Award-winning Hobart marriage celebrant Josh Withers

Hobart Wedding Celebrant

From the Huon Valley to the Derwent Valley, Hobart to Cradle Mountain, I create awesome weddings!. I'm Josh Withers and I am a male millenial marriage celebrant ready to create a fun wedding ceremony for you!

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Melbourne wedding and elopement packages

For weddings and elopements within about two hours drive of Melbourne CBD, any travel expenses covered

Elopement

Intimate ceremony

$ 1200

including GST

Legal marriage paperwork & registration
Intimate and short marriage ceremony
Video call for paperwork and planning
Up to 20 guests
No speaker or microphone
Short and sweet

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popular

Ceremony

The best wedding ceremony ever

$ 1800

including GST

Legal marriage paperwork & registration
Official certificate of marriage from the Victorian Births Deaths and Marriages
Fun and personal marriage ceremony, aka the best wedding ever
Professional PA system and wireless microphone plus 10-bit audio recording
All the planning meetings required to calm any nerves
No other bookings taken that day
Free post-wedding ceremony hugs

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premium

Ceremony and MC the reception

$ 2800

including GST

Everything in the wedding ceremony package
Wedding planning and timeline liason with all other wedding vnedors
Reception co-ordination with all vendors involved so everything runs smoothly and professionally
Voice of the reception as your MC
Walking your grandma to her car at the end of the night

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Josh Withers + your wedding

A match almost as good as the two of you

Unique ceremony

I believe your ceremony should be the best part of the wedding, so I work my behind off to make it unqiue, meaningful, fun, and honest.

Feels like home

The moment you walk down the aisle and become a married couple should be comfortable. People love to tell you it's stressful and awkward. If I'm your celebrant it's not.

Photography

I work with your photographers and videographers to make sure that the ceremony records as well as it feels in-person.

Prices and packages

I have four packages, but the most popular is where I'm your celebrant and MC at the reception. I'm available to be just your celebrant in a wedding or an elopement package, and also just the paperwork-only in a registry-style wedding.

Meetings

We need to meet at least once to sign pre-marriage paperwork, but I'm available in-person or on video call for as many meetings as you need to feel confident.

Marriage law

To get married in Tasmania you need to be 18 or over, not related, not currently married, and consenting and willing to marriage. Proof of place and date of birth is needed, along with evidence of former marriages ending.

Time required

Australian marriage law requires one month's notice to get married in Tasmania and Australia-wide. As far as booking a celebrant, I recommend booking the right celebrant early, but most couples book nine to 18 months in advance.

Visitors to Tasmania

Any and all people can marry in Tasmania, regardless of nationality, religion, gender, ciizenship, or visa. You simply must be 18 or over meet the rest of the marriage law requirements.

Climate and attire

Visitors to Tasmania often forget about Tasmania's weather, which is to say: bring a jacket. Plus, if you're eloping in the wilderness, consider not wearing heels.

Favourite Tasmanian Regions

Hobart and Mount Wellington

Kunyani/Mount Wellington looming large over Hobart is what drew my family to Tasmania, so the Hobart region will always be my first love.

Huon Valley

I call the Huon Valley home, Ranelagh to be precise, so I'm always up for a meeting at the famous Summer Kitchen down the road from my house.

Cradle Mountain

I've spent more time in Cradle Mountain than some wombats, I'd love to marry you around Dove Lake.

East Coast

It's worrying that more people haven't considered a Bicheno lobster roll an important part of their wedding day, but when you elope on the east coast it can be a reality!

The best places to wed on the Apple Isle

Triabunna and Spring Bay

Spring Bay Mill would be one of my favourite places to create weddings!

Cambridge

It is no accident that Frogmore Creek Wines is one of the most popular wedding venues on the Apple Isle.

Bruny Island

The intimacy and peace on the island is addictive and you may not find the energy to ever leave.

Launceston and West Tamar

One of the biggest Tasmanian secrets is how lovely the West Tamar region and Launceston is for a wedding.

Words from real brides and grooms

"Our wedding day was an absolute dream come true, thanks in large part to our incredible wedding celebrant, Josh Withers. From the moment we met him, we knew we had found someone truly special to officiate our ceremony. Josh's warm and friendly personality instantly put us at ease, and his genuine passion for what he does was evident in every interaction."

Belle

from Toowoomba

"Josh was an amazing celebrant! Calm, relaxed and genuine. It is evident in his work that he has years in the wedding industry - professional and experienced. Josh managed our family friendly ceremony with ease making the ceremony both intimate and fun. I particularly liked that he didn’t pretend to know us or to tell our story - he left that for us to do in our vows."

Kerri-Anne

from Noosa

"We both feel that Josh delivered what he said he would promise. The ceremony was our favourite part and your words of encouragement, philosophy on gathering and marriage were exactly what we hoped for. You included our wishes of community and acknowledgment of family and friends seamlessly. Also, thank you for the reception. It took such a load off our mind knowing that the vendors could communicate with you (instead of us) which allowed us to enjoy the moment."