Hastings pair thrilled with free wedding

New firm fulfils couple’s dream

When Leana Becker realised she and her partner could not afford to tie the knot, she cried — but then a newly formed Auckland pop-up wedding company stepped in to act as fairy godmother.

Pop-up wedding start-up SimplyWed last week arranged for Leana and Kevin Becker to get married in Auckland — free of charge, as the company plans to roll out its pop-up wedding services for real.

While neither of the Hastings pair had heard of pop-up weddings before, the pair said it all turned out better than they expected.

“It was just perfect, everything we could have wanted,” Leana Becker said.

“It was so tastefully done, even though it was a pop-up wedding it sure didn’t feel like it. The venue had that wow factor. We had thought being a pop-up it would be cheaply done because it isn’t very expensive and usually weddings are, but there was nothing cheap about it.

“The planning was really minimal yet I got the things I actually wanted and that’s what made it special.

“I would recommend this wedding to anyone thinking of getting married. We were lucky enough to have this wedding for free from SimplyWed which we are so grateful for and privileged to be their first wedding.

“We own Xtreme Fitness, a gym in Hastings, so all of our focus is on the gym and our members, and then we sporadically decided to sell our house and buy a bigger one which obviously meant a bigger mortgage so the wedding was on

"I actually cried. We had talked about a courthouse wedding and I wanted the dress, the photos, the cake, all the wedding things you dream of when you are a little girl."