Annette was an amazing officiant, we are so glad we chose to work with her! We contacted her close…read moreto our wedding and she was still able to accomodate us and learn enough about us to perform a personalized, thoughtful ceremony! She made the process so easy and we are SO happy we chose her for our wedding.

Donna is the best! I was a destination bride and our communication was a breeze. She made me feel…read moreat ease and took care of all the details. I was able to personalize my ceremony just the way I liked. She made our wedding special and sentimental. She spoke clear and loud, even without a mic. Our guests also thought she did an awesome job. I would definitely recommend!

My husband and I wanted to renew our vows with close family. Ranna gave us exactly that! The…read moreceremony was perfect and beautiful! She was very communicative and helpful when it came to the vows, flowers and cakes. She made the whole day very joyful and stress free.

My husband and I decided to elope during out time in New Orleans. We reached out to different…read moreservices and Ranna was one of them. She reached back out to us in a timely fashion and was very helpful and professional. She continuously communicated with us leading up to the day. She made sure we were happy with what we were getting. The Chapel is BEAUTIFUL and smells AMAZING!! We are very pleased and grateful for Ranna.

We were very disappointed with our experience with Samantha. On the day of our wedding, she called…read moreless than an hour before she was supposed to arrive to say that she was concussed -- something that had not just happened -- but said she would still be able to perform the ceremony. When she arrived, it quickly became clear that she was not prepared. She didn't seem to know whether we wanted a civil or religious ceremony, despite having discussed this multiple times before the wedding. She also had no SD card, even though our package specifically included photos and a video recording. Because of her condition and lack of preparation, we made the difficult decision to have a friend officiate instead. After the wedding, we reached out to discuss a refund, since Samantha did not perform the ceremony, take photos, or provide video as contracted. She refused, saying she could have done the work using a Google link for photos -- something she never mentioned on the day of the event. The website and package we booked clearly stated that photos would be taken with her camera and uploaded from the SD card. Overall, our experience felt impersonal and unprofessional. It seemed like she hadn't reviewed the personal information we provided about our relationship, and the interaction felt more like an assembly line than a meaningful service. We would not recommend this vendor to couples seeking a reliable, prepared, and professional officiant for their wedding.

Samantha is a wonderful caring person. friendly and helpful…read more Answered all our questions, knows the area well great recommendations. Thank you, Beth and Connor.

I 100000000% recommend this cute little chapel for your wedding!!!…read more The entire process was so effortless and stress free! I really couldn't be any happier with how everything turned out. We are from California and decided to get married here, at the French Quarter Wedding Chapel. We booked our wedding about 2 months in advance and got married 7/25/2025. We chose the standard wedding package and added a few extras: the bridal bouquet, groom's boutonniere, flower girl basket, and an upgraded photography package. Reverend Cassandra Watson brought so much warmth and joy to our ceremony. She made me feel so comfortable and happy. Teresa Newman, our photographer, captured some absolutely stunning photos of us. We also had a violinist playing sweet music and a greeter who made us feel so welcome from the moment we arrived. Since we were flying back to California a few days after the wedding, we took our marriage license to the Jefferson Parish General Government Center right after the ceremony to have it recorded immediately. It was a quick and easy process. I am so truly grateful for the experience and the hospitality of the entire French Quarter Wedding Chapel Team. Thank you so much for making our special day so memorable.

We are super low maintenance, and just wanted a pre-planned event to have our family come see us…read moreget married. I WISH I had more good things to say. Pros: It's beautiful! In a shabby chic, imagine the history kind of way that I'm absolutely in LOVE with! Teresa, our officiant, was great! She was nice, made us feel at ease, and gave us exactly what we wanted. Cons: Literally everything else. When they took my deposit, they said I didn't need to let them know any of my package preferences as "We'd talk several times before the big day." I NEVER heard from them again despite a dozen emails, phone calls, and voicemails trying to get in touch. I actually thought they had taken our deposit and were ripping us off. I was actually investigating last minute elopement ideas that were going to cost double as I was so scared I'd been scammed. They actually never called us back. We had a friend's cousin who called with a local number. They picked up immediately and said of course they were open for business. Originally I was going to get a cake, a champagne toast, and after being ignored, I just went with the simple package and a photos. Which brings me to my last con. The photos are TERRIBLE!!!! The lighting is terrible. Almost half of them are blurry. So many eyes closed shots that are completely unusable. Even simple things, like we were holding up our license and my side was lower (I'm 6 inches shorter), and he didn't bother to tell us it was crooked. DO NOT USE THEIR PHOTOGRAPHERS!!!!! Find your own unless you want your family's cell phone shots to be the best ones. I'm heartbroken about this.

I didn't end up working with Jo Anna but she was very helpful with directing me to some notaries…read morethat were closer to where I live.

From the owner: JoAnna Landry is a Notary Public, a Remote Notary Public, a Licensed Life Insurance Agent, an…read moreOrdained Minister/Wedding Officiant, Public Tag Agent and a Business Consultant. In addition to notary and officiant services, she offers OMV services such as vehicle registration, license plate and title services at her office located at 4884 Hwy 1, Raceland, Louisiana 70394: Monday - Friday from 8:30am to 6pm. She also has a home office located at 152 Pecan Street, Thibodaux, Louisiana where she can perform notary and officiant work on evenings and weekends. If you need a time outside of what is listed, please call JoAnna, she will do her best to accommodate you. Thank you for your business.

We had the pleasure of having LaToya officiate our destination wedding in New Orleans. She was…read morereferred to us by another amazing vendor, and so I knew she would be awesome. After a brief introduction and assessment via email, she set up a video conference with us to learn more about my partner and I. She was great and very professional with her questions, which helped formulate information that she could use for her script for our wedding. LaToya was also very responsive via email, which was an added assurance for us since we were planning a destination wedding. What I loved most about working with LaToya was the specialization of our ceremony. We were able to Include a lot of different elements such as the use of a lasso (which my partner's parent's also used when they were married) and also participating in a sage blessing. It was very important for us to also include elements of our spirituality and our religion, which LaToya was able to do effortlessly. Overall, our experience was so amazing and she really made our ceremony special. It is definitely something that will stick with us forever, and we are forever grateful to have utilized her services cof our special day.

LaToya was a shining star as part of our ceremony. Her presence and delivery were perfect. She…read morehelped us plan, edit and put together the perfect ceremony script. Every person in our party came up to comment on her impact and speech. She was so easy to work with and we can't rave about her enough.

If I could give this business less than 1 star, I would. I hired Kristi for officiant and…read morecoordinating services for our May 2026 wedding. We had a VERY small wedding of 23 people but I thought it would be helpful to have an extra hand to keep track of time and set up my decor so my family and I could be in the moment and enjoy the day. In the months prior, I corresponded with one of Kristi's employees, Katherine. I thought we had a good working relationship and we were all set for the big day. The day of, Katherine surprised me with the new responsibility of finding someone to transport my ONE medium sized box and wedding sign to the ceremony and reception site that were five minutes from my hotel. They had a car but refused to take my things even though the scope of practice document outlined that they were responsible for transporting decor to the site. The ceremony setup was a nightmare. Katherine kept the rain plan tents even though it was sunny and beautiful out. The chairs were set up flat and 2 in a row, even though my seating chart had them angled and four in a row. Katherine never sent me a picture of the site for accuracy so the first time I saw it I was walking down the aisle. They also forgot items and only halfway set up our easel for our sign. For the ceremony, we had agreed the officiant would walk out with my husband. We were confused to see her standing at the altar before the ceremony started so we asked Katherine if we were ready to begin. She replied with "It's kind of just whenever" and proceeded to not cue when to walk down the aisle. She refused to help fluff out my dress and fix my veil (MOH had to jump out of lineup). These responsibilites were all in the scope of practice document. At the reception, she was mostly absent. My husband and I asked for chairs at the cocktail hour as everyone else had chairs at low tables except us. She said that the venue couldn't bring us any (we found out later from the venue that she never asked). That was the last time I really saw her at the reception. She sat in the back room for almost an hour and a half and did not cue speeches, cake cutting, or even check in with us. There are multiple other ways she did not fulfill her contract that wont fit in the review. My MOH reached out the day after while I was on my honeymoon with all of these concerns. It took THREE WEEKS to even get a response. Their response was filled with falsities and accusations. Kristi claimed we had "surprise locations and responsibilities," and I was accused of not being communicative, even though I pointed out multiple times where this was all false. I combed through all my documents and emails where Katherine acted differently than the agreed upon timeline and responsibilities. I even contacted other vendors to get a full picture of the story. Kristi falsely accused my MOH of being the planner and tried to pin responsibility on her. She blamed the "tight timeline" for things that were just flat out not done. If it was so tight, why did the coordinator disappear for 90 minutes? They stated that they needed more money and extra people to complete my 23 person wedding with one box of decor. Luckily my other vendors stepped in where they failed so the day wasn't a disaster. I am sure they will respond to this review with more nonsensical excuses. Please, save your money or take your business elsewhere. I have worked in the wedding industry before and never witnessed this level of embarrassing incompetence.

It is clear that Kristi runs this business with her heart! She has a great sense of humor and is…read morevery personable. She was very flexible and generous when it came to helping us with our elopement. She even asked if she could arrive in costume since our wedding was on Halloween, which of course we said yes! It was a beautiful ceremony and we are grateful that we found her affordable and outstanding service

Hands down Andrea is the BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can 100%…read moresay that if she had not been our wedding planner this event would not have gone down. I am from New Orleans but live in Austin, Tx. When we got engaged I put a post on facebook asking if anyone back home knew of a wedding planner they would recommend and a friend directed me to Vim& Verve. BEST DECISION EVER! I cannot rave enough about Andrea. She talked me down off the ledge when I called balling my eyes out saying that we were going to elope due to the extensive amount of drama from our friends and family. Andrea calmed me, told me to sleep on it for a night and talk with the groom the next morning. When I wanted to return my dress she advised me to try it on then send her a picture. When she saw the photo she suggested changing the accessories ( sash and veil) I hadnt even considered it... I found a bridal consingment shop brought the dress, veil and sash - discovered a whole new look to the dress that fit my personality better just by changing those things. I fell in love with the dress all over again. She made amazing recommendations for the caterer Laura Arrowood and photographer Jason Albus - they were budget friendly and out of this world great. Everytime we traveled to New Orleans Andrea made time to meet with us no matter how short of a trip it was. The day before the wedding weather forecast showed rain and probability of a tornado. Andrea was cool, calm and collected while I was very freaked. She calmed my nerves, we called around to rental companies and found that tents would be 700$ or more at last minute our budget didnt allow for that. Andrea jumped on the phone and made a trip to the Naval Base in Belle Chasse to rent tents for 20$ a day the day before the wedding - can you say above and beyond. When our officiant dropped out of the wedding she stepped up and said she could recommend a few people in town or she would do it herself. She helped us write an amazing ceremony and when we opted to write our own vows she proofread them and helped make tweaks so they were perfect. We have a lot of crazy family situations, she listened to all the drama and knew ahead of time what to look out for - family members that have come to blows and hadnt been in the same room for over 20 years came together and had an amazing time. It was MANDATORY that we find a venue who would allow our dogs to walk in our wedding party ( we have 6 and a pig) she gave us options fitting all of the things we asked for. Every text and email, no matter how tiny I sent her I received a response to without a lengthy wait. There is sooooo much more I could go on for days. She handled every member of our group with respect, care and happiness no matter how attitudey some of them could be. EVERY family member, wedding party member and guest loved Andrea. We received so many compliments on how fun, happy, friendly and great she was from all of our guests. She made planning a wedding from out of town a breeze. She helped my come up with meanings for our cake pulls and found us such great deals and vendors. Every person in and at the wedding stopped us to say this was the funnest wedding with the best food, music, drinks and ceremony they had ever been to and how much they LOVED Andrea. I cant say enough how much we love Andrea and how lucky you will be, how amazing your night will go if she takes care of you and your family on your special day. Theres nothing like it. Andrea was the best thing that happened to this couple, and I can safely say we didnt just find a wedding planner. We have gained an amazing friend. She embraced us from day one and didnt make us feel like we were a paycheck or a client, she made us family. Vim & Verve is number one in our book. Thank you Andrea, you ROCK our world and gave us more than we ever dreamed.

I don't have a lot of time right this second so I plan to give more details later, but I have to…read moresay that Vim & Verve worked miracles for us! For our tenth wedding anniversary, we wanted to renew our vows in a unique and big way, on a very limited budget. Andrea found the most interesting things for us to do before the event and as the event. We planned the whole thing from our home in Los Angeles, and never had a detail to worry about. Andrea knows EVERYBODY in New Orleans, and they probably all owe her a favor or two. She always presented us with at least two options (many more to start with) once we narrowed down to the specific type of thing we wanted, and she was there with us for every part of the event, from joining the wedding party for breakfast the day of, to taking the guys shopping for appropriate "second-line" hats, to dancing in the second line WHILE she video-taped the whole thing... If you have any questions, please feel free to message me here, I'm happy to give you details.

I don't know if there are superlatives enough to describe how exceptional Latrobe's is and I…read moreunequivocally recommend it to anyone planning an event in New Orleans. The historic space is beautiful and provided excellent flow at my daughter's wedding. The food was exquisite. And I simply can't say enough about Rylan, Millie, Hana and the rest of the staff at Latrobe's. Their professionalism, their attention to detail, their care and patience - all are unmatched. We did not hire a wedding planner and now, knowing just how much work is involved in planning a wedding, I think we simply couldn't have done it without their guidance and tips, which they provided even for events beyond the wedding and their scope of work. The whole event ran so smoothly that I was worry-free and thoroughly able to enjoy the wedding myself. And the rave reviews from the guests (as well as from participating vendors!) prove just how exceptional Latrobe's is.

Latrobe's on Royal is the perfect wedding venue! As an out of town bride, booking at Latrobe's made…read morethe planning process way easier. So much so that we did not feel the need to hire a wedding planner. The venue's highly-skilled and experienced team are able to provide helpful insights every step of the way and are always willing to answer questions. Their vendor list is very helpful, everyone they recommended did an incredible job. The building itself is nothing short of magical. Giving our guests a real taste of New Orleans was incredibly important. If our guests did nothing else during their trip, we wanted them to feel like they had an experience unique to the city. Latrobe's definitely helped us achieve that. From the beautiful courtyard complete with burning gas lamps, to the grand banking room, to the wonderful food selection of delicious regional delicacies. Many of our guests told us that they felt they had been transported back in time. That it was the best, most unique wedding they had ever attended - and with the best food! Lastly, the team at Latrobe's is incredible - I actually miss talking to them every week! (LOL) Rylan, Hana, and Millie are the best. I am so grateful for their expertise, patience, and kindness during the entire planning process. A big thank you to Rylan especially for her guidance during our tasting and rehearsal! We would also like to thank the day-of event team, including Marté and David, who made us feel so special on our wedding day. Many of our guests commented on the kindness of the Latrobe's staff who made them feel so welcome. In conclusion, there are simply not enough stars to accurately review Latrobe's! If you have been searching for a venue in New Orleans, congratulations, you've found it! Trust me. We will cherish the memories forever.