Steele Away Weddings

Pricing

Prices start at $300

Packages

Prices start at $299

About Steele Away Weddings

Steele Away Weddings

Commissioner/Officiant

I would be honored to help you create a personal and unique ceremony and marry you in the location of your dreams. I will hike to the top of a mountain or join you at your favorite venue. Custom and basic non-denominational civil ceremonies in the North, Central and Valley regions of Virginia. We can work from a template or I can write a bespoke ceremony just for you and your day. I am non-discriminatory and inclusive in my practice. I respect and want to work with people of all races, colors, religions, belief systems, genders, gender identities or expressions, sexual orientations, national origins, disabilities and ages.

I have performed over 200 wedding ceremonies and am a trained public speaker. We can add handfasting, unity ceremonies, poems, memorials, religious or family traditions or anything your heart desires. I help your voice and your personality shine through while keeping you comfortable and steady during your vows. I move around during the ceremony so I'm not in all of your pictures, especially at the end for your kiss to seal your promises. Its your day, let me help you find the perfect words for it.

In three words: Collaborative, Positive, Reassuring

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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

  • Buddhist
  • Christian
  • Interfaith
  • Other
  • Pagan
  • Secular
  • Spiritual
  • Unitarian
  • Wiccan

Steele Away Weddings packages

Your Ceremony

Price$299

Description

My fee includes ceremony creation and advice (from templates and some questions), signing and filing your marriage licenses (they give you two), being your witness (all in one package), liability insurance, and mileage/travel.

What’s included
  • Ceremony creation and suggestions
  • Witnessing
  • mileage
  • rehearsal
  • voice over talent
  • Trained public speaker
  • Signing and filing your licenses

Your Ceremony PLUS

Price$600

Description

Bespoke ceremony written from interviews of you and your immediate family or friends. With same features of regular package.

What’s included
  • Bespoke ceremony - written for you ad only you
  • Interviews of you and 4 family members or friends
  • Written in your voice with personal stories
  • signing and filing of licenses
  • rehearsal
  • mileage
  • voice over talent
  • insured
  • trained public speaker
  • I won't be in all your pictures.

Reviews

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Rating: 5.0

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8 reviews

  • AR

    Amy R.

    Rating: 5
    •Zola
    •Jun 30, 2026

    Wonderful & professional!!!

    Gwen did a wonderful job with our ceremony! She’s an absolute professional and we had so many people compliment her afterward. She makes the writing process simple and ensures that your ceremony feels personalized to you and your spouse. We’re so glad we hired her!

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    Mary

    Rating: 5
    •Zola
    •Apr 18, 2026

    Officiant Services

    Gwendolyn was genuine and efficient ensuring our ceremony went smoothly despite our unique requests! She was flexible with communication and created a personal experience. She even gave us a custom decorative marriage certificate!

  • MC

    Madison C.

    Rating: 5
    •Zola
    •Apr 5, 2026

    Wedding Ceremomy

    Gwen did such a great job with our wedding. She took the stress out of the legal portion of the process. Our ceremony was beautiful with all the right amounts of humor. It felt so personalized to us. Our families and friends always felt the same way. Thank you Gwen!!

  • BJ

    Bridgette J.

    Rating: 5
    •Zola
    •Apr 1, 2026

    Efficient, fun and simple

    We didn't have a clear vision for our ceremony, but Gwen from Steele Away Weddings made the whole process feel easy. She provided options for us—we could either personalize one of her existing scripts or have her write something completely new. We chose to use one of her pre-written scripts and she tailored it perfectly to us, which saved us so much time and stress. On the day of our wedding, the ceremony was exactly what we needed—direct, meaningful, and well-paced. Our guests actually told us it was the best ceremony they'd ever been to, and we have to agree. Gwen's approach was refreshingly simple and personal, and we couldn't have asked for a better experience.

  • KF

    Kevin F.

    Rating: 5
    •Zola
    •Oct 12, 2025

    Wedding Reception Planning

    Gwen did an amazing job helping us with planning our wedding reception. She met with us weekly to brainstorm and organize everything related to our reception. She came up with some great ideas on how to make a backyard feel like a wedding reception venue. Gwen made a very good first impression with me when trying to find a coordinator and she exceeded all of my expectations. You can tell that she is a professional and very passionate about what she does. She took a lot of of the stress out of the planning process by leaning on her experience and made a huge difference for our reception leading up to it and day of. I highly recommend Gwen to anyone needing a reception coordinator!

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Rehearsals are included in my full wedding packages.
My lower priced package gives you the option to pick from one of my 10 ceremony templates with simple personalization and updates. I also have a package that includes a bespoke ceremony option that includes interviews of you and people close to you so I can write a wedding from scratch that I've never used before with personal stories and jokes and uses words you both would use. In other words it sounds like you and your personality. In VA - I can help with signing your licenses if you have a friend or family member doing the ceremony. I'm court appointment for the entire Commonwealth.
Since 2019
Yes, I can help with renewing of vows or being your legal representation for signing licenses.
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No, but if your videographer or DJ requires one, please ask for a lapel mic. Handheld mics will get in the way. Happy Planning!
Any VA county Circuit Court. You can apply for an pick up your licenses up to 60 days before the ceremony. I will sign and file both copies for you. No witnesses needed, I'm both your witness and officiant in the Commonwealth of VA.

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