I know that our families and wedding party will likely help with this. However, I'm concerned about the hassles that our families and wedding party may go through, because the vehicle which will be transporting everything will be parked at least a block away from the venue, on the other side of a set of tracks along which streetcars and freight trains regularly run. Some of our guests are used to weddings with parking right outside the hall where this isn't an issue, so I'd like to make them aware and let them know that it will make things a whole lot easier if any gifts are shipped beforehand or brought by our house, or if they just bring a card with money or a gift card.
Aside from word of mouth and on the wedding web site, any ideas on how to let people know?
And what would be a polite way to mention this? I was going to say something on the web site that, we're thankful for however everyone chooses to think of us, but because of the circumstances (which I'll explain like I did above), it will be a hassle for items to be transported away from our venue, and we would appreciate and strongly suggest that any gifts be shipped to us or that people stop by our home since we'd love to see everyone anyway, and we'll be just as grateful for the opportunity to purchase favorite registry items that we might not have received.
Thanks in advance!
Whoever said it was supposed to be happily ever after is a big fat liar.