Weddings By Aretha Reviews
Weddings By Aretha
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Sarah A. Sent on 09/27/2023Personalized Wedding Ceremony
From the moment we met Aretha, we were struck by her warmth, professionalism, and genuine interest in understanding our story and values as a couple. She took the time to get to know us on a personal level, and it was clear she wanted to craft a ceremony that truly reflected our love and commitment to each other.
Aretha also provided us with resources and new ideas to help us create a ceremony that was unique, personal, and memorable. On the day of our wedding, Aretha delivered a ceremony that was nothing short of magical. Her words were beautifully crafted, capturing the essence of our relationship and the love we share.
People often focus on aspects like food or music when it comes to planning their wedding day. But the purpose of the day is your union. A ceremony that reflects this will mean more than you know. Aretha was truly exceptional on the most important day of our lives. She beautifully orchestrated a deeply meaningful and personal experience, and we will be forever grateful to her for that. -
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Deana Sent on 08/22/2023Hire "Weddings by Aretha" great experience! NYC Elopement
My advice, hire Aretha! She does a fantastic job!
Our story…We wanted to get married without going through a year of planning.
We were hoping to do this in at the end of July.
It was June.
I came across “Weddings by Aretha “in a search for elopements for the NY/NJ area. We had a date in mind, and it was important to us to have pictures to commemorate the day and to be able share with our friends & extended family.
What initially drew me to Aretha’s website is she had several packages to choose from -including photos and rates.
I then did some research and saw the beautiful videos of previous weddings she officiated. They all were so beautiful, the vows made me cry. One right after another.
After we connected and spoke over the phone, I explained what we wanted and she navigated me through the website, made suggestions, and I told me what package would be best.
After speaking with her, I knew we were in good hands.
Aretha connected us with one of her photography vendors. She was able to officiate the wedding on our chosen date. She also suggested Central Park as the prime location, and we got some beautiful photos and video. (Photo Credit to Purroy Productions)
She wrote beautiful vows. (It is an option to write your vows, but we had limited time.) She asked us a little bit about each other on an emailed questionnaire.
On the day of the wedding, we recited the beautiful words she had written, to one another.
It was like she knew us.
They vows were perfect!
We had two witnesses. My husband’s brother, and my first cousin. We included our parents.
We had a beautiful wedding day!
We have no regrets with our decision to have a small intimate wedding.
I would highly recommend “Weddings by Aretha.”
Deana & Brian
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Kristie J. Sent on 09/05/2023The Fordes Testimonial
It was my event planner who got Aretha under our radar. The wedding process can be challenging, but after our initial meeting with Aretha, we knew that this part of the process was going to be trouble-free. As soon as we made it official with Aretha, she sent out our “homework” right away, and this is how we knew we made the right decision. We loved how Aretha considered our culture, values, and thoughts because we knew it would translate into our ceremony. My favorite homework to complete was the questionnaire because it gave us the time to reflect on the memories that we had created over the years. Not only is Aretha organized, but she is professional and polite as well. It was a pleasure to work with her and to have her officiate our ceremony. Honestly, our ceremony was the favorite part of our wedding day, and we couldn’t have created that intimate and warm felt ceremony without Aretha! We thank you so much! – Kristie & Gillon -
Elisa F. Sent on 02/17/2023
Aretha is the best!
The next day after our engagement I started planning for the big day, that’s when I started looking for wedding officiants. I came across Aretha’s Instagram page and instantly knew I would not want anyone else to prepare and officiate our ceremony. I reached out to her prior to booking the venue! This is how deep in my heart I knew she was the person I wanted and needed in my wedding team.
During our first Zoom meeting, she was very attentive, responsive and very helpful. My husband (fiancé at the time) asked for a few days for us to think about it. After we got off that Zoom call I told him “I don’t want anyone else. She is the officiant!”. A good husband always listens to his wife (haha) and we signed the contract with her for Wedding Officiant and Day of Coordination.
We stayed in constant communication. She was really helpful and always checked in on us. A few months later and we had an unexpected loss in the family, we paused all planning. Four months prior to our wedding, I asked Aretha if she would recommend a wedding planner, to which she replied that she is also a wedding planner. It was a done deal; Aretha became our Wedding Planner.
I cannot thank her enough! Our ceremony was beautiful, personalized and sacred. She did everything we wanted and more. Our wedding reception was beautiful, she was a key member of the wedding team and I would have not been able to pull it off without her! From decor to DJ, she took charge and connected us to the right vendors.
Aretha, thank you! For all your support, late texts, late calls, long conversations and more importantly for being you! You are an amazing person. Your words during our ceremony will always play in my mind. Thank you for your love, prayers and time! I highly recommend Aretha for wedding planning and ceremony officiant.
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Jaide H. Sent on 10/13/2022Aretha is amazing!!!
We don’t even know where to begin. Aretha was truly a blessing throughout this entire process. When we set up a consultation with Aretha in July 2021, we had a big wedding planned for October 2023. After a Zoom consultation, we quickly knew that Aretha was the perfect person to marry us. Aretha helped us to make sure we were prepared for what type of ceremony we wanted and was just as excited for our special day.
Fast forward to August 2022, we called Aretha and let her know that we had experienced A LOT over the past year and that we had cancelled our big day and decided that we wanted to elope on our actual anniversary this year!
We were nervous about that this meant for Aretha’s availability to officiate our elopement. But we had nothing to worry about. Aretha was with us every step of the way and guiding us through the process, providing EVERY referral, and truly taking into account our vision for the day. She encouraged us to make the day as special as possible despite the change in plans.
Aretha was so supportive and MORE than accommodating. She has a keen ability to connect with her couples in a way that is so genuine, heartfelt, and sincere. We truly felt loved by Aretha throughout the process. She took the time to get to know us and the love that we share together.
Knowing all that we have gone through the past year, Aretha spoke life over us during our ceremony and made us laugh, smile, and cry. We cannot thank you enough for the calls, love and attention, and expertise that you brought to this process. We are forever grateful for you and you will always be a special person in our lives. We love you! -
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Richard S. Sent on 11/05/2022Smith Wedding 10/10/2022
Aretha is such a breath of fresh air!!! From our very first conversation with her, we knew we had found the right match and didn’t need to look any further. Our conversation flowed so naturally...we laughed, shared stories, and got to know one another as people which was very important to my husband and I going into the search for the “perfect” officiant. Aretha was so calm and knowledgeable that she immediately put all of our ceremony worries to rest. Even when our wedding venue could not provide us space for our rehearsal, Aretha was very flexible and quickly helped us to resolve the matter.
Fast-forward to the day of our wedding, Aretha had everything laid out and boy, did she deliver!!!! We have gotten so many compliments about how beautiful our ceremony was and how effortlessly it flowed, and that’s all thanks to Aretha. She spoke about our love as if she’d known us for years. Her words were perfectly crafted and truly embodied us as a couple. We honestly couldn’t have asked for a better ceremony. It was everything we wanted and needed.
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Dan J. Sent on 09/05/2022Candide Celebration
Robyn, leading up to the ceremony, did a fantastic job, was super responsive, and helped us customize our ceremony to a comfort level that matched our style. With calm and a sympathetic manner, she delivered her speech. Joyfully at our reception, we received compliments on how well perform was the officiant as she was respectful and made people laugh throughout the celebration of the ceremony. Highly recommend @ Robynashleyweddings -
Taylor M. Sent on 08/30/2022
Perfection
I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I decided I was going to plan my own wedding. Finding Aretha as my Day-of Coordinator was exactly what I needed to assure that my vision came to life. During the planning process she gave helpful suggestions from her experience doing weddings. I immediately felt like I could trust her to make sure I was headed in the right direction when it came to all the small details that I was quite unfamiliar with when planning. She took the time to get to know my husband and I; to understand our likes and dislikes. She asked me questions that I hadn’t even thought of! All of the questions helped me hone in on things like, what vendors I needed to hire and what exactly I wanted from each of them. As the wedding date got closer, Aretha really took a load off of my shoulders by contacting all of my vendors and creating a wedding timeline. It was the organization I needed.
When the day of the wedding finally arrived, every detail of the wedding was thought out. Every minute of my wedding day was accounted for. Aretha knew what we wanted our wedding to be like and truly made it happen. It was magical. Everything fell into its perfect place. All my vendors arrived on time. My bridesmaids were all ready on time. My ceremony started on time. My decor was just how I envisioned. I mean, perfection!! I honestly am still in awe. I have no complaints and no regrets; that’s how a bride wants to feel when looking back on her wedding day! Thank you Aretha! I truly couldn’t have done it without you.
The icing on the cake is, Aretha also officiated our wedding ceremony. Just as she took the time to fully understand our wedding vision, she took the time to get to know us as a couple and our ceremony reflected that. Our ceremony was personalized to us and nothing short of amazing! Aretha is professional, dependable, honest, easy to talk to, attentive, experienced, and who you need on your team!!! Thank you Aretha!!
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Amelia J. Sent on 08/30/2022
The best there is!!
As soon as my husband and I started looking into wedding logistics, we knew we wanted Aretha to officiate our wedding. From the multiple videos online, she seemed highly poised and her readings were clever and personally customized. After our initial consultation, she blew it out of the water and was decidedly the only officiant we met with. Given the covid restrictions at the time, our interactions were solely over zoom, but her abilities were not tarnished one bit!
During our first Zoom call, Aretha was very friendly and provided a ton of information. She was very professional and responded to all emails and inquiries within a timely manner. The day of our rehearsal was the first time we actually met in person, but it felt as if we were already familiar with each other. She provided highly detailed instructions and advice, and although I was nervous about our big day, she was able to reassure me that everything would be fine. Our walkthrough went through seamlessly!
Our ceremony reading was amazing! Aretha was able to convey our love story exactly as pictured. She provided so much joy to our friends and family that day. I would definitely recommend Aretha to anyone looking for an officiant capable of making a lasting memory! -
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Jerry C. Sent on 08/10/2022
Jerry Crawford (Groom. )
Aretha was the absolute best. Her professionalism throughout the process was excellent. She always kept the communication open to us whenever we needed help or had a question. Aretha is very well connected and it showed during our wedding day. She also referred professional photographers who were great people and also provided a great service just like she did. Aretha also even suggested a great makeup artist for my wife. Our wedding was exactly what we wanted and we have to definitely thank Aretha for that. It was a pleasure to have her as our wedding officiant. -
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Michael V. Sent on 08/16/2022
She is awesome!
We started planning our wedding two months before our big day. Aretha was our first choice to be our wedding officiant. We had a few Zoom meetings to get to know each other and during the Zoom conference she made us feel very confident to have her as our wedding officiant. From day one she was very flexible and prompt to help us and to guide us with the paperwork and she made everything very easy and comfortable during our wedding ceremony. She encouraged us to write our own vows. We were nervous to create our own vows but in the end was the best choice we could have. During the ceremony she spoke beautiful and inspirational words of love, God, encouragement and strength. We had an intimate wedding surrounded by family and friends, Aretha made us calm and relaxed, and the feeling was that she is part of our family. She is very professional and still kind and sweet. We totally recommend Aretha because she helped to make our wedding unforgettable.
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