Orange County Wedding Officiant

Maybe? Here are *some* of the Orange County wedding venues I’ve had the pleasure of doing ceremonies at. In fact, you might recognize some in the photos on this page!

• Franciscan Gardens
• Rancho Las Lomas
• Majestic Hotel
• Five Crowns
• Nixon Library
• Muckenthaler Mansion

Once you secure your venue, you should secure your day with me. Seriously. 

Before the pandemic, I was booking up to 18 months out. Now, I’m booking up to 2 years out and I already have bookings into 2025.

The best time to book my services is as soon as you have confirmed your wedding date with the venue. The second-best time is now!

There are only three situations in which I attend wedding rehearsals.

1. You don’t have a professional (like a wedding planner or venue coordinator) to run it for you. In this case, I will run the entire rehearsal for you! However, most Orange County weddings have either a planner or a venue coordinator involved, so this doesn’t come up as often.
2. Your ceremony is complex. We have an abbreviated tea ceremony as well as the lasso, aras, and veil, not to mention your two readers and a grandparents’ blessing… This is obviously a more extreme version, but you get the idea! A complex ceremony means I need to be at the rehearsal to help you sort out everything so everyone involved feels comfortable with what is supposed to happen on wedding day.
3. It is really just going to make you feel better that I’m there. Yes, it can be that simple!

Please note that a rehearsal is a $175 USD add-on to cover my time and travel.

For the Short & Sweet service:

I max out at two a day with plenty of travel time in between.

For the Let’s Get Married service:

Only one! That’s one of the benefits of this service: my full and undivided attention on wedding day. 🙂

I know some officiants charge based on the number of guests but that’s just not how I roll. Seriously, have no one but us or 1,000 of your nearest and dearest – it’s your call!

No, because I assume that you two are grown adults and can decide for yourselves what you want to do with your lives. So weird, right?

I do offer a Premarital Course if you’re interested in having your arguments bring you closer together instead of driving you crazy, but it is in no way required!

For the Short & Sweet service:
Roughly 15-20 minutes.

For the Let’s Get Married service:
Since this service is all about custom ceremonies, so the answer for this package is “it depends”. I’ve done ceremonies as short as 8 minutes and as long as an hour. I’d say my Let’s Get Married service for Temecula weddings average somewhere between 15-25 minutes.

Ultimately, the length of your Let’s Get Married ceremony is up to you! We’ll talk about what you want and don’t want in your wedding and we’ll collaborate to make it unforgettable (for all the right reasons).

Usually, just twice. The first time is for a consultation, which you can schedule HERE, either in-person or online. The second time is for our ceremony planning session, which happens 2-3 months before your wedding.

Please know that I don’t limit our meetings, but in the over 1,200 marriage ceremonies I’ve done, we’ve only had to meet more than usual only twice. 

For the Short & Sweet service:
$599 is due at the time of booking with the remaining balance due two weeks before the wedding.

For the Let’s Get Married service:
I require 50% of the total price as your reservation fee. The remaining balance is due two weeks before the wedding.

I will guide you through the process of how to obtain your marriage license when it is time to get going on that. So many people look into it months too early and then forget until the last minute! That’s why I’ll guide you through what needs doing when it’s relevant. 🙂 

After your ceremony, I will sign your marriage license (to sign it before the ceremony is legally fraud) and file it as required by law. I’ll also reach out when it’s time to get your Marriage Certificate and send you helpful tips on how to change your name, should either of you be electing to do that.

No, you don’t! A Marriage License issued from any County is valid throughout the State of California.

For Orange County weddings, I do not stay beyond cocktail hour, which is usually when you’re taking photos and I’m trying to sneak in a few with you. But honestly, I would never see my family on the weekends if I stayed for every wedding reception (especially when I do 80+ ceremonies a year!). So I tend to chat with your loved ones and take a few photos with you during cocktail hour and then leave you to celebrate with your loved ones while I go home to see mine!

Now, if you really truly absolutely *must* have me there, I might be able to stay – just ask!

Sí, hablo español! Pero aunque mi mamá es de México, realmente no lo aprendí hasta que fui adulto. Y es mi tercer idioma! Por eso solo hago ceremonias en spanglish, no solo en español.