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My services are very
professional and dignified, and will require my
personal attendance, several interviews, office work, completion of legalities,
Declarations, preparation of Government documentation, personal
lodgement of statutory forms and documents, telephone calls
and email communications.
All of our discussions are held in the highest of client
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Weddings
There is no set fee to cover all variables.
You can expect to pay from
$450* and upwards of $800, this
depends on the type of ceremony and the location. Some less experienced
Celebrants offer much less, but the old story of "you get what you pay
for" is very true. Please click this
"Weddings"
link for further details. I will provide you with a very
competitive quote which reflects the location and type of ceremony
desired. I also can offer a special reduced price or "Elopement
Specials" etc.
* = My "Base Fee"
Partnership or
Commitment Service
from $ 395
Personalised Service similar in details to a formal wedding, without
the legalities.
See Same-sex special page
for more information -
Click this link
Funerals
Civil Celebrants complete service - $450
This is the normal charge by professional Civil Funeral Celebrants, and includes
liaison with your Funeral Director, the actual control and presentation of the service at
the chosen funeral venue, a prior visit to your home of approx one
or two hours and interviewing close relatives, obtaining
details of the deceased for the Eulogy, arranging the actual Order
of Service, liaising with other family members and those
making a tribute or photographic presentation, and completing all of
the arrangements, so that the service runs smoothly, with dignity,
and to your complete satisfaction.
The preparation and submission of the Eulogy to you for approval may
take several hours.
Included is a free offer to produce and
print the Order of Service, with one colour
picture of the deceased, double-sided printed on A4 coloured paper, and up to 50
copies.
All other Ceremonies :
from $ 300
Marriage Re-Vows
Namings Ceremonies
- Baby
- Child
- House
Significant Birthdays
Pets Memorials
The first four hours or part thereof
including travel, are at a fixed charge of $300, then $50 per hour thereafter, or part thereof. |
All figures quoted here are flat fees.
No GST is applicable as we are under the GST threshold, and an exemption
is claimed. *
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Why do Celebrants
charge so much ??
Adapted from comments by Rev. Alan
R. Safford
Why do Celebrants charge so much for a
half hour of work? Is the question often asked.
It takes an average of 12 hours of work per ceremony:
- Initial consultations, preparing and checking NOIM,
Statutory Declarations and Legal Documents.
- scheduling, emails, phone calls (unlimited)
- chasing brides to get ceremony, vows and reading
choices (sometimes this alone takes months !)
- research for a particular ceremony and cultures.
- ceremony preparation, proof-reads, approvals,
updates, modifications, last minute changes,
re-approvals.
- ceremony practice time
- travel time plus mileage to and from rehearsal
- waiting before rehearsal, co-ordinating rehearsal
(average two hours)
- Preparing Marriage Certificates
- travel time plus mileage to and from wedding venue
- waiting before ceremony (at least 30 mins, mostly at
least one hour, includes set up of PA etc)
- performing ceremony
- paperwork, and lodging Marriage Certificate with
Registrar of Births, Deaths, Marriages (BDM)
- overhead costs (including advertising)
(Total average time spent on actual day includes travel to and
from venue, waiting, setting up equipment, officiating at the ceremony
itself, mingling, packing up and dismantle equipment = 4 hours)
Here is the most important part:
Your Celebrant is a licensed professional without which there would be
no marriage.
It is the least expensive cost in the typical wedding, yet the
only part that is really required.
You can have a wedding without flowers or centrepieces.
You can't have a marriage without a Celebrant. |
