Pricing for Services:
$300 for a ceremony: Customized ceremony, religious, or non religious/civil, in English, Spanish, or English and Spanish.
Mileage: Free up to 39 miles away from the city of Burbank, is included. Ceremonies 40 miles to 60 miles away, travel fee is $50. Ceremonies 60 to 70 miles from this area, travel fee is $75. Ceremonies 70 to 80 miles away from this area, travel fee is $100.
Wedding rehearsal: $100 If couple wants to save this money an do their own rehearsal, we can go over it with couple and answer any questions.
PA system/speaker for music, includes audio for the ceremony: $75 We can bring a portable PA system to play music for the ceremony processionals, and recessional. If also requested to play music before the ceremony starts, the prelude, add $25.
Confidential marriage license: $85.00 If couple also wants the confidential marriage license with their ceremony, we can pick up the license shortly before the ceremony date. The license price is $85 + $45 for license paperwork processing with the couple + $35 for picking up the marriage license. Total price for all of these together is $165.
It takes approximately three to four hours of time + gas, to travel and pick up the marriage license, travel to the licensing location, and to do the license paperwork processing with the couple. If couple prefers to pick up their own marriage license and save this money for the license processing and pick up fee, we can officiate just their ceremony, if they prefer.
General info: customized wedding ceremony script to couples’ preferences. A short simple wedding ceremony in English, Spanish, or bilingual- English and Spanish, or a long extensive wedding ceremony in all of these, same price. Same price regardless if just couple in attendance, or several hundred people in attendance. Same applies for commitment ceremonies, not married yet, and vow renewal ceremonies for couple that are already married.
Officiant Fees
An officiant will do his job officiating in front of everyone for maybe thirty minutes. If he is at a rehearsal he might work for 1 hour, more or less. This is what the public sees, but officiants spend time preparing for their ceremonies and rehearsals and spend money and time before during and after the ceremony.
An officiant prepares for a ceremony by meeting with the couple, finding out how the couple wants their ceremony to be, by asking them. The officiant will put together a script based on their answers. The script may go back and forth a couple of times. An officiant will then study and rehearse the script so that there is a smooth delivery on the wedding day.
The officiant, if he does marriage licenses will spend his time traveling back and forth to and from, and at the issuing facility, picking up the couples license. He will then spend more time with the couple filling out the marriage license and filling out the necessary paperwork to accompany it.
The officiant spends time traveling to and from the ceremony site. He or she will be there before the scheduled start time, and will leave after the ceremony is over, after getting witnesses to sign, signing off on the marriage license, collecting any balances, etc. Most of the time, the officiant will also drop off the marriage license and accompaning paperwork to the post office, and makes sure the envelope has the proper postage.
An officiant spends money. He or she will spend money advertising, renting an office or a space to meet with couples, he will spend money on proper attire, buying and replacing equipment, like p.a. systems, microphones, etc. These audio items are sometimes needed at ceremony sites, but are not available.
Regarding insurance, some venues require vendors, including officiants, to have liability insurance, not to mention other insurances that the officiant pays for to protect himself and others from the licensing paperwork he does, for example, errors and ommissions.
The officiant uses his vehicle to and from your location, putting wear and tear on his car, and burning gas, which equals dollars. An officiant and a marriage license make the whole shindig legal. Officiants do the second greatest fear in life – public speaking.
In conclusion, an officiant spends his time and money when preparing, performing, and completing his duties.