San Diego • Temecula • Southern California
Heat, open ground and guests arriving from four directions. We write the ceremony around your story and keep it short when the day is hot.
Weddings in Inland Empire
Heat is the planning constraint here for most of the year. From May into October the afternoon sits high and there is rarely shade where the chairs go. Ceremonies run late and they run short. A seven o'clock start and twenty minutes of words does more for your guests than any amount of water on a table, though put the water out too.
The venues are larger and further apart than they are on the coast. Ranches in Riverside County, vineyards outside Temecula, barns and orchards with room for two hundred people and parking to match. That space is why couples come here, and it changes how the ceremony has to sound. An open lawn eats an unamplified voice, so we bring sound when the venue does not provide it.
Guests drive in from several directions, often an hour or more, from San Diego, Orange County and Los Angeles at once. Something on one of those freeways will go wrong. The ceremony rarely starts on time and it is better to expect that than to fight it. We hold the room while the last cars come in, then begin properly rather than apologetically.
What catches people out is how quickly the evening turns. The valley loses its heat after sunset faster than the coast does, and a ninety degree afternoon can be sixty by nine. Tell your people to bring a layer, and keep something over the shoulders of the wedding party if photographs continue after dark.
A few of the places couples get married here. Ask us about yours.
A personal ceremony, thoughtfully led.
Everything you need for a ceremony that feels warm, personal, and unmistakably yours.
Starting at $595
Check Your DateYour story. Your vows. Your moment.
For couples who want a completely personalized ceremony experience.
Starting at $995
Check AvailabilityPrepare for the years, not the day.
Four sessions with us, the eight module Get Your Ship Together curriculum, and the workbook and book posted to your home before you begin.
Starting at $600
Start Marriage PrepPrepare for the wedding. Invest in the marriage.
The Signature Ceremony, Marriage Prep and vow coaching, prepared together. Marriage Prep runs on the eight module Get Your Ship Together curriculum.
Starting at $1,595
Begin Your ExperienceSignature
Prepare for the wedding. Then keep going.
Everything in The Marriage Experience, including the eight module Get Your Ship Together curriculum, and then four more sessions across your first twelve months of marriage, at roughly one month, three months, six months and a year.
Starting at $2,150
Begin The First YearAlso serving Riverside · Redlands · Temecula · Orange County · San Diego. Destination wedding inquiries are welcome.
Twenty minutes, no cost, no pressure. We talk about your day and whether we are the right fit.