(Cont.) The night before the wedding, they called me to let me know that they had found someone else to officiate because they decided they weren't comfortable leaving transportation up to me. I assured them that I did have it sorted but that they should do whatever they felt best, and as far as I knew, that was the end of it. They did not take me to court, because they knew that nearly everything they wrote was a lie, I had phone records and other documentation to prove it, and frankly if I'd seen this earlier, I would have sued them for slander and won.

I'm the officiant listed above. Unfortunately, this review was just now brought to my attention several years later. The review above is inaccurate in a great number of ways. First off, I was marrying this couple for the inordinate sum of $50. Yes, fifty. At the time we met, I informed them that this was for the wedding day only, and that while I would do so if I could, I could not guarantee my availability for a rehearsal as well. I also specifically told them that I would *NOT* be available on Fridays, as I do not do this for a living, I have another job. They scheduled the rehearsal on a Friday. This is my one admitted mistake in this, that when I received the packet with the wedding details, I did not notify them that I could not make the rehearsal - which, as I said, they scheduled at a time I had specifically told them I was not available, and which I once again explained to them when they contacted me later that evening to ask why I wasn't at the rehearsal.

I informed them several days before the wedding that my car had broken down but that I was making other arrangements. I fully understood that they might be not be entirely comfortable with that, which is why I let them know right away to give them other options. They assured me that they were fine with this and indicated that they were fully comfortable leaving these arrangements up to me. They did offer to send a cab, which I declined, as I felt that it was my responsibility to pay for transportation, not theirs. Which, again, I explained to them. I had made arrangements which would basically cost me the same amount of money I was being paid for the wedding, which was fine with me, as again, it was my responsibility, not theirs.

We hired Marchelle to be our wedding officiant for our July wedding. We put down our payment and had a signed contract. She was supposed to help us at the rehearsal, as well.

Well, she didn't show up to the rehearsal. We panicked, because we had no one to do anything, and with the help of friends we got through the rehearsal. She never bothered to call to say she wouldn't be there. She HAD said that she would be there. WE had to give her a call to ask why she wasn't around. She didn't pick up her phone. Finally, at 10 pm we call her and she says that her car broke down, but she'll be around for the wedding. But she doesn't know how to get transportation, yet.

Wedding morning, she is not sure how she is going to get to us. She seems annoyed that we keep calling. Sure, it's annoying, but this is our wedding day, we've spent a lot of money, we live 850 miles away, and don't want to go home not married and have to get married at a courthouse in another state! We begin to arrange for my maid of honor's husband to pick her up. She expresses that she doesn't want to be picked up by a stranger. We think of calling a taxi for her and just biting the bullet for the price (assuming she shows up for the taxi), when our bed and breakfast saves the day, calls a friend of hers who is a judge and a wedding officiant, who calls the bride he's marrying that day and asks if it's okay that he's a bit late for her wedding to get us married, since we have no officiant. She agrees (he wasn't late after all), did an excellent job, and tells us that we aught to take Marchelle to court and he can give us a lawyer. We didn't, because ruining her life when she would only have ruined our day seemed a bit harsh, but we DO NOT recommend talking to her. She won't show up at your wedding!