{"id":178169,"date":"2018-07-06T20:00:34","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T10:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/nicole-and-michael-divert-backpacking-trip-for-santorini-elopement\/"},"modified":"2024-03-08T12:03:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T01:03:39","slug":"nicole-and-michael-divert-backpacking-trip-for-santorini-elopement","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/nicole-and-michael-divert-backpacking-trip-for-santorini-elopement\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicole and Michael divert backpacking trip for Santorini elopement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Keeping it a secret from family and friends, Nicole and Michael skipped the planning, cost, and stress that often comes with a wedding by deciding to elope.<\/p>\n<p>The Port Macquarie pair had already planned a six week backpacking trip around Europe when the thought of elopement arose.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We first chose Venice, Italy, which is when I contacted wedding planner <a href=\"http:\/\/emagiangreco.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ema Giangreco<\/a>,&#8221; recalls Nicole, 29. &#8220;As I was discussing our plans to visit Santorini, Ema suggested changing the location of the elopement, and I&#8217;m so glad she did. Santorini is one of the most dreamy, romantic locations in the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With help from her wedding planner and photographer, Nicole bypassed the issue of carting a wedding gown around Europe in her backpack. &#8220;They asked me to send my measurements so they could organise a dress that suited the Boho theme. I had no idea what they had chosen until the night before the wedding when I first saw the dress and put it on. I had goosebumps. I fell in love with it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On September 21, 2017 Nicole and Michael, 31, tied the knot overlooking the Santorini sea with only their wedding team as witness.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m so glad we went ahead with our plans to elope. We followed our hearts and had a magical day that we will remember forever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Photos courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lillyred.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Lilly Red Creative<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-154672 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nicole_Michael_Santorini-Elopement_Lilly-Red_002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-154796 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nicole_Michael_Santorini-Elopement_Lilly-Red_SBS_001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-154803 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nicole_Michael_Santorini-Elopement_Lilly-Red_SBS_005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-154693 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nicole_Michael_Santorini-Elopement_Lilly-Red_010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-154690 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nicole_Michael_Santorini-Elopement_Lilly-Red_009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-154816 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nicole_Michael_Santorini-Elopement_Lilly-Red_SBS_013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-154818 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nicole_Michael_Santorini-Elopement_Lilly-Red_SBS_014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-154710 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nicole_Michael_Santorini-Elopement_Lilly-Red_017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-154719 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nicole_Michael_Santorini-Elopement_Lilly-Red_020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-154729 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nicole_Michael_Santorini-Elopement_Lilly-Red_024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-154828 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nicole_Michael_Santorini-Elopement_Lilly-Red_SBS_019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-154822 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nicole_Michael_Santorini-Elopement_Lilly-Red_SBS_016.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-154732 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nicole_Michael_Santorini-Elopement_Lilly-Red_025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-154709 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nicole_Michael_Santorini-Elopement_Lilly-Red_016.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-154837 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nicole_Michael_Santorini-Elopement_Lilly-Red_SBS_024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-154839 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nicole_Michael_Santorini-Elopement_Lilly-Red_SBS_025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-154743 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nicole_Michael_Santorini-Elopement_Lilly-Red_029.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-154746 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nicole_Michael_Santorini-Elopement_Lilly-Red_030.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Nicole and Michael exchanged rings purchased from<a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/WeddingJewellery\/Canberra\/MichaelHillJeweller\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Michael Hill Jeweller.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-154843 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nicole_Michael_Santorini-Elopement_Lilly-Red_SBS_027.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-154853 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nicole_Michael_Santorini-Elopement_Lilly-Red_SBS_032.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-154765 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nicole_Michael_Santorini-Elopement_Lilly-Red_037.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-154770 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nicole_Michael_Santorini-Elopement_Lilly-Red_039.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-154762 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nicole_Michael_Santorini-Elopement_Lilly-Red_036.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-154845 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nicole_Michael_Santorini-Elopement_Lilly-Red_SBS_028.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-154847 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nicole_Michael_Santorini-Elopement_Lilly-Red_SBS_029.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-154751 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nicole_Michael_Santorini-Elopement_Lilly-Red_032.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-154773 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nicole_Michael_Santorini-Elopement_Lilly-Red_040.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The day was about Michael and I, and our lasting love. I wouldn&#8217;t change a thing.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-154859 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nicole_Michael_Santorini-Elopement_Lilly-Red_SBS_035.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-154865 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nicole_Michael_Santorini-Elopement_Lilly-Red_SBS_038.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-154778 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nicole_Michael_Santorini-Elopement_Lilly-Red_042.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-154789 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nicole_Michael_Santorini-Elopement_Lilly-Red_046.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-154793 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nicole_Michael_Santorini-Elopement_Lilly-Red_048.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/238854010?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen> width=\"640\" height=\"245\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Video by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alessandrobordoni.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Alessandro Bordoni<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":178175,"parent":0,"template":"","au_real_wedding_category":[6857],"au_real_wedding_tag":[6964,7049,8495,7145,8496,7236],"au_real_wedding_style":[9002],"au_real_wedding_location":[13056,9072],"au_real_wedding_setting":[9019],"au_real_wedding_colour":[10577,10578,10611],"au_real_wedding_competition":[],"class_list":["post-178169","au-real-wedding","type-au-real-wedding","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","au_real_wedding_category-6857","au_real_wedding_tag-destination-wedding-2","au_real_wedding_tag-ivory-wedding-2","au_real_wedding_tag-lilly-red","au_real_wedding_tag-real-weddings","au_real_wedding_tag-santorini-elopement","au_real_wedding_tag-white-wedding-2","au_real_wedding_style-bohemian","au_real_wedding_location-greece","au_real_wedding_location-overseas","au_real_wedding_setting-waterview","au_real_wedding_colour-grey-wedding","au_real_wedding_colour-ivory-wedding","au_real_wedding_colour-slate-wedding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding\/178169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/au-real-wedding"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding\/178169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":290124,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding\/178169\/revisions\/290124"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_category?post=178169"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_tag?post=178169"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_style","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_style?post=178169"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_location?post=178169"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_setting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_setting?post=178169"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_colour","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_colour?post=178169"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_competition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_competition?post=178169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}