Ceremony of Eternal Bonding questions

[MariaArvana]

Sorry if these things have been answered before. I'm new so I'm curious about this whole ceremony thing the game has to offer.

1. What are the perks of getting married in this game?
2. Do surnames change after getting married?
3. Are same sex characters able to get married or just opposite sex ones?
4. Can 1 person pay the fee for both parties or do both parties have to pay 1/2 of it individually?
5. Do the married couple also receive the Demon Box and Bridesmoogle minions that their partygoers get or are they just out of luck on that?
6. Does both people married get the Ceremony Chocobo or just one of them?

1) Glamour, a 2-seater mount, and the ability to warp to your partner when they're online once every 30minutes using the ring. (Perks vary based on what level of ceremony you got.)
2) No
3) Any two characters can be bonded together, regardless of gender or race.
4) As far as I know, you can 'gift' your partner the platinum/gold band from mogstation, effectively making you pay for both if you want, so long as the bands of both of you match. (So if one of you uses the free band, you can both only use free. If one uses gold, the other can't use platinum, etc. Both you & partner must have Free/Free, Gold/Gold, or Platinum/Platinum.)
5) I think they're out of luck on that, but I attended a bond ceremony before I got bonded so I'm not 100% confident on that answer.
6) Both.

[Vidu]

Just a bit of additional information since everything Maria has said is so far correct!

4) As far as I know, you can 'gift' your partner the platinum/gold band from mogstation, effectively making you pay for both if you want, so long as the bands of both of you match. (So if one of you uses the free band, you can both only use free. If one uses gold, the other can't use platinum, etc. Both you & partner must have Free/Free, Gold/Gold, or Platinum/Platinum.)

You can use different bands but the "cheaper" one will then be applied to both - so if one of you uses a free band and the other one has paid for a gold plan you can still get married but will both be treated as if you're using a free one. To get all perks you both need to use the same plan.

5) I think they're out of luck on that, but I attended a bond ceremony before I got bonded so I'm not 100% confident on that answer.

Just wanted to confirm that this is correct: The happy couple does not get those items from attending their own wedding.