How To Choose Officiant For Wedding – 8 Useful Tips

You’ve got everything right for your wedding and the only thing remaining now is your wedding officiant. A Wedding officiant is an important person for the success of your wedding. Choosing the right person for both of you (bride and groom) should be a critical part in planning your wedding ceremony. The person to choose is usually is considered the most difficult decision. There are options though that you can go for but before choosing one, you should be able to consult with your partner. Below are tips to help you in choosing the right wedding officiant:

1. Know The Type Of Ceremony You Want

Before meeting with your potential wedding officiant, you and your partner should be on the same page about the mood of your ceremony. Is it going to be a secular, religious, traditional or modern? How long should the ceremony take? Identify the ceremony type with your partner. From here you can now narrow down to other considerations.

2. Get Your Partner Involved Too

Selecting the officiant for your wedding ceremony is a very important decision. Your partner needs to be involved too. Both of you should have an equal role in the decision. Get to the details you require about the officiant you want. While consulting, give your partner plenty of options that you think are important in selecting one. It will allow you to select the best officiant for your wedding ceremony. Keep in mind that your wedding day is a remarkable part of life, and you would want it to be perfect. A perfect wedding officiant is a plus to the success of your wedding.

3. Consult Your Clergymen

A member of your clergy can be your wedding officiant. You can get to know how different clergy people speak and present themselves by observing how they conduct their service. If, luckily, you have a relative who is a clergy member, then they can be the best option for your wedding officiant.

4. Attend Other Wedding Services

This is another idea you can use. Attend another wedding ceremony with the intent of getting the idea of what you want your ceremony to look like. If the officiant in the wedding you have attended pleases you, then you can get their contact and have them officiate yours too. After attending several wedding services, you will get more tips and advises.

5. Read The Rules Of Your State

If you are from America, you should make sure that you get someone authorized by your state. There are states such as Virginia, Nevada and Connecticut that do not allow weddings to be officiated by online ministers. There are several counties in New York that do not permit them too.

6. Read Online Reviews

There are officiants with professional listings in wedding directories; an example is WeddingWire. They post reviews for you to read. While reading the reviews, don’t just go for the numbers. Read what other clients said about the officiant since this is the information that is most important.

7. Ask From Your Recently Married Friends

You should at least have those friends who got married recently. They can give you really valuable information regarding the process of selecting a marriage officiant. You can ask them about their experience with the officiants they chose. Also get to know the officiants they had in mind but didn’t choose so that you don’t repeat interviewing the same person.

8. Check Their Work

You can ask them to get you a video of a wedding they officiated so that you know how things are going to be. You want that person whose personality blends with your well. A professional officiant must have several ceremony options and styles to help you choose.

Finally, you need to consider getting an officiant who is lively and easy to work with. Wedding time can be quite stressful, and you don’t want to hire someone who is going to increase the stress. You don’t expect to know them well in the first meeting, but as you continue interacting with them, you should feel as if you have known them for long. Key of all, while choosing your wedding officiant, get your partner included as well, it is a good way of kick starting your wedding ceremony happily.

P.S. – For more tips that can help you choosing an officiant for your wedding you can also check the video below…

We hope that you will have a great wedding!