighty 5. Here is their love story!

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Couple’s Southern Utah Location Guide
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Couple’s Southern Utah Location Guide

Southern Utah is absolutely PERFECT for elopements, weddings, engagements and secret proposals! If you have dreamed of having desert vibes, red rock, amazing natural rock structures in your wedding day imagery be sure to browse our Southern Utah Location Guide below - including locations like Bryce Canyon, Moab, Zion, Page, AZ, Kanab, and more!

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