Limos

Eliz77

Just out of curiousity...how many limos did you guys choose? I am having 5 BMs/GMs, plus our parents. I am a little worried about the parent thing since FI's parents are divorced, his dad is remarried, His folks have NOT been at an y shard event since the divorce, which was 20 years ago. We are pretty concerned about how to handle all this...it is VERY important that his mom is not left out in any way. FI is also worried about how to handle his dad, keep him included, etc. I suggested we invite the wife's sister/husband who we do socialize with so she at least is comfortable.

ANYWAY, getting off  topic...just really wondering how people arrange limos. Do we have one lime for bridal party plus parents, and one for grooms men plus his mom and let his dad decide if he wants to join? And then take two imos to reception? We live 5 minutes from Church, which is 5 minutes from reception.

Summer2011Bride

I've never heard of parents being in the limo. And honestly, if the limo situation will just be complicated and stressful, you can skip limos altogether. You can rent a neat car or something for you and FI and let your WP members drive themselves. That might be easiest anyways because they will need a ride home from the reception.

FWIW, if you do end up going with a limo, we had 17 people total riding in it so we got a party busy that sat 18.

TiffannieF

We also didn't do the limo thing. But I've only heard of the WP go in the limo not the parents.

dubird

Well, we didn't have a plan for a getaway car until talking with the people at the venue.  One of the options they can arrange is a 1969 Daimler limo, and FSpoon jumped at the idea because his dad used to restore Daimlers as a hobby.  So we have to make sure the photographer gets his dad's reaction when it drives up.  XD

But other than that, we're not having any limos.  Everyone gets to the site on their own, though I'll be carpooling with my mom and BMs, and I'm sure FSpoon will be carpooling with his GMs.

Amanda1443994

We're getting 3 limos. The bridal party will be in one, the parents will be in another, and my FI and I will be in the third. I only wanted to get two because I wanted to be with my bridal party, but FI only request for the wedding was to get a Rolls Royce limo for us, so we just got a third. The other two are 9 passenger limos.

Eliz77

Thanks for the suggestions so far, but I think I need to rephrase my question since we DO want limos... 

For those who have had limos taking them to the Church and reception afterwards, how did you go about it? Did you have one limo for the bridal party, and one for the groomsmen? Did you parents ride with you or drive separately? I've been in 3 weddings, and for one of them the bride and her father rode in a rolls royce while the rest of us were split in two limos (mom rode with the BP). Then on the way to the reception, we all were in one limo with the parents sharing the rolls royce. The other two times, we took two limos-bridal party and parents in one, groomsmen and parents in the other and ceremony/reception was at the same place.

alithebride

we had 2 going to pictures-one for me and the girls and one for DH and the guys. after the wedding we had 2 limos (for BP) and one car for us.
parents dont go in the limo.

Amanda1443994

We're having our rolls royce limo take FI parents to the church, one stretch limo will take the groomsmen and FI, and the third limo will take the bridesmaids and me to the church. From the church, FI and I will ride in the Rolls Royce, the bridal party (boys and girls) will ride in one limo, and the parents will ride in the third to the reception.

ElisabethJoanne

We're still working out limo details, but the plan is:
Car 1: Groom's parents' home - /> church with groom and parents
Car 2: Bride's parents' home - /> church with bride's mother and sisters (bridesmaids)
Car 3: Bride's parents' home - /> church with bride's father and bride

After the ceremony
Car 1: Groom's parents - /> reception
Car 2: Bride's parents and sisters - /> reception
Car 3: Bride and groom - /> reception

After the reception
Car 1: Groom's parents' home
Car 2: Bride's parents' home
Car 3: Bride and groom's home or hotel

Each location is about 15 miles away. The bridesmaids are fairly yong; one doesn't have a driver's license. The groom is an only child. The groomsmen are older and married with children who are invited to the wedding. So it basically works out not to limos for the bridal party, but for limos for the groom's family, the bride's family, and the bride+groom, with the groomsmen taking care of themselves.

Eliz77

OK! I am leaning towards two limos and whoever wants a ride, jump in! I'll leave it up to the WP and parents who want to take limo or drive separate. I live 10 minutes from the reception, so my thinking is to drop a couple of cars (mine, my parents, FI's mom's) there the morning of, and have all the BP SO drive themselves, so everyone has a ride home.