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Should we provide transportation to the venue for our guests?

Knottie51897131Knottie51897131 member
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Chicago downtown wedding. 
Should we provide transportation for our guests from the hotel to the wedding venue?

Venue it 7-10 min away.

My fiance's family is from NYC so all out of towners will be at the hotel.

BUT, its a metropolitan city with lots of cabs! 

thoughts?

thank you.
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Re: Should we provide transportation to the venue for our guests?

  • bethsmilesbethsmiles member
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    It would be a nice gesture but it's not required.


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  • lovegood90lovegood90 member
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    If it's in your budget, definitely a nice thing to do.

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  • bizzy592bizzy592 member
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    Not necessary, but a nice touch. You could look into either shuttles or an uber code.
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  • Knottie51897131Knottie51897131 member
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    thank you!!
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  • lyndausvilyndausvi mod
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    If it is in your budget I would.     FWIW - we actually did provide transportation.

    Even is there are lot of cabs, 20 people needing one at the same time at the same location becomes a bit of a hassle.






    What differentiates an average host and a great host is anticipating unexpressed needs and wants of their guests.  Just because the want/need is not expressed, doesn't mean it wouldn't be appreciated. 
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  • banana468banana468 member
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    If you can I would.   We went to a wedding a few years ago in the Boston/Cambridge area and the couple arranged for school buses to take us from the hotel/reception venue to the ceremony.   It was very well organized and much easier to do that then to have all the reception guests trying to get a cab at the same time.   
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  • thisismynickname2thisismynickname2 member
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    OP I also had a downtown Chicago wedding, so you can PM me more details if you want.

    "7-10" minutes away by... what? Cab? Walking? CTA bus? Do you have a lot of elderly or disabled coming? Time of day of wedding?  I'm inclined to believe you don't need to arrange transportation if cabs are normally swarming the area of both hotel and venue at the time of day guests will need them. But I know some areas are not swarming with cabs, or are rare due to bar-hoppers at midnight, so honestly this really depends exactly where you'll be.  

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  • Jen4948Jen4948 member
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    It's a kind gesture but not required. If you have a lot of out-of-town guests staying at the same hotel, you might look into a shuttle for them.
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  • Liatris2010Liatris2010 mod
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    Talk to the hotel. Ours arranged a shuttle for us, free of charge, because we had booked so many rooms.
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  • photokittyphotokitty mod
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    Does the total have a shuttle? Can you contract it at a discount?
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  • MandyMostMandyMost member
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    We had transportation to the venue for the bridal party and our immediate families. Everyone else had to find their way to the venue themselves--only 10-15 total other out-of-town guests were staying at the hotel, so they just shared cabs (most all knew each other). We did have a shuttle back to the hotel at the end of the night that anyone could take, though--it took the bridal party, immediate families, and anyone else that wanted it. We weren't going to police who was getting on!  Everyone else was local and just drove or took a taxi/Uber from their house. 
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