How to choose a celebrant?

Choosing a celebrant is a very personal choice.  I am always happy to have a chat on the phone first before setting a meeting date.  I have had many couples say that after chatting on the phone they knew I was "the one" and then we arranged a meeting at their place.  Please do not base your choice on cost.  You might save $200-$300 using a celebrant who is new or does just a few ceremonies in a year, but the difference between the quality of celebrants is enormous.  

What is my fee?

I like to say that I charge you less than I am worth......lol.  You want your ceremony to be remembered for the right reasons, not because things went wrong, but you saved some money.  When you see the amount of work that I do for a wedding you will understand that I am not expensive, as normally I am the cheapest part of your wedding. What I provide and help with, ensures that your wedding is great and full of memories, not an average ceremony that you only remember for what went wrong. I spend on average 20-30 hours on each wedding. Even if your wedding is a few years off, I hold your fee at the price agreed upon, with no increases along the way. I do offer smaller packages if you are having a small wedding and do not need all the bells and whistles, but still wanting a beautiful wedding.

Please do not let price be an issue, if you have a very strict budget call or email me and let me see how I can help. 

The Diamond Ceremony 

Your perfect dream wedding, with all the "bells & whistles."  It will have a sense of occasion, it will have that traditional wedding feel, (if you want), it will have great laughs from a great story I write about you both. NO JOKES, it's your ceremony, not the comedy festival so I never tell jokes, it’s all about you. We have the crowd having a laugh by me telling great stories about the two of you. I really am a great story teller. You receive my personalized 100+ page ceremony guidebook filled with ideas to help us craft your ceremony, your way. The rehearsal will be at the venue, and all meetings can be at your home or my office.

I have a very simple, fully inclusive pricing structure:

The Diamond Ceremony

• Monday – Thursday         $1295

• Friday/Saturday/Sunday                    $1595

 Extras:

• Public Holidays           $300

• Significant travel, eg, Daylesford

 Payments are made either as:

• Payment in full upon booking OR

• $200 booking fee, 50% upon the 1st draft of the ceremony being written or 3 months before the wedding and the remaining balance one month before the wedding. This can help with budgeting.

Meetings:  At your home anywhere around Melbourne till 9pm, Monday-Thursday and weekends after weddings. Or we can use my office and is located on 1 Queens Road Melbourne (near South Melbourne) to make it easy for you after work if that helps.

Rehearsal: At the ceremony venue  or my chapel. See my chapel pics here

What’s Included: The Diamond Ceremony

• Free no-obligation meeting to chat about ideas etc. I visit couples all over Melbourne, whether you live in Pakenham, Cranbourne, Werribee, Mernda, Melton and Craigieburn.

• 100 page ceremony guidebook filled with ideas, and it is yours to keep. This is amazing, it is filled with ideas that you highlight and that gives me a sense of direction for how I write your ceremony.

• Unlimited face-face meetings.

• An amazing beautifully written ceremony filled with all your ideas. I tell a great story about you both that will have your family & friends having a laugh. I don't tell jokes, just great stories.

• Personal vows that we build together, all the help you need.

• Face-face ceremony draft reading (so exciting). I do not email this first, you hear it from me

• Unbelievable amount of support for calls and emails and face-face meetings.

• All 3 stages of legal work.

• Beautiful copy of the ceremony as a keepsake.

• A professionally printed marriage certificate with calligraphy font.

• The ordering and payment of your registered certificate of marriage you need for any change of name or visa requirements.

• High Quality PA system & microphones.

• Downloaded Ceremony music.

• I arrive one hour before the ceremony.

• Behind the scenes dealing with all of your ceremony suppliers.

• All travel within 100 klm of Melbourne.