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Frequently Asked Questions - Beach Breeze Weddings

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Frequently Asked Questions

How Do We Book You?

Timing of your Wedding

How Do We Book You?

Fill out my contact form, it's on the bottom of every page. 


 I will call you ASAP.  Then I will send a comprehensive email  with core information to help you discuss your event as a couple, and enable you to confidently move forward with hiring our services.


We will ultimately require a 50% non-refundable deposit to hold the date.  The amount required is based on the services that you confirm.


Everything regarding style and numbers of chairs remains flexible and changeable right up to a few days before your wedding.  


The details will fall into place systematically, the entire process will be outlined in writing, well in advance.


Our goal is to ensure that you know,  "we've got you covered" throughout the process.

What About Rain?

Timing of your Wedding

How Do We Book You?

We will help you to figure out a backup plan well in advance. 


I always suggest combining a beach or outdoor wedding with a venue reception. Your rain back-up plan can often be built into the mix by using your Sarasota Wedding reception space for the actual wedding ceremony, if it becomes necessary.


With enough advance notice I can often exchange some of my decor to better fit your newly acquired indoor needs. 


I try to do more for you in these cases, and afford as much flexibility as I possibly can. Timing and location changes are usually easy to accommodate since we deliver only one wedding per day.


For smaller weddings with the ability of all guests to shift the date on the fly, we've often accommodated our clients. Tomorrow might be a better day...If we are available.


Postponing a larger event by more than a day, is usually considered a cancellation with all monies forfeited.

Timing of your Wedding

Timing of your Wedding

Sarasota Beach Wedding Permits

Sarasota beaches are mostly thought of for Sunset Weddings.

 

Sunset is approximately  

~6pm in January

~7pm in March

~8pm in April

~830 pm in June-July

~730pm in September

 ~7pm in October

 ~530pm in November- December


Depending upon the size and location of your event... Wedding start time should be about 1.5 hours before sunset.


Morning Weddings are great for pictures,  but finish the event by 10:30am or you'll become uncomfortable in the sun. 


A 9:30am start or earlier is recommended. 

Sarasota Beach Wedding Permits

Can My Kids Be Involved in the Ceremony?

Sarasota Beach Wedding Permits


Beach permits are easily obtained and your respponsibility.


Most Sarasota Beach Weddings require a permit.  It's approximately $100 for 2 hours which covers the timing needs of most beach wedding ceremony events. Some areas have pavilions for rent as well.


Call the Sarasota County Parks and Recreation Department @ 941-861-9930 to easily obtain your beach wedding permit over the phone with a credit card.


If you are serving alcohol, an additional rider is usually necessary.


I'm happy to give permit information about other beaches...give a call!   I'll help get you settled.



Are you Ordained?

Can My Kids Be Involved in the Ceremony?

Can My Kids Be Involved in the Ceremony?

The biggest hoax are those that call themselves Ministers after purchasing their criteria online.


I am a Florida Notary, licensed and vetted in Florida to deliver weddings, doing so for over 10 years now. I am a trained actor, and have been a public speaker and a corporate event planner for my entire life.


Whatever you'd like within your wedding will easily be delivered without prejudice. I love all cultures and all people.


I can deliver Catholic, Christian Protestant, Baptist and Mormon Weddings, non-Demonenational Weddings, Jewish Weddings, Spanish/English and Gay Weddings, all with the same conviction, intensity and passion. 


I've also incorporated religious scripture, Hebrew, Spanish and even Czech and Chinese phrases within my Sarasota Weddings, with the same positive results.


Can My Kids Be Involved in the Ceremony?

Can My Kids Be Involved in the Ceremony?

Can My Kids Be Involved in the Ceremony?

Absolutely! 


Aside from taking traditional roles within the wedding party, the best thing I've found to accomplish the inclusion of young children is by incorporating them into your sand ceremony.  


I deliver words that inspire Brady Bunch Families (Your children and non-biological children) to share in the connection of this joyous experience.


Our Sand ceremony has meaning....It can solidify the combined outlook of your entire families shared life ahead.  


We've been told it was the favorite part of everyone's experience as it marked the formation of a new family in a special way.


Hire me and I'll give you a few more ideas!

What will you do for me? Who Are You?

Will you manage my guest list, write my invitation, and sort my gift bags?

Will you manage my guest list, write my invitation, and sort my gift bags?

Will you manage my guest list, write my invitation, and sort my gift bags?

In a word....No!


I'll offer printing resources if you need and websites that sell things, but for most of the small stuff and fine tuning like giveaway bags and invitations, and managing your guest list,  you'll need to take a hands on approach.


If you'd like one of my recommended day planners to stay by your side during your event day and more.... we are happy to recommend a few.  


It's just not something that we can do effectively, while also handling your decor and ceremony. 


We can take on the role of day planner or partial event planner for your event.....however the structure of your event would involve hiring and managing others to do what we usually do. Hiring several people to do what we offer will easily be at a significantly higher cost to you.   Our starting fee to manage an event is  $1500+.


In any case, if you'd like to explore what we can do beyond our outlined packages, call to discuss your needs.

I only want some of the things you offer? I don't want it all!

Will you manage my guest list, write my invitation, and sort my gift bags?

Will you manage my guest list, write my invitation, and sort my gift bags?



Sure!  Not every event requires all that we offer.  


We can deliver any and all of our services ala carte.  Most smaller scenarios with pricing are already outlined throughout my website.


From a 2 person wedding to anything you desire...I will have a positive, and cost effective answer to meet your needs. 


See My;

 "Low-Cost Beach Packages" page, 

and the 

 "Officiant Only Services" page 

which address many of the smaller wedding scenarios.


 I will call you to discuss your details after you fill out our contact form. 


Our website and cover letters will serve as an accurate quote.

When you are ready to move forward with a deposit to hold the date, the rest of our plan will be delivered.

Are You my Planner?

Will you manage my guest list, write my invitation, and sort my gift bags?

Why do you stand off to the side in most of your wedding videos?

I call myself a working organizer.  


For most of the weddings we deliver, our approach eliminates the need for a traditional planner.  


When we are present as a team, there's really nothing left for a planner or venue host to do. 


By your wedding date, we are all working on the same timeline that you helped to create. We have coordinated many details amongst ourselves and with our caterers, while always incorporating all of your specific requests.  Each of us picks up seamlessly where the other drops off.  We need little direction. 


Your decor, timeline, music and details are already well thought out and discussed amongst all of us, the responsibilities of your event space have been defined well before we enter the room. It's an easy routine, that we've delivered countless times.


We now get to simply deliver your stellar event, exactly as you had hoped!

Why do you stand off to the side in most of your wedding videos?

Why do you stand off to the side in most of your wedding videos?

Why do you stand off to the side in most of your wedding videos?

I call it my modern style delivery. 


In my opinion, a traditional wedding with the couple's back turned toward their guests, looses a level of intimacy within the wedding.  My style creates a better connection between the bride and groom and their guests.


My modern style delivery allows for eye contact, intimacy and hand holding for the couple, and a personal connection between the couple and their guests.  It also allows me to directly address and include your guests in the thoughts and words shared. It's a level of intimacy that is consistently commented on in my reviews.


It also allows the photographer to focus on unimpeded pictures of the bride and groom without my big head in the way. 


And finally it affords me the ability to smoothly and naturally transition throughout the wedding, actively fixing and changing sight-lines, and moving more naturally to deliver moments where your guests are spoken to directly, and where sand ceremonies, pictures, and personal vows would benefit from me being out of the way.


I am still happy to deliver a church style wedding if you desire. I will simply plant my feet. I actually would write the wedding ceremony a bit differently than I normally do.   It takes on a more formal and stoic approach.


When I send my questionnaire to help write your ceremony,  I will ask many questions to define your exact desires. 


Your wedding will always be delivered...exactly as you wish! 

Do You Do Gay Weddings?

Why do you stand off to the side in most of your wedding videos?

Reception Set-up; You'll do it all, right?

Absolutely!


Myself and my entire crew, deliver our services with the same respect inherently deserved by everyone. 


We try to be kind and good to everyone.  We try to always take the high road.  Everyone matters and everyone who hires us deserves our best!

Reception Set-up; You'll do it all, right?

Why do you stand off to the side in most of your wedding videos?

Reception Set-up; You'll do it all, right?

Our approach is to do whatever it takes to deliver your event smoothly in the chosen space.


 With Decor, lighting and reception drapery packages; The best scenario is to work in a venue that allows us to set up a day in advance.  I am happy to suggest the places that support our approach.


If we have the luxury of time...It's easiest and best to set the entire room a day in advance.


Without the luxury of time...additional costs occur when more people are needed to set up and break down under an imposed time schedule.


 Most catering venues will set up their own tables and chairs with basic linens for the reception on their own schedule and with their own crew. It usually occurs on the day of your event.


Table design in our opinion is the easiest part of a wedding.


I am happy to create and deliver the elements of your table design, from linens to centerpieces.  If I am involved in your table design, I can supply all that's needed to put your table-top...over the top. (We have all you'd ever need- don't spend money before we talk!!)


I often set up one table to allow the venue or catering team to mimic as they put the rest of the tables together.


Everything else we supply (drapery, lighting and centerpieces) is delivered in advance, ready for placement so the venue can simply set-up the rest of the room on their own time schedule if they desire to do so.

More....Frequently Asked Questions

I love what you do...let's change everything!

I love what you do...let's change everything!

I love what you do...let's change everything!

If you want to change everything at the onset, then you truly want a more customized event! 


Great!!!!  We can do that!!!


Whatever you desire, the answer is already,  "Yes!"


Simply share your dreams and your budget concerns, and we will happily build you a sparkling and new customized wheel. 


New wheels usually cost a lot more. 

So let's talk!



Payment Policy

I love what you do...let's change everything!

I love what you do...let's change everything!

A 50% of non-refundable deposit is required to hold your date to the exclusion of others.  


Your deposit amount is reflective of the core decor package you would like.  It can always be upgraded, and added to later.


Once hired in any capacity, further resources and advice will always be given freely. 


Make Personal Checks payable to "Allan Zuckerman.”  We also accept "Zelle" bank transfers. At most major banks you'll need only my email address


  Allan@BeachBreezeWeddings.com


Final balance will be due two weeks before the event if via personal check ...

Or 

 Balance can be paid in cash or through "Zele" at our final M-Th 1030am prep meeting just prior to your event.

Full details in writing and our Service Agreement is presented upon hire with opportunity to review.


Cancellations and date changes after hire will amount to forfeiting your deposit.

Contract and Our Service Agreement

I love what you do...let's change everything!

Contract and Our Service Agreement

Our website is actually a giant quote in itself.


After filling out our contact form we will send a few emails that clarify our offerings. 


A 50% deposit of core services will hold your date to the exclusion of others as we build and document the details of your event,


Most of our ceremony cost structure is already outlined on our websites, and should serve as a ready quote.


 If you'd like to move forward with an event that goes beyond our simplified online packages, we will happily discuss and send a basic quote for the services that you additionally desire. 



Your event can often become a work in progress in the early stages of planning and we know in advance to remain flexible. Details do change along the way!


Hire us for the core minimum package that you are certain about.  We can always add to it later.  The number of chairs and even the canopy style can be changed up to a few days before the event.  


We will review details as needed, and will have a final review a few days before the event to ensure that all desired changes are accounted for.  No worries!


To confirm simply send 50% of the core services that you desire. Although all deposits and payments are non-refundable, we always remain flexible enough to change details throughout the process.  


We try to keep it simple!


By wedding day (and well before your date)  we will assure that your event will be delivered exactly as desired.





Marriage License

Can I use rental chairs for the ceremony ? I'll save money.

Contract and Our Service Agreement

Marriage licenses can be obtained at any County Clerk's Office in Florida. 


Only you can do this! 


Once obtained you'll have 60 days to get married.

 

There is no waiting period for non-residents of Florida nor blood tests.

 

Florida residents have a choice of a three day waiting period or attending a four hour class that teaches you about divorce and money.  It usually costs as much as you save....(hint: skip the class)  


The Sarasota County Clerk of the Circuit Court accepts cash or personal checks. Some courthouses will take credit cards.

 

Identification with a photograph (i.e. driver's license or passport) and your Social Security # is required. You'll need only to acknowledge the date that any previous marriages have ended.

 

You'll both need to go to the Court House together. 


Once I marry you, I will stamp the document. Your Marriage License must then be returned back to the Court Clerk's Office from where it was obtained within 10 days, so the marriage can be recorded. 

Can I use rental chairs for the ceremony ? I'll save money.

Can I use rental chairs for the ceremony ? I'll save money.

Can I use rental chairs for the ceremony ? I'll save money.

The 30 chairs included  in our packages are USE or LOSE with the caveat that all padded white chairs used for your ceremony ...are ours.


We won't combine our chairs with any that we don't own.


Our chairs are clean and white, bright and new, delivered perfectly aligned with sand combed. Our chairs are not used for food service so they remain bright and clean and reflect our level of quality.


If you'd like a different style of chair other than our padded white garden style....Chiavari in any color, Ghost Chairs, Bamboo etc....Call to discuss. We have many other styles- available additionally.


Additional padded white chairs beyond what's included in our packages, are $5 on the beach 


If you or your venue supply any chairs for the ceremony, We will additionally charge $1 per chair since inevitably we will be required to reposition them after our canopy set up.


 When other people are involved with the ceremony set-up; It  interferes with our approach and timing, and also takes away our ability to ensure the quality standard that you originally hired us to deliver. We hope you understand.




What about a Rehearsal?

Can I use rental chairs for the ceremony ? I'll save money.

Can I use rental chairs for the ceremony ? I'll save money.

I will happily conduct rehearsals (for weddings that I am to officiate)  on a M-TH at 10:30 am. There is no additional charge for this.


We review details, discuss the movement in the space, clarify any concerns, and generally use the opportunity to catch up to any remaining corrections needed with an eye on discovering any remaining flaws in our plan. 


More often we collect any remaining balance due and stamp your marriage license document at this time.


 Sometimes the entire rehearsal process can just as easily be done over the phone. 


Most people actually conduct their own rehearsal sometime after our review meeting, when all guests involved have arrived. 


I will teach you all you need to know to accomplish your own rehearsal well before the event.


Rehearsals on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday, and rehearsals left to the night before your weekday or weekend wedding, are at additional cost. Call to discuss. 


Best always to have your rehearsal a few days in advance of the event or simply schedule a call to review.



Can my friend perform the ceremony??

Can my friend perform the ceremony??

Can my friend perform the ceremony??

Although we recommend you use our offered services fully by allowing Allan to perform the ceremony....


To honor a friend, we suggest the best results come when allowing them to deliver a reading within your ceremony.


However;


Yes, anyone you choose can lead the ceremony.


With our services they need only show up ready and willing to do so.


Your friend does not need to become ordained, become a clergy or have any certification.  


To become legally married, you'll need only to have your marriage license document properly notarized.


We will do that for you if needed!


We will simply legally marry you and stamp your documents in the background prior to the moment.


Please note; 


When you choose someone else to marry you, we won't teach them how to be an officiant. 


We will simply hand them a microphone and take a back seat as we watch your event unfold.  We'll provide the music and beautiful decor, but not our voice. 

The Clean White Chairs in the front row are Ours!

The Grey ones in the second row on this event were not ours!! This bride saved money!?

This was the result of the last bride we allowed to save $50 on chairs.

It was because of this event that we were compelled to draw a line in the sand (pun intended) ;


The 30 chairs included in our packages are USE or LOSE with the caveat that all padded white chairs used with our ceremony decor ...are ours.  We will not combine our included chairs with any that are supplied by others.


Our chairs are maintained as NEW and WHITE, as they are never used for food service.  


Additional chairs beyond the 30 included with our beach ceremony packages are just $5 each, and we will charge less if it's an easy load in on grass.


If you'd like a different style of chair other than our padded white garden style....Chiavari in any color, Ghost Chairs, Bamboo etc....Call to discuss. We have many other styles- available additionally and will happily match any written quote.



Dirty sun damaged rental chairs...Not our style!!!

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  • Event Lighting Options
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  • How to Maximize our Value
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