cars and accomodation

Hi Xmas Bride!

I am kind of doing what you have questioned... Black Cabs. Although I am having 1 car to take me and my dad to the venue, I don't see the point really but dad really wants a nice car, so it's more for him and I see his point, it could make it a little bit more special!

As for wedding night, I would totally go for hotel, after all its your wedding night, you will wake up as a married couple in your bed at home for the rest of your life! Besides if guests are staying at the same hotel its really nice to say hi in the morning at breakfast!

Happy Planning!

Hi, fellow Xmas bride (we are 23 Dec 2011). We are the same, have ceremony and reception in the same place, but have hired a car to take us all in a few trips (groom and BM, bridesmaids, then me and Mum) and they will return in the evening to take us and then mum to the hotel where we are staying for the night in the Bridal suite. We were going to come back home too, but OH's parents said there was no way, that it would be too...mundane, not special etc and they paid for us to stay in the bridal suite of one of our nice hotels in town. this was a very lovely surprise and we were gobsmacked at their generosity.

Like VP, my parents offered to pay for a hotel room for us on our wedding night. We jumped at the offer, and opted to stay at a different hotel to the one most of our guests were in. (We didn't get married or hold the reception at either of these hotels, but they were both close by to the reception venue.)

As for cars, I got my dad to drive me there (although that's cheating a bit as he has a beautiful red Porsche Boxster!) and just hitched a lift off a family friend to get to our hotel at night. Personally I didn't see the point in forking out loads for cars. Did you know you can get white London style cabs? That might suit you nicely.

We're not having any cars, but are staying in a hotel because we're not getting married where we live.

Cars seem like a waste if everything's in the same place because noone really sees them! Also if we're going to fork out for a fancy car we'd much rather be forking out to drive something interesting than to be driven, so we decided not to bother.

For the hotel - it depends if home's as close as the hotel - you don't want a long journey home. Also, depends if you'd have time to make your bed before getting ready and not need your room to get ready in, so it's not disorganised, covered in dress covers etc.