benefits of choosing a Celebrant over registry office

If you’re planning on having a simple legal only or registry style wedding, or you’re looking at cost-effective ways to get married, choosing an independent Celebrant is a much better option with way more flexibility than a registry office wedding.

Looking to get married ASAP with a simple, legal-only ceremony?

Yes! We can make it happen! We can book your registry style wedding or legals only marriage from one month from now, or even sooner if you’ve already lodged your Notice of Intended Marriage (NOIM form), which can be transferred to us.

Don’t wait for months, or until next year to get married: We’re hearing from couples that have enquired with the Brisbane Registry only to be told they have no availability for 4-5 months! Yikes! If you would like to get married sooner, or maybe you have a special date in mind like your anniversary, get in touch with us and one of us will get you legally married 1 month from now (or within days of 1 month of you lodging your NOIM form with us).

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As elopement and legal-only wedding specialists, Jamie + Cara of With Love Elopements offer flexible dates, times, and you even have the option of getting married at our beautiful private venue: The Elopement Deck in Indooroopilly.

Choosing a celebrant over the registry office gives you:

• The opportunity to get married sooner, as early as 1 month from now.

• More freedom to select your ideal ceremony location and marriage date.

• More intimate, warm, private celebrations with a friendly, caring Celebrant.

• A wider variety of ceremony styles, plus affordable elopement décor options.

• Guidance with the NOIM signing process with us witnessing your NOIM – no being sent away to visit a JP to action this.
• A beautiful wedding experience with a Celebrant that is genuinely invested in your ceremony. With us, you will never feel you are sitting in a Medicare office waiting for your ticket number to be called.
• With us, you can arrive together, or if you prefer you are welcome to arrive separately for a more formal ‘arrival’. We respect how special your day is and we offer a classy experience. Conversely a recent Brisbane Registry bride commented in a newspaper article that their guests and them all had to meet in the same waiting room for their registry office ceremony, so to keep her outfit a surprise right up to the aisle, she had to have her friends bring a bed sheet to hide her from her groom. If that’s not your vibe, get in touch with us instead.

Don’t wait until next year to say, “I do.” Get in touch with us today and enjoy a personal, hassle-free wedding experience perfect for you.

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As Authorised Marriage Celebrants we can get you legally married in a simple, relaxed ceremony at the location of your choice, without the restrictions or limitations of the registry office.

The many benefits of our elopement and legals only Celebrant service, include:

• Your choice of location – The flexibility and convenience of your ceremony being able to take place almost anywhere, like one of Brisbane’s beautiful parks or gardens for stunning photo opportunities, or our private elopement deck or even at your own home.
• Sunday weddings – We offer weddings and meetings every day of the week (subject to availability) including Sunday morning meetings and Sunday wedding ceremonies.
• We’re contactable – With us as your Celebrant there’s no waiting on hold for ages only to get through to a call centre who, after that long wait, may not be able to answer your question, and will take a message for someone to call you back at some point in the next 5 business days – hopefully! Conversely, we’ll respond to emails and questions as soon as we can, often responding to emails after hours (when we’re not at weddings).
• You can get married sooner – For couples looking to get married as soon as possible, we can usually make ourselves available to meet with couples at short notice, to meet the 1-month NOIM lodgement requirements.
• We make the paperwork easy for you – We offer our clients a smooth and easy ceremony planning process. We don’t require multiple meetings, only one meeting is required for us to witness you signing your NOIM form, and unlike the Brisbane Registry office, we don’t send you off to get your NOIM signed by a JP, we’ll witness you signing this and make the process easy and stress-free for you.
• Meet on a day and time more convenient to you – As full-time experienced Celebrants we operate 7 days a week, offering client meetings most days of the week, including convenient meeting appointment times during weekday mornings and evenings and weekend mornings, to fit around your work hours. We also offer online video call meetings via Zoom, What’s App and Facetime.

• No parking expenses for our meetings and most of our wedding locations – If you decide to meet with us in person, our meetings take place at our office in Indooroopilly with FREE street parking. It’s also very close to great coffee shops and cafe’s (we recommend nearby Peach & Billy), and a short drive to Indooroopilly shopping centre. Did you know Brisbane City is one of the most expensive places to park in the world? Having both a meeting and your ceremony here could significantly add to the cost of having a registry office wedding.
• A warm, friendly, guided Celebrant experience.
• We offer the convenience of video call meetings – Providing that prior to our meeting you complete the online form we send you and have access to a printer to print the completed NOIM form we send you, and you are based in Australia at the time of the meeting, then we can actually witness you signing your marriage paperwork during the video call meeting, to scan and return to us. Lodging your NOIM form with us couldn’t be easier!
• We’re dog friendly – If you love the idea of your dog being your ring bearer, unlike the registry office we are dog friendly, and we can even help with recommending dog friendly elopement locations.
• One point of contact – With us you receive a personalised service with one point of contact from enquiry through to the wedding day, with a Celebrant that genuinely cares about giving you the wedding you want.
• Flexible and accommodating – We will discuss your ceremony preferences with you, perhaps you are looking for something special, intimate and meaningful, or something more relaxed, simple and quick with just the minimal legal wording. With us we will give you the ceremony you want.
• Wedding decor options – We can also assist with providing your wedding ceremony décor / backdrop via our sister business With Love – Brisbane Wedding Decorators, meaning your entire ceremony can be planned with just one point of contact – us!
• Assistance with a witness if needed – If you are planning to get married privately or in secret or would prefer to minimise the number of your family and friends you invite, we may even be able to assist with providing one of your witnesses (subject to one of us being available). Additional fee may be payable.
• You are supporting a local small business – By choosing an independent Marriage Celebrant to perform your ceremony instead of the registry office, you are directly supporting a passionate, small local business, that genuinely cares about you having a really positive experience.
• We’re 5-STAR rated and REALLY good Celebrants!  – We’ve received over 120 x 5 STAR reviews on Google from couples that have chosen a legal only, elopement or registry style marriage with us. Plus, hundreds more reviews from couples that have opted for our full wedding service. We’re very grateful that they all share such nice feedback and mention what great Celebrants we are.

We’re highly experienced, local experts that genuinely care so you are in the BEST hands to be guided through the process of getting married.

It’s safe to say there are many benefits of having one of us, an independent Celebrant perform your marriage, instead of having to marry within the restrictions and limitations of registry weddings.

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Jamie + Cara the happy, dedicated organised crew at With Love Elopements.

Question: We’ve lodged our NOIM form with the Brisbane Registry Office. We want to get married ASAP but they don’t have any a date available for months. Can the Celebrants at ‘With Love Elopements’ help?

Answer: YES! If you’ve already lodged your NOIM with the Brisbane Registry Office only to find there’s a big wait ahead to get married, the good news is your lodged NOIM form can be formerly transferred from BDM QLD to either of us (your Celebrant). Then the original date it was lodged with them, still stands, meaning your marriage can take place even sooner, in less than 1 months’ time.

Don’t wait ages to say “I do.” Get in touch with us today and enjoy a personal, hassle-free wedding experience perfect for you.

We’ve heard from couples who thought the Brisbane registry office was their only option, only to be told they have no available bookings for the rest of the year. But don’t worry, we have the perfect solution ready for you.

There is a much better, nicer and more flexible way to get legally married – with one of us as your Celebrant!

We hope also you decide to choose one of us as the one to get you married.

We know some of the best spots for simple registry style marriages in Brisbane, we can make suggestions of areas that can be utilised without a fee being payable (saving you money again) and we can advise on locations to suit your needs, e.g. somewhere private and intimate, or somewhere with a stunning backdrop for amazing photos. Some of our small legals only weddings choose to have their ceremony take place on our private shaded back deck.

If you love the idea of a simple or registry style wedding that isn’t taking place at the registry, we would love to be your Celebrant!

We look forward to hearing from you and providing more information on the process of getting married.

Let’s start planning your simple wedding ceremony!

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