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Transportation Ideas

rungirl12rungirl12 member
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I'm not sure where to post this and this board always has great ideas.  I have a very small budget wedding, but a large wedding party.  Our ceremony is in a park 30 minutes from our reception venue.  The wedding party will take pictures in the park following the ceremony.  There are 12 in the wedding party plus myself & fi. 

I am wondering if it ok to expect the wedding party to transport themselves from ceremony to location (this would be told to them ahead of time).  I just don't see hiring a large bus to drive us all as a viable option $$-wise.  I'm not sure if I should try and arrange a carpool-type thing for them (like have 3 specific wedding party members ready to drive all) or have them rely on their significant others (but then they'd have to wait around during pics) or just butt out and let them figure it out themselves.  We're not meeting anywhere ahead of time to "get ready" or anything like that, so they will likely drive to the park with their significant others.

Additionally, is it lame if my fi & I drive ourselves in our regular old car?  I can't think of anything else that's budget friendly.
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  • soon to be mrs phamsoon to be mrs pham member
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    what about a rent a car van type deal? also school busses rent very inexpensively. otherwise i dont know
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  • KatoNorwayKatoNorway
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    I carpool for a friend's wedding for pictures. My DH said he would have rather been waiting with me then at the venue.
    You could suggest carpool or let the WP figure it out themselves. How far is the venue from the ceremony site?
    Usually, transportation for the WP is not expected, so you can totally forego that expense, but you know your friends/family better than any of us.
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  • sanfranciscoevesanfranciscoeve
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    I think it's totally fine for them to drive themselves or arrange carpools among themselves. They might want to have their own cars anyway so they can control what time they leave the reception. I've been a bridesmaid in weddings where I was taken everywhere by limo, and weddings where I drove myself, and I really didn't care. I never expected to be driven around.
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