When Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that weddings would be limited to just five attendees, one celebrant started offering drive-thru services.
With weddings now limited to just five people, couples are frantically undoing plans that took months - and tens of thousands of dollars - to make. But will they be out of pocket?
"Neither of us wanted the traditional wedding; we didn't want the attention ... plus at our age the expense put us off," says Vanessa, who saved $45,000 by eloping.
"Most of my examples of using the Bank of Mum and Dad have been quite negative, not so much from a financial perspective but from an emotional and relationship experience," warns financial adviser Chris Carlin.
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