How are you handling your wedding day transportation ?

Question

What are you doing for your wedding day transportation?

Do you feel its the bride/groom responsibility to worry about their wedding party transportation? If so how many people are in your wedding party? If you do not mind how much is your wedding day transpiration if you are not driving your own car?

Answer 1

It is the Bride & Grooms responsibility to make arrangements for bridal party to arrive at the church/photos/reception on time...no matter if you ride together or separately...especially if you want everyone there on time and no mishaps.

I contacted the local shuttle service for out local hospitals (used for employees too) and got a phenomenal deal - all day 10am - 2am for a 32 passenger shuttle...get this...$321.00!  No Joke!  It was comfortable, clean, and we all had fun!

Limousine companies will rob you blind for wedding packages...if you can live without the leather interior, alcohol on the shuttle, fancy lights, and possibly a flat screen tv...all of which you really have no time to enjoy...especially considering how much you pay...I would look into cheaper alternatives.

Personal Opinion - don't read if you are easily offended...

No offense...all those luxuries are nice...but seriously...if I am going to spend $800+ on transportation...I am going to live on that vehicle to absorb every last penny I put into it!

Unless you have money that you can through to the wind...there are so many other more important wedding details to spend your money on!

Answer 2

Everyone drove themselves at our marriage, including us. What fun is it for your wedding party if they don't get to totally mess up your car!? LOL! But if you are getting married in a remote place, then you probably should provide transportation. A friend of mine got married in the middle of nowhere and actually rented a bus for it!  

Answer 3

It is the bridal couple's responsibility to get the wedding party to and from the church.

Answer 4

Of course you need to organize transport for the wedding party.

We wanted to make sure we were all together - there was my husband and I, four female attendants, and four male - so 10 adults. What we came up with was renting a really nice white van - so we could be together, and it was a bonus because I had a big traditional wedding gown so there was lots of room.

Answer 5

My daughter and her fiance rented a stretch limo for the Bridal party

Answer 6

We're having to put our wedding parties up for the night before because they're from out of town. However, we're getting married in a city and the church is right on two major bus lines, so if some of the wedding party chose to stay elsewhere they can get to there easily enough.  

Answer 7

We have a stretch 1957 chevy that will deliver the groom & his men to the ceremony then come to collect me & my girls & parents.

As for the guest i have organised a bus to pick up & collect at the end of the night. Got a good deal only $500 but it can be as expensive as $1500 for the bus which i think is just ridiculous! The chevy is going to be close to a $1000 but oh what an entrance it will make!

Answer 8

It is the couple's responsibility to tell the wedding party HOW to get to the church and reception, but they do not have to provide a car or limo for transportation (they're so expensive!). They should just make sure that everyone knows ahead of time that they will need to drive or carpool, and make sure they have good maps.

I was in a wedding this weekend where the bride and groom decided not to do a limo/carriage/fancy car/etc, even for themselves. One of the bridesmaids drove all of us, including the bride, to the church ahead of time for photos (our dates drove themselves and arrived before the ceremony began). Then we all got ourselves to the reception, while the bride rode with her husband in his car, just the two of them. It worked out fine and they saved a lot of money on something that wasn't really necessary.

Answer 9

Everyone is responsible for driving themselves.

Answer 10

We are getting married all in one venue to avoid the need to rent a limo for the day.  We are just driving ourselves to the venue with our bridal parties, and there is a bridal suite so us girls can get ready once we are there.

We will be renting a black sedan (not limo) to pick us up at midnight after the reception.  That only costs like $100, instead of the $500-$700 it costs for a limo package.

Since it's all in one place we don't need to worry about getting our bridal party from one place to the next throughout the day.  But if you have different locations it's your job to make sure everyone gets to the right place at the right time for the ceremony, pictures and reception.

Good Luck!