Having a timeline helps you stay on track and have a clear vision of the day.
You don’t have to follow strictly everything, it is just a visual plan, and creating one before the elopement date will contribute to having a better idea of the things you can do and what to avoid. For example knowing that it takes you tot. time to get from spot a to spot b, it would be much easier deciding if adding something else to do later or not, avoiding to fill the day with too many plans, with the result of stressing yourself and not enjoying your experience.
An example of timeline:
4,30 am – Getting ready in the hotel/b&b/apartment
6,30 am – Heading towards the ceremony location (possibly max 30 min away)
7,15 am – Symbolic ceremony at the Imperial Forums
7,45 am – End of ceremony Prosecco toast and first dance
8,15 am – Walking around Imperial Forums, Campidoglio
9,30 am – Heading towards Castel S. Angelo
9,50 am – Arrive at Castel S. Angelo for a walk around
11 am – Back to car heading towards Piazza Navona
11,15 am – Arrived at Piazza Navona, walk and break for coffee
Break to rest splitting the day in 2 parts
5:00 pm – Arrive at Villa Borghese exploring the park
6:30 pm – Last spot at Pincio for romantic view of the city at sunset
7,00 pm – Back to car heading towards dinner
7,45 pm – Dinner for two and cut of mini wedding cake and champagne toast
This is just one example of what your elopement day can look like, and answer to a very common question: what are we supposed to do on the elopement day?
This timeline gives ideas for a specific scenario which is Rome, so a city elopement, but really when we are talking about eloping you can fill your day with anything you want!
Don’t limit yourself to the common offered things but dig deeper and ask to yourself “What would we like to do? What sounds exciting or interesting to us?” This question counts for any kind of elopement, it is something connected with your own personality and tendencies not a list of trends to follow.