Marry Me Mads
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- Two packages: a five-minute legal ceremony for weekday elopements and an all-inclusive personalised ceremony
- The full ceremony runs around 20 to 25 minutes, with PA use, printed vows and a vow guide
- First meetings over a drink at Pakington Street spots in Geelong West to complete the legal notice
About Marry Me Mads
Marry Me Mads is the celebrancy business of Maddison Gillespie, known to her couples as Mads, who works from Lethbridge in the Golden Plains Shire. Her style is loud, warm and full of personality, and her aim is a ceremony that feels like catching up with a close friend rather than sitting through a formality. There are two packages. Marry Me and Flee is a legal-component ceremony of about five minutes, offered Monday to Thursday, covering the paperwork, professional printing of personal vows if wanted, lodgement and the application for the marriage certificate, one meeting in person and a vow guide. The all-inclusive Gimme Gimme Gimme package is the full experience. Mads gets to know the couple through Zoom calls, a catch-up over a drink and a detailed questionnaire, then writes a ceremony of around 20 to 25 minutes. It includes the legal documents, printed vows, ceremony resources, use of her PA and a run sheet in place of a formal rehearsal, and she arrives an hour early on the day. First catch-ups, where the legal notice of intended marriage is signed, usually happen at a café or bar on Pakington Street in Geelong West, and she shouts the drink. A travel allowance is included in both packages, with longer trips charged at $60 per hour.
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What is the Marry Me and Flee package?
A legal-only ceremony of about five minutes, available Monday to Thursday, covering the paperwork, lodgement, printed vows if wanted, one in-person meeting and a vow guide.
What does the Gimme Gimme Gimme package include?
A fully personalised ceremony of around 20 to 25 minutes, written from a detailed questionnaire, plus legal paperwork, printed vows, ceremony resources, PA use and meetings in person and on Zoom.
Does Mads help with writing vows?
Yes. Couples receive a vow guide, and if they are still stuck she drafts example wording from their questionnaire answers before the final vows are professionally printed.
Is there a rehearsal?
Mads sends a run sheet and talks the couple through it by Zoom or phone instead, and she arrives an hour before the full ceremony to check everything is ready.
Does Marry Me Mads charge for travel?
A travel allowance is included with both packages, and travel beyond it is charged at $60 per hour, so most couples around Geelong pay no extra.
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Caitlin & Lewis
4 weeks ago
Mads is literal sunshine in human form! Choosing the right celebrant initially felt like it would be trickier than choosing other vendors where you could largely be guided by photos and examples of previous work. But fr…
Holly pilgrim
2 months ago
I couldn’t recommend Mads highly enough! She was incredible throughout the entire process, from the pre-wedding paperwork right through to the big day itself. As both our celebrant and MC, she brought the perfect balance…
Nicole Anchen
4 months ago
Mads was hands down one of the best decisions we made for our wedding!! From our very first meeting, she was warm, engaging, and genuinely excited to get to know us. Every conversation felt like catching up with a frien…
Georgia Baker
7 months ago
How lucky we were to be married by the fantastic Mads. Over the process, Mads was such a welcome source of information, calm or excitement (whichever was needed) and was our biggest cheerleader. Mads created the most per…
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