Run Away With Me

What Run Away With Me does

Run Away With Me is a privately held, bootstrapped wedding planning company founded in 2012 by Brittany Rogers-Hanson, headquartered in Santa Rosa, California, and focused on micro-weddings, elopements, and day-of coordination in Napa and Sonoma wine country. The firm has executed over 1,000 weddings and serves individual couples seeking turnkey, stress-reduced celebrations, with primary segments including elopement couples (2–10 guests, packages from $4,500), micro-wedding couples (up to 50 guests), and full-coordination clients who have planned independently but need professional execution in the final 4–6 weeks. It has held Best of The Knot and WeddingWire Couples Choice recognition consecutively since 2017 and carries a 4.9/5 rating across 91 WeddingWire reviews.

The product surface is a modular service stack delivered on top of an online planning portal (branded as the RAWM portal, powered by the third-party AislePlanner platform): All-Inclusive Elopements & Micro Weddings, Wedding Day Coordination, Buildable Wedding Planning (a la carte tier), and Virtual/Online Planning Support for remote couples. Ancillary design rails include six wine-themed Curated Floral Collections, six Curated Rental Collections, and a curated Venue Collection of nine Napa and Sonoma wineries and estates accessed at preferred rates. Distribution is direct-to-consumer via a Wix-hosted website, phone consultations, and an active multi-channel social/content footprint (Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, TikTok, blog, email newsletter), with no marketplace intermediation.

Revenue is generated through professional-services fees across the four planning tiers plus optional add-ons (florals, rentals) and venue commissions; per-event pricing spans $4,500 elopements to $700–$1,500 per person for 50–150 guests, with typical wine country weddings averaging around $1,000 per person and Napa planner fees broadly cited at $8,000–$20,000. The company has extended beyond its Napa/Sonoma core through a strategic partnership with Just Be Yachting for luxury yacht elopements in the British Virgin Islands, and through virtual planning services targeting remote customers globally. There is no disclosed outside capital, no parent company, and no evidence of M&A activity; the firm remains founder-owned and -operated at a 1–10 employee scale.

Name

Run Away With Me

Legal name

Run Away With Me

Website

https://runawaywithme.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Run Away With Me is a private, bootstrapped Napa/Sonoma wedding planner specializing in elopements, micro-weddings, and day-of coordination for individual couples, with ancillary floral, rental, and curated venue offerings and a Caribbean yacht-elopement partnership.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wedding Planning Services

akta.pro primary industry

Elopement Planning & Coordination (HSACABAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Full-Service Wedding Planning (HSACABAA), Destination Wedding Planning (HSACABAD)

Keywords

• Wedding planning services
• Elopement coordination
• Micro wedding packages
• Destination wedding planning
• Wine country weddings

Headquarters

HQ city

Healdsburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Wedding Planning Services: Professional wedding planning and coordination services for Napa and Sonoma wine country weddings. Revenue is generated through service fees for all-inclusive packages, partial planning, virtual planning, and wedding day coordination.
2. All-Inclusive Elopement Packages: Complete wedding packages starting at $4,500 for elopements, bundling venue, catering, florals, photography, and coordination under a single contract.
3. Buildable Wedding Planning: Flexible à la carte planning packages where couples select only the services they need while benefiting from expert coordination and vendor partnerships.
4. Luxury Yacht Elopements: Partnership with Just Be Yachting providing all-inclusive luxury yacht elopements in the Caribbean, with packages including yacht charter, captain, chef, officiant, and florals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Run Away With Me plans and coordinates weddings and elopements in Napa and Sonoma wine country, offering all-inclusive elopement and micro wedding packages, wedding day (day-of) coordination, buildable à la carte planning packages, and virtual planning support for remote couples. Services are supported by an online planning portal, a curated network of Napa and Sonoma venues with preferred rates, and add-on floral, rental, and venue collections.

Product overview

Run Away With Me is a wedding planning service specializing in Napa and Sonoma wine country celebrations. The company operates as a modular service platform offering four primary service tiers: (1) All-Inclusive Elopements & Micro Weddings—a turnkey package handling all vendor coordination under a single contract; (2) Wedding Day Coordination—a 4-6 week pre-wedding service for couples who have planned independently but need professional execution; (3) Online/Virtual Planning Support—a remote guidance model combining DIY planning with professional advisory calls and digital tools; and (4) Buildable Wedding Planning Packages—a customizable hybrid allowing couples to select specific services. The company also offers specialty services including Luxury Yacht Elopements in the Caribbean (via Just Be Yachting partnership), curated Floral Collections (Chardonnay, Viognier, Cabernet, Zinfandel, Rosé, Custom), and Rental Collections (Boho Chic, Modern Romance, Classic Elegance, Garden Party, Wine Country, Custom). An internal Online Planning Portal enables clients to manage details digitally. The portfolio includes a curated Venue Collection of 9 vetted Napa and Sonoma wineries and estates. Core pricing starts at $4,500 for elopements, with larger celebrations ranging $700–$1,500 per person.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• All-Inclusive Elopements & Micro Weddings

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Just Be YachtingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Just Be Yachting to offer all-inclusive luxury yacht elopements for couples seeking intimate, adventurous wedding experiences. The partnership provides yacht charter services aboard Kerry Lee (a 2022 Lagoon 46 catamaran) in the British Virgin Islands, including professional captain, private chef, elopement planning, officiant, flowers, and dining. Run Away With Me handles all wedding planning and coordination while Just Be Yachting provides the vessel and sailing experience.

Scale indicators3 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Amorology Weddings: Southern California-based wedding planner with strong elopement and intimate wedding focus, offering full planning, partial planning, and design services. Direct comparable on service tiers, elopement specialization, and destination-romance positioning.
• Smitten + Stone Weddings: Boutique elopement and micro-wedding planner with a similar all-inclusive package model and design-led floral/rental offerings. Closely comparable on price points, packaged structure, and small-footprint ceremony focus.
• Blue Sky Elopements & Events: Elopement-specialist planner offering all-inclusive packages in destination settings (similar to RAWM's yacht/Caribbean tier). Closely comparable on product structure, target couple, and tiered pricing.

Broad incumbents

• Here Comes The Guide: Long-standing wedding venue directory and vendor marketplace covering Napa, Sonoma, and broader U.S. Competes for the same top-of-funnel couples via listings and editorial, and is featured on RAWM's own website as a partner directory.
• The Knot (by XO Group / WeddingWire parent): Dominant wedding marketplace and content platform. RAWM is a vendor listed on The Knot; the platform sets discovery economics for the category and competes for engagement with planners' own websites and SEO.
• Zola: Wedding registry, planning, and vendor platform. Adjacent on registry/checklist layer that increasingly substitutes for traditional planner tasks, especially in the DIY/partial-planning segment RAWM serves.

Regional players

• Wine Country Bride: Regional wine country wedding planner operating in Sonoma/Napa with similar boutique positioning. Direct overlap on curated vendor networks, vineyard venue relationships, and the destination-wine-country couple profile.
• Luna Belle Events: Wine-country elopement and micro-wedding planner focused on Napa/Sonoma. Direct regional peer with overlapping vendor network and similar pricing tiers.

Emerging players

• AislePlanner: Wedding planning SaaS platform (RAWM's website displays an "AislePlanner-PoweredBy" badge). Competes indirectly by enabling competing planners to operate more efficiently, raising the productivity floor RAWM must clear.

Others

• HoneyBook: Business-management SaaS for event and creative vendors, including wedding planners. Enables competitor planners to scale operations, contracts, and payments, indirectly raising competitive intensity in RAWM's category.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/runawaywithmeweddings
• Instagraminstagram.com/runawaywithmeweddings
• Pinterestpinterest.com/RunAwayWithMeWedding
• TikToktiktok.com/@runawaywithmeweddings
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/run-away-with-me

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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