We booked limos, but now I'm wondering

mdupon70997

We booked limos for our wedding today. We got two stretch limos (one each for the ladies and men), a town car for me and my mom to get to the venue, and another town car for me and my groom at the end of the night. Now, I've been a bridesmaid in a few weddings where limos weren't booked for the wedding party to leave the venue. The wedding party just had to make sure that they had a ride home from the reception. We didn't book limos for our wedding party to leave in, either. Mainly because we couldn't afford it, and also because most of our wedding party will have family members at the wedding that they will be able to ride home with. Is this pretty much standard procedure, or is this considered rude?

misssunshine17

Just make sure they know ahead of time and you're fine.

banana468

I think you're fine. Just make sure the WP has the plans well in advance. We did something similar except DH dropped his car off at the reception before the wedding so we'd be all set.

mdupon70997

Good to know that I'm not being rude!! But I just got a message from one of my bridesmaids saying she won't be using the limo since she will need a carseat to get her daughter (my flower girl) home from the reception. That's a little annoying. We booked the first Town Car because we had one lady too many for the stretch limo...that's $85 down the drain.

nda8414

How annoying of her to be concerned about riding w/her daughter. Seriously, she's got some nerve!

Summer2011Bride

I think you're fine on the no transportation home front. Just make sure all the WP knows this in advance and have cab numbers on hand in case someone needs it.

You can't fault her for needing a car seat for her daughter. See if you can cancel that car, or if not, just chuck it up to bad luck. As a non-parent, car seats aren't something I think of in advance, either, but it's not her fault you didn't inquire about that ahead of time, KWIM?

Sierra524

Did you ask your BP prior to getting the limos if they in fact, really wanted them? Half of our BP said that they would rather take their own cars, instead of take a limo.

Loopyseven

PP's have it covered. 

See if you can change your reservation to cancel the extra car.

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[QUOTE]Good to know that I'm not being rude!! But I just got a message from one of my bridesmaids saying she won't be using the limo since she will need a carseat to get her daughter (my flower girl) home from the reception. That's a little annoying. We booked the first Town Car because we had one lady too many for the stretch limo...that's $85 down the drain.
Posted by mdupon70997[/QUOTE]

Talk to your limo provider. Perhaps they can credit you the difference. They still have time to rebook it for another job. I can't blame her though for wanting to go in her own car since limo's don't have seatbelts.
 
In regards to the rest of the wedding party, like other PP said let them know in advance so they can plan accordingly. Since we had a few single people in our wedding party & we needed to make sure there was a care at the reception hall for us afterwards we had had the girls that needed their car at hall meet at hall & limo picked them up from there & go to church & then it went back for the guys who all left their cars there too. Worked out very well for us.

mdupon70997

We already let everyone know about the lilmos, so they know to have another ride home. I'm not angry about my BM wanting to ride in another car because of the carseat or anything. I just wish I'd known in advance. I'm going to see if I can cancel the other car. I don't have kids, so I don't think about carseats and such.