Packages
Simple packages. Clear prices.
Wedding ceremony packages are listed in full below. Everything else—baptisms, blessings, release ceremonies, memorials, vow renewals and custom ceremonies—is quoted for the moment you’re marking, and never squeezed into a wedding package.
Wedding Ceremony Packages
What’s in each wedding package.
Three levels, one foundation: a ceremony written for you, not a script with your names dropped in. The difference between them is how much preparation and in-person support you want leading up to the day.
The “I Do”
$325
For couples who want something personal without a complicated production.
Includes:
- Initial consultation
- Personalized ceremony
- Professional officiating
- Ceremony coordination
- Vow/ring-exchange guidance
- Marriage paperwork/signing assistance where legally appropriate
- Included Austin-area service
Most popular
The Story
$475
For couples who want their story to actually be part of the ceremony.
Includes everything in The “I Do,” plus:
- Dedicated love-story session
- Deeper couple interview
- Fully customized ceremony
- Personalized storytelling
- Personalized introduction
- Vow guidance
- Personalized readings/traditions
- Ceremony revisions
- Planner/coordinator coordination
- Rehearsal guidance by phone/video as needed
The Full Experience
$650
For couples who want deeper preparation and in-person support.
Includes everything in The Story, plus:
- Extended story/interview session
- Extensive customization
- Multiple revisions
- In-person rehearsal
- Wedding-day coordination with planner/coordinator
- Extended wedding-day availability
- Personalized spiritual elements when desired
- Family remembrance elements
- Premium ceremony preparation
Starting prices. Final pricing may vary based on location, travel, date, ceremony complexity, and requested services. A final quote will be provided before booking.
These are wedding packages. Baptisms, blessings, release ceremonies, memorials, vow renewals and other custom ceremonies are quoted individually—see Custom Ceremonies & Services below.
Wedding Add-ons
Extras, when you need them.
Nothing here is required. If your wedding needs one of these, you’ll know—and we’ll go through it before anything is confirmed. Travel isn’t priced here: it follows the travel and lodging policy further down this page, and any travel cost is quoted before you book.
- Additional in-person rehearsal$150
- Elopements / micro weddingsstarting at $250
- Extended travel beyond the included service areafee quoted before booking — see travel & lodging
- Last-minute booking within 14 days+$100, subject to availability
- Destination/custom servicescustom quote
Custom Ceremonies & Services
Everything else is quoted for the moment you’re marking.
Weddings have packages. The rest of this work doesn’t—and it shouldn’t be wedged into one. A baptism at the lake, a release ceremony, a celebration of life and a vow renewal are not the same job, so none of them gets a wedding price tag.
These are quoted individually — there is no flat rate and no wedding package they have to fit into. Pricing is based on preparation, complexity, duration, location, travel, and rehearsal needs, and you’ll have an exact quote in hand before anything is booked.
Baptisms & Faith
Freshwater or saltwater, for one person or a whole family — with Christian blessings and personalized faith ceremonies.
Starting atquoted individuallyBlessings & Spiritual Ceremonies
Personal and family blessings, nature-based and water-based ceremonies, and personalized rituals.
Starting atquoted individuallyRelease & Transition
Release, letting-go, closure, new-beginning and life-transition ceremonies — intentional space to mark what you’re leaving behind.
Starting atquoted individuallyMemorials & Remembrance
Memorial ceremonies, celebrations of life and family remembrance, shaped around the person you’re honoring.
Custom quotescoped to your ceremonyVow Renewals
Renewing your promises in a ceremony that reflects where you are now — not where you were then.
Starting atquoted individuallyCustom Ceremonies
For a meaningful moment that fits no category. Tell me what you’re marking, and we’ll build the ceremony around it.
Custom quotescoped to your ceremony
Ceremony Consultation
Not sure what kind of ceremony you need? Start with a conversation.
Sometimes you know a moment deserves to be marked, but you don't know exactly what that should look like.
That's what the consultation is for.
We'll spend 60 minutes talking through your story, what you're celebrating, honoring, releasing, beginning, or remembering—and figure out what kind of ceremony might fit.
Ceremony Consultation — $75
60 minutes • Virtual or phone
We'll discuss:
- Your story and what brought you here
- What you want the ceremony to represent
- The people who should be involved
- The tone and atmosphere you want
- Spiritual, religious, or secular elements
- Location and logistics
- Ceremony structure and meaningful traditions
- What happens next
Your $75 consultation fee is credited in full toward Rev. Jonathan Arnold's ceremony/service fee when you book a ceremony within 30 days of the consultation.
The consultation credit applies only to Rev. Jonathan Arnold's ceremony/service fee. It does not apply to travel fees, rush or last-minute fees, venue fees, permits, third-party services, or other additional expenses.
The consultation fee is non-refundable once the consultation has taken place. If you decide not to book a ceremony, there is no additional obligation.
Pay the $75 online and Rev. Jonathan will email you to find a time — or, if you'd rather not pay before you've talked to anyone, tell him what you're planning through the inquiry form and he'll point you the right way.
Payment is taken on Stripe's own secure page. Card details are never entered on this website. No charge for that, and no obligation — if a consultation isn't what you need, Rev. Jonathan will say so and point you the right way.
Travel & Lodging
Bringing the ceremony beyond Austin.
Rev. Jonathan Arnold serves Austin, Central Texas, and the Texas Hill Country, with travel available for ceremonies outside the standard service area.
Local Service
Travel within the included Austin-area service area is included in applicable packages.
Extended Travel
Ceremonies outside the included service area may require an additional travel fee based on location, distance, time, and logistics. The exact cost will be provided before booking.
Overnight / Destination Ceremonies
When overnight travel is required, the client is responsible for reasonable travel and lodging expenses in addition to the ceremony/service fee.
May include:
- airfare when required
- lodging
- rental car or necessary ground transportation
- parking
- tolls
- other necessary travel expenses
All anticipated travel and lodging costs must be disclosed and approved before booking is finalized.
Destination/custom ceremonies receive a custom quote.
In other words: if travel or lodging applies to your ceremony, you see the cost and approve it before anything is booked—never after.
Rev. Jonathan Arnold — Ordained Minister • Ceremony Officiant & Facilitator · Ordained through the Universal Life Church — September 18, 2024 · 10+ Years Worship Leadership.
Helping people mark the moments that matter.
So...what moment are you trying to mark?
Maybe you’re getting married.
Maybe you’re beginning something new.
Maybe you’re letting something go.
Maybe you’re honoring someone you love.
Maybe you’re stepping into a moment that deserves to be remembered.
Whatever it is, we can start with a conversation.
Tell me the story.
We’ll figure out the ceremony from there.