For the couple marrying close
Keeping the day small is not the same as hiding it. One warm page announces the date and the place, and gives the people who cannot stand beside you a way in: a livestream link or a wall of wishes.
An elopement is a decision about size, not a decision to tell no one. The parents, the dearest friends, the grandparents who would have come if they could: they deserve a proper announcement rather than a text at midnight the day after. Eloping quietly does not mean announcing nothing, and that is exactly what a small page is for.
The trick is a note that reads warm instead of apologetic. You are not excusing yourself for a guest list of two; you are sharing a day you chose, and offering the people far away a way to be part of it. One honest page does that better than a scattered set of messages.
There is no seating plan to publish and no headcount to settle. What remains is the few things that let people share the day.
Say when and where you are marrying, plainly, so the people you told by phone have one true record to hold onto rather than a rumour.
If a handful of family are joining from far away, the page has a place to put the stream link you set up, shown close to the time it begins.
Those who cannot be there leave a note before or after the day; the words gather in a moderated book that is yours to keep.
Tell people when and how you will share the pictures, so no one is left guessing what happened after a ceremony for two.
Warm, specific, and unapologetic. Borrow the shape and put your own day into it.
We decided to keep the day small — just Anna, Pieter and the registrar on the cliffs on 12 October. Here is how you can be part of it from wherever you are.
We will be married at noon. If you would like to watch from home, the link to the stream will sit here, ready a little before the time.
You are not forgotten for the distance. Leave us a word before the morning, and we will read every one out the day we get back.
For the remote parent or the friend across an ocean, a livestream link on the page is the gentlest possible invitation: it asks nothing of them but a tap at the right time, and there is a countdown so no one has to work out the hour zone by zone. You set up the stream yourself and simply place its link on the page near the time it starts; the page is the doorway, not the broadcast.
If you would rather keep the details close, the same page can be password-protected and the password shared only with the people you choose. An elopement can stay intimate and still be generous: announce the day, offer the stream or the wishes wall, and let the words outlast a small ceremony that not everyone could stand inside.
How it works
Message Jitabi on WhatsApp or start in the web app: who, the date, the place. It lays out a warm announcement page you can edit into your own voice.
Place a livestream link slot for those joining remotely, or open a wishes wall for the ones who cannot, and tell people when the pictures will follow.
Set a password and share it only with the people you choose, so an intimate day stays intimate while still reaching the ones who matter.
Release the page and share it with family and friends. Those watching get the countdown and the link; those staying home leave a wish.
Questions
Not a page to seat anyone, no. But one to announce the day honestly, and to let the people you love take part from wherever they are. A warm record beats a midnight text the day after.
The page has a slot for the livestream link you set up, shown near the time it begins, so remote family open it from the invitation. We do not run the broadcast; you add your own link to the page.
Yes. The site can be password-protected and you share the password only with the guests you choose, so an intimate elopement stays exactly as private as you want it.
A moderated wishes wall collects their note before or after the day. Distance stops them standing beside you; it does not stop the wish reaching you.
Yes. A gallery on the same page is the place for them, and a line telling people when it will be filled means no one is left wondering what happened.
Get Started
Announce the date and the place, offer the stream link or the wishes wall, protect the page if you want it intimate, and share the pictures after. Small does not have to mean apart.
