Ceremonies By Alex

Credentials

FAQs

• What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
  My pricing system is not complicated. I do not have a set rate for my services; instead I charge by the hour, the same as most professionals. A set rate for a wedding implies that all weddings are alike, which they most certainly are not! I charge twenty dollars an hour for my time. Sometimes this is intensive work, like researching information for a specialized request for a wedding theme or aspect. Sometimes it's meeting with clients beforehand to discuss the ceremony and review the text. Sometimes it's just driving to the ceremony site. All these things are time spent service to my clients. My original quotes are based on the (usually) very limited information contained in the client's request for quotes on Thumbtack. The final cost depends upon the actual number of hours the whole project takes--sometimes it's less, sometimes it's more, and sometimes it's the exact amount quoted originally. I do not have a set rate for my services; instead I charge by the hour, the same as most professionals. I ask for payment up front from hard-won experience. It makes certain folks are just as serious about their commitment to their contract with me as I am!
• What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
  I start by arranging for payment to reserve the date, and I immediately send them a legal contract as my bond and promise to do what I say I'll do. Then I'll ask questions to get the information I need to custom write their ceremony. I provide any information they need about marriage licenses and other legal details. I love getting questions from clients, and never tire of answering them. I want my customers to be totally comfortable with me, and confident they have made the best choice for their ceremony. I will always share the benefit of my experience in any area. Not long ago I provided restaurant recommendations for a couple honeymooning in West Palm Beach! It has nothing to do with the ceremony, but it's the information they needed from me.
• What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
  Of course there is my formal religious education, but most of what I have learned about marriage and wedding ceremonies has come from hard-won experience. Over time you learn what works and what doesn't, and I'm always writing new material to meet the requests of my clients, I'm always on the lookout for new trends in weddings in order to share ideas with my clients. Unity candles and unity sand are still big right now, and the "handfasting" ceremony is also popular with both religious and non-religious ceremonies. Fads come and go, but the center of the service--the promises, the joining of two hearts--stays the same.