How much does a celebrant cost?

In this region a full wedding ceremony runs from about $680 to $2,189, with most between $990 and $1,350. A legals-only ceremony runs $295 to $1,099, mostly $450 to $600. The prices published here sit mid-cluster: $1,150 for a full weekday ceremony, $495 for legals-only, and both weekend columns shown rather than added later.

How much does a wedding celebrant cost?

$1,150 Monday to Thursday and $1,350 Friday to Sunday for a full personalised ceremony: unlimited consultations, a written script, help with vows, a rehearsal, a PA with a wireless microphone, arrival forty-five minutes early, lodgement of the paperwork and your commemorative certificate, with 100 km of travel included.

Why do prices go up on the weekend?

Because a Saturday is the only Saturday that week, and most of this market charges for it — usually $100 more Friday to Sunday, up to $350 at Byron. Both columns are published here rather than a surcharge line, so the figure you read is the figure you pay for the day you actually want.

Yes. Every figure on this site is GST-inclusive, which is what Australian consumer law requires for a price advertised to a consumer. There is no separate line added at booking and no card surcharge.

What is the booking fee and is it refundable?

$250, paid to hold the date, with the balance due four weeks before the ceremony. It comes off the total rather than being charged on top. The common practice across this market is $200 to $300 or a quarter to half of the fee.

Do you charge for travel?

Travel within thirty kilometres of Murwillumbah is included, which covers the Tweed Valley, most of the Tweed Coast and Tweed Heads. Beyond that it is $1 per kilometre round trip — roughly $20 to Currumbin or Byron Bay and $40 to Lismore. The market norm is $0.88 to $1.00 per kilometre or a flat fee by destination.

What else costs money on the day?

Council permits for beach and park ceremonies, $124 to $320 depending on the shire and the site, passed through at cost. Witnesses if you need them supplied, $60 each. An in-person rehearsal is $150 and is already included in the full ceremony and MC packages. The official certificate is ordered from the registry: $70 in NSW, $58.10 in Queensland.

How does this compare with the registry office?

The NSW registry charges $482 on a weekday and $597 on a Saturday, at Pyrmont or Parramatta only. Queensland charges $410.60 and $534 in Brisbane, weekdays only for legals-only, four people, no guests. A legals-only ceremony here is $495 and $595, where you are, with up to ten guests.

Do you offer packages?

The published tiers are the packages. Ceremony plus reception MC is bundled at $1,950 midweek and $2,150 on a weekend because that is how the market sells it and because one person doing both means nothing has to be handed over. Nothing is quoted individually and nothing is negotiated down against a review.

Prices

Every price on this site is published in full, in Australian dollars and including GST. A legals-only ceremony is $495 midweek and $595 Friday to Sunday, an elopement $850 or $1,050, a full wedding $1,150 or $1,350, a funeral $750 and a naming $595. Travel is included within thirty kilometres and $1 per kilometre beyond it.

Every price, in full

Ceremony	Mon–Thu	Fri–Sun
Wedding ceremonies — Full personalised ceremony Unlimited consultations, a script written for you, help with vows, a rehearsal, PA with wireless microphone, arrival 45 minutes early, lodgement, keepsake certificate, 100 km travel.	$1,150	$1,350
Wedding ceremonies — Friend officiates, celebrant does the legals The legal ceremony plus a coaching session for your friend and compliance on the day, so the person you want speaking can speak.	$800	same
Elopements & micro weddings — Elopement or intimate ceremony, up to 20 guests A 20-minute personalised script, rings and vows, PA, one planning meeting, lodgement and your certificate, 50-70 km travel.	$850	$1,050
Legals-only & registry-style ceremonies — Legals-only / registry-style ceremony Ten to fifteen minutes, the two of you plus witnesses and up to ten guests, the Notice of Intended Marriage, lodgement, a commemorative certificate, 20-30 km travel. No PA and no custom script.	$495	$595
Vow renewals & commitment ceremonies — Vow renewal or commitment ceremony A script written around your story, a PA, and a memento certificate. One price whatever day of the week it falls on.	$650	same
Naming ceremonies — Naming ceremony A script built from a family meeting, a PA, and certificates for the child and for each guide parent. One price on any day.	$595	same
Funerals & celebrations of life — Funeral or celebration of life A family meeting, the eulogy and full script, liaison with your funeral director, chapel or graveside, and a PA.	$750	same
Funerals & celebrations of life — Graveside or ashes committal A 30-minute committal, written and led, for families holding the service separately or later.	$450	same
Funerals & celebrations of life — Living celebration A 90-minute celebration held while the person is still here, planned with them, so the things people would have said are said to them.	$750	same
Celebrant + MC — Ceremony and reception MC The full personalised ceremony plus MC of the reception through to the first dance, with a run sheet agreed beforehand.	$1,950	$2,150
Celebrant + MC — MC only Four hours on site, a run sheet built with you and your venue, and a PA. For couples whose ceremony is someone else's job.	$750	same

Australian dollars, GST included. Travel within 30 km is included and $1 per kilometre round trip beyond it. Booking fee $250, which comes off the total. Witnesses supplied at $60 each. Council permits for beach and park ceremonies are passed through at cost.

Roughly a third of the celebrants working across the Tweed, Byron and the Gold Coast publish no price at all. These are published so that the answer to "what would it cost" is on the page rather than at the end of a phone call, and so that anything quoting this site can quote a real number.

Why these numbers

They were set against what this market actually charges, not against a target. Thirty-seven celebrant websites across the Tweed, Byron Bay, the Gold Coast and Brisbane were read, along with both state registry fee schedules. Full personalised ceremonies in this region run from about $680 to $2,189, with most sitting between $990 and $1,350. Legals-only runs $295 to $1,099, mostly $450 to $600.

These sit mid-cluster: below the Gold Coast celebrants by $200 to $500, above the cheapest end, and under the New South Wales registry on a Saturday. They are not a discount and they will not be discounted, because a price that moves when somebody pushes was never a price.

What is not charged

There is no consultation fee, no charge for extra meetings, no charge for redrafting the script, no travel charge inside thirty kilometres, no weekend surcharge beyond the published Friday-to-Sunday column, and no public-holiday loading on top of it — the weekend column already carries it.

Council permits are passed through at exactly what the council charges. The official marriage certificate is ordered from the state registry, at their price, by you or on your behalf: $70 in New South Wales, $58.10 in Queensland.

Questions people ask

How much does a celebrant cost?: In this region a full wedding ceremony runs from about $680 to $2,189, with most between $990 and $1,350. A legals-only ceremony runs $295 to $1,099, mostly $450 to $600. The prices published here sit mid-cluster: $1,150 for a full weekday ceremony, $495 for legals-only, and both weekend columns shown rather than added later.
How much does a wedding celebrant cost?: $1,150 Monday to Thursday and $1,350 Friday to Sunday for a full personalised ceremony: unlimited consultations, a written script, help with vows, a rehearsal, a PA with a wireless microphone, arrival forty-five minutes early, lodgement of the paperwork and your commemorative certificate, with 100 km of travel included.
Why do prices go up on the weekend?: Because a Saturday is the only Saturday that week, and most of this market charges for it — usually $100 more Friday to Sunday, up to $350 at Byron. Both columns are published here rather than a surcharge line, so the figure you read is the figure you pay for the day you actually want.
Is GST included?: Yes. Every figure on this site is GST-inclusive, which is what Australian consumer law requires for a price advertised to a consumer. There is no separate line added at booking and no card surcharge.
What is the booking fee and is it refundable?: $250, paid to hold the date, with the balance due four weeks before the ceremony. It comes off the total rather than being charged on top. The common practice across this market is $200 to $300 or a quarter to half of the fee.
Do you charge for travel?: Travel within thirty kilometres of Murwillumbah is included, which covers the Tweed Valley, most of the Tweed Coast and Tweed Heads. Beyond that it is $1 per kilometre round trip — roughly $20 to Currumbin or Byron Bay and $40 to Lismore. The market norm is $0.88 to $1.00 per kilometre or a flat fee by destination.
What else costs money on the day?: Council permits for beach and park ceremonies, $124 to $320 depending on the shire and the site, passed through at cost. Witnesses if you need them supplied, $60 each. An in-person rehearsal is $150 and is already included in the full ceremony and MC packages. The official certificate is ordered from the registry: $70 in NSW, $58.10 in Queensland.
How does this compare with the registry office?: The NSW registry charges $482 on a weekday and $597 on a Saturday, at Pyrmont or Parramatta only. Queensland charges $410.60 and $534 in Brisbane, weekdays only for legals-only, four people, no guests. A legals-only ceremony here is $495 and $595, where you are, with up to ten guests.
Do you offer packages?: The published tiers are the packages. Ceremony plus reception MC is bundled at $1,950 midweek and $2,150 on a weekend because that is how the market sells it and because one person doing both means nothing has to be handed over. Nothing is quoted individually and nothing is negotiated down against a review.

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