About this vendor
Sam Ties The Knot as mentioned in the NY TIMES as one of the "Top Wedding Officiants in NYC" is based in Queens, NY. Owner Samantha Freire happily services couples celebrating milestone moments throughout New York City, as well as the tri-state area.
Samantha is a passionate officiant and former wedding planner who delights in working with couples from all walks of life. She has experience overseeing an array of ceremony styles and strives to curate personalized experiences for each of her clients. Whether you're planning an intimate, alfresco elopement, an elaborate, traditional bash, or anything in between, Samantha would be happy to be your officiant.
Sam Ties The Knot can provide a variety of officiant services in English and Spanish, depending on each couple's preferences. With your unique love story in mind, Samantha will work with you to curate a heartfelt ceremony that celebrates your relationship. Throughout her career, this officiant has overseen religious, civil, and interfaith ceremonies. She has also assisted with elopements, second weddings, vow renewals, and marriage license signings. Rehearsals for any celebration type can be arranged for seamless experiences on special days.
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Business Attributes
- Black-owned Business
- Hispanic or Latinx-owned Business
- Woman-owned Business
Ceremony Types
- Civil Union
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
Planning
- Se Habla Español
Religious Affiliations
- Christian
- Catholic
Wedding Activities
- After The Wedding
- Wedding
- Ceremony
Awards and Affiliations
2025 'Best of Weddings'
Best of Weddings
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Samantha was amazing! She was and still remains more than a wedding officiant. She wrote the most amazing vows for our ceremony. My guest told me that they hung on her every word. ...
My husband is Jewish and I was raised Catholic she seamlessly blended the traditions to make for a fabulous wedding. In addition to that Samantha gave me several ideas for the ceremony, referred me to an amazing DJ who had 7 year olds to 70 year olds dancing all night! She also set us up with an awesome photographer who was equally professional. Last minute we had to move the ceremony from my rooftop because of rain, they all pivoted with no problem. My husband and I had an amazing wedding and I truly owe and large part of that to Samantha. I usually don’t write reviews but Samantha truly deserves to be praised!
This is a long overdue review that I owe Samantha. She did an absolutely incredible job officiating our wedding back in May. She arrived very early for the wedding and was able to ...
make sure that everything was organized and that everything flowed smoothly. She clearly has a lot of experience, and I was very impressed with her ability to share our love story so effectively. Not only in English, but she also officiated bilingual for us in Spanish as well.
Samantha has a very pleasant demeanor and brings great energy to your wedding. I would highly recommend for anyone to use her service and beyond the wedding. She was very organized and getting our documents submitted properly so that we could receive our marriage license timely.
Definitely use Samantha to officiate your wedding, I can assure you, you won’t regret it.
Sam served as our officiant and we couldn't recommend her more highly!
She took the time to get to know us as individuals and as a couple, crafted a beautiful narrative for the c...
eremony that everyone loved and made our love story come to life!
She was also very quick on communications and helped us plan the ceremony using her experience and had great specific suggestions that led to amazing photos and just a great time all around!
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for officiating our wedding! Your help with writing our vows and the script for the ceremony truly made the day so special and personal to ...
us. We also greatly appreciated your help and the reminders prior to the wedding help us the and the helpful tips. Derrick and I are grateful for Samantha.
She is super professional of how she handles her job. She communicates with you over all the important details and she will repeat it again to make sure we understood everything. S...
he is full of great energy, very sweet person and is easy to like her. Great work person to be around.
Sam Tied the Knot like a boss! She was great to work with leading up to the day of, and on the day of she killed it! Everyone asked us if she was a friend we had known for years! W...
hat she said during the ceremony was spectacular and really drew the audience in. She was great at directing us and our friends and family as well. If you want someone who can officiate in such a way that people think ya'll have been tight for a long time, Sam is the way to go, no question.
Great energy! I loved that she took care of us every step of the way
Samantha is the best! She took the time to get to know us, reflected our values and personalities authentically and made our day special. We left it all to her and she more than fu...
lfilled our request.
Samantha is so amazing and did a fantastic job ! My wedding was a few weeks ago and we had to reschedule last minute from Saturday to Sunday and she went up and beyond to come out ...
on a last minute change. She is kind, patient, well organized and very personable. She was on time for our rehearsal dinner and wedding and I would recommend to everyone. We loved her so much we asked her to stay for the rest of the wedding, and she danced and put a lot of smiles on everyone's faces! My family absolutely loves her and I would give 6/5 if I could.
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31-10 Thomson Ave, Long Island City, NY | New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut
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