About this vendor
I love performing wedding, commitment and vow renewal ceremonies. Seeing your face as I pronounce you husband and wife, a married couple or STILL married is so joyous for me.
I am a non-denominational ordained minister and I have performed 230 ceremonies to date. I connect with my couples to make sure everyone is comfortable. From there I write a personalized ceremony that reflects the couple's values and lifestyle. It is such a happy time, not just for the couple but for me as well. I urge you to speak with the officiants you are considering to make sure your officiant is the right fit for you. Please call me anytime to chat about your ceremony. You may want to meet me and you may not. This is YOUR ceremony . Be comfortable with your choices and don't be afraid to ask any questions. I have reviews on Wedding Wire, Thumbtack and here on the Knot. All but 2 of my reviews are ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ because I love what I do.
I am available most days to talk with you about your vision for your ceremony. My fee runs from $375 to $450 depending on your location. I hope you love this joyous time of planning your wedding.
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Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Ceremony Types
- Civil Union
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
Religious Affiliations
- Christian
- Spiritual
Wedding Activities
- Wedding
- Ceremony
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4.8
out of 5.016 reviews
Joanne was very friendly and helpful in conversation, but unfortunately the execution of the actual wedding ceremony and license submittal fell very flat.
In the middle of our cer...
emony, her iPad randomly rebooted and she did not have a backup hard copy of the ceremony flow, so we had to awkwardly wait for it to come back up before we could continue. A simple hard copy backup or having the ceremony readily available on her phone would have made this a non-issue and taken almost no extra effort.
Additionally, Joanne showed up sick even though when planning with her we specifically made sure she had a backup in case of anything like that. Because of her cold, she paused and coughed a lot throughout the ceremony (which is TOTALLY OK AND UNDERSTANDABLE), but she unprofessionally made light of it every time by giggling at it or trying to laugh it off kindly -- unfortunately in a serious ceremony, this completely reset the mood/tone for us every time due to the giggle/nervous laugh. We were thankful we opted to do vows privately afterward to at least get that serious moment to ourselves and get fully into the emotion.
To top it all off, on our wedding license which she submits as part of her services, Joanne entered the wrong year for our wedding date and we found out a day after the wedding when she sent us a photo copy of it and caught it ourselves. Thankfully she did take the action to contact our county court clerk and sort it out, so it ended up not being a big deal but stressed us out a little at first.
Overall, Joanne was super nice up front and flexible, but execution overall lacked quality and professionalism and killed the ceremony for us and our guests. Of our entire wedding day, the ceremony was the one thing people giving honest feedback brought up negatively. It pains me to leave a bad review, but my new husband and I would have wanted to know if we were in your shoes as an engaged couple browsing for an officiant.
Joanne was such a delight to work with ! She made everything easy for us. Highly recommend. Kept in contact throughout whole process.
Joanne was very personable and such a lovely person to work with. She made the entire process easy and enjoyable and really listened to what we wanted for our wedding.
Joanne did a wonderful job of curating a ceremony for us. She helped us with the organization over the phone and she got to know us that way too. She provided a draft of the ceremo...
ny and it was perfect. She was very friendly and experienced. She also had a table with our vows on them which was very helpful and convenient.
Joanne is very sweet and I loved that she wanted to get to know us before the ceremony in order to make it more personal. After exchanging emails and a couple phone calls, I loved ...
how Joanne was able to come up with a customized wedding script that fit us beautifully. I did end up making a few adjustments but Joanne took it in stride and was adamant that the wedding day was my husband’s and my day, no one elses. She is very thoughtful (she even picked out a gift based on our hobbies! Thank you Joanne!) and has a warm voice that I enjoyed during our ceremony. My only complaint is that Joanne seemed to have forgotten that we were supposed to exchange our own vows during the ceremony, but it all worked out in the end and we ended up being pronounced husband and wife twice! Two for the price of one! Thank you Joanne for officiating for us, even though you weren’t feeling well, we sincerely appreciate it!
After having a close friend of ours inform us that he couldn’t perform our ceremony, we panicked. But then we found Joanne, and we are so lucky that we did! She is so wonderful! Sh...
e took the time to get to know us and our story. And really personalized our ceremony around our relationship and commitment to each other. I wish I could give her more than five stars, she is truly the best!
Joanne was such a wonderful person! She was the best officiant! She was really funny and she even got us a present which we did not expect! I wish I could give her more stars!!!!
Joanne Zito did a great job as the Officiant for our wedding. Although we were from out of town, Joanne made the communication process very easy and contacted me immediately as we ...
were searching for vendors a year ahead of our wedding.
Joanne also made our lives easy by sending us a very easy-to-follow questionnaire that enabled us to assist with creating the ceremony along with our vows. Joanne was also very kind to assist with our rehearsal the day before the wedding.
Joanne has a great personality. She is very fun and made us feel very comfortable throughout the planning process and on the day of our wedding. She also did a great job capturing our love and commitment with her comments during the ceremony. Joanne also took care of returning our marriage license, so that we had one less detail to worry about as we left for our Honeymoon.
If you want the BEST, ask Joanne Zito to be your Wedding Officiant. Joanne is an 11 on a scale of 1-10. We love you Joanne.
Michael and Ann Divello
Rosales
Very flexible and friendly and lowkey. She just had such a calming aura. She loves what she does and it shows. She played well with other vendors like the DJ and photographer. Joan...
ne is informative and versatile. She helped us select the right ceremony. She was well prepared and it felt like a family friend was marrying us. I wish her many more successful ceremonies in the future. I would book her as an officiant again as well as suggest to friends and family. She was endearing and professional.
Joanne Zito of Daytona Beach, Fl. was amazing. My partner and I was visiting Daytona Beach, Fl. and decided to marry while we were there. I made contact with so many marriage cerem...
ony providers and Joanne stuck out the most, "Hands Down". She was very pr
Joanne was amazing. She met with us, got to know us, wrote a beautiful ceremony for us based on that and made sure we were comfortable adding and deleting segments to make it a won...
derful reflection of what was important to us. She's genuine and professional. Wonderful and I highly recommend her!!
We truly have enjoyed working with Joanne! She was amazing and made our day extra special by creating the perfect ceremony for us. She was extremely responsive and positive and a d...
elight to work with. I highly recommend Joanne!
Joanne was so sweet and extremely accommodating to us. I highly recommend her as an officiant to everyone.
Minister Joanne brought a comfortable and loving attitude towards my partner and I. We are a same sex couple and we were a little nervous; Joanne placed everything at ease from the...
moment we greeted each other. When reading her biography from her site, we noticed the powerful message she portrayed : " I perform all types of weddings no matter what the race, color, religion or sexual preference of the couple ". Wow! We were impressed and after speaking and meeting with her, Joanne had already placed "unity" to us as a couple willing to marry. Having Joanne perform our sand ceremony on the beach at sunrise, was beautiful and magical. During the ceremony, Joanne shared our love for each other and the strong bond we have in our unique relationship. Every moment was precious and we would recommend her to anyone willing to make the commitment to the one you love, no matter what race, color, religion or sexual orientation. We want to thank Minister Joanne for her support and the gift she provided to unite us in marriage.
Joanne is fantastic!! She is extremely personable and caring about your special day. I spoke with a few other people before I talked to Joanne and I felt as if they were all busine...
ss. But as soon as we started talking I knew she was right person to officiate my wedding. She made everything comfortable and easy. We did a sunrise wedding on the beach and she was just as excited since this was her first one. Anything I spoke to her about, her response was “this is your day”. She is prompt with answering calls, texts and emails. I absolutely recommend Joanne!!
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Daytona Beach and surrounding area.
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