Getting married "quietly" - without guests, and even without witnesses - has been one of the dream wedding concepts of couples year after year. If it could not be officially implemented before, then from July 1, 2024, you can get married without witnesses. How to make this day even more special?

In essence, marriage as a couple is like a date, during which you go from one status to another and promise each other to be together, grow together, support and inspire each other. It's like the most important date of a couple's life.

The bride and groom can still invite one or two adult persons as witnesses to the marriage registration, however, their absence is no longer an obstacle to the formalization of the marriage. Historically, the presence of witnesses had legal significance - with their presence and signature, they confirmed the fact of the conclusion of the marriage and the fact that the marriage was established by free choice. Nowadays, the function of this attestation is performed, for example, by the officials of the registry office, thus the presence of witnesses has become rather a common tradition, which is no longer mandatory.

Ideas for a wedding for two

A wedding day is always special. No matter what you do or don't do in it. Perhaps you feel that the most authentic way to show each other your desire to be together emotionally, physically, in the joys and in the saddest moments of life is to spend your wedding night together by the sea or by the fireplace with heart-warming conversations and a romantic night. This declaration of love, the union of a married couple, is an emotionally saturated, soul-enriching and intimate moment in any of its performances.

However, it is also possible to organize unique celebrations as a couple!

A wedding for two does not prevent such wedding joys as a professional wedding photographer , who captures your sacred vows to each other, wedding ceremony locations decorations , wedding makeup and a wedding ceremony master who will conduct the wedding ritual exactly as you want – with specially created wedding vows , rituals and mood. Or there is another option - to officially register the marriage in the registry office, but to organize the wedding ceremony as a ritual in a really private place.

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• Wedding promise in a unique place near nature

Nature has always been man's support and source of energy. A reminder that we are nature. We have come from it and we are transforming for it. Making wedding vows to each other in the spectacular presence of nature - in the mountains, by a waterfall, on a pristine beach, where sea or ocean waves hit the rocks - will be emotionally and energetically particularly strong and memorable.

Sea & Soul Place right here in Latvia, near Pāvilosta, offers a private place for wedding ceremonies by the sea and overnight stays with a unique view of Jūrkalne's cliffs. For a special romance, a hot tub with hydromassage and lighting is also available, which can be placed right on the seashore for an even more unique experience.

• Destination Wedding or destination wedding abroad

When getting married abroad, it is most convenient to arrange the formalities in Latvia, but to hold the wedding ceremony ritual in the chosen destination. A wedding abroad seamlessly transforms into a honeymoon, besides, if you are getting married as a couple, you can organize your wedding trip very flexibly and make decisions based on the feelings of the moment. The portal BRIDELIFESTYLE.COM has collected really useful recommendations and service providers for weddings abroad. You can search for service providers by the selected country: BRIDELIFESTYLE

• Wedding at sunset or sunrise

Sunrise time is emotionally uplifting and guaranteed to create even more special feelings at your wedding ceremony. The warmest months of the year will be the most suitable for this, as the air temperature drops to the lowest just before sunrise.

Read more about sunrise weddings: How to arrange a sunrise wedding

• Private villa with chef

Even if you are getting married as a couple, you can enjoy the extras that you would experience when getting married with guests. Only now there is another bonus - a wedding celebration in a luxury villa, where the chef prepares an exclusive meal just for the two of you, will be a truly unique experience!

• Winter's Tale

A snowy place where the sleigh rings, the fireplace crackles and you enjoy hot cocoa by candlelight - a romantic idea for a wedding for two during Christmas. Combining this with enjoying the northern lights in the north, you will conjure up a special atmosphere.

• New Year's Eve Wedding

New Year's Eve can also become a celebration of your new life as husband and wife, culminating in champagne and fireworks at midnight.

• Wedding in an amusement park

If you want something free, relaxed, fun and informal, it will be appropriate to celebrate the wedding in an amusement park with carousels and cotton candy.

• Stargazing

Marriage vows in the background of the night sky with a telescope and a bonfire in the open air, where it's just the two of you, will be especially romantic and also symbolic. When choosing such a wedding concept, the ideal accommodation will be a comfortable but surrounded by nature glamping.

Nature resort Silene Resort & SPA is located on the shore of a picturesque lake and offers not only a charming overnight stay in the fresh pine air, but also igloo saunas, hot tubs and SPA treatments.

• Planting a symbolic tree

As a symbol of the beginning of your life together, plant a tree in your garden together that will grow with your love. You can then add to it the lindens and oaks that you will plant when daughters and sons are born.

• Michelin restaurant tour

Weddings deserve something special! Enjoy fine dining in the best restaurants in the world on a Michelin-starred restaurant tour combined with a honeymoon trip. By the way, an exciting tour will also take place here, in the Baltics. Take a look at the compilation of Michelin restaurants in the Baltic States, where you will find restaurants for different tastes and moods:

Michelin restaurants for 2025 proposal in the Baltic States

• With your four-legged pet

If you have a dog, cat or other pet, include them in the ceremony as a witness or even a ring bearer.

• Water adventure

If you want to celebrate the wedding with more extreme feelings, go on a joint ride on jet skis after the ceremony.

• Meditative and relaxed

You can organize the wedding ceremony in a spiritual mood, knowing that not only your physical and emotional bodies connect in a common story, but this moment is soulfully important. You can exchange marriage vows in a completely meditative, peaceful environment and mood, amplifying the power of this authentic path even more powerfully - by turning off the phones and devoting the day or even longer to being fully present with each other.

• Wedding without a plan

A wedding for two is a great opportunity to allow yourself to be surprised by not planning the details, but by giving in to the feelings of the moment, for example, going to a warm island or finding unexpected pearls in last-minute travel offers.

• Wedding vows in drone footage

You will also want to look back on the wedding as a couple in high-quality photos and possibly also in a video. It will look effective if your wedding vows are filmed from above - with a drone, creating an effect worthy of a movie.

How to tell parents and friends about it?

A wedding is a very intimate event. It is a promise of love and the joining of two souls on a common path of life, a common experience. Of course, this also means meeting two families. Although a wedding is an intimate, emotionally significant moment for a couple, it is also significant for their closest relatives, especially their parents. They want to be involved and present, which is very understandable. This aspect can also cause not very pleasant moments when loved ones are angry, sad or even offended. However, the wedding is your story. This is the time when everyone else must respectfully accept your choice to marry as a couple. On the other hand, the couple is not responsible for what emotions the couple's choice creates in other people. What our emotions are and what we do with them is our own responsibility. A post-wedding celebratory dinner with family can be a dilemma in such cases. But nothing should be imposed if the couple does not want it. And for consolation, remember - even if you organize a small wedding in the immediate family circle or a big wedding with grandiose special effects, there will always be a relative or acquaintance who will have an opinion that does not support your choice. And does it matter? Everyone is given the opportunity to choose how to celebrate the wedding, but only if this person marries himself.

Author of the article: Ieva Simanoviča