Josh Withers Prices and packages
Celebrant fees and packages for the best weddings and elopements.
Melbourne wedding and elopement packages
For weddings and elopements within about two hours drive of Melbourne CBD, any travel expenses covered
Elopement
Intimate ceremony
- 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
Ceremony
The best wedding ceremony ever
- 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
premium
Ceremony and MC the reception
- 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
Included in all packages
The hashtag best day ever is within reach
Style of ceremony
I believe your ceremony should be and can be the best part of your wedding or elopement, so I work hard to make that the fact. I don't think I am the most qualified person to tell everyone closer to you how you met, so we focus on the future, where you're going as a couple.
Wedding planning
The secret sauce to a great wedding is a great team of wedding creatives working together in harmony. I can recommend the best wedding planners, wedding photographers, and other vendors to help create your dream.
Privacy and security
Your personal data collected for your marriage paperwork and wedding planning is kept secure and deleted when no longer needed..
Travel
If I need to get on a flight, stay in a hotel, or rent a car I ask for you to cover that expense. Quotes are given over email and that fee only extends to the direct cost of the travel expense.
Upgrades
If you need to upgrade to another package, you can do so at a later date.
Phone, video call, and email support
Over the entirety of your wedding and elopement planning process I am available to answer questions, provide advice, and guide you to joy.
Your wedding journey
The process from here
Check calendar availability
Select a package
Meet to ensure I'm human
Complete booking from and booking fee
Notice of Intended Marriage Form
Communicate your expecations
Create you wedding!
Pricing FAQs
Other celebrants charge this price, why do you charge differently?
Despite my efforts to organise an event, marriage celebrants do not attend an annual conferance where we all get together and make decisions about what we all charge and how we do business. Some celebrants are hobbyists, some are secondary-wage earners in their home, as for me and my business celebrancy puts food on my table, it's my primary wage and I can't talk for other celebrants' insurances, quality of equipment, or ability to operate under pressure.
Do you bring a signing table or other styling and furniture?
I'm really good at public speaking, marriage paperwork, photography, and travel. You don't want my input on styling issues so I don't supply any wedding furniture or styling.
Do you charge extra for destination weddings or travel?
If I need a flight, accomodation, or rental car, I ask for those expenses to be covered. So I don't charge extra for destination weddings, I just ask that the travel expenses are covered.
Can we just get the 'legal bits' done without a full ceremony?
I do offer a legals-only paperwork-only service. Get in touch for more information.
Do you require a deposit, and what's your payment schedule like?
The term for the initial payment to confirm your booking is a booking fee. That fee locks in your date and begins the process. The remainder of your fee is due in either four months, or one month before your ceremony, whichever date falls earliest.
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