About this vendor
Welcome to Vows By Dawn, your go-to wedding officiant in Myrtle Beach and throughout the beautiful state of South Carolina! Go to https://vowsbydawn.com/ to contact me directly!
With 17 years of experience, Dawn Costello is an award-winning officiant who is here to make your vow exchange unforgettable. Dawn's passion lies in creating a stress-free ceremony planning process, ensuring you can relax and enjoy your special day. It's an honor for her to be part of making your wedding a true success.
At Vows By Dawn, we cover a range of ceremony types. From renewing your vows in a romantic beach setting to whisking away for an adventurous elopement, Dawn can make it happen. She specializes in crafting non-traditional and non-denominational wedding ceremonies that truly reflect your unique love story.
Dawn is based in Myrtle Beach and happily serves the entire state of South Carolina. She is available for travel, so whether you're dreaming of exchanging vows by the ocean, in a charming garden, or atop a mountain peak, don't hesitate to reach out. Dawn is ready to help make it a reality.
Reach out to Dawn today and let's bring your dream wedding ceremony to life. Your happily ever after starts here!
Details
Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Ceremony Types
- Civil Union
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Second Wedding
Religious Affiliations
- Interfaith
Wedding Activities
- Wedding
- Ceremony
Awards and Affiliations
3-Time 'Best of Weddings'
2025.2024.2021.
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We knew right away we wanted Dawn as our officiant. Her attentiveness, knowledge, and kindness allowed our ceremony to go smoothly. She is helpful every step of the way and makes s...
ure to provide you with as much information as possible
Dawn was so kind and helpful to us during this whole wedding planning process. Our ceremony was so beautiful and we’re so grateful to have had her as a part of our wedding day!
Dawn was so nice to work with! She is very warm and welcoming. Dawn kept in touch leading up to the ceremony since we are from out of state and she made the marriage license proces...
s so easy. Her husband, Patrick, did our photos as well and we had so much fun! Everything was perfect and stress free!
Dawn was a pleasure to work with and I am so glad that my husband and I chose her to be our officiant. She has a wealth of knowledge and was helpful throughout the entire journey o...
f wedding planning. I highly recommend her to be your wedding officiant.
Very nice and attentive, answered every question with quick response times and made the whole process quick and easy. I highly recommend!!🙂
Dawn was so amazing to work with and so helpful throughout our whole experience!!
Hiring Dawn to officiate our wedding was one of the best decisions we made during the entire planning process! We met Dawn at a Bridal Expo over a year and a half before our weddin...
g, and we immediately hired her. Dawn is so positive and comforting. It felt great knowing someone so sweet would be the one joining us together for our marriage. I also loved the vow options she offers, the way she words the vows are very endearing and make everything so special.
She was great at communicating with us during the planning process. We HIGHLY recommend Dawn to everyone & anyone getting married! Thank you Dawn, we won't forget you!
We came from Tennessee to Myrtle Beach State Park for our wedding. Dawn was absolutely amazing every step of the way. We would highly recommend her for your special day. We cannot ...
say enough great things about her.
Making the decision to have Dawn as our officiant was the best decision ever. Dawn listened to our wants and needs and came up with a beautiful ceremony that spoke to us as a coupl...
e. Not only was Dawn easy to work with and responsive, but we also got multiple compliments on how beautiful our ceremony was!
Dawn was so sweet to work us in with little notice. A dream to work with. Good communication. And very punctual.
I had the pleasure of having Dawn officiate our wedding ceremony, and I couldn't have asked for anyone better. Their professionalism, warmth, and attention to detail made our speci...
al day truly unforgettable. She walked us through the whole process and made it stress-free. I highly recommend Dawn to anyone looking for a dedicated and talented officiant to make their wedding day even more magical.
Dawn was the absolute best and sweetest officiant that I have ever met! She was very flexible and accommodating and allowed us to have the perfect beach wedding! She was very quick...
to respond to any questions me and my husband had about wedding and made the process very smooth! I would highly recommend Dawn if you are looking for an officiant for a small or bigger wedding, she was the best! Also a huge thank you for her husband to take amazing professional pics of our day!
I had the pleasure of having Dawn officiate our wedding, and I couldn’t have asked for a better experience. From our initial consultation to the big day, she was incredibly kind, h...
elpful, and attentive to every detail. Her professionalism and dedication to providing the best service truly shone through in every aspect of our wedding ceremony. What stood out the most was her excellent communication throughout the entire planning process, ensuring that every question was answered and every concern addressed promptly. She is everything you would want out of an officiant!! I highly recommend Dawn to any couple looking for a wedding officiant who will make their special day even more memorable. - Patty & Hunter
Dawn is the best! She was very accommodating and helpful. We had a couple of meetings with her and she answered all of the questions we had about an upcoming wedding. We would reco...
mmend her for any couple!
We decided to elope while on holiday in Charleston SC from London UK. We just had a feeling that Dawn was the right officiant for us. She is professional, warm, responsive and real...
ly made our day even more special than we could have imagined. We were so grateful for her expertise and would recommend without hesitation.
Dawn is simply amazing! We renewed our vows on our 7th anniversary. Dawn was sure to include my children. Which meant so much. I have already referred her to two other couples who ...
are considering a vow renewal.
Dawn was fantastic and so helpful with both the process of getting the marriage license, keeping everyone in line during rehearsal, and making our ceremony exactly what we wanted a...
nd so special.
Dawn was Amazing!
We are from out of state and Dawn made everything so easy when applying for our marriage license and answering any questions that we had months prior to our weddi...
ng day. She is super easy to reach and is so kind! I highly recommend Dawn for anyone getting married in the Myrtle Beach area! ❤️
Dawn was helpful with our wedding and made everything go smoothly.
Dawn was an excellent officiant! She was easy to work with and reach up until the ceremony. She was professional, on time and she made our ceremony extra special. She sent our lice...
nse off the next day. I would 100% recommend her to anyone! Thank you again Dawn!
Such an amazing experience! Thank you, Dawn, for being so accommodating!
Dawn was by far the best officiant we could’ve had! She worked with us on how we wanted our ceremony to go. Let us choose the saying, helped direct the vows and rings. But most of ...
all she helped with our hand fastening ceremony which was very important to me. I would highly recommend her to someone who is on the market for an officiant
My wife & I planned on marrying at some point in 2023. So I thought what’s better then a wedding on the beach? And naturally Dawn was the only person I would use in Myrtle Beach. S...
he made our evening the best! We took care of the license online & after the wedding Dawn took care of sending it all off for us.
Dawn was amazing and took the time to get to know us.
Dawn was wonderful and very accommodating to our wedding. She was also very communicative and it was overall an amazing and beautiful experience. Thank you, Dawn!
Dawn was fantastic, wonderful to work with and so kind hearted towards our special day , thank you Dawn your the best 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Dawn was phenomenal from beginning to end. I knew from the first moment that I met with her over a video call that she was perfect for what we wanted. We just wanted something that...
had a good vibe, celebrated love, didn’t dig into religion too far, and was really just about us as a couple.
Well… she delivered all that and then some. Dawn is such a pleasant personality. She has a good heart that shows through so easily. She’s a professional, yet personable. She worked with us in putting together the perfect vows. Several of our guests mentioned how great she was and I couldn’t agree more. Dawn would be my first recommendation to anyone who is looking for an officiant in the Horry County area. I spent a good time looking for someone that felt right and wasn’t just performing a job and I truly found that in her.
Her follow up is impeccable and I really just don’t have anything but great things to say about her. 🥰
Dawn was absolutely wonderful to work with! She was always super friendly and agreeable. We got married during COVID and changed our plans multiple times, and she was completely co...
operative with all of it. Our ceremony was so beautiful, she speaks so nicely, and made us feel so warm. Recommend her 1000%!
Dawn was amazing! She made me wife and I feel so comfortable from the very first day we met. We knew from the jump we wanted her to officiate our wedding! She is very easy to commu...
nicate with and responds in a timely manner. On our wedding day she was right on time and supported the entire time.! We would highly recommend to anyone looking for an officiant!!
Dawn was absolutely fabulous every step of the way! So easy to work with, good communication, and responds to any questions you have immediately! She kept the main focus on us thro...
ugh the ceremony as it should be. I would get married every year just to keep experiencing the ceremony we had with her!!
Dawn was a huge help with not only performing our ceremony but also helping prep us for the ceremony! My husband and I also loved all of her vow variations, and were happy to choo...
se the one that best suited us and our relationship. Dawn was great with calming my fiancé and his nerves down before the ceremony (he told me he had gotten a little anxious moments before we were about to walk down the aisle!) but thankfully Dawn was able to help calm his nerves and assured him that everything would go smoothly! We couldn’t have asked for a better officiant to marry us! Truly had a great experience with Dawn and would highly recommend her to anyone looking for an amazing officiant!
Dawn was fabulous! She responded to emails quickly, answered all our questions, was punctual as a clock, and made sure that every detail of the ceremony was personalized just like ...
we wanted! Our wedding was flawless thanks to her!
Vows by Dawn was a blessing for my fiancé and myself. She was recommended by a couple that used her services 5 years ago as well as by close friends of the couple that were married...
by her only 2 months ago. She was extremely intuitive when it came to our very specific needs and desires. In our case we had an issue with the current Covid-19 pandemic and a last minute cancelation by the venue we had contracted. We had to postpone our wedding until we could find a suitable venue for our small gathering of close friends and family. Dawn actually volunteered to help us and we were successful in securing a perfect spot. It turned out to be everything we could possibly have dreamed of. The ceremony was simple, yet elegant and as spiritually uplifting as any larger, more costly ceremony my husband and I have attended in recent memory. It was an absolutely gorgeous location that we may never have found without her. Dawn went above and beyond to see that our wedding was everything we had pictured it to be while we were planning it months ago. Despite the adverse circumstances came along with this pandemic, Dawn was instrumental in working out every little detail as closely as possible to our original plans. She listened with an open mind. Dawn was caring, understanding and extremely helpful. She made our wedding day one of the most beautifully memorable days of our lives, just as a wedding day should be. Absolute perfection in every regard! Thank you Dawn. We will recommend your outstanding services to all of our single friends, family and acquaintances! You’re an angel on Earth!!
Dawn was quick to respond to any questions I had. She was very organized and had many options to choose from so that we could compile our own wedding ceremony that fit our persona...
lities. She did a wonderful job and everything went seamless on our wedding day. I highly recommend Dawn to help make your big day complete and worry free.
Flexible, personal and easy to contact! Dawn did a great job— highly recommend!
Dawn was great! The ceremony went exactly how me and my husband wanted, a little emotional but fun and Dawn exceeded my expectations! She made it so easy and followed up with us ev...
en after the wedding! I highly recommend her services
Dawn was fantastic! Very professional and listens to your love story and crafts her vows based on it. She was great work with and highly recommend. Most importantly she was very qu...
ick and on top of all the legal paperwork.
We loved having Dawn officiate our wedding. We met once beforehand to discuss the details and she took care of the rest. The ceremony was fun, thoughtful and she made sure to reall...
y express our personality as a couple. We couldn’t be happier! She’s a great person and it shines through.
So professional. So sweet and made us feel so comfortable. Dawn provides a warm and loving atmosphere.
I’ve known Dawn well over a decade. When it was time to get remarried she was the first person I thought of. She was cool, calm and in charge from start to finish so that I only ha...
d to focus on my beautiful bride. Three years ago today. Would definitely use her again if I had to. Five stars.
Dawn was incredible! She was lovely to work with from start to finish and made our wedding ceremony go super smooth. From initially meeting to our rehearsal dinner, to the wedding ...
day...it all worked out perfectly.
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Myrtle Beach/Charleston/Coastal NC & SC
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