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Southwest Ceremony offers wedding officiant services to couples planning their nuptials in and around Durango, Colorado and the Four Corners area. Southwest Ceremony founder, Jaime Becktel, is a writer and illustrator by trade who first started officiating weddings and ceremonies at the request of her friends and family members. She is humbled by the opportunity to deliver ceremonies honoring the love of two people through marriage on one of the most unforgettable days of their lives.

Services Offered
Through Southwest Ceremony, Jaime is available to officiate several wedding types, including civil unions, interfaith ceremonies, non-religious ceremonies, ceremony consultations, and vow renewals. Her wedding officiant services include customized vows that are unique to every couple. Prior to your wedding day, Jaime will sit down with you to learn about every detail of your story and why you have chosen each other in life.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the typical price for your wedding services?

$500

Which of the following are included in the price?

Ceremony Rehearsal

What is the starting price for your wedding services?

$400

Does starting price include the ceremony rehearsal?

Yes

What is the starting price for ceremony rehearsals?

$100

What types of weddings and events do you provide services for?

Non-religious
Interfaith
Ceremony Rehearsal
Vow Renewal
Civil Union

What religious affiliations do you serve?

Agnostic
Buddhist
Earth-Based
Methodist
No Denomination
Pagan
Taoist
Unitarian

On average, how long are wedding ceremonies you officiate?

Less than 30 mins.

In which states are you licensed?

AZ
CA
CO
NM
UT

What languages do you speak?

English
Spanish
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Multiple reviewers highly recommend Southwest Ceremony for wedding officiating services. The officiants, Jaime and Benjie, are praised for their professionalism, customization, and personalization of the ceremonies. They are commended for their ability to navigate different religious backgrounds and create a ceremony that perfectly reflects the couple's love story. Despite weather challenges, the officiants remained engaged and delivered flawless ceremonies. Guests were deeply moved and raved about the meaningful and intimate atmosphere created by Southwest Ceremony. Overall, reviewers highly recommend their services for creating memorable and romantic wedding ceremonies.

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This AI-generated summary gives you a snapshot of the overall ratings and feedback from the reviews this vendor has received.

Multiple reviewers highly recommend Southwest Ceremony for wedding officiating services. The officiants, Jaime and Benjie, are praised for their professionalism, customization, and personalization of the ceremonies. They are commended for their ability to navigate different religious backgrounds and create a ceremony that perfectly reflects the couple's love story. Despite weather challenges, the officiants remained engaged and delivered flawless ceremonies. Guests were deeply moved and raved about the meaningful and intimate atmosphere created by Southwest Ceremony. Overall, reviewers highly recommend their services for creating memorable and romantic wedding ceremonies.

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Vandana Sent on 01/22/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Absolutely wonderful

Benjie was very communicative ever since we booked him. Even though we were in different time zones he made it work! He shared resources to help us write our vows, shared the ceremony order with us so we knew what to expect and allowed me to add to it. As for the ceremony part Benjie was on time, communicating with us the day of, and had the most heart felt ceremony. I could not have chose a better person to officiate my wedding in Ouray, CO. I highly recommend!
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Danielle V. Sent on 09/27/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Durango wedding ceremony

We absolutely loved working with Jaime! She took the time to get to know us which made our ceremony personal and included a lot of our story. My sister in law said it was the best ceremony she has ever heard! Jaime was open to ideas and wanted make our ceremony reflect us as a couple. We are so glad we chose her to officiate us!
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Madison M. Sent on 11/14/2022
5 out of 5 rating

The Perfect Ceremony

Benjie was perfect. TLDR: very proffessional, friendly, and willing and able to customize your ceremony. Just do it!

I had a lot of concerns with the challenges of keeping our ceremony unique to us. There were many challenges;

Like simultaneously keeping it Christ oriented enough to appease my Christian parents and the ties that I hold to the church with out making my agnostic husband uncomfortable with the "churchiness". We wanted it to incorporate some prayers and some mentions of the lord with out it being a sermon. We wanted to focus on our story and our love and Benjie navigated that PERFECTLY. After the ceremony my father told me a couple of times "that officiant was so great!" A big compliment from my Christian minister father. And my husband was so happy with the focus on us and nature. Literally the perfect combination.

The second challenge is that we had to book Benjie less than 2 months before our wedding he was quick to get out questionnaires about our story and our details so that he could get everything perfect, and he did.

And thirdly, it rained through the entire ceremony. Just a cold drizzle he was freezing I'm sure, his notes were completely obscured by raindrops and he still managed to smile engage the crowd and do a great job 100% would recommend.

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