The ceremony will take about 15 minutes and you will have the room for 30 minutes only—unless you have organised a back-to-back booking with us.

It’s very important that you arrive on time as we marry up to 10 couples on a weekday and up to 13 couples on Saturdays.

Before your ceremony your celebrant will:

• meet with you both separately to sign the declaration of no legal impediment
• confirm who your witnesses are for the ceremony
• confirm how you would like to be announced to your guests—for example, ‘husband and wife’.

During the ceremony:

• your celebrant will say certain words which are required by law to make the marriage legal
• you will both exchange your vows
• you may exchange rings
• both of you, along with your celebrant and 2 witnesses will sign the ceremonial certificate and official certificate of marriage. You will receive your ceremonial certificate on the day.

After the ceremony:

• you will have time to take photos with your family and friends
• your celebrant will print your official marriage certificate and let you know how much longer you have in the room.