Wedding Day Transportation

[Jenn060306]

I'm trying to figure out what is the best thing to do for our wedding day transportation. There is 4 BM and 3 GM a flower girl and ringbearer in the wedding party plus Mark and I.
We've looked into Limo's but i am not sure that we can afford one. We are thinking about renting a white mini van. But that only fits 7 or 8 people at the most. I don't really want to do a big passanger van cause i don't like them. I'm wondering if we should get 2 vans and split us all up. And if we do that then who goes with who? Bride and Groom with MOH and BM? Everyone eles in the other?

What are you guys doing? Anything special? Or is everyone taking their own car and meeting there?

[WhiskeyGirl]

We did the limo thang but friends of ours rented two white mini vans from the local Chevy dealership!! It worked quite well for what they needed them for and they also used them to take things back after the day was done!! The vans looked nice because of course they decorated them and such! Do you know anyone who owns a nice car or a classic car?? Perhaps they could lend you the car for you and your FH and then rent a mini van for the rest of the bridal party! And IMHO, I don't think you should really worry about taking the FGs and RBs with you! They might be tired and cranky and really just want to be with their parents!! I sent my FG and RB with my parents (their grandparents) and they actually crashed and took a nap, if they were with us they wouldn't have been able to do that and then they would have be insufferable little brats (I love them but we all know how children do on little sleep and a big day!!!) later that night!!

[CindySue]

We will be using our own vehicles. Probably Brian's truck. I will probaby ride with my mom or his mom to the ceremony. My daughter will ride with me, boys will go with him. Then we will ride back to the house together.

[LaceyinPgh]

On our wedding day Sean is taking me to meet my mom so I can get ready. Then he is riding to the church with his best man or parents. After the ceremony we are renting a limo to take us from the church to the reception site. Our parents and bridal party are all responsible for their own transportation.

[Shawna Bride]

I don't think we're doing anything special transportation wise. Our ceremony and reception are both at the same place, and we're doing pictures about 5 minutes away from both places.

[ikkin510]

To go to the church, I"ll go with my BM, Steve with his GM. From the church to the reception, Steve and I (and possibly the RB) will be riding in a classic fire truck. The rest of the bridal party is just going to car pull or drive themselves. We can't afford to rent anything and no one seems to mind.

[StaceyMc]

I'll ride to the church with my parents. Joe will bring my car to the church so we can leave together after the reception.

We're using our feet as transportation to the reception - it's in the same place.

[bnd94]

We have to use a truck to get us to the base of the mountain so we are using our old Subaru Brat. We love that car. It is what we went on our first date in. Not the same one.................That ones already rusted away! LOL! :D

I don't know if we will ride to our reception in it too or not. Really we could just walk to that I don't think it is even a quarter of a mile from our house.

[usahgrad]

Our ceremony and reception are in the same spot, but we're taking our bridal party to go have pictures done at another location. So we looked into limos a little bit and realized there was NO way we could afford one. If we could have gotten it for like an hour, it would have worked, but there was four hour minimums everywhere! So no limo. My mother just got a brand new silver Pacifica that she is going to let Jason and I use as our getaway vehicle and our bridal party is going to have to ship themselves to the picture location.

[Jenn060306]

Thanks for the imput. I'm not totally sure what we should do. I think renting a mini van is the best bet. Its about a 30 min drive from the church to the reception. My mom has said we can take her caravan. Which we might. Our flower girl and ring bearer are the children of out MOH and BM so i am thinking it might be best for them to take their own car, or for their grandparents to take the kids in their van because of the car seat situation.
I think that them in their van and us and the rest of the bridal party in my moms van will work well. We can decorate them to match even though one is blueish green and the other is red.

[rainbowtreat]

I am thinking that every oen will just use their own cars. We are getting married at my sister's house. And seeing I will be staying there the night before my car will be there. Every one else ( bridal party ) will most likely follow us to the reception site. Even if we take a long way around it will still only take 5 mins to get there in the small town I grew up in.