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How much did you pay for your wedding officiant?

Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:29 am
Posted by dyslexiateechur
Louisiana
Member since Jan 2009
32248 posts
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:29 am
We used a coworker so it was free. How much do wedding officiants run nowadays?

Also how long did they spend at your wedding?
This post was edited on 5/2/22 at 8:32 am
Posted by Eli Goldfinger
Member since Sep 2016
32785 posts
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:30 am to
Probably around $200


NB4 $350
This post was edited on 5/2/22 at 8:31 am
Posted by TBoy
Kalamazoo
Member since Dec 2007
23836 posts
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:30 am to
Bottle of wine or scotch costing north of $100.00.

(As a phony-baloney internet ordained minister, that is what I would love to be paid.)

Edited to add "or scotch")
This post was edited on 5/2/22 at 8:32 am
Posted by bigpetedatiga
Alexandria, LA
Member since Aug 2009
8628 posts
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:31 am to
It was a pastor we knew. He was really nice and talked to everyone before and a little bit after.

He didn't have a set price and just said to do what we felt. I gave him around 2 to 3 hundred.

This was 12 plus years ago though.
Posted by Pettifogger
Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
Member since Feb 2012
79326 posts
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:31 am to
My wife's cousin did it (and killed it TBH). He's not clergy but he's a pretty theologically studied guy.

He got two Masters practice round passes for his troubles
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
65924 posts
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:31 am to
Zero, long-time family friend.

It was made up over time, before and after my ceremony.
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
51389 posts
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:33 am to
I know a notary who did it for $50
Posted by cable
Member since Oct 2018
9658 posts
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:33 am to
I seriously don't remember - it was so long ago. I don't think he charged anything other than free food and booze at the reception.
Posted by tigerfan84
Member since Dec 2003
20363 posts
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:34 am to
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
66763 posts
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:34 am to
It was like $50.

When you get married through the church its cheap. Buncha heathens around this dump.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
119529 posts
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:38 am to
Our pastor charged $75. He was at our cookout for our night before the wedding party, and hung around after the wedding for an hour or so.
Posted by LSUfanV
Member since Mar 2013
27 posts
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:38 am to
I got ordained online several years ago to do my nieces ceremony. Since then I've done around 20. I've only ever charged once and I asked for $200, they paid me $250. The others I did for free and at the end the dad of the bride's have all walked up with the cash handshake and slid me between $100 and $200. I know several others who do wedding's and they all charge $200.

"Also how long did they spend at your wedding?"
So I go to the rehearsal and help with the order of how the wedding will go. Since I know almost everyone that I've married so far, I get there early to help planning or set up and then I stay to eat and drink. I did one that had a canoe full of beer. I stayed at that one longer than the others.
This post was edited on 5/2/22 at 8:42 am
Posted by rockchlkjayhku11
Cincinnati, OH
Member since Aug 2006
36480 posts
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:51 am to
we used my parents pastor and they treated him well. i think he asked for a $150 donation to the church as his actual "fee" so they did that and then made it worth his while as well.

he came to the rehearsal dinner and the reception and stayed appropriately long at both.
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
97719 posts
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:52 am to
Priest was free
Posted by htcthc321
Member since Oct 2010
1663 posts
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:55 am to
The family preacher's fee was $150 and included the use of the church. I had already paid when we booked it but still put $500 in his hand afterwards. He was retiring and we were the last couple he married.
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
114059 posts
Posted on 5/2/22 at 9:23 am to
Years ago I became an ordained minister. It took like 3 mins and $5. I would have to pay to get a certificate to register with the clerk of court, but you can just get someone to sign up here:

United National Ministry

So I wouldn't pay much if I was in need. I'd get them a gift or something. Or get a justice of the peace, but to answer the question I wouldn't pay that much unless I was somewhere I didn't know anyone but I guess no more than $100?
Posted by Homesick Tiger
Greenbrier, AR
Member since Nov 2006
54231 posts
Posted on 5/2/22 at 9:27 am to
Can't remember how much I gave the preacher the first wedding but I gave him $50 for the second one fifteen years later and told him he better get it right this time.
Posted by LouisianaLady
Member since Mar 2009
81232 posts
Posted on 5/2/22 at 9:31 am to
My best friend is doing it, so hopefully free.
Posted by Rex Feral
Athens
Member since Jan 2014
11445 posts
Posted on 5/2/22 at 10:13 am to
Couple hundred 21 years ago.
Posted by bishop
Maiden, North Carolina
Member since Jun 2004
2372 posts
Posted on 5/2/22 at 10:14 am to
I have never "charged" anyone as a pastor. I just think it is part of my service to our church and I do not nor ever will make someone pay me for marrying two people.

However, someone in the family will give me a thank you card with some money in it, and it is normally between $100 and $150.
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