When Katey Mac thinks back to her large-scale wedding two years ago, she says one of her biggest regrets was not eloping.

Unaware of a growing industry catering to smaller, more creative alternatives to the pomp and ceremony of large traditional events, Mac and her husband-to-be went ahead and invited 150 guests.

The experience was a turning point that prompted the Abbotsford, B.C., photographer to start her own business arranging small, adventure elopements.

“If somebody would have told me that I could drive dirt bikes to the top of a mountain and have the ceremony on this cliff overlooking the most beautiful areas of B.C.