Hey everyone, sorry if this might be long-winded. We have a tentative hold on the St. Louis Cathedral. I'm really excited about getting married here--it's beautiful, it takes my breath away. We originally wanted to have the reception at the Riverview Room or Pat O's on the River, but have since found out that neither of those spaces will meet our needs spacewise, so we are looking into other venues for the reception. We want to do a seated reception, which I know isn't the norm, but is what we prefer.
If we were to have had the reception at one of those two venues, people would have been able to park once and walk to the Cathedral and then walk to the reception. Now that we must look at other venues, they will have to park in the Quarter, then drive to the reception venue. My mother thinks that this will deter people from coming and I really don't want to inconvenience anyone.
We are throwing around the idea of a shuttle, but with the amount of people we are anticipating, this just doesn't seem feasible. So, my question is, do you think my mother is right? Would parking in the FQ, then driving to another venue keep you from coming to the wedding?