transportaion from church to reception site

crystalmarieryan

My fiance and i are getting a limo to take us from the church to our reception site. The wedding party would be in the limo with us. Do the parents come with us? if so, my fiance's parents are not together and his mother has been remarried. Does her new husband come in the limo with us?

bablingbrooke

Why wouldn't her husband come with you?  It's her HUSBAND.  They're a social unit.  Why would you separate a married couple at an event celebrating marriage?

crystalmarieryan

i agree with you on that.

banana468

I wouldn't split the parents.

BUT, I don't know that the parents need to be in the limo either.

Our limo had just 8 people in it.  It was DH and me with our WP.  Their dates / spouses were split from them for that ride to the reception but that worked out to their advantage since their transportation FROM the reception was waiting for them. 

aerinpegadrak

Do the parents want to?  I'd ask, and if they do, I'd find a limo big enough to accommodate everyone.  But if one half of a married couple expresses an interest in the limo, you should have both parties there.

trix1223

For my son and DIL's wedding, they had a limo with the WP.  My DH and I took our own car.  We were fine with that.

mbcdefg

I talked to my parents before I booked a limo, and they said they were fine with driving themselves. FFIL will probably carpool with relatives. We're only taking the bridal party in the limo with us (and maybe their dates if they choose to come) because we're stopping for pictures on the way.

mags0607

I have been in weddings that have done it a couple of ways.

-I think that you could just have the weddig party ride with you in the limo, and the parents can take their own car. Significant others of the wedding party could also take their own cars.

or

- You can have two limos and take everybody in the limo, but make sure their ride home is at the reception venue.

Our plan is this:  We are going from the hotel, to the ceremony, to the reception, and then back to the hotel in a limo. We are going to have one the small limo that will just take my BMs and I to the church, and a larger limo bus for Fi, his GM and any significant others. After the ceremony, all BP will go in the limo bus, and then DH and I will keep the small limo.

That way we get a little bit of alone time, they all have rides to and from places, and no one is responsible for driving after our open bar reception.

Just figure out what works best for your WP, but you aren;t obligated to have parents int he limo with you. ( But if you do, include their spouses )