We were so very fortunate to find Rachael to be our minister. She was so professional and fun to work with. She made the ceremony process so clear and easy to follow from the start. Beginning with our first phone call, Racheal made both myself and my wife very comfortable. I especially liked her sense of humor😊 Rachael was very quick to respond to our ongoing questions and concerns as the wedding drew closer. This brought much relief to us during this stressful and exciting wedding process. As we provided our relationship history, Rachael created and beautiful and spot on ceremony. She captured our favorite memories, our relationship milestones and also provided a respectful notation for our lost loved ones. Finally meeting her in person at our rehearsal dinner after calls and many emails, we both felt like we had known her for much longer. In short Racheal was amazing! I would recommend her to everyone I know again and again. Our many thanks to Racheal for helping to make... Read more our special day happen just like we dreamed. Thank you Rachael! Elena & Carine

Tina was great! I wanted to change the time a few days before the event and Tina was able to accommodate us. She gave us a very sweet and memorable experience.

Rachael officiated our destination wedding in Napa and it could not have gone any better. She was extremely professional, calm, and easy going. I loved how she pulled information about us from a questionnaire and put together the ultimate ceremony, even mentioning our dogs. I teared up when she sent the draft of our ceremony a few days before the wedding. It was perfect. Our guests were shocked that we hadn't met her/known her as a friend because it seemed like she genuinely knew and cared about us. We're so grateful that we found Rachael because helped she made our wedding day truly special.

Rachel was so much fun to work with and did an amazing job at our wedding. She helped us tailor a beautiful wedding ceremony by hearing about our relationship, personalities, and by just getting to know us. We had so much fun planning. The ceremony itself was perfect and the delivery was great. So many of our guests came up to us to say how wonderful the ceremony was and how great Rachel was. Thank you so much for such a wonderful day! 📷: www.redspherestudios.com

Looking for an officiant was surprisingly difficult for us. Most officiants seemed to do the usual - officiate the ceremony using their tried and true words and solemnize the marriage - which was all fine, but most of them lacked the personal and genuine touch that we were specifically looking for. We didn't want just a wedding ceremony read from a binder. We wanted our ceremony to sound like 'us' and to reflect our journey as a couple. We immediately felt like Rachael sincerely cared about this part so we booked her "diy couture" package. In this package we got to be very involved which is what we wanted. We wrote a messy version of our own story, we answered her detailed questions, we chose what we liked and what didn't sound like us at all, and Rachael through the whole planning process got to know us and our story. It felt a little like couples' counseling and it did help us as a couple recognize that we were not just having a wedding. We were signing up for a marriage, and the m... Read moreore we worked on our ceremony, the more excited we got for this chapter in our lives. On our wedding day, Rachael arrived early and she was just as kind and genuine in person as she was on a video chat. And our ceremony was exactly as we had hoped, and more. Our ceremony highlighted our love story and it highlighted our goals as a couple. It highlighted those that were special to us and it really was so heartfelt. It felt personal and very "us." Rachael spoke eloquently and also as if she was just an old friend we already knew before. After our ceremony many of our guests complimented her and how great of a speaker she was, and many of our guests commented how sweet and heartfelt our ceremony was. To us the ceremony was the most important part, after all this was the actual 'getting married' part and she made the entire process fun and easy as she edited, suggested, added, and thoughtfully crafted a cohesive, organized, and heartfelt ceremony that we will surely treasure and remember for the rest of our lives. Thank you Rachael for this gift of being our officiant.

Rachael was a rockstar. More than just an officiant she was a partner in helping craft the day exactly as we were hoping. We built the ceremony as a team over the course of a few meetings and she helped us go from blank page to something tailored for us. She is professional, caring, and brought the perfect energy to the ceremony. Even during the heat! Couldn't recommend her more.

Rachael was more than we could have asked for and made our ceremony memorable, sweet and easy. We planned our wedding remotely and we’re able to schedule calls with her leading up to the big day and we couldn’t have been happier with her. She’s an eloquent speaker and has a great sense of humor. We’d recommend her to anyone wanting to have an awesome officiant on their big day!

We truly loved working with Rachael in the process of creating our wedding ceremony. The ceremony was super important to us, and she has a suite of options tailored to every style of couple. Our package included virtual meetings where we refined the parts of the ceremony we wanted to highlight, and where she helped us streamline our thoughts into a script. She was available for advice and help and it never felt transactional, but rather that a friend who was good at writing was helping us out! The day of our wedding was perfect, and so many of our guests came up to us raving about Rachael. Everyone thought she was an old friend of ours because of how genuine she comes across in the moment. I highly recommend Officially Hitched!

We did a lot of research for officiants, and were surprised by how hard it was to find someone who seemed right for us. When we found Rachael on the Knot, we were excited to talk to her. It was so easy to make an appointment with her online, and she sent us a questionnaire so we could share more about ourselves and our wedding. When we first met with Rachael over videochat, it seemed like she already knew us and we immediately felt at ease. Rachael is professional and trustworthy, but also warm, easygoing, and honestly just so cool and calming. After our first meeting, I told my husband that I wanted to be friends with her. We met in person three times, and Rachael guided us beautifully through the process. She took the time to learn all about us and to write the story of our relationship, which hit just the right tone of casual, funny, and heartfelt. She helped us create a very personal ceremony that incorporated Jewish traditions that were important to my husband with literary re... Read moreadings and personal details. She even researched readings that she thought we might want to incorporate. It was just perfect. Rachael was also very flexible--she took the time to come to our wedding rehearsal, and came early for our ketubah signing. After the ceremony, so many people asked us how we knew her (assuming she was a friend) and told us how much they enjoyed the ceremony. She is wonderful, and we’re so glad she will always be a big part of how we remember our day!

My first contact with Rachael was so easy and light hearted, instantly i knew she was the right fit for us. Her personality shone through on the phone and through her text messages, and she was so knowledgeable about making everything run smoothly. We chose the ready-made ceremony as we were eloping, and I sent her some ideas of what i wanted, and she tailored it to fit our ceremony on the beach. My now husband literally was in shock of how easy it was and how comfortable we were with her. I cannot thank you enough for marrying us!

Let me start by saying Rachael was the most amazing officiant we could have hoped for. When we first contacted her we were unsure as to just what kind of ceremony we were looking for. We informed her we were not religious, and wanted something kinda funny, kinda serious. We had three more meetings after this, and each time Rachael was punctual, prepared, and informative. During these meetings, not only was Rachael able to get to know us as a couple, but we also learned more about each other as an added bonus. At our last meeting Rachael provided us with a script of our ceremony and we were blown away. We really had nothing to change, add, or edit. She told our love story better than we can ourselves, and crafted a beautiful ceremony full of symbolism and nature, which represented us perfectly. On our wedding day Rachael was calm, cool, and collected as always, and delivered a flawless ceremony, which had our guests raving about her as soon as it ended.(And yes, it was kinda ... Read morefunny, kinda serious, but all us.) We highly recommend Rachael to all couples, whether they know exactly what type of ceremony they are looking for, or if they need a little guidance to shape their perfect day. Her amazing personality, attention to detail, and creativity will ensure all couples have a ceremony they and their guests will not forget. In addition to an excellent officiant, we feel we have gained a new friend in Rachael, and look forward to more “meetings” in the future.

From our first conversation with Rachael, we knew we wanted to work with her. She brought a lot of ideas to the table without losing sight of our vision for the ceremony. I knew she was going to do a great job, but I can honestly say she exceeded our expectations. Highly recommend her!

Rachael (Officially Hitched) created a unique ceremony for us that reflected both of our backgrounds and beliefs. She worked closely with us in advance to understand where we were each coming from to understand exactly what we were both hoping for. Her passion for love and acceptance permeated every single word in our ceremony, and our guests could not stop talking about what an absolutely magical ceremony she created for us. I cannot thank her or recommend her enough!

We were looking for a ceremony to reflect us with a few drops of our respective religions and she delivered. Having Rachael Tanner as our officiant was one of the best decisions that we made. Throughout the process she guided us on writing our love story which helped us write our vows. At every meeting, it felt like her priority was to get to know us and to learn about us as a couple. We had a blast working on our ceremony and vows with Rachael. Her style of writing stood out against other officiants we interviewed. She listened to our suggestions, and turned them into a memorable ceremony. For example, I was inspired by a scene from the movie Mad Max Fury Road, she helped our bridesmaids and groomsmen reenact a more wedding friendly version with them shouting, “You may kiss the Bride!” as they showered us with flower petals! Our guests learned a lot about us and were moved to tears through Rachael’s words. She is very friendly and professional. In the end, if you want a me... Read moremorable ceremony that is unique to you and your significant other, Rachael is your officiant! **Photos taken by Hazy Lane Studios**