Legalities before??

We are getting legally married 7 weeks before the wedding. In our area it was going to cost $350 just to book city hall, plus the marriage license. Instead, we are having a very intimate ceremony at our home with someone we know who is ordained. If that is an option for you it might be the most cost efficient?

You may not actually save must to be honest. I used an officiant and had my sister in law perform the ceremony. it wasn't costly at all; part of what you pay them goes to all the documents being filed etc. You will still be paying that at city hall. I would compare prices before making any decisions.

I haven't done this, but I see where you're coming from. If you do choose to do this, first you need to see how much it's going to cost to do it at city hall, then you can compare that with local price of an ordained person and see what's worth it. My officiant is cheaper than doing it at city hall tho!

I have inquired about this myself before my husband agreeing to a small full wedding.

So thoughts are that Courthouses can charge a certain amount based on the town or city. I have gotten up to the price of $450 plus for the room you will get married in may vary on cost. It does add with the taxes on top of both or just the Minister performing the wedding.

Officiant is somewhat equivalent to the price of the courthouse without the room charge (if quoted). I did research around the area and found one that was reasonable in price.

Look at your options and call around to find out what your best way to go result wise. Book according to what you both feel is right.

The route of having a friend or family member to go online and do the online course for Officiant is also good so to save on the cost as mentioning. See if anyone is willing or has done it, that way its saved on the cost.

Depending on local city hall/courthouse fees, it might be the same price to getting an ordained minister. There's lots that are non-religious that deliver beautiful ceremonies and let you customize parts of your ceremony.

Most people (not all) do a legal city hall/courthouse wedding because they don't want to do the whole wedding thing at all (i.e. elope) or they do it in their hometown before a destination wedding to mitigate legalities.

I think in your situation, it would be in your best interests to research non-religious ordained ministers and compare costs to the cost of a city hall/courthouse ceremony.

Are you thinking of going to the court to have this done? I know my friend had paid near $500 to have it done in the courthouse.

Some people have talked about it and all depends on the person of what they would like. I would see the costs of getting it in a courthouse or elsewhere before deciding against hiring a officiant

Haven't done this - but to get my officiant for my wedding it is only costing us $200 (plus we will probably tip because it's pretty cheap).

I would say the only big Con of doing this is that - what day would be your anniversary then? The day you legally got married or the day that you celebrated? UNLESS - unless you get legally married early in the morning and celebrate later in the day!

I would only have considered getting married before the day of if it was on a special day like our dating anniversary or if I was about to have a baby and wanted to be married before the due date.