Search for Colorado elopement packages and you will find hundreds of them, from a two hour photo session called a package to a three day weekend with lodging, a chef and a string duo. The word means whatever the seller wants it to mean. The useful question is not “how much is the package” but “who is selling it, and what is outside it.”
Every price on this page is an estimate drawn from what Colorado vendors publish, not a quote. Fixed government fees are called out separately because no package can make them disappear.
What an elopement package usually covers
Most Colorado packages are built around one of four sellers, and the seller decides the core.
Almost always included: the seller’s own service (coverage hours for a photographer, planning hours for a planner, the space for a venue), some help choosing a location, and a timeline for the day.
Often included: location scouting, permit guidance, a list of recommended vendors, an online gallery, a bouquet or officiant through a partner.
Usually extra: the marriage license ($30 at most county clerks, $39 in Summit County with three certified copies), permit and reservation fees, hair and makeup, florals beyond a simple bouquet, travel fees for mountain towns, lodging, food and drink, and anything at sunrise that needs a 4 a.m. call time.
Photographer led packages
Typical range: about $2,500 to $7,000 (estimate). This is the most common package in Colorado and often the only vendor an eloping couple books. The photographer sells hours of coverage, from a two to three hour sunrise ceremony and portrait session up to a full day that follows you from getting ready to a sunset hike. Many add planning help as a bonus: location suggestions, permit advice, a sample timeline and a list of officiants and florists they like.
This works well if your ceremony is simple and you are comfortable booking the other pieces yourselves. Ask exactly how much planning help is included, because it ranges from a PDF to weeks of emails. Browse Colorado elopement photographers.
Planner led packages
Typical range: about $1,500 to $6,000 for the planner, plus the vendors (estimate). A planner sells their time and judgment, then books and coordinates the other vendors. Partial planning or day of coordination sits at the lower end; full planning for a weekend with guests sits at the upper end. Some planners quote one bundled price that includes their preferred photographer, officiant and florist; others bill vendors separately.
Planner packages earn their cost when your plan involves permits with deadlines, guests who need shuttles, a dinner reservation for twenty or a site you have never seen. Browse Colorado elopement planners.
Venue packages
Typical range: about $1,500 to $4,000 for a ceremony only package, $4,000 to $8,000 with a small dinner (estimate). Lodges, inns, ranches and resorts increasingly sell elopement or micro wedding packages: a ceremony spot on the property, chairs, a weather backup, sometimes an officiant, a cake or champagne, and often a discount on rooms. Some include a photographer from a short list.
These are the easiest way to get chairs, a toast and a roof, all things most public land forbids. The limit is that you marry where the venue is. Ask for the venue’s minimums by day of week and season, and whether you may bring outside vendors. Our micro wedding venues list is a curated starting point, and every venue listing links to the venue’s own site.
All inclusive packages and all inclusive wedding venues in Colorado
“All inclusive” is the label with the widest gap between promise and reality. In Colorado it usually means one of two things.
All inclusive elopement companies bundle a planner or coordinator, a photographer, an officiant, a bouquet and boutonniere, and sometimes hair and makeup, into one price for a ceremony on public land or at a partner venue. They are convenient and predictable. The trade off is choice: you get their team, not the photographer whose work you fell for.
All inclusive wedding venues bundle the space, catering, bar, tables and linens, a coordinator and often lodging. Several resorts and lodges in Estes Park, Summit County and the Vail Valley work this way, as do some dedicated wedding venues on the Front Range. For a micro wedding the key questions are the food and beverage minimum and whether the package scales down; a package priced for 100 guests rarely makes sense for 20.
Whichever you consider, ask for the line items. An honest all inclusive quote can tell you what it includes and what it does not.
What packages cannot include
Some costs belong to you, whatever you book:
- The marriage license. You both appear at a county clerk with ID. A planner can tell you where; they cannot pick it up for you. See how to get married in Colorado.
- Permits in your name. Rocky Mountain National Park issues its wedding permit to the couple, with a $300 administrative fee. Recreation.gov reservations such as Sapphire Point are booked by a person, and Recreation.gov notes that commercial use at Sapphire Point is prohibited, so ask any vendor how they handle that site.
- Vendor permits. Some land managers require vendors to hold their own permits. Jefferson County Open Space, for example, requires an annual $125 permit for professional photographers. A good package names the permits its vendors carry.
Questions to ask before you sign
- What exactly is included, hour by hour, and what costs extra?
- Who will actually be there on the day, and can I see their own work?
- Are permit, reservation and license fees included or separate?
- Is there a travel fee for my location, and an early start fee for sunrise?
- What happens if weather, a fire closure or a road closure stops us?
- What is the deposit, and what is the cancellation and rescheduling policy?
- If it is a venue, what are the minimums for my date and group size, and can I bring my own vendors?
Building your own package
Plenty of couples skip packages entirely: a photographer, the two of them, a license and a sunrise. That is the cheapest good elopement in Colorado and it is completely legal, since you can solemnize the marriage yourselves. Our elopement cost guide has three sample budgets, and the best places to elope list shows which spots need a permit. Heart vendors as you browse and compare their packages side by side in your free planner.
Related reading: our elopement photography and video pricing explained.
