Getting married over Zoom was not the wedding Jonathan and Rondalle Caballero always dreamed of.

“When you love someone and you know something is right, it’s right,” said Jonathan. 

But the South Bronx couple said there was no need to wait any longer. They say quarantining together during the pandemic made them realize they were ready to take the plunge.

What You Need To Know

  • Officiant NYC, a company that provides wedding officiants, has performed about 800 virtual weddings during the pandemic

  • Owner Suanne Bonan says she has personally married 250 of those couples

  • Bonan says once Governor Cuomo issued an executive order in April allowing people to get married over video platforms like Zoom, business took off

“We really fell in love with each other very fast. It was almost love at first sight,” said Rondalle.

Suanne Bonan married the Caballeros — one of about 250 weddings she's officiated since the pandemic began.

“City Hall closed so we are basically marrying everybody in New York that needs to get married. There are other officiants, but I know we’ve taken a large chunk of that,” said Bonan, the owner of Officiant NYC.

Officiant NYC is a company that has been providing officiants for weddings for more than a decade. 

Couples began postponing weddings when the coronavirus crisis erupted in March and large gatherings were prohibited. 

But when Governor Cuomo issued an executive order in April allowing people to get married over video platforms like Zoom, Bonan's business took off.

“We’re all hunkered down. And all the other distractions are gone. And I think people’s feelings have changed towards each other or towards marriage,” said Bonan.

Bonan estimates her company has performed 800 weddings during the pandemic. In a typical year, they’ll marry closer to 300 couples.

And while she believes the number of Zoom weddings will drastically decrease once its safe to resume big, in-person weddings again — she believes more couples will chose to live-stream their weddings for loved ones who can’t be there in person. 

And for anyone at home, who might be contemplating taking the next step, the newlywed Caballeros have some advice.

“Love is not to be taken lightly. In this new year, in this new world that we live in — I honestly believe that love will be the only thing that can probably save us at this point,” said Jonathan.