Working with Reverend Brad, was a pleasant experience. He was very accommodating and listened to our concerns, needs, and what would make our day perfect. He met with us on several occasions to work out the details and just to check in on us to see how we were doing with all the wedding planning. The day of the ceremony, was perfect. Our families enjoyed the ceremony which reflected my husband and I's personality. . While sharing love story and honoring our families cultural diversity. He offered little coaching instructions during the ceremony, and he would check on us, reminding us to breathe, laugh, and enjoy the day. His years of professionalism and experience made for an enjoyable and memorable ceremony. We had several compliments from our families on how much they enjoyed his ceremony and that it was perfect, entertaining, and romantic. My husband and I definitely recommend Reverend Brad.

We spoke with a bunch of officiants that just didn't fit what we were going for - a personalized and genuine experience. Brad sat down with us for around 2 hours discussing us as a couple and our love story before we even chose him as a vendor! This guy really puts his heart and soul into your wedding, and expertly crafted a beautiful script encompassing our entire love story from the time we met until then, that all of our attendees loved! I can't recommend him enough!

Rev. Brad was our officiant for our February 2020 wedding. I really can't recommend him enough! From our first conversation, Brad was friendly and so easy to work with. He really works to understand each couple that he is marrying and will have long conversations to dive into their history. During our ceremony, Brad was warm and a wonderful speaker. We received soo many compliments on his speech! Our guests really loved Brad and I am very happy that we went with him. He was a 10/10 officiant and I would choose him again any day of the week.

We had a unique situation, and Brad handled it perfectly. My fiance and I found out a couple months after getting engaged that my mom was unfortunately going to pass before our wedding. For us, it was very important that the officiant we picked was able to do a small ceremony to include her, but also the ceremony at our big day. We explained the situation to Brad before having our video call with him, and he was eager to help. We setup a time to face time (Covid) and right away we clicked. He walked us through what to expect with the ceremony, and went through all the options he had to customize it for us. We truly felt like he was trying to get to know us, and had a genuine interest in how we wanted our day to feel. The day finally arrived for our elopement ceremony, and it was so special and filled with love. Everyone was laughing, crying, and really felt a part of that special day. He was able to perfectly capture the feeling we wanted and our guests couldn't stop talking a... Read morebout how amazing he was. Brad was able to turn a partially sad day, into a day we will look back on and smile about for the rest of our life. He is very talented at what he does, and is worth every penny. You will have an amazing experience working with him, and a ceremony that no one has seen before. We can't wait to work with him more when we have our big ceremony next year.

We loved working with Rev.Brad for our wedding! He was so kind, fun, and so flexible with what we wanted our ceremony to look like. He is so great at what he does and has an ability to make your guests laugh and relax, which I loved! I highly recommend.

We booked Reverend Brad a bit last min due to changes with our wedding because of covid and he was so supportive and flexible every step of the way! He is so easy to talk to and It felt like we knew Rev brad for years!! I still have guests raving about our ceremony as it was the perfect mix of emotion and light hearted! HIGHLY recommend.

I loved working with this Guy. He was very professional and timely when having our meetings he took time to get to know us as individual people helped us decide the best plan for us moving forward. On wedding day everyone completely loved how he approached our ceremony. It honestly was a very smooth and short ceremony With lots of laughter and tears and joy. I would recommend his love story approach to anyone getting married

My husband Eric and I initially hired Reverend Brad for our 100 person wedding planned for March 29, 2020. His vendor profile caught our eye because of the good reviews, his big smile, and the Journey t-shirt he wore as he officiated someone’s wedding (we’re big 80’s rock fans). Our initial communications with Rev. Brad were great. He responded quickly and didn’t badger us with constant phone calls/texts/emails while we narrowed down our top officiants to meet up with. Once we decided to meet with him, we had a long, in depth meeting that lasted more than an hour. He happily walked us through all wedding planning timelines and what documents we would need to get our marriage license, as well as what his services would look like. We loved how interested he was in our love story, interests, and desires for our wedding day. Six months later, it was time for our final meeting before the wedding. Rev. Brad took his time to create the perfect ceremony for us. The meeting took a... Read morebout two hours and we left feeling very confident that we would have the ceremony of our dreams… until March came around. With COVID-19 on the rise and everything shutting down, like many other couples, we were forced to postpone our wedding. Rev. Brad was very understanding and was able to accommodate our new wedding date on June 7th which was later postponed again to October 2020 (fingers crossed). As weeks went by COVID-19 kept going strong and our wedding license kept collecting dust on our table, about to expire. So, we decided to elope. We called Rev. Brad and asked if he would be willing to marry us in a quick, socially distanced ceremony at a nearby park. He said “absolutely” and was able to marry us in a very sweet, intimate ceremony during a gorgeous day in April with both sets of parents attending via videocall. We are looking forward to having our big (or at least bigger) celebration in October when Rev. Brad can tell our love story in front of our friends and loved ones. Whether you’re looking to have a big ceremony or a small, intimate elopement, we absolutely recommend Rev. Brad.

Brad is the best!! If you don’t want a cookie cutter wedding, you need Brad! The goal at Love Story Weddings is to tell your unique love story. My husband and I tied the knot a few weeks ago we couldn’t have asked for a better officiant. Brad worked with us on multiple occasions prior to the wedding to get to know us, our story and make sure we were completely comfortable. Though we didn’t know exactly what we wanted our ceremony to look like, we knew exactly what we didn’t want. Brad really helped us fill in the gaps to, ultimately, design a ceremony that felt unique and genuine to us. So many of our guests commented on how much they enjoyed our ceremony. Brad is kind, enthusiastic, fun and professional! Every step of the process was enjoyable for us. We only wish we got to spend more time celebrating with Brad! We highly recommend Love Story Weddings for your special day. Thank you, Brad, for being a part of our day and helping to make it so special and memorable!

Rev. Brad was an awesome officiant! We had a very small but intimate wedding due to Covid, and we really didn't want an officiant to read from a copy/paste script from hundreds of other weddings done in the past. Love Story Weddings is all about your personal wedding, and telling your love story, from the very beginning! Brad made our wedding ceremony unique, fun, and emotional in all the right ways. We had several meetings (over Zoom) to curate our story leading up to our special day, and he made sure it was perfect with all the details. Brad showed up early to our venue the day of which kept us at ease, and he really made us feel like we were the only couple in the world getting married at the time. After the ceremony, he even personally mailed our Marriage License for us to the Cook County City Clerk! I would highly recommend Rev. Brad as the officiant for your wedding. You will not regret it! Sincerely, Happy Newlyweds Paul & Halley

Brad was absolutely amazing to work with. My husband and I knew as soon as we ended our wedding consultation FaceTime meeting with Brad that we wanted him to be our wedding officiant! He was so kind, caring and truly wanted to get to know us as a couple. He was very accommodating, organized, and was always there to answer any questions we may of had throughout the planning process. We really enjoyed planning our ceremony with him. Our wedding rehearsal went so smooth but most importantly, our wedding ceremony was absolutely BEAUTIFUL. It was everything we ever dreamed our wedding ceremony would be. We loved how personalized it was. We received so many compliments about our wedding ceremony from our family, friends, and guests! We would highly recommend Love Story Weddings!! Thank you for everything, Brad!

Brad is absolutely amazing! After our first Skype call we knew that Brad had to be the one to marry us! He has such an amazing demeanor and was incredibly easy to work with. I have been to plenty of weddings, and typically (and unfortunately), ceremonies seem to be the least favorite/memorable part of attendees. But with Brad, he helped us create a really unique and exciting ceremony experience that we could not wait to share with our family and friends, he really truly helped to tell our love story :)

We had to pivot with covid and found Reverend Brad a few months before our ceremony. He did a wonderful job with our ceremony and coming up with the wonderful words that would be a part of our big day. He was super flexible when the plans changed and it turned out to be the perfect "minimony" with just a few family and friends.

I do not recommend hiring Brad Hughes. My fiancé and I have had a very frustrating and upsetting experience with Brad. He was very accommodating when we were booking and tried to meet us with our budget. My fiancé and I originally booked with Noah’s Event Venue, which went bankrupt. I was in constant contact with Brad throughout the ordeal. When my fiancé and I moved our wedding to Emerson Creek, Brad agreed to do our services there. He even contacted Emerson Creek and confirmed with them. Shortly after, he realized that he could not officiate our wedding and still make it to his other wedding later that day. Therefore, Brad cancelled his services and breached his contact. He has stated that he would not give us our deposit back until he booked another wedding. He was unable to book another wedding, and still will not give the money back, stating he has fallen on hard times with COVID. Emerson Creek will now not be able to host our wedding, so my fiancé and I have lost an unbelie... Read morevable amount of money on deposits. This is a tough time for all of us and it is not our responsibility to pay for his scheduling error. We are only asking of him what is fair. Overall, he broke the contract and will not give us our money back. I would take caution if moving forward and working with Brad. I absolutely do not recommend him and hope no one else has this experience with Brad. He has made wedding planning a very unpleasant experience.