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Creating beautiful, intimate elopements is what you love—but the behind-the-scenes coordination can sometimes feel overwhelming.

While couples experience their perfect romantic escape, you’re thoughtfully managing countless moving pieces. Remote locations, changing weather, multiple vendor schedules, and the desire to exceed expectations all require careful orchestration.

Many talented professionals find themselves juggling WhatsApp groups, spreadsheets, email threads, and manual planning—tools that work, but weren’t designed specifically for the unique flow of elopement work.

• Scattered conversations: Important vendor updates mixed in with casual messages across different platforms
• Unexpected overlaps: Discovering another couple has chosen the same beautiful spot for the same time
• Timeline adjustments: Recalculating schedules when weather or travel conditions change
• Evening admin: Writing blog posts and social content when you’d rather be unwinding after a long shoot day

These moments add stress to work you’re passionate about and can impact the smooth experience your couples deserve. When coordination feels complex, it takes energy away from the creative and meaningful parts of your work.

Elopement Buddy brings everything together in one thoughtfully designed platform, so you can focus on what you do best.

Rather than adapting a generic tool for elopement work, we built something specifically for professionals like you. We understand the unique rhythm of elopements and designed features that work naturally with your process.

The result is a calmer, more confident approach to managing your elopements. Instead of juggling multiple tools and hoping everything aligns, you have one central place that supports your workflow and anticipates what you’ll need.

Your couples enjoy a truly seamless experience. Your vendor relationships stay smooth and professional. You can trust that the logistics are handled, freeing up mental space for the creative and meaningful moments that make each elopement special.

Elopement Buddy already transforms the way professionals plan and manage elopements — but this is only the beginning. The platform you see today is the foundation for something much bigger.

Our vision is to create the professional ecosystem the elopement industry has always needed:

• Automations – Save time with smart triggers and workflows that handle repetitive admin automatically.
• CRM Built for Elopements – Manage clients, contracts, invoices, and communication in one system, purpose-built for the unique pace and pressures of intimate weddings.
• Analytics & Insights – Track bookings, revenue, vendor usage, and client trends. See exactly where your time and money go — and where you can grow.
• Second Shooter Hub – Assign, brief, and share access with collaborators in just a few clicks. Plus, post second shooter jobs directly to a built-in job board. Nearby photographers receive instant alerts, making it easier than ever to find trusted support on short notice.
• Smarter AI – Go beyond timelines and content. Expect intelligent tools that adapt to your brand voice, help with contracts, and even predict potential scheduling conflicts before they arise.
• Deeper Integrations – Connect with the platforms you already use, from galleries to accounting software, creating a seamless workflow.

This roadmap isn’t just a wish list. It’s a commitment. Each feature will be built with direct input from the professionals using Elopement Buddy, ensuring every release solves real-world challenges rather than adding complexity.

The elopement industry is evolving fast, and the expectations on professionals are higher than ever. Couples want flawless experiences. Vendors need coordination. Planners and photographers need tools that save time, reduce risk, and protect their reputation.

Elopement Buddy is here to be that tool — today, tomorrow, and years from now.

Elopement Buddy wasn’t conceived in a tech office. It was born on the job – during real elopements, in remote landscapes, with the kinds of pressures only photographers and planners truly understand.

Between us (Matt and Jodie that is), we’ve guided hundreds of couples through one of the most important days of their lives. We’ve worked in unpredictable weather, remote locations and tight timelines where there’s no room for mistakes. And even at our most organised, the tools available to us were never quite good enough.

The problems weren’t about competence. They were about systems that weren’t designed for what we do.

• The constant worry of missing a critical client message buried in a WhatsApp thread.
• The risk of confusing one couple’s details with another’s when juggling multiple elopements.
• The shock of arriving at a ceremony spot only to discover another elopement was already happening there.
• The wasted hours spent patching together timelines and chasing down vendors, knowing there had to be a better way.

We knew these weren’t isolated frustrations. They were universal pain points shared by professionals across the industry. And when the right tool didn’t exist, we decided to build it.

Elopement Buddy is the product of that decision. It’s not just software. It’s a platform created by people who live this work and care deeply about raising the standard of how elopements are planned and delivered.

Our mission is clear: to remove the distractions and risks that keep professionals from focusing on what truly matters – creating unforgettable experiences for their couples.

We’ve been in the field. We understand the stakes. And with Elopement Buddy, we’ve built the platform the elopement industry has always needed.