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Many couples don’t want to wait. They are planning to get married in the very near future, eloping, or rushing a small ceremony with their photographer, some close friends, and family but dispensing with or postponing the reception party. 

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Publish Date: September 17th, 2020
Uid Points Primary Listing Location Rank Additional Listings
18101 Kathleen Ricker 479 Baltimore 1 Washington DC, Virginia, New York City - Metro, New York - Long Island, Florida
10296 David Clumpner 457 Missoula 2 Washington, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Anchorage
4299401 Nikhol Esteras 345 Oaxaca 3 Mexico City, San Miguel de Allende, Puerto Vallarta, California - Southern, New Orleans
8361 Cindy Brown 334 Atlanta 4 Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee
34586 Alex Paul 333 Boston 5 Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island
7216 Brett Butterstein 289 San Diego 6 Palm Springs, Orange County, Los Angeles
4320201 Justin Edmonds 234 Denver 7 Boulder, Illinois, New Mexico, Michigan, Utah
27486 Siliang Wang 234 San Jose 8 San Francisco, Fresno, Los Gatos
4731 Annie Bang 224 Los Angeles 9 San Francisco, Lake Tahoe, San Jose, Central Coast, Visalia
4341614 Shea McGrath 212 Denver 10 Hawaii, Minneapolis, Omaha, California - Southern, Mexico
14996 Julie Ambos 201 Key West 11 Boca Raton, Tampa, Orlando, Miami
4318021 Stacy Gillespie 200 Colorado 12 Vail, Aspen, Breckenridge, Telluride
30751 Lauren Lindley 189 Lake Tahoe 13 Nevada, Texas - Central
29076 Victoria Sprung 167 Chicago 14
24161 Philip Thomas 167 San Antonio 15 Texas - Central, Houston, Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth
4298781 Katie Kaizer 145 Nantucket 16 Boston, Cape Cod, Newport
4295791 Franck Petit 135 Lot-et-Garonne 17 Switzerland, Belgium, Spain, Florida, New York City - Metro
4340622 Aniket Sananse 122 Brampton 18 Vancouver, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, New York City - Metro, Washington
4322256 Ian Chin 100 San Francisco 19 Oakland
34316 JD Land 100 Philadelphia 20 New Jersey
4321326 Shannon Cain 100 San Antonio 21 Colorado, California - Southern, New Mexico, Minnesota, Florida
4326416 Brenda Bergreen 89 Denver 22 Breckenridge, Vail, Aspen, Yosemite National Park, Sequoia National Park
4340709 Lucy Schultz 89 Denver 23 Boulder, Aspen, Estes Park, Honolulu, Kauai
24846 Ray Iavasile 67 Detroit 24 Florida, Illinois, Caribbean, Dutch Caribbean, Campania
26996 Simi Rabinowitz 45 Boston 25 Cape Cod, Portsmouth
6226 Allison Williams 45 Chicago 26 Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, St. Louis
4341130 Loren Haar 45 Los Angeles 27 Oregon, Washington, Arizona, New Mexico, Portugal
12061 Emin Kuliyev 45 Bronx 28
4340838 Alex Gordeev 45 Boston 29 Cape Cod
12576 Frank Armocida 45 Reggio Calabria 30 Cosenza, New York City - Metro, Spain, Croatia, Greece
4300841 Michael Freas 45 Key West 31 Washington DC, Virginia, Colorado, Charlotte, Asheville
4325186 Thanh Trung 44 San Jose 32 Vietnam, Thailand, Japan, France, Italy
4344161 Samantha Moore 22 Sarasota 33 Tampa, Palm Beach County, Asheville, Portland-OR
9611 Chris Shum 22 San Francisco 34 San Jose, Pleasanton, Los Angeles, British Columbia, Hong Kong
4323561 Leo Do 22 Orange County 35 San Francisco, San Jose, Orange County, San Diego, Los Angeles
4303216 Logan Westom 22 Seattle 36 Oregon, Idaho, California - Northern, California - Southern, Mexico
Publish Date: January 18th, 2020
Uid Points Primary Listing Location Rank Additional Listings
4313096 Brittany Diliberto 1161 Arlington 37 Alexandria
30781 Michelle Arlotta 1046 New Jersey 38 Pennsylvania, New York City - Metro, Atlantic City
15956 Jacob Hannah 991 Burlington 39 Rhode Island, New Hampshire, New York - Upstate, Connecticut
4318996 Joshua Grasso 846 Atlanta 40 Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina
26056 Shaunte Dittmar 836 Lake Tahoe 41 San Francisco, Central Coast, Caribbean, Mexico, Central America
4297836 Todd Laffler 801 New Jersey 42 New York City - Metro, New York - Upstate, New York - Long Island, Pennsylvania
4304901 Milan Lazic 757 Chicago 43
4302291 Meg Brock 693 Philadelphia 44 New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, New York City - Metro, New York - Upstate
32456 Kate Crabtree 693 Maine 45
2977301 Shaun Baker 634 San Diego 46 California - Northern, Mexico, New York City - Metro, Washington DC
28501 Tara Theilen 623 Carson City 47 Reno
4302881 Sarah V. Martinez 524 New Hampshire 48 Maine, Vermont, Ohio
22406 Matt Theilen 501 Lake Tahoe 49 Yosemite National Park, Sequoia National Park, Napa
4313301 Johnny Shryock 480 Arlington 50 Washington DC, Maryland, Fredericksburg
4314256 Ilana Bar av 479 Madison 51
4335071 Will Tee 458 Taipei 52 California - Northern, New York City - Metro, China, Hong Kong, Singapore
10526 Denis Gostev 435 Manhattan 53 New York - Long Island, New York - Upstate, New Jersey, Connecticut, Philadelphia
4316516 Trent Gillespie 346 Colorado 54 Durango, Colorado Springs, Boulder
16666 James Nix 314 Charlotte 55 Asheville, Greensboro, Charleston, Columbia, Greenville
7926 Ben Schaefer 289 Boston 56 New York City - Metro, Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island, New Hampshire
4316076 Raymond Nguyen 266 Sacramento 57 Los Angeles, Houston, Virginia, Cancun, Florida
4335026 Ruben Parra 257 Panama 58 Miami
2753971 Danielle Gardner 256 Schenectady 59 Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island
30561 Ashley Davenport 246 London 60 Indonesia, Israel, Channel Islands, Paris, New York City - Metro
8351 Carl Bower 235 Denver 61 Vail, Aspen, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona
27191 Stephanie Secrest 233 Santa Barbara 62 Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Monterey
4300721 Jordanna Marston 211 Northamptonshire 63 London, Oxfordshire, Bedfordshire, Norfolk, Birmingham-UK
16306 Jesse La Plante 200 Boulder 64 Costa Rica, Caribbean, Riviera Maya, Montana, Hawaii
4338765 Douglas Favero 178 Oaxaca 65 San Miguel de Allende, Puebla, San Diego, San Francisco, Chicago
23231 Neil Thurston 167 Outer Banks 66 Virginia, South Carolina, Caribbean
6756 Adena Stevens 156 Hoboken 67 New York City - Metro, Pennsylvania, Trenton, Atlantic City, North Bergen
4297406 Panayis Chrysovergis 156 London 68 Greece, New York City - Metro, Los Angeles
16801 Joyce Perlman 156 San Francisco 69 North Carolina, Sacramento
4781 Andrea Bibeault 156 Omaha 70 Iowa, Colorado, Rhode Island, Belize, Dominican Republic
20801 Maik Dobiey 144 Lima 71 Dominican Republic, Miami, Frankfurt, Munich, Cologne
19956 Laura Segall 134 Phoenix 72 Chandler
4316556 Andrew Morrell 111 Virginia 73 Maryland, Washington DC, West Virginia
16836 Jerome Pollos 111 Coeur d'Alene 74 Boise, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland-OR, Spokane
4300771 Darren Hendry 100 Los Angeles 75 San Diego, Orange County, Palm Springs, Utah, Nevada
18821 Kevin Trimmer 90 Providence 76 Newport, New Haven, Hartford
18441 Kent Meireis 90 Montana 77 Missoula
4331941 Anastasiia Polyakov 90 Arlington 78 New York City - Metro, New York - Long Island, Washington DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania
4300846 Earl McCoy 90 Minneapolis 79
23871 Penny McCoy 89 Minneapolis 80 Texas - Central
4296021 Colleen Stepanian 89 Philadelphia 81 New York City - Metro, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia
4313056 Danny Klimetz 89 Mississippi 82 Louisiana, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Washington DC
4305336 Tim D. Yun 89 Manhattan 83 New York - Long Island, Tampa, Hoboken
29426 William Nunnally 89 Chicago 84 Indianapolis, Louisville
10346 Dennis Crider 89 Cleveland 85 Toledo, Columbus, Cincinnati, Buffalo, Rochester
10301 Deborah Coleman 67 San Francisco 86 Pleasanton
4302106 Ruthie Hauge 67 Madison 87 Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Green Bay
4327216 Abby Paul 67 Fargo 88 Minnesota, South Dakota, Colorado, Florida, New York - Upstate
10241 Denise Chastain 66 New York - Long Island 89 New York City - Metro
20016 Larry Stanley 45 Livingston 90
32596 Kevin Sawyer 44 Lake Tahoe 91 Carson City, Reno
10981 David Murray 44 Atlanta 92 Savannah, Birmingham, Maine
8621 Casey Fatchett 22 Manhattan 93 New Jersey, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, New York - Long Island
25326 Rebekah Sampson 22 Arizona 94
9826 Chris Werner 22 Lake Tahoe 95
25121 Romulo Morishita 22 Madison 96 Green Bay, Milwaukee
30686 Heather DeCamp 22 Los Angeles 97
1542571 Anji Martin 22 Washington DC 98 Virginia, Maryland, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Hanover
19696 Leah Moyers 22 Knoxville 99 Portland-OR, Chicago, Florida, Washington, British Columbia
4298601 Natasha Lamalle 22 Washington DC 100 Virginia, Maryland, Michigan, Texas - Northern, France

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