Married folks: please raise your hand if, during your wedding planning, you ever wanted to rip out your hair, toss all your paperwork, spreadsheets, post-its, and bridal magazines out the window, and run away with your then-fiance to Vegas. Here's where, if we were all in one big room, all you engaged folks would look around and breathe a sigh of relief, because now you know you're not alone. We've ALL felt this way.

Sure, eloping saves time, energy, stress, and money, but did you also consider how you might save a little bit of the environment, too, when you go this route? It's not just that receptions use a lot of energy and create a lot of waste, but think also about the environmental impact of all the travel involved. You'll probably do a lot of driving around in the planning stages, and then it's unlikely your guests will travel by donkey to get to your celebration. The fuel to bring 100 guests to your wedding can really add up. It gets exponentially more environmentally costly if your guests are traveling by plane.