5 out of 5 stars and 58 reviews
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(58)I typically work in virgina, Dc. maryland, north carolina
About this vendor
Chris Karol Marriage Officiant presides in weddings All states. Business is out of Chesterfield Va. Owner Chris is dedicated to creating custom ceremonies that reflect his clients’ unique and unforgettable love stories. He works hand-in-hand with every couple to take care of all the details and ensure they experience the wedding of their wildest dreams.
Chris Karol Marriage Officiant was started in 2019 and has officiated over 700 weddings throughout Virginia, North Carolina, West Virginia VA, and many other states.Each ceremony has been different and Chris has loved all of them. The best part of his job is getting to know couples and being welcomed into their families, even if for just a day. He looks forward to building that close connection with all his clients.
Chris Karol Marriage Officiant offers a variety of services for your momentous occasion.
Award winning officiant who was featured in 2023 Roanoke VA Bride book, Best of Weddings Award winning officiant in 2022, 2023 and 2024 on the knot and Wire!! I officiated the wedding of Ashley and Tyler on netflix love is blind season 7 episode 12.
Have also participated in several themed weddings; like Star wars theme, steampunk, victorian, onsie weddings
and many other. Willing to do whatever to make your dream ceremony a reality.
Details
Ceremony Types
- Civil Union
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
Religious Affiliations
- Buddhist
- Christian
- Catholic
- Mormon
- Protestant
- Hindu
Wedding Activities
- After The Wedding
- Premarital Counseling
- Wedding
- Ceremony
Awards and Affiliations
3-Time 'Best of Weddings'
2024.2023.2022.
Best of Weddings
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He officiated our wedding in 2023. Apologies on being late with the review. He was amazing and he’s worth booking.
Chris was great to work with. He was a great combination of friendly and professional. He provided us with lots of scripts to choose from for our ceremony and made the entire proce...
ss easy for us.
Very professional and very kind, he even dressed in theme for our Star Wars wedding. It was truly a blessing to have him.
Chris was a fantastic officiant! He talked to us, gave us sample scripts and ideas, and ran everything perfectly at the wedding! He also went above and beyond with helping make som...
e of the reception stuff happen properly afterwards, using all the knowledge he had. Would absolutely recommend!
Chris recently officiated our October 26, 2024 wedding and we can't recommend him enough to future couples! His communication was fantastic from the moment we booked with him. He w...
as so supportive and encouraging on our wedding day - he genuinely cares for all of his couples! He was willing to read a script that we pieced to together and adjust it to fit his personality and make it fun for everyone. 100% use Chris if you are searching for an officiant! :)
Chris is wonderful. We wanted a lighthearted ceremony. He provided.
Chris Karol took the time to get to know us, and delivered a stellar officiation. He took our inputs and created speech that was lighthearted and profound. Thank you Chris for mak...
ing our ceremony memorable!
Chris was great ! He help us with finding a great location and with writing of the ceremony. Chris was on time and was helpful in taking of pictures and video of our wedding. Thank...
you very much!!
Chris did a wonderful job! He hand wrote our ceremony and made it feel very intimate. I would highly recommend him for other couples. He is good at what he does!
Chris was wonderful and really made our day special. We booked him about 3 weeks before the wedding and he was still able to plan a beautiful ceremony in such a little time. We ...
received so many compliments on him. We highly recommend him!
Well deserved a 5-star rating. Chris was our officiant on our special day and he did an excellent job! Not only he was on time but actually, he came a little early to get to know u...
s and get to know the venue. When he read our vows he made some funny and appropriate jokes which kept all of us smiling. It is easy to work with him.
Chris is a lovely gentleman and fun to work with. Highly recommended.
Chris Karol truly made our event the best possible experience for everyone. He expressed his genuine care to meet several times to help plan our ceremony catered to our wishes, ev...
en us scripting the ceremony and our vows. Location wasn't an issue, he drove a few hours to our venue on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Chris ensured we had the best ceremony possible. From the beginning when we found Chris on thumbtack, he was responsive, and even gave us ideas for our ceremony script. The best pa...
rt was hearing the surprise quote he prepared for us and we loved how he kept the audience laughing. Chris listened to and assisted with all of our requests and even worked with our vendors to ensure our ceremony was seamless. I was able to surprise my wife with horses & a carriage after our ceremony and Chris worked with the vendor and coordinators to ensure the carriage was at the end of the aisle right on time. We have absolutely no complaints about the services provided and would definitely recommend Chris to anyone we know getting married in the future.
Chris was an incredible officiant! We loved him. He was thoughtful and funny and very concerned with making sure we were happy.
Chris did a great job! He was very accommodating of change of plans!
Alvin .C …. Chris was great … very helpful and professional my situation was kinda last minute and he found time to squeeze us in … what he prepared for us was very nice and specia...
l and would definitely recommend him ……
Chris was truly beyond everything we could’ve asked for and more. The wedding was short notice (like a week advance) but that didn’t matter to Chris. He was willing and ready to he...
lp from the beginning. Have beautiful recommendations for venues and prepared everything with the marriage certificate the very same day. He showed up early and had pre written vows ready to go. And fun special unique quote. The day truly would not have been as special as it was if it wasn’t for Chris. Could not thank him enough for all he did for my wife and I. 10/10 would recommend him to anyone who asked.
Chris was such a great, nice, and communicative officiant! Along with marrying my husband and I, he helped us find the perfect venue for our wedding. He helped us turn something sm...
all into something bigger and better than we ever imagined!
My husband and I were extremely pleased with the Wedding Ceremony that Chris performed for us. He was professional and kind and wrote our vows for us using a little twist of his o...
wn. He was very accommodating and flexible, prompt and friendly and even took some personal photos of us. We would Strongly Recommend Chris Karol for your nuptials, you will be very pleased with his services. Great Job Chris!
Chris was wonderful to work with! He was quick to respond to questions and truly listened to our ideas. He was flexible with last minute changes we wanted to make and made our wedd...
ing truly special!
Chris did such a great job with everything and would highly recommend him!
Chris was on time and ready. Even helped us with sitting up the venue. He helped us with are big day and am sure he’ll help you all as well.
Chris did an awesome job! On time, price was right, and was flexible with the dates! 10/10 would recommend.
Chris was very responsive and flexible. He did a great job accomondating the needs of the Wedding Couple and the Party.
He did a great job officiating. I highly recommend Chris.
Absolutely the BEST. Chris not only did an amazing job during the service, but he was also super flexible when a tropical storm was slated to hit our outdoor wedding. Chris also ha...
d a plan for the quirky/weird requests we had for the ceremony. Ask about the shotski!! Chis made our wedding day just that much more special. 5 stars, highly recommended.
Me and my now husband went a very untraditional way because well... He's incarcerated... The original officiant cancelled last minute and I scrambled to find someone who could step...
in. I found the PERFECT guy! Mr Karol made me feel as if my situation wasn't a situation at all! He sent me vow ideas , communication was very strong , he kept in contact daily till our big day! He was there before I was, had all paperwork ready for me , he was friendly , chatty, professional and made you feel like you've known him forever! The ceremony went smoothly, he cracked appropriate jokes, we laughed and had a great time! He made us both comfortable and made our not so happy situation into a beautiful day! I highly recommend Mr. Karol !
Chris has been such a pleasure to work with! Very nice, professional, and a great asset to your future wedding! Highly recommend!
My husband and I got married on 10/1/2022. We found Chris Karol online and from the first conversation knew he was the perfect fit. He made the perfect script for our ceremony and ...
had all of our family and friends laughing. We had a small ceremony, but it just felt so much more intimate with the way Chris wrote the ceremony. I could never wish to have a better officiant.
He was a great officiant! Very kind, and easy to work with.
Chris was so easy to work with! My husband and I chose to elope by ourselves with no guests. He still treated our ceremony in a way that made us feel thought of and put the same am...
ount of care in his role as he would a large wedding with an audience. We laughed and cried and were so happy with the end results. Chris really paid attention to every detail. He was great to communicate with and extremely punctual. I didn't know at the time when we hired him what a big impact he would make. Thank you, Chris!
Chris did a fabulous job, kept us in the loop, had tons of options to choose from, even told OUR story to make it personal and extra special. Kept it, light, fun, and couldn't have...
asked for a better guy to share our big day.
Chris is an absolutely amazing person. We couldn’t have asked for a better ceremony. He was there for us throughout the process of our wedding planning. We are so thankful to have ...
him as apart of our special day.
Chris made our small elopement special with a personalized script. He is also quick and responsive. I would recommend Chris for elopements or big ceremonies.
Chris was a great help in arranging our beach elopement! He communicated very well and the ceremony he wrote for us was beautiful!
I reached out to Chris in a last minute crisis and he quickly replied to all messages/questions and he arranged to meet us the very next day to help us get our marriage certificate...
signed and mailed off! He is personable, funny, and will leave you with no question/concern unanswered. We are so thankful for Chris and he is your BEST option for an officiant, seriously, what are you waiting for???
I can’t say enough wonderful things about Chris! Not only was he responsive, but he was also friendly, funny, and fit right in with family! He made the day all about my husband and...
I, and was with us through every step of the planning process! I would highly recommend Chris to anyone getting married or renewing vows! Thank you again Chris for making our big day exactly what we had dreamed of!
Nice outstanding person! Couldn’t imagine having anyone else perform our marriage! Made the process smooth from start to finish! You will not be disappointed hiring Mr. Karol to he...
lp!
Very punctual and professional. A really nice individual who really had a wonderful ceremony planned for us. Highly recommend Chris for your venue.
Chris is amazing! My husband and I had to change the date of our wedding last minute and he was very accommodating. He’s personable and reliable and we’re extremely happy we chose ...
him to be our officiant! The script and vows were beautiful and I couldn’t be more pleased with how everything turned out! I HIGHLY recommend him!!
Amazing!! Married us on a mountain top after a four mile uphill hike! Absolutely wonderful and kind! Thank you!!! Came on such short notice and went above and beyond.
Chris was amazing! He was early, supportive, fun and energetic! He helped make our day special and easy. Chris's words were kind, helped break tension with a few laughs and made it...
unique to who we are. I could not be me more blessed or grateful to him for all he did for us. Thank you Chris!
Mr. Karol was fantastic. He was polite, prompt, respectful of the family, wedding party and guests. Highly recommended!
Chris really helped us make the best out of a rainy wedding day! He was on time, very kind and made everything run as smoothly as possible being the circumstances. Would definitely...
recommend!
Chris was very responsive and helpful throughout the entire process. He was willing to rework the ceremony script to better suit what we wanted and went beyond to provide us with a...
keepsake certificate. He is very thoughtful and kind, we were so happy we picked him for our special day :)
Chris did what my wife and I wanted. He kept the lines of communication open. He was great to work with and I strongly recommend anyone to use his services.
Chris Karol did an amazing job. Our ceremony was exactly what we wanted. He is so passionate about weddings and makes your day personal and magical.
My husband and I had just moved to Virginia and had no idea where to even start on finding a place to get married let alone someone to do it! Even though everything was super last ...
minute (I’m talking WEEKS) Chris was on top of it! I reached out and not only did he work around our swiftly upcoming date to accommodate us, but he came up with a bunch of clever areas to get married that wouldn’t cost an arm and a leg and was so kind, patient and professional during the entire process! Whatever we needed, Chris was there! 11/10 would recommend his services to anyone looking to get married in the RVA/DC area! Not enough kind words to speak about Chris!
Chris Karol was very professional and efficient in providing a wedding ceremony catered to our specific needs. I would highly recommend his services.
As a guest at one of the weddings that Chris officiated I can say that I was absolutely blown away by the effort and attention to detail that was put into the ceremony. Chris reall...
y took the time to get to know the couple and personalize the ceremony to make the moment perfectly tailored to them. He even went so far as to help pick out a venue that was exactly what the couple had been looking for. It is obvious from his fun personality and sociable nature that for Chris this is not just a job but the chance to really help make a specialized and unique moment for each couple that will stay with them for ever.
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11612 st audries dr, Chesterfield, VA | I typically work in virgina, Dc. maryland, north carolina
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