Alice Inoue Life Guidance

We had a simple non-denominational wedding ceremony along the coast and Rev Alice guided us throughout the ceremony with ease. It took about 30 min total and she was super excellent to work with. Communication via email and phone was great. Rev Alice is so friendly and super nice!

Our wedding was extra special because Rev. Alice married us. Our somewhat complicated, inter-national, inter-cultural, inter-faith wedding went so smoothly because she gave us lots of suggestions and kind advice through phone meetings and e-mails. Because of her guidance, we were able to have an amazing, memorable wedding ceremony not only for us but for all of our guests. We cannot thank her enough! I truly truly recommend her to everyone who is going to marry in Hawaii!

Rev. Alice performed our beach ceremony a year ago on the white sands of Kailua beach. We were barefoot in the sand, the sun was shining brightly, the cool breeze carrying the delicate fragrance of our pikake leis to our small, intimate party. Rev. Alice is the type of person who obviously cares about each ceremony she performs, she meets with you beforehand to make sure that she gets to know you and what you want out of your wedding experience. For our wedding, Rev. Alice showed up at the beach and seemed to know everything without us having to say anything or planning anything - down to what color to wear that would perfectly match our leis, where we would be, where we should situate ourselves for the best photos. She was very flexible since we are the type of couple that goes with the flow with no planning whatsoever. She went along with any last minute changes, with a contagious and uplifting attitude. Rev. Alice's warm, calming presence put everyone at ease on our special day and as we gathered with her to begin our ceremony, we were overwhelmed with the feeling that everything is absolutely perfect. Sometimes people who perform weddings can become so accustomed to it that it becomes just another job for them, but with Rev. Alice, it was more like a personal experience for her, that she truly enjoyed being there to share this special moment with us. We are very grateful and blessed to have had this experience with her and highly recommend her for your special day.

I highly recommend Alice for anyone that needs an officiant for their wedding. We had a bilingual wedding since my wife is Japanese and no one in her family can speak English. Alice was very fluent in her Japanese. Everyone had a great time at the wedding and everything went very smoothly.

Rev. Alice was absolutely perfect. When my husband and I were planning our wedding we wanted a minister that was untraditional, as we are spiritual but don't practice any specific religion. Our ceremony was heartfelt and she found the perfect words to define our lifetime commitment to one another. She was great!

Alice is amazing. I first met Alice when she performed my Uncle's wedding. And it was extremly important to my husband and I to have someone who would make it specifically catered to our beliefs. We are both non-demoninational and she took great care in explaining the process and was very quick in getting our marriage certificate signed!

It has almost been a year since we have been married. We had a destination wedding in Hawaii but we are from CA. I was worried about finding someone amazing to marry us and we definitely were referred to the right person. Our friends were married by Rev.Alice also and highly recommended her. I looked up information about her and with no reservation booked her even before my wedding coordinator from the resort did. From the administrative details , phone interview and rehearsal, Alice was always so calming and pleasant to be around. She was understanding, had great ideas and was patient. She made us feel so comfortable the day of the wedding during the ceremony. We had a beautiful ceremony because of her. Our guests had nothing but amazing things to say about her. Everyone said she made the ceremony feel very intimate and special. She had told us do not forget the marriage license for the signing afterwards and my husband forgot it. We were so panicked because we had locked it in the safe and had to ask one of our guests to go get it for us. She was so patient and understanding that we were frazzled that day. We always think about her and how she made our day so special and memorable. Thank you so much Rev.Alice. If you are getting married on Oahu, book her, you won't regret it. Best wishes!

alice is an amazing wedding officiant! her personality is very easy going, friendly, and relaxed (but very professional too). after we saw her present at the wedding cafe wedding workshops we knew we just had to have her as our wedding officiant. during the consultation she guides you step-by-step through the ceremony and explains how everything will work on the day of the wedding. she's very attentive to the details and what will help make your wedding special and meaningful. she has a lot of great input, but doesn't push her opinions on you. she helps keep everything light & easy going during the ceremony and very patiently goes through the program and guides us through each phase. she also reminded us to take a moment to soak in the experience, don't stress, and realize that this is the big day! she is truly amazing!

From the moment we came across Rev. Alice's website we knew she was the one that we wanted to do our wedding ceremony, her vibrant fun spirit instantly captured us. My husband describes the first moment he saw her in person walking across the street to meet him, he says he knew it was her because her sweet spirit and radiance glowed! She is the kind of person that you are filled with joy being in her presence. she sweetly walked us through each and every step so that everything flowed perfectly. Rev. Alice helped to make my wedding day the fairy tale wedding of my dreams! I can't thank her enough and I would definatly recomend her to anyone wishing to get married on the Isalands.

Reverend Alice Inoue is wonderful! Our wedding ceremony was perfect. We knew she was the one that we wanted to have marry us from the moment we reviewed her website. All the information you need to know is there, all of your questions are answered and we felt comfortable that Reverend Alice would be perfect. We liked that we were able to choose our own wedding vows from her suggestions. We did not want the traditional vows. We wanted the vows that we could relate to and sounded more like who we are without having to try and write our own. We chose the modified wedding vows. Our meeting with Alice to discuss what we were looking for and to see if her services was a good fit for us went exceptionally well. Alice explained everything to us and answered all of our questions. She made such a wonderful suggestion of incorporating a lei ceremony to honor our parents in the ceremony. We just knew that she was the right person for us. She really is that good at what she does. Alice guided us the whole time during the ceremony and as I mentioned, our ceremony was perfect. We cannot thank her enough for making our special day even more special than having her marry us.

I can't describe in words how amazing Alice is! There were so many different emotions that had to go into the wedding and we feel that no one would have been able to do what she did for us. Alice is very professional and she definitely does all that you ask of her. She will help you plan your ceremony and she will listen to what you want and make everything run so smoothly. She has such a warm personality that it's so easy to open up to her from the moment you meet her. Alice was able to guide us in having not only our ceremony but a special butterfly release for my nephew that passed away that was so touching, not only to our friends and family but it even made our other vendors misty-eyed as well. I recommend Alice with 100% confidence that you will not only be satisfied but happy as well. Words cannot express how thankful we are to her and how happy we are with the job that she did :)

We couldn't have been happier with Alice. Guests at our wedding remarked that Alice did their service as well and they remember her cheerfulness. She was very easy to work with and her guidance about our future together will be with us forever. Alice used both English and also spoke in some Japanese to help the out of town guests from Japan and her words at the wedding were very touching and made my wife cry (happiness). Alice's personality made us both feel so comfortable and we would recommend her to anyone.

Rev. Alice is grrreat... She guided us through everything before and during the ceremony. Her presence is very positive and calming during the ceremony even though you are a nervous wreck. Her advice and guidance is precious and invaluable. Definitely use her for your wedding day if you are spiritual but not religious or if you are religious and want it to be spiritual.

The experience with Rev. Alice has been nothing but great. I was initially concerned that we did not meet with her in person prior to our rehearsal day. I was late for the rehearsal due to the unexpected traffic, and Rev. Alice not only helped my husband to calm down but also offered to stay longer so that I wouldn't miss the whole rehearsal. Rev. Alice provides brides and grooms several options of vows during preparation process. I believe this process makes her unique and successful as a Reverend. For us, this process helped to clarify what are our commitments to each other and reassured us what our wedding stands for. Rev. Alice's ceremony consists of three vows. The first one is a conventional vow where she asks a bride and a groom if they would take each other for husband and wife. The second vow is personalized vow where the bride and the groom can select the vow best describes the commitments to each other. The third vow is a ring vow and tells what our wedding rings represent. The wedding day goes by so fast, so taking time to go through the vows and announcing the witnesses what our commitments are to each other made our ceremony truly meaningful. I go over our vows time to time to remind myself what I promised to my husband and our beloved ones on that special day. We would like to thank Rev. Alice for not only making our wedding day such a meaningful one, but also giving us the lasting reminder of what our marriage stands for.

as a wedding industry professional, we had the pleasure of working with rev. alice during one of the weddings we photographed. that heartfelt intimate ceremony, officiated by rev. alice, is what inspired our own wedding vow renewal a couple years later. this past march, we had the pleasure of renewing our vows in the presence of 40 of our closest family & friends. i cannot express our gratitude to rev. alice for officiating such a beautiful wedding ceremony at ko'olina "secret beach." my eyes well up whenever i think of the vows we shared and fortunately, we have video, to be able to relive the ceremony for years to come. rev. alice was such a joy to work with. planning a destination wedding, although intimate and small as ours, is no easy feat. she always was quick to answer any questions and made us feel 110% comfortable. we had no worries in the hands of rev. alice and knew that our ceremony would be just as we imagined. we were wrong, as it ended up being even more beautiful and memorable than we could have dreamed of and we owe this to our awesome vendors, including rev. alice. a million mahalo's to you and your staff, rev. alice. we're already talking about a 10-year vow renewal ceremony that we want you to officiate! =)

Several years ago, I attended a wedding that Alice officiated over. I have to admit, I don't remember much. I remember her being there. I remember I couldn't hear everything that was said, but I was at the back of the room--it was a ballroom at the Hyatt. But I do remember everything went smoothly and the bride agreed that she was good to work with. Fast-forward to 2010. I saw Alice speak at a Wednesday Night Workshop infamously hosted by The Wedding Cafe. There was something very personal and comforting about her and they way she said she runs her ceremonies. After going to several (4 or 5) bridal expos and doing lots of research on officiants, I was frustrated. While most of them have relatively good reviews, they all seem to also have one or two stray bad reviews. "He showed up late." "He was less than personable." "He yelled at my wedding party." For my wedding, even one bad review of 100 was not sitting well with me. So I looked up Alice. I didn't originally look her up, because my friend told me she thought she paid Alice $1000 to do her wedding. That was a bit above my budget. But I was pleasantly surprised to find out the ceremony was just $200 and that she would meet with us beforehand. You gather just from browsing her website that she is extremely busy. Extremely. She has several different projects and many, many service offerings to choose from. She won't even confirm a wedding date until four months prior, but you can still hold a date and cross your fingers. Nearly a year before mine, I reserved her. And then just hoped. Lucky for me, we got confirmed a few days before the 4 month mark. Marie-Jose confirmed everything with me over email and we set a date to meet Alice before the wedding. When we met her, we knew she was perfect for us. My husband, who didn't care so much for the details of planning, loved her instantly. We're fun, happy go lucky people. Alice is too. She made us feel so comfortable, it was like we were old friends. I get the feeling she tailors the mood around your personality. When our wedding day came, Alice was there on time as far as I know and perfectly professional. Our ceremony was perfectly done and she talked everyone discreetly through what they needed to do without anyone ever really knowing. I only know this because my photographer caught a shot of Alice whispering to the Best Man during the ceremony, giving him instructions, while my groom and I were doing something else that had our guests's attention. For a cute little person, she projects her voice well. We loved having her with us on our special day. Everything ran smoothly with Alice and if we had to do it all over again, we would use her a hundred times over. My husband and I are both so glad we were able to meet and work with Alice.

Finding an officiant was one of the first things that I had to do after I had booked the ceremony location. I had heard about Alice Inoue from a workshop I'd attended through the Wedding Cafe. I decided to make an appointment so my husband and I could meet with her. Soon, the time came for us to meet with Alice, and from the time we stepped into her office, I knew that she was the one I wanted to marry my husband and I. She had a warm, easy-going personality. She went through her ceremony step-by-step, which made me feel at ease about what to expect. I decided to ask Alice to come to the rehearsal the day before the wedding so our families and bridal party would know what to expect during the ceremony. She really helped organize everyone and we were able to practice what we'd be doing for the real ceremony. On the day of the wedding, Alice performed an awesome ceremony for us. She had a lot of heartfelt pieces in her sermon. We even had a special lei ceremony dedicated to our parents. I could tell that my parents (and his as well) were very touched by the gesture. I'd definitely recommend Alice to anyone who's going to married. She's a great officiant and person!

Rev. Alice Inoue made my destination wedding perfect! Rev. Alice and her staff made it easy, from the checklist that got you thinking about exactly what you wanted and also to the option of adding in special touches. We opted to have a couple special touches which Rev. Alice made seamless in the ceremony and made everything flow. I communicated with Rev. alice and her staff via email and also had a conversation with Rev. Alice to discuss the ceremony prior to flying out there. She made me feel confident and secure about my choice of having her as my Officiant. She was present as the rehersal to go over everything and make sure we all knew what to expect. The day of my wedding my cinematographer even commented about how awesome she is and that he has done several weddings with her as an officant. The ceremony was amazing thanks to Rev. Alice and I HIGHLY recommend her to anyone planning their wedding!

We had seen Rev. Inoue at a relative's wedding and had kept her in mind as we had planned our wedding. Because we had thought about who we would get to marry us later in the planning process, we thought that she would be booked already. Luckily for us, she wasn't. When we first met with Rev. Inoue, she was so friendly and was very interested in helping us have the wedding ceremony that we wanted. She took the time to explain different aspects of the ceremony to ensure that everything that we wanted to include was included. For the ceremony, we were so thrilled that she included things that we had discusssed within our ceremony, and added a few personal touches that made our ceremony unique. All of our guests thought that our ceremony was wonderful and that Rev. Inoue did an excellent job representing my husband and I throughout the ceremony. We even had someone message us to ask who we had conduct our ceremony a week after our wedding. I would highly recommend Rev. Inoue to anyone planning a wedding in Hawaii.

I just returned to the Mainland from my destination wedding in Hawaii. Our ceremony was perfect - - exactly what we we had hoped for. Alice and her staff corresponded with me prior to the big day via email and everything was extrememly well-organized. They made the whole process simple and put me and my fiance at ease. We had a face-to-face meeting once we arrived on Oahu and that made it even better. We had some unique elements to incorporate into the ceremony and Alice handled it beautifully, not to mention, directed us step-by-step in advance and during the ceremony. No reason for (more) nerves! And afterward, I kept hearing comments and compliments from the wedding guests about how nice the ceremony was. I cannot recommend Alice Inoue highly enough!

I never realized how stressful planning a wedding could be until I started to plan for mine. There were so many small parts that just overwhelmed me, especially with the intricacies of the actual ceremony. However, once I spoke with Alice, she not only reassured me, but made it all seem easy. She and her assistant took care of so much that my special day was exactly that. Her beautiful words and caring made my wedding the best ever. It just would not have been the same without her and I will recommend her to anyone who wants a truly caring and sweet person to officiate their wedding. Alice...you are the best!