Services and Pricing
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR UPCOMING WEDDING!
At YBD we are a team of celebrants who share the same passion for a unique and personalised approach to your wedding ceremony. We each have our own quirks and style, and cover different areas of Queenstown, Wanaka and beyond. But, whoever you pick as your celebrant, we all guarantee the same professional service and lots of fun along the way!
Your big Day Services
Find the package that suits you
Legal essentials celebrant
- Help applying for your marriage licence
- Help ordering your marriage certificate
- Te Reo Māori welcome to begin your ceremony
- Timely responses to your communications (email, calls, text, Zoom, WhatsApp etc.)
Elopement celebrant
- Everything in the Legal Essentials PLUS
- Access to YBD resources (e.g. wedding vow templates, ceremony ideas, etc)
- Feedback and suggestions to help you write your own wedding vows
- Recommendations for your ceremony location and other wedding suppliers
- Timely responses to your communications (email, calls, text, Zoom, WhatsApp etc.)
Wedding Celebrant
- Everything in the Elopement Celebrant package, PLUS
- Wedding rehearsal or pre-wedding catch up
- Coordinate guests to be seated/ready for ceremony to begin
Wedding celebrant & MC
- Everything in the Wedding Celebrant Package, PLUS
- Recommendations for your ceremony location and other wedding suppliers
- Timely responses to your communications (email, calls, text, Zoom, WhatsApp etc.)
- Be available for any questions from all guests throughout the day
- Coordinate group and family photos post-ceremony
- Coordinate movement of guests from ceremony area to reception area
- Warm up guests before wedding party and newlyweds arrive at reception
- Introduce bridal party & newlyweds to reception
- Reception welcome speech
- Introduce each course/wine
- Coordinate and introduce all speakers and speeches
- Announce cutting the cake
- Introduce first dance
- Announce photo booth open and/or guest book
Our Celebrants
Emily
Emily’s favourite wedding venue:
“The more remote the better and I’m more than happy to hike… even for sunrise!”
Taika
Why I became a celebrant…
“to help couples add Maori culture and Te Reo language in their wedding ceremony”
Charlotte
Why I love being a celebrant:
“It’s the only job in the world when if you make people cry then you’re doing it right”
Joel
Joel’s own wedding:
“I’m a proud LGBTQIA+ man, planning my own wedding with my long term fiance”
Ellie
Favourite wedding…
“when I can feel the couple are comfortable to be themselves and enjoy the moment”
Jason
Craziest wedding story:
“when a bridesmaid danced her way off the dance floor and into the wedding cake!”
Questions or feedback
We’d love to hear from you!
Please feel free to contact us at any time with your questions and feedback: charlotte@yourbigday.co.nz