Transportation to the Ceremony

alisonmills22

I plan on having 1 large limo take myself, my parents, and my bridal party to the church (2 blocks away from my parent's home), while my fiance and his groomsmen come from one town over in an economy limo. The plan is to keep the larger limo to transport my future husband and I, and the entire bridal party to the reception area, let the economy limo go after it drops off the men, and my parents have chosen to drive to the reception. We are also getting two coach buses that will leave about an hour after the ceremony ends- one from his neighborhood and one from mine (again only 10 minutes away from each other.) 

The question is ... do I have to provide transportation for my in-laws and all of our grandparents to the reception site, so they can arrive earlier than the rest of the guests? Or can they take the buses? Or can they be left to their own devices? I could also keep the economy limo to transport my in-laws and the grandparents if they all choose not to drive. The only note with that is, we are letting all limos go once everyone has arrived at the banquet hall- so they would then have to take the bus home with the rest of the guests. The bridal party will be going home on the coach buses, and my future husband and I will be going home with my parents, or in a town car.

LnR70707

I am completely confused as to why you need buses....don't your guests know how to drive?  You aren't responsible for anybody's transportation.

hmonkey

you need all that for a two block drive?  is there a moat around the house or something?

Mrs.Thistletwat

Um... We had no limos for anyone.

loveshine1

We had no limos, but we had the ceremony and reception in the same place. We also both got ready at the hotel.

I don't think you're responsible for the transportation of any of your guests. If you chose to have it for the bridal party, that's fine.

6fsn

I wouldn't be planning transportation for the guests.  If you transport someone to the church without a car, you should get them back to their car though.

And 2 blocks...I'd walk.  We walked the 2 blocks to the hotel.

*Barbie*

we had a limo that took myself and the bridesmaids to the church from my ILs house (about 1.5miles), all of the parents and groomsmen drove to the church. The limo stuck around and took myself and DH to the park for pics, and then to the reception. Everyone else drove or carpooled. 

Keep the limo for you and DH, if it's not a monetary hardship - you can totally get it on in the backseat between the wedding and reception (as long as they're not too close by). I'm not kidding about getting it on in the limo (that's what we did) - it's seriously awesome, and it's not something you'll have the opportunity to do very often (or maybe ever again.)

alisonmills22

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_wedding-woes_transportation-ceremony?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:47Discussion:08c678e8-71e3-4aaa-8a07-4f22e420ce61Post:952db312-0d35-40a5-be15-1ef2c981fd7a">Re: Transportation to the Ceremony</a>:
[QUOTE]I am completely confused as to why you need buses....don't your guests know how to drive?  You aren't responsible for anybody's transportation.
Posted by L&R70707[/QUOTE]

Because the reception site is 30 minutes away from the church. It is customary in my family, and among my friends to offer transportation for anyone that would like to partake of it. We do not want any DWI's or unnecessary deaths hanging over our heads after a 6 hour open bar affair in the dead of winter. We only have the limos going TO the church because it is the middle of the winter; we have them going to the reception because it is over 30 minutes away.