Fancy a Quickie - Frequently Asked Questions
(FAQ FAQs)
So you’re thinking about skipping the big wedding and eloping instead? Excellent choice. Here’s everything you need to know about having a quickie with us, from where you can do it to who can watch and exactly how quick a quickie really is.
Innuendo inevitable.
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A short, sweet, low-fuss but still incredibly special way to get married.
Fancy a Quickie is Wendy (celebrant) + Kyra (photographer), two good friends and long-time wedding professionals who turn up, get you legally hitched and document the whole beautiful thing.
Think all the romance and significance of getting married, minus the 12-month spreadsheet, seating chart and $30k+ price tag.
You bring your person. We bring the legal bits, the photos and the warm & fuzzies.
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Oh yes. We might make a lot of jokes about quickies, but the marriage itself is VERY legit.
Wendy is an authorised marriage celebrant and takes care of the official marriage business, including a short and sweet registry-style ceremony.
You can also exchange rings and personal vows if you fancy.
At the end of it: MARRIED!
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Honestly? Pretty much anywhere.
We’ve always loved the idea of being a little mobile wedding team: we turn up somewhere meaningful/cute/weird/wonderful, get you hitched and make it look magic.
The beauty of keeping things small is that suddenly SO many places become possible.
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Of course! We are happy to guide you and always encourage you to think outside the traditional wedding box.
Think about places you already love: your local bar, favourite café, a beautiful park, your backyard, a hotel rooftop, a rented studio or somewhere significant to your relationship.
We've seen quickies happen in all sorts of places and we love helping couples dream up something that feels like them!
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Anywhere from zero to 20, depending on your package.
We LOVE tiny weddings. The smaller the guest list, the fewer logistics there are and the more freedom you have to do something completely your own way.
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You do need two legal witnesses.
Depending on your plans, these might be friends or family members you invite along. If you’re dreaming of something super-secret and don’t want to bring anyone, have a chat with us about your options.
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As a general rule, at least one month.
There are legal requirements involved in getting married in Australia, so this isn't quite an “DM us at breakfast, married by lunch” situation — despite how much we would enjoy that.
If you're thinking about doing it soon, get in touch and Wendy can talk you through the legal side.
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Absolutely! Intimate weddings are a beautiful setting for personal vows. Saying those words in front of two or six people instead of 150 can feel incredibly special.
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Your Fancy a Quickie package covers the two rather important ingredients of getting legally married + having beautiful photographs of it.
Anything beyond that is completely up to you.
Flowers? Cute.
Cake? Strongly encouraged.
Champagne? Obviously.
Fancy outfit? Love it.
No flowers, no cake, jeans and straight to the pub afterwards? Also excellent.
That's the beauty of a quickie. Take the bits of weddings you actually care about and leave the rest behind.
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Because a big wedding isn’t for everyone — and getting married doesn’t have to mean planning a big event.
You might be our kind of people if:
The idea of planning a huge wedding makes you tired.
You'd rather spend $30k on literally anything else.
You hate being the centre of attention.
You're camera shy.
You want your wedding to feel intimate and meaningful rather than a performance.
You care about beautiful photos but not about wedding traditions for tradition's sake.
You've been together forever, have three kids, and have suddenly thought, “Why don't we just get married?”
You want to be married more than you want to have a wedding.
A quickie lets you keep the bits that matter: the vows, the romance, the happy tears, the gorgeous photos and spending time with your favourite person, without all the extra stuff you never really wanted in the first place.
If you're reading this thinking YES. THIS.
Well...
You probably fancy a quickie.