Ceremonies
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Why do Officiants charge so much??
"Why do Officiants charge so much for a half hour of work?"
(Please keep in mind that Ministers, Priests, etc. collect a salary
plus receive an honourarium. ..an Officant does not. Our fee is our
income.)
It takes an average of 10 hours of work per ceremony:
- consultations
- scheduling
- emails, phone calls
- a lot of chasing brides to get ceremony, vow & reading choices
(sometimes this alone takes months)
- sometimes research for a particular ceremony
(definitely the
benefit of tons of research over the years + education / training)
- ceremony prep, proof-reads, approvals, updates, modifications, last
minute changes, re-approvals
- ceremony practice time
- travel time + mileage to & from rehearsal
- waiting before rehearsal
- co-ordinating rehearsal
- travel time + mileage to & from wedding
- waiting before ceremony
- performing ceremony
- sometimes mingling after ceremony
- paperwork, paperwork... paperwork. ..overhead costs (including
advertizing)
- (not to mention the time lost with their own significant others on
the weekends,..usually Friday night & part of Saturday, when
significant others are at home)
Average 10 - 15hrs per ceremony
Here's the most important part:
Your Officiant 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 legal marriage without an Officiant.
Be careful where you cut your corners! :)
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Rev. Alan R. Safford
e-mail: revalsafford@yahoo.com
ph: 281-748-9248
fax: 281-980-2303
2742 Quarry Hill Rd.
Sugar Land, TX 77478
United States
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