elope hudson valley
Our Mission
Your wedding. Love in the time of COVID-19. The event you didn’t expect.
We are a team of New York wedding experts, sheltering at our Hudson Valley homes during the pandemic. Every year we stage memorable events in the Hamptons, the City, the Hudson Valley and at unique sites across the country and around the world.
We understand what you are going through. To help, we are redefining the small event. Redefining the celebration. Redefining elopement and the micro wedding.
Your re-imagined wedding can be scheduled as early as July 2020! If you are struggling to find a path through the new social gathering limits and requirements – if you don’t want to wait to get married until there is a vaccine – we are here to help you. We are here to provide you our expertise, talents and support.
The virus doesn’t need to stop you from enjoying a joyous celebration with those closest to you. Your wedding may be smaller than originally planned – but it can be extraordinary! Your Hudson Valley wedding awaits… And in a year you can celebrate your first anniversary with all the friends, mingling, hugs and dancing that you want!
Why wait? Let us help you move forward now, in the safety and beauty of the Hudson Valley.
Elope Hudson Valley.
an elevated solution
Your Wedding
Our mission is to help you create the event you didn’t expect.
Did you have to cancel your wedding due to COVID-19, but still want to honor your planned date?
Are you unable to move forward with your original wedding plans but still want to marry in 2020-2021?
Are you uncomfortable planning a large-ish wedding in light of new safety or financial concerns; looking for a safe, less costly alternative?
Was a destination wedding what you had in mind? Are you looking to transport your guests from the NYC metropolitan area?
Have you envisioned a lovely small wedding or a ‘more than normal’ elopement?
Do you want something special and unique, but unsure how to proceed with wedding planning during this time?
This is what we do. You may already recognize our team members. Let us help you create an elevated solution.
elopement. redefined.
The Elopement Experience
Our team of New York wedding experts has curated three thoughtful, turn-key micro wedding packages offering quality details and ease of planning. We will work with you throughout the process, navigating you through the choices, to ensure that the wedding reflects your style and personality. Extra items, bespoke details and upgrades are available.
The open spaces of the Hudson Valley offer a welcome escape from New York. Each package was designed to offer you a beautiful, safe way to marry and celebrate with your closest family and friends.
Elopement. Redefined. Contact us today.
Planning
Elizabeth Allen Events
For more than 20 years, Elizabeth Allen has set the standards for the way events are created and produced. One of the country’s leading event planners, Elizabeth is known for offering an unparalleled level of creativity, service and exquisite taste. Collaborating closely with her clients, every EAE event is marked with one common characteristic - a flawlessness that is evidenced in each detail, whether producing a charity event for 600 in New York, a celebrity wedding in Hawaii, a 40th birthday celebration in Istanbul, or styling an entertaining shoot for a national magazine. Elizabeth has planned and produced weddings and events for such clients as Ben Stiller, Mike Bloomberg, NASCAR’s Jimmie Johnson, Aggie Gund, Richard Meier, Darcy Miller, Sara Blakely and Jesse Itzler, the Lauder family, as well as heads of state, royalty, art institutions and many Fortune 500 companies.
elizabethallenevents.com
Decór
Lewis Miller Design
Lewis Miller is a New York floral and event designer and the creator of the Flower Flash, random street art installations made with flowers. He’s been called the Banksy of Floral Design by The New Yorker and designed the Duchess of Sussex’s baby shower. With clients like Harry Winston, American Express, Dior and JP Morgan Chase, Lewis Miller Design has grown into one of the most sought after and well-respected multi-event production houses in the country. Lewis is also the author of Styling Nature, A Masterful Approach to Floral Arranging published by Rizzoli and is featured in Phaidon’s recently published book titled Blooms which highlights the most innovative and contemporary floral artists in the world.
lewismillerdesign.com
catering
Marcey Brownstein Catering
Marcey has created a catering company that chefs, food professionals, magazine editors and world-renowned entertainers trust with their most important occasions. Marcey brings an impeccable sense of style, refined through her decade in New York’s fashion industry, a lifetime of international travel, and a commitment to sustainability to every event. Marcey has catered weddings and special events for Laura Benanti, Senator Chuck Schumer, Christina Ricci, Warburg Pincus, Hearst Publications, Women in the World, The John Burroughs Society, and more. Splitting her time between NYC and the Hudson Valley, Marcey and her husband also own Firefly Farms, a farmden in Ulster County.
marceybrownstein.com
photography
Meredith Heuer Photography
Meredith has spent the past 20 years traveling the globe on shooting assignments ranging from apples to Arnold Schwarzenegger, for magazines such as Fortune, The New York Times and Travel & Leisure. Her photography has a focus on natural, available light which brings a deep, emotional quality to her work. 10 years ago she began to apply this to weddings where she weaves her skills as a storyteller with her eye for beauty to create photographs that are gorgeous, but also very honest and authentic.
meredithheuerphoto.com
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Location
The Hudson Valley
The Hudson Valley is the perfect backdrop for any occasion you wish to remember. Its scenic beauty has lured city dwellers to their weekend getaways, inspired historic families like the Astors, Roosevelts, Livingstons and Vanderbilts to build their mansions, and has moved artists to paint and form the Hudson River School of Painters. Designated a National Heritage Area for its rich intersection of natural beauty, culture, and local history, the Hudson Valley has aptly been named a Top 20 Best of the World Destination by National Geographic Traveler. There is so much for you to see and enjoy, from its legendary farm-to-table restaurants, orchards and farmers markets, award-winning wineries, craft breweries and distilleries, festivals and county fairs, to its unique cultural and historic landmarks, museums and galleries, antique shops, hiking and walking trails, and other recreational activities.
“Must I tell you that neither the Alps nor the Appenines, nor even Aetna itself, have dimmed, in my eyes, the beauty of our Catskills.”
