Valet parking issue

jalanellm

Hello Ladies,

I'm an out of state (AZ) bride planning to wed in Dallas come next May....I found a venue that I love but free self parking is not available.  I was able to negoatiate the $14 valet fee to $10, question is will it be rude for my guests (mostly the grooms side of the family) to fork over the $10?  We would defiantely put notice in our invites or shall we pay for it?

fyi.... both ceremony and reception will be held at the same location.

Sincerely,

Undecided

ootmother2

We paid and tipped before the event as well.

I live in NYC so $10 to park is a fantastic bargain!!

Mrs.B6302007

I would make some cuts somewhere in my budget to pay for the lot. It's your choice to have the wedding at a venue that charges so I don't think that your guests should have to pay for your choice, kwim?

Mrs.B6302007

Where is my freaking response?

:kicks TK:

jalanellm

Thank you ladies...as far as proving a shuttle... I don't know how cost effective that would be... I should look into though..

Sydney91

I'm an Alberta girl, so I'd be the hick parking on the lawn if I had to pay to park. Did it at the airport and nothing happened.

ootmother2

WTF have you been drinking, Eagles?  You keep changing places with your replies!

lyndausvi

Personally I think that if there are no free options available then you should pick up the costs.  IDK, it's almost like having a wedding at a place that as an admission fee and making your guest pay to get in?  Does that make sense?

If there are free options available (the street, a block away, etc), then I think it's fine not to pick up the costs.

Avion22

I would make cuts elsewhere and pay for parking.

StephBeanWed61502

I think you need to figure out whether this is "normal" or not for Dallas.  If I was going to a wedding in the heart of NYC, I would probably expect to pay for parking, but if I was invited to a wedding in lsuburban Long Island or something, I'd be pretty upset about having to pay to park, since that's not normal in the suburbs.  

Also, in general, I don't think guests should pay for anything at a wedding, so I personally would try to work my budget to cover the valet fees regardless of what was normal for the area.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

You need to pay. At my venue, it wasn't even an option to make my guests pay (and valet was mandatory, unless they could find street parking, since it was a small lot). We also had a shuttle, though, and most people who were staying at the hotel used that. That was more so they wouldn't have to rent cars, though.