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Marriage Celebrant Fees
My standard fee as a registered Civil Marriage Celebrant is $600.00, as follows:
| $200.00 | This amount is payable at the time of making / confirming the
booking, and comprises the “Booking Fee” or the
“For a Notice of Intended Marriage” fee. THIS IS PART OF the $600.00 total fee. |
| $400.00 | This remaining amount is payable no later than 14 days before the ceremony. This is
known as the “In respect of solemnisation of marriage by authorised civil marriage celebrant”
fee. THIS IS THE REMAINING PART OF the $600.00 total fee. |
Payment methods accepted: credit card (Visa or MasterCard), direct bank deposit, cheque or money order.
What does this total $600.00 fee include?
This fee covers the following:
The initial interview;
Additional interviews for confirmation and finalisation of ceremony
details;
The wedding rehearsal;
The conducting/solemnisation of the marriage ceremony;
Unlimited email communication to and from celebrant, unlimited
conversations by phone from the clients to the celebrant;
The provision of the three marriage certificates
required (including the copy kept by the couple);
Form printing/completion, lodging of the official certificate of marriage and
all required documents relating to the marriage;
Use of state-of-the-art PA system (if required);
Provision of registry signing table and chairs (if required);
Provision of certificate signing pens (choice of elegant styles,
including quill-and-ink); and
Travel costs in connection with solemnisation - if the distance of
a return journey between the celebrant's home and the place of marriage does not exceed 60 km.
What doesn't this $600.00 include?
Other costs that may be charged to the clients are as follows:
Phone calls on behalf of the clients (to venue, to participants,
etc.) if required;
Visit by celebrant to venue (if required for checking before the
wedding rehearsal);
Travel costs in connection with solemnisation - if the distance of
a return journey between the celebrant's home and the place of marriage exceeds 60 km -
$10 per additional 5 km; and
Other charges as agreed.
Part of the fee may be refundable.
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