transportation

[jcrow]

next on our wedding to-do list is to tackle transportation. current options- keep in mind it''s a small town:

1-FI knows a guy that owns and runs the local white horse and carriage in town. would be very cheap. but CAN''T leave the church in it, only the reception (cathedral policy). also, couldn''t be taken far. would have to have a stand-by car parked not too far away.

2-there is a local "trolley." it''s a vintage repoduction trolley on wheels. there''s an open-air platform on the back end with the bell, and the front is fully climate controlled for the 34 people it can hold. oh, and a cooler for beverages. rents for minimum of 2.5 hours. after that you pay per 15 minutes.

3-limo- standard or hummer limo or navigator limo

4-antique car. so far i''ve found a rolls royce, vintage & white. i am sure there are others, i just have to find out where. this one rents for a minimum of 3 hours.

we can do one or a couple of the options listed above. i just don''t know what to do though. ideally i''d want to have the trolley and leave the reception in the antique rolls. but that would mean getting the rolls for 3.5 unnecessary hours!

so--- what did / would you do for your ceremony and reception transportation??

 

[jcrow]

anyone?

 

[saturn]

I don''t know... Like you, I''d like the trolley and the Rolls, but it does seem like an unnecessary expense.

If I had to choose one, I''d probably just pick the Rolls. For me, the opportunity to spend that little bit of commuting time alone with my FH would be the tie-breaker.

 

[jcrow]

if you would do the rolls, when whould you use it-if we have a minimum of 3 hours? the final getaway car? the transportation from the church to the reception?

 

[flutterby]

I would do the trolley. That would be so much fun!

 

[dani13]

JCrow-

Come in the rolls to the church with whomever is escorting you down the aisle, and then after the ceremony, have the car take you and your new hubby to the reception! I love that idea! If we werent getting married at the same place we are having the reception at, that is totally what we would do!!! IMHO, the trolley is a cute idea, but if your wedding is more of a formal one, I would be hesitant, but that is just me....

 

[jcrow]

if we did the rolls to the church and to the reception, do you think we could do the just married sign on the car to the reception or is that more for use after the reception?

 

[dani13]

No you could definitely do that right after the church- I think that is an adorable idea!

 

[jcrow]

2 possible hickups with the rolls idea.

one- i may be walking myself down the aisle-solo. so do i show up solo to the church, me alone in the car?

two- after the church ceremony, we have 10 minutes or so to take church pics. so that means all of the bridal party will be with us while the guests go to the reception. wouldn''t i have to provide all of the bridal party transportation especially if the me and the groom take off together in the rolls?

 

[Fancy605]

I know a girl who used a trolly to get to the reception, and the whole bridal party rode in it with her. It was cute, and it made for some precious pictures.

Do you know how everyone is initially getting to the ceremony (Are they riding with you, with dates, carpooling, going individually?)
As a girl who has been a birdesmaid many times, I can say that it is NICE to have transportation provided to the reception IF you do not have your own vehical at the ceremony (for whatever reason). If your bridal party has their cars at the church and you provide transportation to the reception, then you also have to get your bridal party back to their cars once the reception ends.
If your bridal party drives themselves to the church individually, then I think it would be easier for them to take their own transportation to the reception, just so that they can leave straight from there without worrying how to get back to their cars.

 

[saturn]

What I meant was to take the Rolls to and from both the ceremony and reception (might be more than 3 hours).

I don''t think there''s a problem with you arriving to the ceremony by yourself, but if you''d like company, you could take your MOH, mother, friend... whoever you want.

As long as the bridal party has some way to get to the reception, you don''t need to provide any sort of special transportation. How are they getting to the ceremony? Can they get to the reception the same way? If any of them are local, can they just take their own vehicles? (Or if they are out-of-towners, can they take rental cars?)

And I think it''s just fine to break out the "Just Married" sign as soon as the ceremony is over!

 

[jcrow]

gosh i can''t believe it didn''t even occur to me how they would get back! argh!
if we did the trolley, it would pick up the bridal party and bring them to the church. then it would pick the bridal party up from the church and bring them to the reception. their cars would then be at the hotel... maybe instead we could have them drive their cars to the reception. then the trolley could pick them up there and drop them off at the church?

if we did the rolls, i guess the bridal party would be own their own for transportation to and from the church and reception. but, the groom and i would need a ride from the reception.

if we would be renting enought tuxes for a free limo rental, then that could be the bridal party transportation home from the reception if we did the trolley to get to the reception.

this is more complicated than i thought!