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Janet Shortall Weddings is a wedding officiant based in Ithaca, New York. Janet Shortall is a licensed wedding officiant that performs wedding ceremonies in the Ithaca, Syracuse, and Finger Lakes area. Janet brings 25 years of experience in creating customized wedding ceremonies that are as unique as her clients’ relationships, and she will help you to create a thoughtful wedding ceremony that expresses your deepest values, beliefs, aspirations, and love for one another.

Services Offered

Janet Shortall Weddings performs customized wedding ceremonies for couples in the New York area. Janet has worked with couples across the globe, creating personalized wedding ceremonies that are tailored to fit each and every distinctive relationship. She loves to incorporate your friends and family in your ceremony, allowing you to celebrate your ties of kinship and love with all of your life’s important figures in your declaration of commitment. She also offers premarital counseling, and services religious affiliations including Buddhist, Agnostic, Jewish, Earth-based, Quaker, Unitarian, and Pagan religions. She also provides non-denominational officiant services, and ultimately strives to create a wedding ceremony that reflects your individual beliefs, values, and relationship. She provides officiant services for the following ceremony types:

  • Non-religious
  • Interfaith
  • Ceremony rehearsal
  • Vow renewal
  • Civil union
  • Single religion
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Frequently asked questions

What is the typical price for your wedding services?

$650

Which of the following are included in the price?

Ceremony Rehearsal

What is the starting price for your wedding services?

$600

Does starting price include the ceremony rehearsal?

No

What is the starting price for ceremony rehearsals?

$50

What is the starting price for pre-marital counseling (per session)?

$50

What types of weddings and events do you provide services for?

Non-religious
Interfaith
Ceremony Rehearsal
Vow Renewal
Civil Union

What services do you provide?

Premarital Counseling

What religious affiliations do you serve?

Agnostic
Buddhist
Earth-Based
Jewish
No Denomination
Pagan
Quaker
Unitarian

On average, how long are wedding ceremonies you officiate?

Less than 30 mins.

In which states are you licensed?

NY

What languages do you speak?

English
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Reviews of Janet Shortall

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Janet is highly recommended as a wedding officiant in the Ithaca area. She is described as kind, thoughtful, and able to make the ceremony feel personal and intimate to the couple. Janet is praised for her suggestions and ideas, as well as her ability to incorporate personal reflections into the ceremony. Multiple guests commented that it was the best ceremony they had ever attended. Janet is described as flexible, accommodating, and great at putting everyone at ease. Her calming energy, welcoming personality, and willingness to work with couples during the pandemic are also highly praised. Overall, Janet is described as a truly wonderful person who made the wedding day special for the couple.

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This AI-generated summary gives you a snapshot of the overall ratings and feedback from the reviews this vendor has received.

Janet is highly recommended as a wedding officiant in the Ithaca area. She is described as kind, thoughtful, and able to make the ceremony feel personal and intimate to the couple. Janet is praised for her suggestions and ideas, as well as her ability to incorporate personal reflections into the ceremony. Multiple guests commented that it was the best ceremony they had ever attended. Janet is described as flexible, accommodating, and great at putting everyone at ease. Her calming energy, welcoming personality, and willingness to work with couples during the pandemic are also highly praised. Overall, Janet is described as a truly wonderful person who made the wedding day special for the couple.

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Kayla B. Sent on 09/05/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Exceptional officiant

We had a wonderful experience working with Janet. Through our conversations before the wedding, she really distilled what was important to us and transformed it to a ceremony that was deeply meaningful. Janet brought both a gravity and a lightheartedness to our wedding and really helped to keep us centered. We appreciate her encouragement to involve members of our family in the ceremony, and we love how the personal reflections she asked us to write were incorporated to make our ceremony really unique to us.

After the ceremony, multiple people came up to us to say that it was the best ceremony they had ever attended. I can wholeheartedly say that working with Janet was an absolute gift and we will treasure her words for a lifetime!
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William L. Sent on 11/11/2022
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Janet is such an amazing wedding officiant!

My wife and I got married in Ithaca in July 2022, and Janet came recommend to us by our wedding venue. We reached out to her over a year prior to our wedding, and she quickly responded and asked to set up a video chat (as we don’t live locally). Right from the start we felt so comfortable with Janet, and we knew we wanted to ask her if she would be our wedding officiant. We could not have asked for a better human to make our wedding so special. She was (is) so kind and thoughtful, and helped make our wedding ceremony feel so personal and intimate to who we are as a couple. We had several opportunities to connect via Zoom leading up to the wedding, and she provided so many great suggestions and ideas to include based on what we wanted the ceremony to be. We are so fortunate the Janet was able to be such an important part of our day. If you are looking for an officiant for a wedding in the Ithaca area, we can’t recommend Janet enough!
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Maria E. Sent on 08/29/2021
5 out of 5 rating

Perfect ceremony

Janet helped us make our small ‘elopement’ wedding a special and in all ways perfect experience. She was very flexible in accommodating our wishes, suggesting venues, and putting together a lovely ceremony at very short notice, happily incorporating any changes we had, and was great at putting our kids (and us) at ease.
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