Once Upon A Vow

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About Once Upon A Vow

Once Upon A Vow

Wedding Officiants + Love Storytellers

Once Upon A Vow is a sibling duo of love storytellers who create epic core memories on your wedding day. Everyone has a story. Celebrate your unique love story with a heartfelt, soulful wedding ceremony that reflects your journey together. Together, we'll create a personalized ceremony that authentically reflects you so that when you relive your wedding day, you'll feel ALL THE FEELS.

Based in Brooklyn and Boston, we are your modern-day, inclusive, progressive bilingual wedding officiants who "spread amor, the Brooklyn way" and feel like long lost friends. We get personal from the beginning to get to know you, your partnership, your values, your hopes, your dreams, and all the good and messy in-betweens in order to create a wedding ceremony that feels true to you. We'll hold your hand along the way and help you feel comfortable while you embark on this fun married adventure with your favorite person of all time!

In three words: Creative, Empathetic, Fun

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Services

Ceremony types

  • Civil Union
  • Commitment Ceremony
  • Elopement
  • Interfaith Ceremony
  • Legal License Signing
  • Multicultural Weddings
  • Non-religious Ceremony
  • Vow Renewal Ceremony

Religious affiliations

  • Interfaith
  • Secular
  • Spiritual
  • Wiccan

Once Upon A Vow packages

All In Love

Description

Kickstart your wedding day with a fully-personalized wedding ceremony that celebrates your journey, honors your roots, uplifts your loved ones, and gets the party started! Whether you choose to incorporate tradition, remix a ritual, create your own symbolic unity custom, or simply focus on the magic of your love - mark this special moment intentionally.

What’s included
  • Marriage License Guidance
  • Wedding Vow Guidance
  • Ceremony Clarity Guidance
  • Name Change Guidance
  • Two 90-minute Ceremony + Love Story Video Calls
  • Fully Personalized Ceremony
  • Marriage License Completion + Submission

Intimate Love

Description

This fully-personalized mini-mony celebrates your one-of-a-kind love with the genuine touch of a good friend who’s rooting for you. Together, we’ll infuse your story, your journey, and your flavor throughout your wedding ceremony and excitedly pronounce you JUST MARRIED in your chosen location!

What’s included
  • Marriage License Guidance
  • Wedding Vow Guidance
  • Ceremony Clarity Guidance
  • Name Change Guidance
  • One 90-minute Ceremony + Love Story Video Calls
  • Fully Personalized Ceremony
  • Marriage License Completion + Submission

City Hall Love

Description

This semi-personalized elopement ceremony is a fun, laid back experience. Deeper than a 90-second legal ceremony at City Hall and more YOU than you’d expect.

What’s included
  • Marriage License Guidance
  • Wedding Vow Guidance
  • Name Change Guidance
  • Mini-Love Story Questionnaire
  • Mini-Ceremony Vision Questionnaire
  • Unlimited Email Communication
  • Semi-Personalized Ceremony
  • Marriage License Completion + Submission

Conscious Love

Description

Our only choose-your-own-adventure ceremony experience for couples who want a no-frills, sweet and simple ceremony for just themselves or their close-knit circle of loved ones. Choose from a selection of thoughtfully written ceremony templates for romantics, party starters, free spirits, and classic couples. Simply pick your vibe and go. This streamlined ceremony experience is designed to honor your love without the stress or expense of a traditional wedding.

What’s included
  • Marriage License Guidance
  • Wedding Vow Guidance
  • Name Change Guidance
  • Ceremony Style Forecast
  • Civil Ceremony
  • Marriage License Completion + Submission

Reviews

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Rating: 5.0

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31 reviews

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    Melanie

    Rating: 5
    •Zola
    •Aug 4, 2026

    10/10

    Working with Daniella was a great experience. She was thoughtful in getting to know us and our love story. On the day of our wedding her speech was incredible and better than we expected. She received compliments from our guests on her professionalism and how she spoke about us as if she knew us for years. Having a bilingual officiant was important for us and she delivered in both English and Spanish.

  • KW

    Karelle W.

    Rating: 5
    •Zola
    •Jul 28, 2026

    Over the moon - thank you, Dani

    We began working with Dani only five weeks before our NYC wedding and we were completely blown away by how thorough, attentive, thoughtful, creative, and grounded she was in working to bring our bilingual ceremony vision to life. There wasn't a dry eye in our group and most of our guests touted our meaningful ceremony as their favorite part of our big day. Somehow, she was able to craft our story as if we knew her for years. Even after the ceremony, Dani stuck around to take photos with us and also made sure we got our marriage license signed when we left it behind. We can't recommend Dani and Once Upon a Vow enough!

  • KD

    Kate D.

    Rating: 5
    •Zola
    •Dec 4, 2025

    Above and Beyond!!

    Words cannot describe how incredible or perfect our wedding was - especially our ceremony. It was truly tailored to us as a couple and encompassed our entire relationship. I am so grateful to Dani for taking the time to speak with us in the months leading up to the wedding and really learning about us as a couple. She incorporated our personal family traditions, and our quirks, into the most perfect ceremony. We had people come up to us after who believed Dani was our best friend or had known us for years!! That's how good she is. Dani never felt like a stranger, she always felt like family. We could not be happier with how our ceremony went. Thank you again!!!

  • LR

    Louis R.

    Rating: 5
    •Zola
    •Dec 3, 2025

    Couple

    Once Upon A Vow was an exceptional choice for our wedding officiant. From our first interaction, Daniela and her team were efficient, thoughtful, and energetic in their communication, ensuring our ceremony was exactly what we envisioned. They were dedicated, communicative, and professional throughout the planning process, tailoring the ceremony to our love story. Daniela wrote a beautiful ceremony that captured the essence of our relationship, and her warm, joyful energy made the moment even more special. We are so grateful to Once Upon A Vow for helping to make our wedding day truly unforgettable.

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    Louis

    Rating: 5
    •Zola
    •Dec 3, 2025

    Couple

    Daniela at Once Upon A Vow was an exceptional wedding officiant for our ceremony. Their communication style was efficient, thoughtful, and incredibly helpful throughout the planning process. They demonstrated a level of dedication, hard work, and talent that truly made our wedding day special. The officiant's wonderful storytelling ability and efforts to help us feel at ease created a warm and memorable ceremony that our guests are still raving about. We could not have asked for a better officiant to play such an important role in our special day.

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HELL YES WE DO! We are passport ready and will travel any and everywhere for love. The furthest we’ve traveled out west has been to Portland, Oregon and the furthest we’ve traveled internationally has been to Würzburg, Germany.
Yes, we are primarily registered in NYC and Boston. Our ordination also allows us to legally officiate ceremonies in states like New Jersey that don’t require state registration. We have also applied for one-time registration in nearby states like New Hampshire and will gain registration for any and every state where we officiate ceremonies.
These days you can complete your marriage application online and schedule a virtual or in-person appointment through Project Cupid. If you’re traveling to NYC, you’ll need to be in New York for both virtual and in-person appointments. Check out the City Clerk website for more info. https://www.cityclerk.nyc.gov/content/
Here’s all the info you’ll need to know to obtain your marriage license in Massachusetts. https://www.mass.gov/guides/getting-married-in-massachusetts-before-the-wedding
Definitely! Our fave part of wedding ceremonies are your VOWS and we will absolutely hold space for this sentimental moment in your ceremony. We are 100% down to support you in writing and editing your vows. We'll guide you every step of the way until your vows feel every bit like you.
Of course you can and there are many high-touch and low-touch ways to include your loved ones depending on their comfort level and your ceremony vision. From collective vows and readings to ring warmings and community sing-a-longs, we can discuss what fits best for your ceremony vision!
Abso-frickin-lutely! If you’re planning an elopement ceremony with fewer than 20 guests, you do not technically need a permit to get married in an NYC park. However, we recommend you obtain one if you’d like to get married in a popular location. If you plan on having more than 20 guests, you must file for a special event permit, which requires at least 30 days for processing and a $25 non-refundable processing fee.
Yes, we love vow renewals! It’s so meaningful to us when couples choose to reaffirm their love and commitment to one another. ALL THE AWWS!! Our rates remain the same as our labor of love is centered on preparing and writing your ceremony.
What may seem like a simple 20-minute ceremony includes hours of getting to know you, taking notes, thoughtfully writing and editing your ceremony, traveling to your chosen ceremony space, and communicating with vendors and/or loved ones. Not to mention accurately completing the legal bits. However, because we understand that many are struggling financially, please check out our Sliding Scale for Wedding Officiant Services blog post.
Yes, we most definitely do. We typically split the total into 2-4 payments depending on the chosen ceremony experience and your financial needs. Feel free to let us know if you’d like to split the payments further.

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