FAQS
What's different about a Your Three Days wedding?
‘It was so, so touching - how you phrased your words and how they were delivered. I have to say your ceremony was the most beautiful ceremony we have heard at a wedding. It was absolutely perfect.’ Tobiah - Tobiah Tayo Photography (Top 50 UK) | The short answer? Everything. For example, I don’t rely on a planning meeting or recorded answers to create my Your Three Days wedding scripts. Instead, together we would work through a genuinely unique creative process with three enjoyable, manageable and rewarding phases to it. I would then write our script with your actual words, words you'd have had the time and space to write both separately and together, with my help every step of the way. There really is a fundamental difference in how I do things, a quality and depth that’s shown in every one of my 500+ testimonials. See the Approach section on my site to learn more.
What qualifications and experience do you have?
‘Hannah is more than a Celebrant: part wedding planner, bride counsellor and chief calmer-downer. There was never a time when she didn’t deliver great advice to any kind of drama! I think she has probably seen it all. It showed.’ Rachel | Back in 2010 I trained with the British Humanist Association (now Humanists UK) in weddings, namings and funerals and have been accredited with them ever since. This was long before online Celebrant training was a thing, with pre-selected entry and in-person training taking place over a period of months. I’ve since designed, written and led nearly 400 Your Three Days ceremonies, 250+ of which have been weddings and renewals of vows, becoming a wedding specialist in the process. Offering a full ceremony range not only considerably enriches your performance experience but, as you’ll see from my testimonials, means you also have the privilege of returning to some clients multiple times.
Where do you work?
‘It was everything we could have wished for: kick starting the day and setting the tone. You’re brilliant. So many said it was the best wedding ceremony they’d been part of: the perfect mix of love, sincerity and humour. Magical.’ Jo + Sam | Based in the characterful Pennine village of Marsden, West Yorkshire, I regularly work throughout Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Nottinghamshire and Staffordshire. I’ve led Your Three Days ceremonies in myriad places: castles, 5* hotels and country estates; tipis, tents and a polytunnel; a windswept Northumberland beach and at sea on a historic boat; a recording studio, art gallery and palm house; a brewery, zoos and the deep end of a swimming pool (empty) and at 30 St Mary Axe (aka the ‘Gherkin’) and ‘Swan at the Globe’ in London. As I explain in my last answer below, the wider bespoke writing I also create travels nationwide.
Do you do the legal part of the wedding as well?
‘It was the epitome of bespoke and consequently meant all the more. We’ll treasure the words forever, knowing they were just for us and true to us. The vows we made in our humanist ceremony were unquestionably our wedding vows.’ Becky + Ric | No, I’m not a Registrar, but don’t worry, I can easily talk you through the straightforward options. These days it’s not so uncommon to have a separate legal ceremony - after all, ‘popping to the Reg’ was good enough for Amal and George Clooney back in 2014, after their main wedding ceremony the day before (a religious blessing). Granted, said Registry Office was in fabulous Venice, but you can’t win them all can you? Whatever’s chosen, nothing detracts from the incomparable beauty of your bespoke ceremony experience. Clients often say they actually preferred having two separate ceremonies, for all sorts of reasons. Two halves of one very happy whole.
What are your fees?
‘I KNEW you would do an incredible job the moment I called. If you’d charged 5 times as much, I’d have paid without flinching. I just don’t think we could have imagined how perfect it would be on the day.’ Layal + Rob | As you’ll see from the Investment page on my site, my pricing revolves around the idea of a ‘core fee’. For weddings, these are usually between £650-£750 (+ travel), with many falling mid-range (£695). You can pay flexibly, if time allows, with 25% deposits and monthly instalments, meaning your initial payment to secure the date could be well under £200 (see the examples on the same page). If you’re understandably tempted to pre-judge these numbers, perhaps comparing me with another who charges less, do first explore my site and my 500+ testimonials. I say that not out of arrogance, but 13 years earning a reputation for value for money I’m very proud of.
Do you create other bespoke wedding writing too?
‘We absolutely LOVE it! It's beautiful, engaging, funny - a perfect reflection of our relationship and story. The vows are spot on, exactly what we'd like to say. Thank you, thank you, for writing such a beautiful piece for us.’ Amanda | I certainly do. I’m first and foremost a Celebrant, but the more ceremonies I’ve designed, the more I’ve realised the wider potential my bespoke writing has. So now Your Three Days also has 2 sister businesses - Words and Wisdom and Portraits in Prose - and all 3 sites are linked so you can easily move between them. Whereas Your Three Days ceremonies are usually limited by geography and my availability, with my other writing I don’t need to be physically present at any point. I can write for anyone, anywhere. If you’ve questions, just let me know, it would be a pleasure to hear from you.
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