An Intimate Elopement
Effortless Elopement with Love in Every Detail
$200 Military / First Responder discount
Up to 10 Guests 2025 with photographer / 1525 without
Up to 20 Guests 2725 with photographer / 1975 without
Up to 30 Guests 3425 with photographer / 2425 without
Text Regina for Availability or Questions
• 30 minute tour on a day before the wedding to go over details
• Up to ten guests: One and a half hours venue time
• Up to 20 guests: Two hours venue time
• Up to 30 guests: Two and a half hours venue time
• Multiple itinerary options (choose based on TIME needed for dressing areas, photos & pace of events, not guest count alone)
• Ceremony officiant & Wedding director
• More than one wedding booked that day, but not at the same time
• Option with photographer begins 30 min after arrival until exit, includes all images with copyright release
• Optional add-on for horses running & approaching for $299
See what it’s like: Michael and Taylor’s Spring Elopement
More About This Package
Our Intimate Elopement package elevates the wedding experience for couples who prioritize presence and photography. Honeysuckle Hills is well known as a photographer’s paradise because of the multiple backdrops including a creek, flower gardens, views, and even horses! This package is the best choice for couples who want to capture their love story at both our scenic main grounds and breathtaking mountain meadows. Because it offers multiple itinerary paths, it’s as perfect for a high-privacy elopement as it is for a small, spirited gathering with your innermost circle. The key to a seamless day is selecting this package based on the pace you desire for your details and portraits (not the guest count alone.) Let’s work together to design a timeline that ensures you never feel rushed, only celebrated.
The Intimate Elopement package inlcudes use of our private changing areas, a wedding director, an officiant and a rain plan. There are three different tiers for venue time with a recommendation on the maximum guest count. Allow at least 30 minutes to change into your wedding attire. (You should arrive with hair & makeup complete with this package.) The remaining time is for your ceremony, family group photos, photos of the two of you, and cherished moments such as a first dance or cake cutting. Choose one of our recommended photographers who knows our venue inside and out, or you’re welcome to bring your own. All of our packages are priced both with and without a photographer.
Want to add something special? Our packages are completely customizable. Just ask Regina for help planning your perfect wedding. This package is expandable to include more time for on-site hair and makeup, bouquets, or even a small cake reception.
Why Time Matters (Even for Just the Two of You)
Here is why extra time makes all the difference for an elopement:
- The Luxury of Preparation: This package includes time for you to step into your wedding attire at the venue, building the anticipation of seeing each other for the first time on your wedding day. It’s a joy to help you schedule hair & makeup at your cabin or hotel prior to arrival, or craft custom additions to allow hair & makeup at the venue.
- Artistic Variety: More time allows you and your photographer to wander. Instead of choosing just one backdrop, you can capture memories at both our scenic main grounds and our charming mountain meadows.
- Creative Storytelling: Great photography takes a bit of “breathing room.” With an expanded timeline, your photographer can focus on creative lighting, candid moments, and the small details that tell your unique story.
- A Relaxed Pace: When you choose your package based on the time you need rather than just your guest count, you remove the “rush” from your wedding day. You can savor the mountain air, our charming surroundings and the “just married” feeling instead of “chasing the clock.”
- Bespoke Itineraries: Every wedding is unique. Allow me to pull together a timeline that fits your specific ideas. This might mean more time for privately read vows, a first dance, or an extended fine art portrait session. Alternatively, it may mean a more focused concentration on just the ceremony and photos.
Commonly Asked Questions About This Package
Can this package be used for other events?
Yes, the Intimate Elopement package at Honeysuckle Hills can be used for a variety of other events listed below. If your event does not require a ceremony officiant, there’s a $175 discount.
• Couples Only elopement (Up to ten guests is simply the max recommended guest count)
• Surprise Engagement (Add the horses and Sugar will run to your fiance with the ring)
• Photography Session (Engagement, Anniversary, Family, High School Senior, etc.)
• Vow Renewal (Officiant required unless you simply read vows to each other)
• Promise ring exchange (Not yet engaged, but becoming an official couple)
Which Ceremony Site Can I Choose?
You may choose any of our ceremony sites as long as it accommodates your guest count.
If you choose our mountain adventure site, it’s strictly limited to couples only since we drive you there in our Jeep. But no worries, we have a family friendly mountain view with an easily accessible parking area if you have your heart set on a view and a few people are tagging along. Our mountain view is only a quick, one minute drive from the main grounds.
What if it rains?
If it rains on the day of your wedding, you’ll be able to use our chapel upstairs, the balcony, or our Creekside Pavilion for your ceremony and photos. Clear umbrellas are provided for photos as long as dangerous lightning is not present.
Who will officiate my wedding?
You may choose from our list of preferred officiants, based on their availability. “Legendary” Phil King is a favorite for Christian services & country lovers. Regina, Miss Santana, and Jim Eastin officiate our LGBTQ ceremonies with love. We also offer a retired Methodist pastor, a conservative cowboy preacher and a “mountain man” persona for your wedding. All are listed in our venue resource guide.
Can I bring my own officiant?
Yes, you may use your own ceremony officiant at Honeysuckle Hills and we will provide a $175 discount on your all-inclusive wedding package.
How Do I Get my Marriage License?
We have an entire “how to” section in our Honeysuckle Hills Venue Resource Guide, along with a helpful blog article.
Who counts as a guest?
Anyone of walking age except the two of you counts as a guest. Yes, children especially count!
Can I bring more than 30 guests with the Intimate Elopement Package?
While our venue accommodates a maximum of 50 guests in April through October, you’ll need more time than our “Intimate Elopement” offers for a successful event. Ask Regina for help creating a custom package or consider one of our larger celebrations like Everlasting Romance or the Appalachian Celebration
How do I choose my Photographer?
If you choose a package with photography, Honeysuckle Hills has a preferred list of professional photographers to choose from, based on their availability. We have carefully selected them over the years based on their excellence in customer service and creative photography skills. Getting on this list is not easy! Our couples mean the world to us, so we recommend only the very best.
If you choose a package without a professional photographer, you are welcome to use anyone you wish.. If you add the session with our horses running and approaching close enough to touch, your photographer must provide us with a copy of their liability insurance listing Honeysuckle Hills, LLC, as additionally insured.
What areas can I use for photos?
You may use any areas at Honeysuckle Hills for photos, as long as it can be done within the time you reserve. The number of locations you’ll be able to fit in depends on things like what you’re wearing, how well you take direction, if you’re free spirited or “type A,” your photographer’s skill level & style, how long your ceremony & other events take and how many guests are present.
It takes an average couple in full wedding attire approximately three minutes to walk from the barn’s exit on our main grounds to the swing in the sycamore tree. There are photo locations all along this walk.
If you begin your journey from just inside the barn you’ll find, in order:
• An antique stove in the barn’s entry
• A rustic chandelier near the barn’s exit doors
• Red barn walls & concrete steps used for posing
• Covered Balcony
• Creekside pavilion with chandelier
• Turning Waterwheel
• Horse field with an old truck (and horses!)
• Stone archway & seasonal flower gardens
• Hobbit house in a wooded area
• Willow tree
• Creek that runs the entire length of our property
• Willow tree bridge
• Miniature pond waterfall
• Wooden arbor & seasonal gardens
• Swing in a sycamore tree
Allow at least 5 to 10 minutes at each photo location listed above, depending on your photographer’s vision, attention to detail, and skill level. Keep in mind sometimes photographers see an entirely unique perspective and may use an area no one else has even thought of. Give them some creative liberty!
Allow at least 10 to 15 minutes for pictures inside the field with the horses & old truck. There is no extra fee if the horses are in the background ONLY. There is an additional $299 fee if you’d like the horses to run around you and approach close enough to touch, and you must either use one of our recommended photographers or yours must be able to provide a copy of their liability insurance.
Family Group Photo time averages between 15 and 45 minutes, depending on the outdoor temperature, number of people, how well they pay attention, and your photographer’s skill level.
Our mountain view areas are a quick, one minute drive from our main grounds. One mountain view location has its own parking area, but the adventure site is for couples only and we’ll drive you & your photographer up the hill in our jeep.
Allow at least 20 to 30 minutes for photos at any of the mountain view locations, including the travel time & getting in and out of your vehicle.
Allow at least 30 minutes for fine art photography sets such as lighting fire, spraying water for “rain,”setting up multiple props, etc.
Can I add more photography time?
Yes, more photography time can be added to any package, but it must also accommodate an equal amount of extra venue time.
If you are using your own photographer, simply add $900 per hour for more venue time.
If you are using one of our preferred photographers in your package, add $900 per hour for move venue time in addition to $500 per hour for the photographer.
Can I bring extra decor to the Intimate Elopement Package?
Yes, you may bring a few extra things to personalize your wedding experience at Honeysuckle Hills. With this package you may bring any of the following items:
• Unity (handfasting, cross, sand, etc.)
• Signs for use as props in the photographs
• Memory photos for the entry way or a ceremony chair
• Small wedding cake for pictures (boxed back up to take with you after)
• Full size petals to toss
• Your own bouquet / boutonniere & we’ll pin it on
• Loose flowers for the stone arch or wooden arbor & we’ll add them to the greenery
What duties will my included wedding director perform?
• Give your 30 min tour on a day before the wedding
• Assist with zipping your dress if needed
• Set out the approved extra decor described above
• Set up chairs for your ceremony
• Tell guests when to be seated
• Assist with ceremony music on our bluetooth speaker
• Tell the wedding party (or just the two of you) when & where to walk
• Ensure your event runs smoothly
Is a rehearsal included in the Intimate Elopement Package?
We’ll schedule a 30 minute tour on a day before the wedding to help you choose your ceremony site and go over your wedding details. A full rehearsal is not included in the Intimate Elopement Package because it’s usually unnecessary. We’ll direct your wedding and practically hold everyone’s hand through the entire process on wedding day.
What does a typical timeline look like for the Intimate Elopement package?
Actual times below will vary depending on availability, ceremony location, addition of events, sunrise, and sunset.
Intimate Elopement for couples only
30 minute visit & tour on a day before the wedding to choose your ceremony site and go over wedding details
4:30pm Access to dressing areas to change
5:00pm Ceremony, and when photography begins
5:10pm Photos of the two of you split between main grounds & mtn view
5:55pm Optional cake cutting photo OR first dance
6:00pm Time ends / Change clothes if desired
6:15pm Exit venue
Intimate Elopement with up to 10 Guests
30 minute visit & tour on a day before the wedding to choose your ceremony site and go over wedding details
4:30pm Access to dressing areas to change
5:00pm Ceremony, and when photography begins
5:15pm Group photos
5:30pm Photos of the two of you
6:00pm Time ends / Change clothes if desired
6:15pm Exit venue
Didn’t see your question? Text Regina or read more here: Commonly Asked Questions about the Honeysuckle Hills Venue
Honeysuckle Tradition
I’m Regina, and I look forward to helping you plan your special day! Couples just like you have helped me carry on a legacy of love for the past 20 years. At one time my venue was a working farm where my Daddy raised cattle and tobacco. As much as I enjoyed growing up here, I sure do enjoy weddings more than farming!
My venue’s down-to-earth love for the simple things in life attracts outdoor lovers, travelers, adventurers, hunters, fishers, hikers, all skin colors, faiths, LGBTQ, and free spirited souls with an abundance of respect for diversity.
I can’t wait to celebrate your unique love story!