Probably over-thinking this, but transportation for wedding day?

behsco90 · January 2015

So I'm sure I'm over-thinking this... FI and I are trying to figure out transportation options for the wedding day for the wedding party. We are getting married in a church and then having the reception at a hotel. We already have transportation figured out for ourselves from church to hotel.

So we're trying to see what would be the best/cheapest/easiest option to rent a limo for the wedding party. Obviously at the end of the night they need to get home, so do they park at the hotel, which means they need a way to get from the hotel to the church at the beginning of the day. Or do they park at the church, which means they need a way to get back to the church at the end of the night.

For you ladies that had your ceremony and reception at separate locations, what did you do?

lyndausvi · January 2015

Our wedding was OOT for everyone. We had the trolley drop everyone back off at the various hotels (I think there were 3 stops).

Other weddings I've been in either took us back to the hotel or to the church parking lot.

ETA - I forgot a few dropped off at both the church AND the bride's family home since the BM tend to leave together from there, where they GMs seem to met at the church. Doesn't make sense, but that is how it seem to go in my social group.

theartistformerlyknownas · January 2015

Why can't they all just drive themselves?

lyndausvi · January 2015

lolo883 said:

Why can't they all just drive themselves?

I will be honestly. I've been in 10 or so weddings. I've never once driven myself. Is that weird?

theartistformerlyknownas · January 2015

lyndausvi said:

lolo883 said:

Why can't they all just drive themselves?

I will be honestly. I've been in 10 or so weddings. I've never once driven myself. Is that weird?

Not necessarily. But I don't think it's weird to drive either.

I've always caught a ride with someone (been in 3 weddings). Never had a limo or anything of the sort. Even for my wedding I rode there with my sister and back with my H in his car.

SBmini · January 2015

We rented two limos. The guys road to the reception site from the hotel in one, the girls in the other. On the way to the reception, the guys and girls road together and we got our limo. I also had a limo come at the end of the reception which took us, two groomsmen and a friend back to the hotel.

mrsdee15 · January 2015

We're going to have a van guy to the three hotels nearby. Wait, is that as creepy as I think it is? Van guy needs a new name, clearly.

behsco90 · January 2015

lolo883 said:
Why can't they all just drive themselves?

I just figured it would be nice to have transportation for them and fun since most of us have never been in a limo, although having them drive themselves would be the easiest thing.

mrscomposer · January 2015

If you can afford limos, go for it - my sister and her husband were planning on limos, but it wasn't in the budget, so we all just piled into vehicles.

We did the same thing at our wedding, between the ceremony and reception (carpooled). J's groomsmen were walking/stumbling distance from the house for the end of the night, and my bridesmaids had my car.

dolewhipper · January 2015

We're just piling into vehicles; though I heard through the grapevine someone in our family might have gifted us transport. We will see.

In the past I've just gone in my Fi car. For my wedding we're planning on two of my Bms having their Hs with them so 2 cars and the other BMs and GM can go in theirs. Also the parents will have their cars as well.

WhatawagSBNy · January 2015

The difference may be sobriety to drive at the end of the night. So if they are getting a ride, get a limo only if in budget. Otherwise, town car style from a livery service is usually half price, and rented with a driver who will take repeat trips since they are paid by time can reduce the total number of vehicles. If parking in the church lot is low cost, over hotel, leave cars there. If another wedding or service follows yours, you can't.

The airporter style limo, like they use to pick people up at home to go to the airport , has no party stuff or bar, and no stepping in bent over in gowns and heels. Just 3 or 4 forward facing bench seats with doors on both sides. Much cheaper to rent.

novella1186 · January 2015

I think if you're having a limo take them to a second location, you should also provide some kind of transportation to get them back to where they started so they can get to their cars without having to worry about it.

Or just have them carpool.

I was in a wedding a few years ago and was the only BM who wasn't local, so I was staying in a hotel. I didn't get to carpool with anyone cuz the hotel was out of everyone's way so I just drove myself. No big deal.

huskypuppy14 · January 2015

Are you getting a limo for you and your FH? I had my wedding and reception all in one place, but my sister had her reception at a hotel and her ceremony was at a church.

Both the women and the men met at the hotel in the morning (separate rooms).

The guys (groom and groomsmen) went over to the church first in the limo, then it came back and picked up the woman (bride, bridesmaids and our mom). Then after the ceremony, the whole wedding party went back in the limo to the reception (bride and groom included). My mom just drove back with my dad.

behsco90 · January 2015

huskypuppy14 said:

Are you getting a limo for you and your FH? I had my wedding and reception all in one place, but my sister had her reception at a hotel and her ceremony was at a church.

Both the women and the men met at the hotel in the morning (separate rooms).
The guys (groom and groomsmen) went over to the church first in the limo, then it came back and picked up the woman (bride, bridesmaids and our mom). Then after the ceremony, the whole wedding party went back in the limo to the reception (bride and groom included). My mom just drove back with my dad.

Yes FI and I will be renting a vintage car to take us from church to reception.

And what your sister did is a great idea! We might just do that.

500days · January 2015

I like @huskypuppy14's suggestion. It also depends on if your wedding party have SOs too. We were planning on a limo, but then some of the groomsmen asked if they could drive and meet us there because they wanted to drive with their SO.

huskypuppy14 · January 2015

500days said:

I like @huskypuppy14's suggestion. It also depends on if your wedding party have SOs too. We were planning on a limo, but then some of the groomsmen asked if they could drive and meet us there because they wanted to drive with their SO.

Well that was the only wedding I was in, but my friends that have provided transportation never included SO. My boyfriend (now husband) drove himself to the ceremony and reception, and then we drove home together after the reception.

kat1114 · January 2015

We had our ceremony and reception in different locations too. The guys got ready at our reception venue, and the girls and I got ready at my mom's. We rented a trolley for transporatation. The trolley picked the girls up first, and took us to the ceremony venue, then went and picked up the guys. After the ceremony, we all rode the trolley to the reception.

I honestly have no idea how everyone got home at the end of the night. We all went out downtown after the reception, so I assume everyone just took a cab home/back to their hotel. I know two of the girls left their cars at my mom's and just got them in the morning. I also know some of the girls just got dropped off, so that might be an option too.

emmaaa · January 2015

Our WP just drove themselves or carpooled with one another.

Probably over-thinking this, but transportation for wedding day?

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