officiant cost

[Qtpie]

I was just wondering how much everyone is paying their officiant /pastor /priest? I am going to have a family friend who was my grandmas pastor do our ceremony and when I asked him how much he charges he just said whatever we feel is fair. So I was wondering how much you all are paying or around what your paying, I want to make sure that I pay him a fair amount as he is great family friend.

[amunet]

Officiant's around my area cost around $90.

[MrsGrady08]

Ours charged $150.

[Qtpie]

hmmmm.....thats not too bad. I guess this is going to be one of the cheaper expenses.

[sweetvenus]

Ours is $200 but that includes counseling which gives us a $60 discount on our marriage license.

[PGDesigns]

I was just wondering how much everyone is paying their officiant /pastor /priest? I am going to have a family friend who was my grandmas pastor do our ceremony and when I asked him how much he charges he just said whatever we feel is fair. So I was wondering how much you all are paying or around what your paying, I want to make sure that I pay him a fair amount as he is great family friend.

Our officiant told us the same thing. I think we're going with $100.

[WBandMe]

We're paying $400.

[Qtpie]

wow, there are so many different prices for the officiants. I am so lost on what we should pay him now.

[Whitewater]

The friend who's marrying us (he's a minister in his church) told us 'whatever, I don't have a set fee'. I think we're going to give him $100 but only because we're also inviting him (and his new wife . . .*sigh* I don't know her but it's polite, right?) to the rehearsal dinner and feeding him (and her) at the reception, so I think it evens out.

$100 and two meals? Yeah, that works for me.


Whitewater

[tortoisegirl]

I'm paying $250 and that's a steal in my area. Most seem to be near $400+. I think it varies on the area, and if the person does it full-time or not.

[Qtpie]

The friend who's marrying us (he's a minister in his church) told us 'whatever, I don't have a set fee'. I think we're going to give him $100 but only because we're also inviting him (and his new wife . . .*sigh* I don't know her but it's polite, right?) to the rehearsal dinner and feeding him (and her) at the reception, so I think it evens out.

$100 and two meals? Yeah, that works for me.


Whitewater
We also invitied him and his wife to the reception. I think FH and I have decided we are going to pay him around $100 as well. It seems fair to me. I mean our ceremony is only going to last about 30 minutes so I think $100 bucks for a half hour of his time sounds like hes making the big bucks, and I am in the wrong profession. J/k.

[Aleta]

My brother and his fiance are getting married next Saturday. The Justice of the Peace is charging 250.00. We're getting married by a minister, who is also a childhood friend of Greg's. He isn't charging anything, but we're definitely going to give him something, as it means a lot to us.

[kemalc2]

I feel cheap, but ours is only $40 but marriage licenses in my area are a lot cheaper than most....only about $35.

[RevMatty]

Being an offciant/minister, I average anywhere from $300 - $500. However, I have charged more depending on how custom you want your ceremony. Plus I've had people tip me for doing a great job, also. It varies.


Here's my tip on how much to pay one that wont give you a set fee.....
Just remember without the offciant, there's no being married.

[Qtpie]

Being an offciant/minister, I average anywhere from $300 - $500. However, I have charged more depending on how custom you want your ceremony. Plus I've had people tip me for doing a great job, also. It varies.


Here's my tip on how much to pay one that wont give you a set fee.....
Just remember without the offciant, there's no being married.


Thats a great tip I am definatley going to think about what to pay him.

[mitch]

In the UK We are paying £110 ($220) to get Married. But that includes the Banns, The Ceremony, The Registrar who does the Ceremony and the Licence.

We got the Licence in April which was £60 ($120). The Banns are displayed a Month before. (OMG that's TODAY LOL) And the Balance is paid on the Day about Ten Minutes before We go in.

So i reckon $100-US would be ample for Your Officiant.

[He_calls_me_Angel]

mine charged 100$ but we gave him 200$ in a thank you card and invited him and his wife to the reception. He was actually one of my high school teachers that had an impact on me (he is also pastor at my old highschools church). He did an amazing job!

[MrsDM]

We had to pay $200 for counseling. Our church's policy is to give him what we can as a thank you. We are thinking around $100.

[Brian's Wife in 09]

I'm kind of in the same boat about not knowing what to pay our officiant. It's going to be FH's uncle and we haven't talked about pricing w/ him or anything. I guess that is something we need to discuss so we can get that figured out. My guess is $100 isn't bad. He is of course coming to the rehearsal dinner, and of course the reception with his wife.

[f77g4]

Our minister has no fee nor does the church, however she did say that people often make donations to the church but it's completely voluntary and not required. She also doesn't require counselling although she does want to meet with us a couple of times. We are going to make a $100 donation to the church and invite her to the rehearsal dinner and reception plus FH will probably want to tip her as that is his childhood minister.