Need help getting married?
Your wedding is all about you and your love as a couple. It is a time to celebrate and enjoy every moment. Carmel Weddings wants your wedding to not only be about you as individuals, a couple, and a family, but wants you to cherish every moment along the way. Let us plan the moments that will take your breath away.
We BELIEVE everyone should DREAM, LOVE and have FUN!
With over 25 years of experience working together with our vendors to make your wedding dreams come true, we have fine tuned our relationships with the most qualified florists, photographers, caterers, musicians and many more vendors.
Carmel Weddings is owned by native Carmelites, and we know the best places to be married and vendors for your wedding, and as experienced wedding planners and officiants, just call us and we can make it easy.
Need a marriage license?
We can arrange to have the marriage license will be issued on the spot. And, we will mail in your completed license and give you a notarized copy. Don’t let legal details spoil your day, just leave all that to us!
Do you need event insurance at your wedding site?
Then look no further, Carmel Weddings has the required event insurance on file with the state of California.
Why choose Carmel Weddings?
We can bring to life the wedding you've always dreamed about, whether you plan on having it on a sandy beach at sunset, under the finely crafted stained glass windows of a church, or in a mystical garden of nature - or any place else you may have in mind. As a small family owned business, we have the time to focus on the little details that every wedding requires. We are available by phone for planning advice to ensure your experience is everything you hope it will be.
Our fees begin at $200 for a simple ceremony.
Who are we?
Carmel Weddings was established in 1981, and is owned and operated by Kathee McFarland, a non-denominational licensed wedding officiant and wedding planner. Being native to Carmel, Kathee works with the best local vendors. Your nuptials should be the happiest moment of your life not the most stressful, and with a discreet, poised and appropriately reverent tone, Kathee creates an easy, approachable atmosphere that will be just what you desire.
We can perform any type of ceremony you would like with an endless array of possibilities. We are here to help guide you to the wedding of your dreams. Whether it is on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, in a beautiful church or garden, a beautiful hilltop estate, or in some other magical, mystical place that the two of you have discovered and want to claim just for yourselves.
Carmel Weddings offers several styles of wedding ceremonies for you to choose from; and you should feel free to change, rewrite, or add to them to make the ceremony specific to your own experiences. Some couples prefer to write their own vows, and Kathee encourages couples to do this as it sets the tone for uniqueness and individuality within the marriage. You are special and your ceremony should reflect just how special your love is.
We also work with Denominational Ministers who will be happy to perform your ceremony as well. Just let us know your preference!
So sit back, relax, let us know what you would like and we will make it happen!
You CAN have a stress-free wedding!
