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    Melinda C. Sent on 09/07/2021
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    Such a wonderful officiant for our big day

    Melissa is fantastic! She was so much fun to work with and we really connected while planning out our wedding ceremony. She has an awesome personality, very professional, and you can tell she loves what she does. Highly recommended.
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    Audree F. Sent on 09/01/2020
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    A True Professional that loves a Love Story

    We first met Melissa "virtually" and felt an instant connection which can be difficult through technology. During our second meeting, she took time to get to know us on a deeper level. We very much enjoyed the dialog as she took pages of notes that she ultimately would use to craft the most amazing wedding ceremony that truly was unique to us, our relationship and our love story. The experience was so positive that we also took advantage of the Prepare/Enrich program two weeks before our wedding. During what could be called a "pre-marital counseling session" my finance and I got an opportunity to better understand each other on a whole new level. Melissa provide so much value to the entire experience! We left every interaction feeling completely confident in having her officiate our special day. Melisa is so much more than just a wedding officiant with a file cabinet full of rehearsed ceremonies, she is a true relationship professional!
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    Ariel W. Sent on 08/09/2020
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    She was absolutely amazing!

    Melissa was amazing, she really got to know us and made us feel very special! She gave us very detailed steps for the rehearsal dinner and for the actual wedding day. She made it comfortable and relaxing for my husband and my self.
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    Mckenna B. Sent on 07/27/2020
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    Melissa is the best in the business!

    We did premarital coaching with Melissa, and she officiated our wedding. She was so professional and personable! We loved getting to know her through coaching, and she made our ceremony so special because she knew us so well from coaching! All our guests were raving about how amazing she was. She taught us insights like looking at each other during the ceremony instead of her so our photos turned out perfect. She printed our vow cards and brought them day, and made everything so flawless! I could rave all day about how wonderful she is! Trust me there is no one better out there!
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    Hannah B. Sent on 07/14/2020
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    Responsive, Friendly and Customizable

    Melissa was a fantastic choice for our ceremony! She made the process so simple and took extra care to respect our wishes and customize everything to our style. She was very friendly and even went the extra mile to provide vow keepsakes and file our marriage certificate for us! I was nervous about being married by a stranger, but Melissa honestly didn't feel like a stranger. She made us so comfortable that our ceremony was relaxed and beautiful. I highly recommend her!
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    Linda M. Sent on 07/06/2020
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    Memorable Ceremony

    Words cannot describe how Melissa created our wedding in a meaningful way. Never having met her before, she took the time to get to know us. Our one-on-one session before the wedding gave Melissa the eloquent words to create our ceremony. She thoughtfully arranged the service to reflect our relationship and express our gratitude for each other. Quite frankly, we wouldn't recommend anyone besides Melissa to lead a wedding ceremony. She was great at communicating and kept us up-to-date with what we needed to do on our part. She traveled over two hours to our wedding location in the dead of winter. LGBT-friendly.
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    Christine Sent on 10/14/2019
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    Melissa is the best!

    We had an intimate ceremony with just family, and wanted to keep it special and meaningful but yet still true to us. And she nailed it. We had such an amazing experience with Melissa, from the consultation to the ceremony. She did a phenomenal job! She included a funny quote that we wanted and delivered it so well, it was awesome. She was responsive throughout the whole process and was easy to work with. I would 100% recommend her services to anyone getting married, you won't regret it! Thanks Melissa!!!!
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    Kym P. Sent on 09/18/2019
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    You won't be disappointed

    Melissa was helpful during the whole process. From the first time we met with her, down to the day of our wedding. She was on time(early actually) very professional, nice and a down to earth person. She gave us a ton of options when writing our ceremony scripts, which helped us alot and she wrote them based off of what she learned about us as a couple when we met with her initially, so it was very personable and specific to us. She checked in with us multiple times to make sure we had everything we needed.

    Her pricing was very reasonable. I would highly recommend her, she will do a great job!
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    Melanie E. Sent on 10/02/2019
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    Melissa is great!

    We loved working with Melissa! She was great and communicated with us throughout the whole process. We had a couple video conferences with her and she asked us so many questions to really get to know who we are. Plus she had everything outlined and even sent us drafts so we could see how it would look. She is so warm and friendly too.
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    Tricia B. Sent on 09/25/2019
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    Easy Going, easy to work with, GREAT at personalization!

    I honestly thought that finding an officiant would be the hardest thing ever. Neither my spouse or myself are religious and we had a pretty strict idea of what we wanted. Working with Melissa was the BEST. The first time we met, we clicked SO well! We met one more time so she could get to know us more, and she could personalize our ceremony to us. She sent us options for every aspect of the ceremony and had us pick our favorites. She even prewrote some vow options (everyone thought we wrote our own and were so impressed lol!) She followed up and has been so reliable. I'm so glad that I was able to find her.
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    Cayliene Sent on 08/14/2019
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    Absolutely amazing

    We are so happy with having Melissa at our wedding. She took the time to really get to know us, spent time making sure our wedding was perfect and customized to our personalities, and went above and beyond to make everything right. We are so very grateful and recommend her to anyone and everyone in the area
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    Shawn G. Sent on 08/16/2019
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    Melissa was Wonderful

    Melissa was perfect. She was attentive and detail-oriented. She arrived on time for every meeting. Melissa is a pleasure and made our special day a forever memory.
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    Richard O. Sent on 06/30/2019
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    Really got what we wanted

    We spent a couple hours with Melissa the first night, and felt comfortable with her right away. She really understood what we wanted, and did everything to give us exactly that.
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    Camie G. Sent on 06/21/2019
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    Melissa the officiant is the best!

    Melissa Is such an awesome officiant. She was so honest, fun, and exciting to work with. No matter what religion, tradition, if any, she will work with you and make your ceremony special and full of love. She will work with you on any changes you like, even last minute! Whatever changes you make, she will do it, and in a timely manner as well. She was also gladly to accept and change what we wanted. Choose Melissa as your officiant and I know your ceremony will be as special as ours was.
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    Victoria Sent on 05/27/2019
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    Amazing from start to finish

    Melissa was amazing and so sweet, and put so much work into our wedding ceremony! Unfortunately, she was unable to officiate but had a backup who was equally amazing!
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    Carlie Sent on 06/09/2019
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    Made my day simple wishes seem bigger

    Melissa is truly amazing and was very accepting my pickiness. Did several phone conversations and messaged back very quickly. She made me the perfect simple ceremony exactly the way I wanted it. She was unable to come to do the actual ceremony sent her husband in her place. Tyler was so fun and perfect, he even wore a shirt that matched my colors. They took care of everything paperwise, so accommodating and quick.Strongly recommend this company.
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    Abby Sent on 06/17/2019
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    Thorough and so easy!

    Melissa was incredible! She emailed back quickly when I had questions and she wrote a beautiful ceremony for us. She has a personality that makes you feel comfortable. Sadly, she was unable to perform the ceremony, but even her backup was awesome!
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    Joe M. Sent on 05/09/2019
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    Thank you so much, Melissa!!!

    Melissa's warm and wonderful personality was a special bonus to the professional job she did for our wedding. We knew before we ever met her that we had found someone special. She listened attentively to our interests and created an experience that was impeccably catered to us as individuals and as a couple. We have to thank her very sincerely for going the extra mile and working with us on a rather difficult destination wedding at Arches National Park. She is an honest and sincere person that we are fortunate to have had the pleasure to allow into our lives.
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    Wpangos Sent on 04/01/2019
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    She did amazing!

    She did such a FANTASTIC job! She got to know us and our background stories. We both felt very comfortable with her and glad that we chose her to be our officiant. I would HIGHLY recommend her to anyone I know!!!
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    Silvia G. Sent on 04/08/2019
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    Perfect Wedding!

    Married March 01, 2019

    My wife and I could not have been happier with the services performed by Melissa Bertoch. We had an initial meeting with her in January at her office. She had several questions to help her get to know us better as a couple and help in preparation for the ceremony. In addition, it gave us a chance to get to know her. It was a very pleasant meeting and we left feeling confident in our choice. In the time leading up to the ceremony Melissa let us review the material she would be reading and gave us the chance to edit or request something else. Once we found the location where we wanted to have the wedding we were a little concerned since it was outdoors and covered in snow. Melissa had no issues with this and met us at the site ready to go. She provided the witnesses and promptly took care of the paperwork after the event.

    The ceremony was beautiful. Melissa gave us copies of our vows with a picture of our wedding location in the background. In addition, she provided us all the material she used in the ceremony for us to keep. My wife and I were very happy with our wedding. Everything went better than we could have hoped for. We highly recommend Melissa!
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    Laken F. Sent on 03/04/2019
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    Exactly what we wanted!

    I haven't laughed so hard in a long time! We drug her into a snowy mountain in the middle of February! Our service was great! She really went out of her way to make our day special and intimate. We honestly had no idea where to start and she had so many fun ideas! Everything from writing vows and printing them on a photo from the ceremony, setting a location and a flexible schedules, she was on top of it! I would recommend her to anyone. We hired an officiant and walked away with a friend and a lot of cherished moments. She even recommended a photographer!
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    Danielle S. Sent on 01/30/2019
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    I couldn't have asked for more!

    Melissa was great to work with. She was flexible with her appointment times, and made sure she really got to know me, my fiance, and our relationship. She helped guide us through the creation of our ceremony, as well as writing our vows. She was willing to give us enough options that we made sure we got exactly what we wanted. She cared about all of the details, even down to our vow cards for the big day. Melissa has a vibrant personality and I would recommend her to any of my closest friends.
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    Tina Sent on 09/10/2018
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    We cannot say enough great things about Melissa and how easy and wonderful she made our special day! From the moment we met Melissa, she made us feel comfortable and took the stress of the wedding ceremony completely away. She took care of everything flawlessly and performed the most beautiful ceremony! Melissa made the ceremony uniquely ours with so many personal touches that let our family and friends get a glimpse into our life together. We received so many compliments on how beautiful the ceremony was, and it truly was everything we hoped for and so much more. We have gained a friend in Melissa! She is simply the best and we are so lucky we found her to officiate our wedding! I would recommend Melissa over and over again!!
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    Carolyn Sent on 02/08/2019
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    Melissa is amazing!

    Wow. Melissa is amazing. She communicated and was so accommodating. She did an amazing job!
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    Katie M. Sent on 06/06/2019
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    The best officiant in Utah!

    Melissa was the best officiant we could have hoped for she officiated our wedding even though she had a very recent injury and went out of her way to make sure everything went well. If you have any doubts at all please don’t she is the best!!