Wedding Celebrant.
Are you an international couple planning to get married in the Netherlands or abroad? Do you need a wedding celebrant / officiant who can comfortably communicate in English? You've come to the right place! During my studies at the International Hotelschool The Hague, I spent seven months in the UK, which significantly boosted my confidence in English.
I truly appreciate the opportunity to speak or write in English, as it helps me maintain my language skills. I'm also eager to learn phrases in other languages to welcome guests during the ceremony—how wonderful it is to greet everyone in their own language!
Below, you can find two testimonials from international couples who have shared their experience with me as their wedding officiant.
Zoe & Gijs: "It was quite challenging to find the right BABS for us, as it was a multilingual wedding we were searching for someone confident in English, who could confidently bring our ceremony and story to life - this was Eveline. The story of Eveline and her own partner meeting is mentioned on her website - a recommended read to get to know Eveline's style of story telling (it gave us a giggle!). We had a couple of meetings prior - Eveline patiently answered all our questions and concerns, and meanwhile got to work to ask us in return lots of questions to get to know who we were as a couple.
We had 3 questionnaires to complete - 1 each and 1 together. It's quite fun to answer the questions and anticipate what our partner may have included - details we would only find out during the ceremony.. Aside from writing the script for the ceremony, Eveline also helped to coordinate with the local gemeente - we were grateful for this as her experience helped to slightly smooth the process (which otherwise was overly complicated for us being the first time).
On the day Eveline arrived before the ceremony and aligned with all stakeholders. The ceremony written and shared by Eveline was an incredible journey through our relationship, with attention to detail to paint a picture of the moments mentioned. Eveline aligned with one of our friends, who gave a short speech in the middle. Eveline perfectly captured us; how we see each other and us as a couple. She had compiled details we wrote, we had said during our meetings, and a few from friends and a family. Our guests described the ceremony as magical and a fairytale - a high praise and compliment to Eveline's creation. We would absolutely recommend Eveline for a special and treasured wedding ceremony!"
Carolina & Marc: “Wow! Eveline is amazing. From the very first moment we spoke with her, there was an instant connection. She is spontaneous, enthusiastic, and listened very carefully to what we had in mind. Eveline takes plenty of time to gather information and turns it into a beautiful story. Very importantly, she checks again and again whether all the information is still correct, so there are no mistakes. Eveline created a wonderful speech, with a great balance between funny moments and more serious parts. She pays a lot of attention to the bridal couple and the guests. In our case, she even managed to greet people in Portuguese and Spanish. Eveline truly goes above and beyond to create a beautiful ceremony, and she succeeds 1000%. For us, she is the perfect wedding officiant!”
