Limo questions

Re: Limo questions

• chibiyui member

  

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  Our wedding is on a tight budget and recently a bridesmaid asked if we were splitting the limo cost. The Maid of Honor said it is something we could do, however I don't really feel right about it. My aunt suggested we all just drive around for pictures, which I don't think is nice either. She suggested this I think because her son and his g/f don't have a lot of extra money either and she doesn't want to see them pay. She said she wouldn't ask them to pay....

  
  

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  If you don't have the budget for a limo, you don't have the budget for the limo. While it's nice of two of your BM's to offer to pay their share, it would be rude to ask other members of your BP to pay. Either find the money to pay the limo entirely yourself, or arrange for other day of transportation.
  
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• Mitch617 member

  

  March 2014

  Who is the limo for and where is it traveling to/from?

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• bridetobemnm07 member

  

  March 2014

  It will be for the whole wedding party. Picking us up before ceremony and after for the whole group. from ceremony to take pictures and reception. 

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• Mitch617 member

  

  March 2014

  I think if you have a limo, you are the one that is supposed to cover the cost. It's not mandatory to provide that, but I think it is nice when you are going from one site to another (not all in one place). Not really sure. But it would be wrong to ask everyone to pitch in because even if one person offered, the others are probably not counting on that kind of extra cost.

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• sofakingmad member

  

  March 2014

  The bridal party should not have to pay for that at all.  If you want a limo, you pay for the limo.

  
  

  However, is it rude to ask the bridal party members to supply their own transportation to and from the church/reception?  

  
  

  I have never witnessed not having some type of transportation for the wedding party, so I honestly don't know what you would do if you don't have a limo/bus/trolley.

  

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• doeydo member

  

  March 2014

  If you can't afford a limo, then you don't have a limo.  You and the groom and/or the wedding party can carpool, rent a car or two, or whatever.  It is not rude to have the wedding party find their own way to and from the ceremony and reception.  
  What I am concerned about, though, is the fact that you seem to have the plan to have the ceremony in one place, then go to a photo location,  then go to the reception location.  What are your guests doing between the ceremony and reception?  How far of a drive is the photo location from the ceremony?  How far from the reception?  I am asking because it would be terribly rude to have an unhosted gap and a cocktail hour should probably be about 90 minutes maximum.

  
  

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• bridetobemnm07 member

  

  March 2014

  We don't have a large gap between the ceremony and reception. We are going to take photo's outside the church and possibly another location. 

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• sofakingmad member

  

  March 2014

  scribe95 said:

  We didn't have transportation for our wedding party. We told them the time to be at the church and the time to be at the reception - basically immediately after - and they are adults who got themselves there.

  I understand having them provide their own transportation to the church/reception, but is it proper etiquette to ask them to drive to a different location for photos?

  
  

  
  

  

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• Amyzen83 member

  

  March 2014

  You know I'm in ca and I looked up pricing for limos and relied on review sites, almost all of them had 3 hr minimums! Our ceremony will be at the church and my fi and I and whoever else will most likely get ready at the church and our reception site is like 5 to 10 mins away! So we nixed the idea of a limo and are doing a car rental instead lim a mini or some cool sports car instead to avoid a gap. I'm wondering if transportation in itself is what is causing these brides to have off site and long photo gaps?
  
  To answer your question OP generally transportation is calculated in your wedding budget but if a few bridesmaids are offering to chip in that's great but you do not ask the other bridesmaids to help split the cost as this is your event that they are participating in. However you are also not responsible for how they get to and from locations.

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• cruffino member

  

  March 2014

  We didn't need a limo for 3 hours so we ordered car service and they sent a 14 person van. It was really easy and less than half the cost of a limo.
  
  If you want your bridal party to travel to a third location for pictures, you should provide transportation.

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• s-aries8990 member

  

  March 2014

  scribe95 said:

  We didn't have transportation for our wedding party. We told them the time to be at the church and the time to be at the reception - basically immediately after - and they are adults who got themselves there.

  I understand having them provide their own transportation to the church/reception, but is it proper etiquette to ask them to drive to a different location for photos?

  
  

  
  

  I feel like if it's someplace VERY close, less than 5 minutes from the ceremony/reception locations, preferably on the way to the reception (like less than 5 minutes drive deviating from the ceremony to reception route) , it's acceptable, but preferably not.
  

   

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