I receive many, many letters from couples and families, thanking me for taking part in their celebrations.  

Hi Coral, hope you are well..

Coral we'd like to thank you so very very much for making such a memorable special day in our lives be everything that we could have imagined.. and more. Your help and guidance while we were in the UK before our trip, with the legal side of things, the details of the ceremony and recommendations for venues was very thorough... and your help once we got Australia ensured everything would be right on the day.

The setting, matters of ambience and your attention to the finer details of the day plus the way that you dealt with everything so calmly and cheerily put ourselves, our guests ..and even the hotel staff where the ceremony was held, completely at ease.

Coral you are a true professional..and we know that you will continue to make couples so happy on their wedding day. Our very kind regards and very best wishes for the future from the UK..

Jeff and Louise Astbury - xxx

Dear Coral

Wow, what an incredibly busy time you have had this wedding season. I'm afraid that is the price you pay for being so lovely and wonderful at what you do!! Glad that you can enjoy a quieter time for a while though.

We are back from our honeymoon and back to work and reality with a thud after our wonderful wedding day. A quick note to thank you again for the part you played in making our day so special. I have to admit (as you predicted) the ceremony, and in fact most of the evening, is a bit of a blur for me so I have no idea if I thanked you properly on the day or made any sense at all!!

Hi Coral!

We've returned from our wonderful holiday in the Cook Islands and went straight back into work! So now it's time to get settled down and back into some normal life.

Firstly, I want to thank and commend you on such a wonderful job you did with our wedding! Thank you. We had a lot of comments about how well presented you were and how well you delivered the ceremony. I hope you don't mind but I will be recommending you to anyone I know is getting married and needs a celebrant. We defiantly made the right decision to go with you and we knew that as soon as we met you.

If I recall we called you back after our meeting on your phone before you would have left the front door at the Mosman RSL!! I hope this email finds you well Coral. It was such a pleasure having you as our celebrant.

Thank you once again.
Elizabeth Cayless (nee Gillett)

Hi Coral,

We both wanted to say a HUGE thank you for all you help and effort in helping put together a beautiful ceremony for us. What a wonderful day we had!! We couldn't have hoped for anymore. Our wedding day was a true representation of us- and just what we had wanted. We had Paul's son Joshua involved as our best man, our family and our closest friends there to share it with us...and gorgeous weather- what more could we have asked for.

You were such a beautiful person to work with throughout the whole process, although i hate to use that term, as it didn't feel like a process at all ;-) You truly are a talented and gifted celebrant, and we are so happy that we found a way to have you involved in our day. People laugh when I tell them that we had to have you as our celebrant because you reminded me of my gorgeous mother!!! But once they saw you there, they understood exactly what I meant!! We are still waiting on our photos back from Tony,. The few that I have seen, from friends of family's cameras, have had people comment on Mum's 2 sisters!! Ha!!!

Thanks again Coral,
Hanna and Paul Mustow.

Dear Coral,

On behalf of Andy and myself we would like to say thank you for officiating our wedding the other weekend. By having you compete all the legal paperwork and provide the ceremony options made the whole experience very easy. We knew that you had it under control and our main focus was to just turn up on the day. You should also know that ALL of our guests came up to us afterwards and commented on how beautiful the ceremony.Just the other day we watched the ceremony on video and couldn't help by smile.

You truly have a wonderful way with words and made us feel so comfortable on the day.
All our best,
Madeline & Andy Dorey

Hi Coral and Katrina

Thank you so much for your help and support in preparation for our wedding on 5th November 2009, you made everything so easy and hassle free, despite there being half a world between us! Coral, the wedding at Altitude was everything we could have wished for, despite our nerves you helped keep us calm and relaxed and the ceremony itself was such a happy, intimate affair. We will treasure these memories forever, thank you. I have attached a picture that Michael Zanetti took, what a fabulous set of pictures we have from him! Please pass on our gratitude when you see him next, we are so pleased with them and they will make great Christmas presents to family.

Thank you once again, it wouldn't have been the same without your involvement,

Kindest regards,
Sarah and Doug Hunter.

Hello Coral,

Happy belated New Year. I am so sorry we haven't been in touch sooner but we have been really busy getting ready for Christmas and seeing all of our family after returning home so life has been a little hectic to say the least. How are you? We just wanted to email you to say the biggest thank you possible for our perfect wedding day.

We cannot put into words how amazing the day was and how unbelievably lovely everybody involved was. I must admit I was a bit apprehensive as all the planning with you had been done over Email and we hadn't even been able to send you our deposit so there was nothing stopping you from cancelling the day. However as soon as we met you at the Holiday Inn we had no doubts in or mind that you were the perfect person to marry us. I loved the way you had our wedding day itinerary all organized in a folder and went through everything with us and explained exactly what would happen on the day. Everything was perfect and I couldn't have asked for more. Everything I asked for you provided, nothing was missed out. I really can't say what my favorite part of the day was (apart from getting that ring on my finger hehe)

The view was amazing, the petals along the aisle, the fact you knew my theme would be butterflies so there were starkly butterflies on each of the posts along the aisle, the cake!!!! White Belgium chocolate!! It was the best cake I had ever tasted. Everyone who was booked by you to be part of the day were brilliant, friendly and extremely professional.

The hair and make up lady was fantastic and such a crazy and fun lady, the videographer was great and we are so happy with the DVD he did, we have watched it so many times and it so captures the spirit of the day and every time we watch it we have fits of giggles just like I did on the day!

The photographer Michael was also fantastic beyond words. I have never seen wedding photos like ours! Very modern and extremely professional, he is a very talented man! We met him for a beer when he gave us our album and CD before we left to come home back to England. We also received the DVD before we left to come home. We cannot thank you enough for such a special day and I wish I could do it all over again and Coral you are wonderful.

Thank you Coral! I really hope yo are well and enjoying your summer! I have attached some photos of the day! Love Maria and Paul xxxxx

Coral,

Firstly, thank you so much again for all you help and support for our wedding. It was such a lovely ceremony and we are so thankful for everything you did for us. thank you again!!!

Lydia and Kevin Shiraki

Dear Coral,

Andrew and I wanted to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for making our wedding day - a dream come true! Your calm approach put our minds at ease and you made the ceremony process simple and stress-free! You were bubbly and warm and we felt as though we'd known you for years. We clicked with you straight away and felt as though you were one of our friends.

You conducted the ceremony with enthusiasm, warmth and passion. Very honoured to have you marry us in the magnificent 'Chinese Garden of Friendship on 8th August 2009 - Darling Harbour, our much loved city - Sydney.

All our guests thought you were a very attractive and extremely professional celebrant. You've had many, many positive comments from our family and friends. We certainly couldn't have found a more perfect celebrant!

Our wedding day was the best day of our lives and our friends have said it was the best wedding they've ever been to. Our parents are still reminising about our wedding and get excited re-living the day watching video footage and flipping through our photos.

All our love and fondest wishes Coral kindest regards,

Melindy & Andrew Finch

Dear Coral,

Where do I start, our wedding day was made very, very special by having you there with us on our special day. You provided us with a beautiful ceremony that was specifically personalised for us. We were very pleased that our beautiful children were involved on the day, especially my eldest son Chris, who walked me down the aisle - you were able to calm the nerves of my future husband with encouraging words of wisdom.

Most importantly Coral, you were able to put together a beautiful ceremony which reflected both of us as a couple,and expressed beyond words what was most important to us on the day.

Mark and I thank you for achieving a truly magical wedding, and we are blessed for having you as our celebrant.

Thanking you,

Kylie and Mark Lebrocque

Dear Coral,

Our wedding day was one of the most important and special days in our lives.

We wanted to send you a note to express our heartfelt thanks and gratitude for your involvement in this memorable day. You are a true professional at what you do and we could not have imagined anyone better to marry us.

Your guidance, support and advice all combined to make the perfect day for us and went beyond any expectations we had. In the lead up and on the day you made us feel at ease and comfortable with everything that happened and this is a result of your amazing skill and dedication. Everything ran so smoothly and we have had so many guest comments on what a truly beautiful ceremony it was and how impressed they were with you.

Most of our guests had been to many weddings and said the same thing – you are the best celebrant they have ever seen!

So thank you again for everything and letting us be one of your couples.

Janelle and Aaron Charles xx

Dear Coral,

Thank you sooooo much for marrying us, We could not have chosen a better Celebrant.

Brandon and I had an absolute ball on the 28 Dec 2008! We would like to thank you for your kind, warm, relaxed and professional ceremony, and for allowing us the freedom of writing our own vows and working with us to prepare our ceremony speeches. We will be recommending you to anyone who mentions getting married!

Love, newly married couple
Lyanne & Brandon

Dear Coral,

We were so pleased to hear from Tess and Richard, that the wedding had taken place. Knowing those two. we wondered if they would find you and get it all together!

Richard was apprehensive, and as you know they HATE fuss and they both said you were amazing, and made it all really special, and they said it was a brilliant, perfect day.

So THANKYOU very much Coral, you made it all worthwhile, and I am so glad we found you,

Many many thanks,
Jane and Rob Paterson.

Dear Coral

We would like to express our high regard for your services at the wedding of our daughter Melissa Gooley to Peter Giblin at The Rocks on 11th 0ctober 2008.

We were particularly impressed by the caring and sincere manner in which you advised us before the event and conducted the ceremony on the day. Your attention to having everything run smoothly went well beyond that which one would expect.

Kind regards,
Lorraine Gooley

Dear Coral

Happy New Year!

We hope you had a lovely new years eve. Jack and I would like to thank you for the most beautiful ceremony that you gave us at our wedding. We could not have asked for more. You made our big day so special and easy. We received so many wonderful compliments on how lovely, personal and moving the ceremony was.

Again, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

Kind regards Natalie & Jack 2008

Hi Coral,

We just wanted to say a massive THANK YOU for helping to make our day absolutely perfect. We are so happy and relieved that we chose you as our celebrant and you agreed to take us on... you were definitely 'the one' for us. You were so professional, calming, organised and gorgeous. We were absolutely delighted with how everything went. Thank you!!

Thanks so much, and let us know if you need a further testimonial from us, we would be more than happy to help in any way.

Lots of love,
xx Erin and James xx

Hi Coral

I felt compelled to compliment you on your amazing service and the professional work you did for my friends wedding. Though not a traditional wedding , your advice and consequent performing of the celebration was truly inspiring. In an industry where the happy couple are often looking , with trust , for guidance to build a celebration that reflects them ( and there isn’t the opportunity for a real dress rehearsal, crowd, loved ones and all!) it is easy to be misled and agree to a service that suits the provider rather than the in-experienced client.

You were wonderful and I cannot think of more suited and beautiful wedding that I have been to .

Thanks Julie,
friend of Beck & Toby King.

Dear Coral

We can not thank you enough for all the kindness and caring attitude that you showed to both of us ..during our meetings and leading up to our wedding day. at the Chinese Gardens, on the 3rd August 2008-09-28.

You certainly did make an already special day even more special, just by being the celebrant that you are. No wonder you win as many awards as you do. You are a Beautiful Lady!

Love from Adem and Kylie Sidki

To Dear Coral

Just wanted to send you a quick message and now things are all said and done, we wanted to take the time to thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We both agree we had the perfect celebrant. From the very beginning you made things so easy. I know that you would say “that your just doing your job”, but in our eyes you did a whole lot more.

You made things so personal and we felt that we had known you forever. You were such a major part of making our day so special.

We thank you and your name is already getting the recommendations it deserves to future prospective brides and grooms!!.

Lots of Love Sharon and Craig Norman 23/8/08

Hi Coral,

A very big THANK YOU from both Wes and I for such a wonderful ceremony. I couldn't have asked for a more caring and professional celebrant. You really made our day a very memorable one. Your kind words really mean a lot to Wes and I and we will treasure everything that you have done for us.

Everyone commented on how beautiful our ceremony was and for that I can't Thank You enough. I will send a photo as soon as i get one.

Regards Jill & Wes

Dear Coral

We were so blessed to have you marry us.
Like so many other couples you are replayed and replayed on our DVD as we watch our ceremony. But to us you made us feel like we were the only ones you had ever united. We both felt and amazing energy from you and it’s recaptured each time we put it on. You made us both feel very very special.

We would both like to say thank you so very much, not just for marrying us, but also for the tenderness, and support you showed us leading up to our wedding day.
You are a wonderful woman and we felt blessed to have you on our train.

With Much Love
Tara and Robert Howells

Dear Coral

We would like to extend our warmest gratitude to you for making such an important day in our lives just perfect. We have had endless comments on just how beautiful the cermony was and how it was so true to Josh and I. It was an amazing day and we are so thankful that you helped us in making our dream come true.

Best of Luck in the future I am sure that you will keep making other couples like Josh and I so happy for years to come.

Thank you again
Love Krystal & Josh Porter

Dearest Coral

It was our absolute pleasure to vote for you on the ABIA site. No words can truly express the respect and thanks we have for you. You are truly a gift. We will always remember you in our hearts for making our day so special and so intimate for our close family & friends. We hope that we have other events in the future to call upon you again.

We also emailed John from ABIA to express our thoughts on your amazing service. I have sent you a copy with this email just so you could see just how much we appreciate everything you did. No words we wrote express well enough just how special you made our day.

Thankyou so much

Warmest regards
Olivia & Timothy Hoogendyk

... as sent to ABIA...

Dear John (ABIA)
Australian Bridal Industry Awards Chairman

My husband and I felt really compelled to write to you. We were so fortunate to have had the opportunity to have Coral Kortlepel as our marriage celebrant on Sunday 6 April 2008. Words just cant express how special our Ceremony was due to Coral. She is the most amazing person. Her kindness and support was just unwavering we could not fault her at all. Throughout the whole process she made the whole experience totally stress free and relaxed. I never worried because I felt total trust and ease with Coral the whole time. We were also fortunate enough to have had the opportunity to have our ceremony in Corals beautiful courtyard area.

My husband and myself will never forget Coral for making our day so special and intimate for our family and friends, we look forward to booking her in for future events when we have children for their Christenings, I would not have anyone else.

Kind Regards
Olivia & Timothy Hoogendyk

Hi Coral

Well here we are, all returned from our absolutely amazing honeymoon and jetlagged to the eyeballs (pardon the pun!!)

I wanted to take some time to let you know how we feel about the absolutely incredible service you gave for our wedding in September this year.

Leading up to a wedding is an extremely overwhelming, stressful time, as you are well aware! You made the preparations for our ceremony so absolutely easy, comfortable and the reassurance that you gave was perfect. Planning a wedding from overseas proved to be very challenging at times, but your willingness to communicate over email was deeply appreciated. Your enthusiasm to meet with me during my “flying” trips through Sydney made my job even easier.

The rehearsal, which again you exceeded all expectations by coming to Balmoral Beach, was wonderful. Your ability to assist in bringing all of my dreams and images in my head to a reality was such a blessing. This was also the first time that you had a chance to meet Matt, and I know, just as I did, that he knew you were the right person to marry us.

Your encouragement, your support and true love for sharing these special times with people really shines through from yourself personally and through the words that you deliver, whether they are in ceremony or just in conversation.

The ceremony itself was absolutely everything that Matt and I ever dreamed of. Your wonderful words, true caring nature and gentleness was felt by every person there. Not only the written word that we had you read, but the unwritten that you delivered was truly inspirational. There was not one person there that did not ask about you, who you are, how we found you and how lovely you and your words were.

It is so very hard to put into words how we feel about the love you added to our special day, I can only hope that you read this with all the love and thanks that it was written with.

We have sent you some photos of our special day and hope that you will remember our ceremony. These pictures have been substantially reduced from their original format and therefore may not print well. If you would like printed versions, we would be most happy to send them to you in the post or email you the larger files that you can print from.

So in closing Coral, a huge thank you from both Matt and I. We are truly thankful that the Universe lead us to you. We could not have wanted for anything more. Your poise, grace and love is truly inspirational.

With warm love
Matt and Tracee Rothschild

Dear Coral,
I will always remember Micheal and I completing our vows and realising we were above the Opera House and the gorgeous Harbour. As you know Mike and I decided,that whilst a ''traditional '' wedding would have been nice,we wanted to concentrate on ourselves on the day and not get caught up with some of the issues that can sometimes evolve when organising such a wedding. We had a beautifully relaxed day and enjoyed every moment.

We would like to thank you for your help,kindness and professionalism.Your portfolio of vows and poems was wonderful and we loved the very beautiful Apache wedding Poem that Jo read. Thanks again Coral. You helped make our day very special. We will certainly be contacting you again for renewal of vows and hopefully a baby naming ceremony.

Much love
Allison and Micheal Weekes.