Your European Wedding Celebrant
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Your European Wedding Celebrant is a collective of symbolic wedding celebrants based in Portugal and was founded in 2014. Offering to preside over marriage ceremonies across the continent of Europe, we aim to create personalized events which reflect your distinctive bond. Founded by Carly Petracco, the team comprises several officiants eager to create your perfect wedding ceremony in Portugal and across Europe.
**IMPORTANT NOTE**
We only conduct symbolic wedding ceremonies. In Portugal the only way to be legally married is by a priest or a lawyer, we are neither. So while we cannot marry you in the highly formalized and impersonal way that the law requires, we can, however, conduct an entirely bespoke wedding ceremony for your day. Thank you for understanding.
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The bespoke ceremonies created by Your European Wedding Celebrant allow couples seeking to celebrate a destination wedding to do so in safe hands. Through a combination of thorough communication, coordination, planning, and creative assistance, we are able to bring your destination ceremony to life - right up to the moment you walk down the aisle as newlyweds.
Typically, we preside over ceremonies that last no longer than thirty minutes. This allows an unhurried, lovingly crafted ceremony to take place while keeping everything running smoothly and in accordance with the rest of the day’s schedule.
Conveniently, Your European Wedding Celebrant offers multilingual services - we can officiate your ceremony in English, French, German, Portuguese (Continental and Brazilian), Flemish, Russian, Italian, Spanish or a combination of those languages.
Regardless of the type of celebration taking place, we are able to accommodate your needs thanks to our inclusive approach.
Already, we have joined over 300 couples in marriage since the company was founded - will you and your partner be part of the next 300?
- LGBTQ+-owned
- Woman-owned
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Hannah R. Married on 08/01/20225 star celebrant service
I highly recommend Your European Wedding Celebrant and Vanessa Walsh in particular. The process was highly efficient and the result was amazing: a uniquely personalised, moving, affirming and extremely memorable ceremony. From the beginning, Vanessa presented as highly professional, clear, responsive and competent. She completely understood what we wanted, and also gave us the flexibility to edit the ceremonial script so that it was perfect for us. It was one of the best decisions we made; everyone absolutely loved the ceremony and told us that it was one of the biggest highlights of the day. There wasn't a dry eye in the place!Your European Wedding Celebrant's reply:
Dear Hannah & Evan,
It was a pleasure to work with you! Learning about your story and being a part of your special day was magical. And we will never listen to the song Lean On Me again without thinking about us singing it out loud together during the ceremony with all your guests :) Easily one of our favorite wedding moments of all time! Thank you for the chance to play a part in such a personal and memorable moment in your love story. -
Anna T. Married on 07/08/2022
Highly recommend! Easy to work with, professional and FUN
So pleased that we booked our wedding celebrant, Shahnaz! We needed a bi-lingual ceremony and the company were able to understand our needs and matched us with Shahnaz, who was just perfect. We met before booking to make sure that we were happy with the vibe, and then had several meetings over the months leading up to the big day. Shahnaz even joined us in-person when we were in Portugal for the menu tasting, so that she could see the venue and meet the staff. It filled us with confidence that the day would go smoothly, and we even asked her to stay on to coordinate more of the day beyond the ceremony.
Shahnaz wrote the most amazing ceremony for us - so our style, fun, light, full of love, and the ceremony was our favourite part of the day!
Payment etc was really easy, and both our celebrant and the company were full of tips and quick to answer any questions. Highly recommend!Your European Wedding Celebrant's reply:
Thank you Anna & Pablo for this review - you made us blush! It was such fun getting to know you and getting to share your big day with you. It was a pleasure to coordinate for you, in addition to writing your wedding ceremony. Enjoy married life and all the things Zurich has to offer! -
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