Santa Cruz
Micro Wedding
Gorgeous sandy beaches, rustic redwood forests, amazing wineries, and an awesome boardwalk.
Santa Cruz Micro Wedding Planning
Your Santa Cruz celebration
Santa Cruz is where you get beach, redwoods, and wine in the same afternoon — and the surf-town culture keeps everything genuinely relaxed. No stiff formality, no pressure to perform. Just a beautiful place with good food and the people you actually want there.
Getting married under ancient redwoods in Henry Cowell or Big Basin, then celebrating at a restaurant with the windows open to the ocean — that's a Santa Cruz micro wedding. The Santa Cruz Mountains wine scene is one of California's best-kept secrets: small-production wineries in the hills with none of the Napa and Sonoma crowds.
We know the spots here that don't show up on wedding venue directories — clifftop ceremony sites, private estate vineyards, coastal properties with real character. If you want something that feels genuinely off the beaten path, Santa Cruz delivers.
Real Weddings
Real Santa Cruz celebrations
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Santa Cruz venues we love
Why Santa Cruz
Why Santa Cruz for your micro wedding?
Beach and redwoods, same day
Exchange vows under ancient redwoods in the morning, celebrate on the beach in the afternoon. Not many places make that combination easy.
Actually relaxed
The surf-town culture sets a tone that's hard to manufacture elsewhere. Everyone loosens up. That's what most couples actually want from a micro wedding.
Mountain wine scene
The Santa Cruz Mountains AVA is California's best-kept wine secret — small-production wineries with intimate settings and none of the crowds.
Packages
Choose your experience
Every package includes a personal planner, day-of coordination, and your own planning portal — one place where your timeline, vendors, and decisions live from day one to your wedding day.
Simple & Beautiful
Starting at $4,500
Elopement · Minimony · Micro Wedding
We handle everything. You show up and enjoy it.
- Officiant matched to your style
- Personal florals — bouquets & boutonnieres
- Wedding cake
- Hair & makeup for 1
- Day-of coordinator
- Planning portal
A Full Celebration
Starting at $6,000
Elopement · Minimony · Micro Wedding
More vendors, more details, more of us.
- Officiant matched to your style
- Personal florals — bouquets & boutonnieres
- Wedding cake
- Hair & makeup for 1
- Day-of coordinator
- Planning portal
- 5+ planning meetings & extended day-of (8 hrs)
- Outside vendor management & custom timeline
Venue fees and food & beverage are not included — we match you to the right ones and coordinate everything.
Ready to start? Tell us about your day.
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What our couples say
“Our Little Wedding did a fantastic job planning our micro-wedding with 50 guests. They had a ton of great venues for us to consider. The team was super responsive and easy to communicate with. Their day-of coordination was phenomenal and everything looked beautiful and fell seamlessly into place.”
Sarah & Mark
50 guests | San Francisco | 2024
Featured Locations
Where will you celebrate?
From city elegance to coastal magic — we plan intimate weddings across California's most beautiful destinations.
San Francisco
Culinary capital, world-class accommodations, with both quirky and luxurious micro wedding venues.
Big Sur
Iconic settings, redwood forests, unforgettable coastlines and waterfalls.
Sonoma
Down to earth wineries, wild coastlines and redwood forests.
Santa Cruz
Gorgeous sandy beaches, rustic redwood forests, amazing wineries, and an awesome boardwalk.
Lake Tahoe
Snow capped mountains, cobalt blue lake and alpine forests.
Marin
Coastal beauty, towering redwoods, cute towns and convenient to SFO.
Mendocino
Epic coastline, redwood groves, extraordinary vineyards, and rich history.
Palm Springs
Mid-century modern style, desert landscapes, and year-round sunshine.
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