Booking an officiant

khaas0210

When is the appropriate time to pay your officiant? I have a meeting with one Monday and he said at our first meeting is when I should pay him. It just sounds fishy to me. Why do I have to pay him a year in advance (our wedding is Nov 2015) and would if I don't like him? Has anyone else come across something like this?

tammym1001

We didn't pay our officiant until the night before the wedding, but a lot of vendors will ask for at least some money up front to book the date for you. 

ETA: you probably aren't going to have any contact with him again until a month or so before the wedding so you will have to figure out if you like him at that first meeting anyways. 

khaas0210

Ok, thank you! That was very helpful!!

southernbelle0915

We paid ours a deposit (I think $100) and then paid him the rest at the rehearsal. 

atlastmrsg

An officiant I considered charged half up front.

I ended up choosing priest, who just received cash day of--DOC gave envelope to best man who slipped it to him.

AddieCake

We paid ours at rehearsal.