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On Hitched.co.uk since 2021
Last update: August 2026
Berni Benton is an independent Full Life (Alternative) Celebrant - also offering packages with my own micro venue for intimate and highly personalised celebrations - based in Mid Wales - happy to travel.
Vow Renewals, Spontaneous Celebrations of Love, Elopements, Micro Weddings, Commitments, Civil Partnerships, Throuple, Celebrations of YOUR love and unity
💕Helping create bespoke celebrations of YOUR love and unity. Whatever your age, sexual orientation, size, shape, or ability;
💕Whether you have been married for years, never married, want to be legally married or don't care about the legalities; whether you are a couple or throuple; let's create the perfect ceremony to celebrate your love, unity and enduring love story.
💕Empowering you to create a perfect, quirky, intimate, alternative celebration of love, unity & commitment; forget all the rules; throw out others' expectations and simply say, 'I love you' or 'I still love you' and affirm your mutual respect, promises and commitment to each other, where you want, how you want.
💕Ensuring my couples fully embrace their unique, extraordinary self and create a no rules, no expectations ceremony that truly reflects their authentic selves. Your love story is unique – we'll celebrate THAT.
💕Your story, your ceremony, your celebration. It's yours. Let's create something as special as you are.
💕bespoke rituals, fresh ideas
💕relaxed, informal and fun - yet professional, poignant and perfect
💕fun planning style, including date night questionnaires and creating personalised rituals and symbolic activities
💕totally flexible approach to ensure whatever your personality and needs are, the ceremony is created with you at the heart
💕 additional help with creating and writing authentic vows and promises, choosing readings and poems, finding ways to include members of your congregation
💕no stress, no strings, no pressure
SPECIALISING IN HELPING THOSE WHO HATE THE LONG PLANNING, WANT SOMETHING RELAXED, FUN AND POIGNANT... AND WANT TO JUST GET ON WITH IT.
- Woman-owned
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Love and laughter on a pirate ship!
Beautiful soul, Berni
Nurturing, calm, fun and engaging celebrant.
I wouldn't have wanted our blessing any other way, bar the bad weather foiling our plan for an outside ceremony, but it was March so not unexpected.
Thank you, Berni. We wish we could do it all again.
Berni is just wonderful!
Great alternative celebrant!
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Meet the team
Hi, I'm Berni
I love a small intimate wedding or vow renewal; a quirky, alternative location and couples, or even throuples, who are fun, relaxed and are all about celebrating and sharing their love and happiness rather than stressing on whether the napkins are the exact same shade of pink as the chair covers!!!
I'm the celebrant who couples choose if they are relaxed, don't want to spend years planning in finite detail and don't take life too seriously. I'm there for the laughter and tears (hopefully of happiness);. I'm there with some quick thinking if the dog you have as a ring bearer legs it down the aisle in the wrong direction! I'm there with a fan and a glass of water or something stronger if you need a moment to collect yourself.
I'm there to help you find ways around, being the centre of attention when you'd rather not be. I'm there to help you write or create special vows and ways to deliver them; and I'm there to help you say we do or we still do in any way that works for you. I'm up for anything (other than jumping out of a plane) for you!
I'll be there to keep things calm, light, and focused on the whole point - THE LOVE.
I love to gather and share stories. So I can't wait to hear about your cute-meet, your first date, first big row, the moment you 'just knew', who and how you proposed, what your besties thought of your partner etc etc
I love to listen and I love to create personalised poignant alternative rituals and expressions of love, unity and committment.
I'm about chucking out the rule book and doing what works for you In essence, I'm about the love, in all its forms.
I run a small guesthouse in the middle of Wales which has a lovely garden (I love gardening!), which is available for micro celebrations and microcelebration packages. I'm also a stained glass artist and have a home studio. Couples have the added opportunity to book a short stay with me to plan in person and even book a glass workshop and make something beautiful together
Love & Life Celebrations
"capturing magical moments"
Vow Renewals, Handfasting, Elopements, Micro Weddings, Commitment Ceremonies, Civil Partnerships, Throuple Ceremonies, Personalised Packages
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