Choose Your Own Celebrant

With the help of Choose Your Own Celebrant, couples across Australia are veering away from traditional celebrants in favour of being married by friends and family members. This means their beautiful wedding ceremonies are unique, customised, meaningful, and officiated by someone significant to them.

Choose Your Own Celebrant is the highly-rated business of a leading marriage celebrant with more than five years of industry experience, Paul Bonadio. Paul is charismatic, hardworking, friendly, and oh-so-easy to work with! When you book his service, Choose Your Own Celebrant, Paul will assist in the ceremony planning process and take care of the legal aspects of your wedding, while your chosen celebrant does the talking.

Paul will train your chosen marriage celebrant by way of lessons (including how to write a fun, sentimental ceremony script and tips on public speaking) and give them all the insight and resources needed to prepare a dreamy ceremony that you'll remember forever. 

With a person you know and love at the helm of your wedding, rest assured they'll be able to weave personal touches throughout your ceremony. Such as funny stories about your time together, in-jokes (although be warned, you may want to pick a friend who won't tell the cringy tale of how you first met!), or sweet anecdotes you may have never heard before. With someone you love writing the ceremony script, the possibilities are endless!

"Paul offers a really unique, personable and amazingly different celebrant service with his 'Choose Your Own Celebrant' and was the perfect addition to our wedding. Paul was super professional, assisted with our every need and that of our friend we chose to 'marry' us and made our wedding that much more special." Tash

What you can expect when working with Choose Your Own Celebrant for your wedding:

• A loved one as your celebrant. With Choose Your Own Celebrant, you can choose whoever you'd like to be your celebrant, including beloved family members and hilarious friends who you just know will have your guests engaged and laughing.
• Lessons and support. Paul will give your chosen celebrant fun, comprehensive lessons so they're prepared for your big day. This includes ceremony script samples, templates, and advice on where to stand. Conveniently, these lessons are delivered online, so your celebrant doesn't need to travel and can fit in classes with their schedule.
• Unique, personalised ceremony. Your celebrant will be able to write a bespoke ceremony script full of personal touches. And as they know you both as a couple, this will be way more meaningful and intimate than if a professional wrote the script.
• Australia-wide service. Choose Your Own Celebrant is available nationwide, so whether you live in Perth, Sydney or otherwise, you can enjoy being married by a loved one.
• No licence needed. Your friend or family member can officiate your wedding without the months of training, necessary licence, and Attorney-General approval. So, who will you pick to be your celebrant? Your dad? Sister? Or - if you're feeling fearless - the best man!

"One of our favourite parts of the wedding was the ceremony! When we found out about Paul's Choose Your Own Celebrant' business, we were sold. We knew exactly who (a friend) we wanted to be our celebrant, and Paul allowed that to happen. The whole process of working with Paul was so easy, from the first coffee catch up through to the wedding day." Katherine

About

I’m a wedding celebrant who digs his job. BIG time. Funnily enough, My Celebrant Buddy sprung into my mind when I was hungover. Yup - no joke. In the midst of my alcoholic fogginess it hit me like a bolt of lightning. I had so many couples coming up to me saying they wish their best friend could be their celebrant, but it was too expensive. Too time consuming. That was over two years ago, and since that time My Celebrant Buddy has become a great success. It’s something I’m very proud of.

Mr Paul Bonadio

Business Owner