Why so Much Money for 15 Minutes of Work?
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· Add in the cost of gasoline, car insurance and maintenance to get us to the ceremony on time (always a plus!)
· Office expenses, ministerial vestments, binders, phone costs, bank fees, postage, business taxes, membership dues, paper, ink, postage and that fancy black pen that you get to use to sign your license!
All of this is difficult to quantify and will vary from officiant to officiant. And of course, the cost needs to be spread across all of the bookings that an officiant acquires in any given month. Let’s take a conservative estimate and say that the above costs average approximately per wedding booked.
This brings us down to a more respectable per hour. But wait! We have forgotten to include the wedding resources to which each couple has access in order to write their