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For me, the most romantic way to get married was to elope. I didn't always feel this way. A decade ago, when I was engaged for the first time at 23, I spent a stressful year diligently planning what was supposed to be the most important day of my life. During that year, I often fantasized about running off to elope instead, but I couldn't dare stray from doing it "right." I ended up having a proper wedding with dozens of guests, the requisite toasts and a white tiered cake. Read more from Bazaar

Boxed Wholesale CEO Chieh Huang decided the company would reimburse employees up to $20,000 for wedding expenses. Marcel Graham, shown with his fiancee, Tara Aucoin, was the first employee to receive the benefit. (Boxed Wholesale)   Nick DeMarco runs a small biotech startup in Raleigh, N.C., that makes scientific instruments. But what got his company, Practichem , attention from CNBC's " Power Lunch ," the Huffington Post , Fortune and other media outlets last week wasn't the innovative products he's making. It was his promise to lease Tesla Model 3s to employees when they become available. Read more from the Washington Post

How do you take a wedding dress on a plane? What if you bought honeymoon tickets under your maiden name but now have a new surname? Such are the practical questions that arise when planning a destination wedding and honeymoon. For answers, you could try trawling online wedding boards where members have diamond ring avatars and plenty of opinions. But if you prefer not to take advice from handles like GlamBride4Ever or TheFutureMrsJones, here instead is the lowdown from United States Customs and Border Protection , the Transportation Security Administration , and major airlines. Read more from The New York Times

Yahoo Finance Canada - It's not just the father of the bride who'll be shelling out big bucks: everyone in the wedding party and guests are spending hundreds to attend someone's big day. When it comes to tying the knot, everyone knows that nuptials run up a hefty tab. In Canada, depending on which province you live in, the actual cost of a wedding can come in as low as a meager $300, since all you need is a basic license and someone to marry you. Everything else is technically extra. But oh, those extras… By the time you factor in extravagant venues, music, flowers, dresses, a honeymoon and the like, the average Canadian couple now spends just over $30,000 on their big day . Read more from Yahoo Finance

When it comes to planning a wedding, forget something old and something blue. This year, it’s all about the something new.  More couples are finding ways to incorporate the latest technologies into their wedding day.  “Some people may say that using technology during your wedding day may make it a little bit impersonal. I would argue the opposite,” said Samantha Murphy Kelly, the Deputy Tech Editor for Mashable. “If you’re using in subtle or certain ways you can actually make it much more personal.”  Read more from ABCNews

Couple has their wedding in the theme of Friday The 13th. To view their video of their wedding simply go here .

The department store takes bigger aim at the $60 billion industry Macy’s wants more shoppers to say “I do” to its wedding business. The department store chain is stepping up its nuptials game in the hopes of winning a bigger slice of the $60 billion U.S. wedding pie. Among other moves: Macy’s is adding higher-end bridal jewelry to its assortment and training its army of personal shoppers to advise anxious couples. Read more from Fortune.com http://fortune.com/2016/05/06/macys-weddings/