The ATL Wedding Officiant


Pricing

Prices start at $350

Packages

Prices start at $150


About The ATL Wedding Officiant

The ATL Wedding Officiant

Wedding Officiant

You Deserve the Very Best for Your Wedding Day! Let North Georgia’s Award-Winning Officiant Create a Custom Ceremony That Will Fulfill Your Dreams, Entertain Your Guests, and Be Remembered for a Lifetime! Professional Wedding Officiant and ordained, nondenominational minister, Valarie Manning offers wedding, elopement, and vow renewal officiating services for Christian, non-denominational, interfaith, and non-religious ceremonies for ALL couples. No matter your vision...from the formal, traditional to whimsical and fun, she can help turn your wedding dream into reality!

Valarie is dedicated to crafting one of a kind, custom ceremonies tailored to the unique personalities of each couple. During the planning process, she is happy to provide guidance with vow writing, as well as incorporating new and old traditions into the ceremony. She easily accommodates special requests such as handfasting, unity shots or sand jar ceremonies and much more. Valarie serves couples in Metro Atlanta, Athens, throughout Northeast Georgia, and Upstate South Carolina.

In three words: Confident, Creative, Supportive


Services

Ceremony types

  • Civil Union
  • Commitment Ceremony
  • Elopement
  • Interfaith Ceremony
  • Legal License Signing
  • Multicultural Weddings
  • Non-religious Ceremony
  • Other
  • Religious
  • Vow Renewal Ceremony

Religious affiliations

  • Christian
  • Interfaith
  • Other
  • Secular
  • Spiritual

The ATL Wedding Officiant packages

Budget Elopement

Description

Just the two of you. Short, simple and sweet!

What’s included
  • A 15-20 minute phone consultation
  • Your choice of simple civil or Christian ceremony
  • Performed at my chosen location in Athens, GA
  • Return of the signed marriage license to the court
  • Couple and photographer only. No guests
  • Available by appointment only:
  • Monday-Thursday, 10 AM-3 PM Fee: $150
  • Friday, 10 AM-1 PM Fee: $200
  • Sunday, 12 PM-3 PM Fee: $250

Athens Area Elopement

Description

For the couple who wants to get married without all the fuss. Whether it's just the two of you or sharing with a few close friends, an elopement is the perfect solution!

What’s included
  • A 15-20 minute phone consultation
  • Your choice of simple civil or Christian ceremony
  • Your location in Banks, Clarke, or Jackson County
  • Return of the signed marriage license to the court
  • Nonrefundable Payment In Full Required at booking
  • Wedding Couple, up to six guests, and photographer
  • For other Counties, please see Weddings
  • Available by appointment only:
  • Monday-Thursday, Fee: $200
  • Friday or Sunday, Fee: $250

Custom Wedding Ceremony

Description

With a focus on personalization and attention to detail, The ATL Wedding Officiant works closely with each couple to create a ceremony that reflects their unique love story.

What’s included
  • Unlimited consultations
  • Assistance with vow writing, if requested
  • Creating a custom marriage ceremony for the couple
  • Officiating at the couple’s chosen venue
  • Return of the signed marriage license to the court
  • Fees from $350, dependent on distance travelled
  • Rehearsal Attendance from $100
  • Nonrefundable 50% retainer due at booking

Custom Vow Renewal

Description

The perfect way to tell your partner that you would marry them all over again! Renew your marriage vows privately or share the experience with family and friends. A Vow Renewal includes the same features as a custom wedding ceremony with one difference. Instead of filing a marriage license with the court, the Officiant creates a commemorative Vow Renewal Certificate for the couple. Pricing is the same as a custom wedding ceremony because the same amount of work and time go into creating both.


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  • She is your girl!

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    JamieApr 11, 2025

    Valarie is seriously amazing at what she does! She wrote an entire custom ceremony for my husband and I. We had conversations about how religious we are, readings we liked, even about our families. She offered ceremony suggestions and we ended up doing a beautiful cord of three [strands] that’s now hanging in our bedroom! She also helped SO much with writing our vows! No amount of Pinterest helped me get started on my vows, but she sent a guide and I finished within an hour! She is your gal!”

  • Wonderful Experience

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    KayleighApr 11, 2025

    ATL Wedding Officiants was very professional, reasonably priced and most importantly, performed a beautiful ceremony for our wedding. They helped us write our ceremony script and we were able to personalize it however we wanted. On the day of the wedding they were on time and ready to go. We were very happy with the job they did.