do you think its cheeky......

If I'm honest, I'd rather pay the money myself. Is there room in your budget to cover this?

Ive been to quite a few weddings where a coach has been put on at a cost of £5 or £10 pp and we were all really greatfull for it as a taxi would have cost about £55!

Forgive me if this is obvous but I'm confused. You are getting the coach to take people from where to where? Will it take them to the venue and back again? You say it will drop them back in the village but the nearest town is an expensive cab ride away and that the venue is 20 miles away - where is the venue in relation to your village and the town?If people are coming from the town to the wedding then they may think that paying for accomodation and a bus fare will work out more than the cab fare and not bother with the bus. Also, how many people live in the village and how many B&B places are there? If you are getting the bus to drop people in a rural village there has to be as many places to stay as there are people on the bus otherwise what is the point? They're drunk in the middle of a village rather than drunk outside the wedding venue :o)

Does any of that make sense??

Sorry im quite bad at explaining things! Im having a church wedding at place A and a reception 20ish miles away place B. if they got a taxi it would be from a small town 10 miles away. I didnt mention that most of our guest are from the village in which we are getting married so would only need transport to and from venue but would have some were to stay! lol ( a very valid point re;drunken ppl with nowhere to stay! )

Thanks for all you oppinions gurls xx

I'm certain that if you explain that a taxi will cost at least £x so you've provided a coach service for only £5 pp, i'd say that most people would welcome you thinking of them, i guess there will be the odd complaint, but let them book a taxi

The nukmbers add up, there's no denying that. However, if you book a reception miles away from your church and knowing that transport is horrible, is that not a cost you should bear, rather than pass onto guests?

Wish i could, but we cant!
I think all will be OK thanks

£5 is bugger all in the grand scheme of things I really woldnt worry, I wouldnt mind paying it if I were asked.

We always do this in our circle of family and friends with weddings, parties, meals etc. Go for it.

I wouldn't be offended by this at all. I'd thank you for organising it so I didn't have to.

Feel free to come back and test out the wording on us if you think that might help.

I for one would be happy to pay it and grateful you'd saved us money on taxi fares

have you asked the taxi company if they can do a deal?

Being from a rural area I completely get where you are coming from with the transport/location issues! We were looking at getting married in the village church then bussing everyone to a reception elsewhere (due to a distinct lack of reception venue options anywhere near the church..). In the end we ditched the idea because (a) accommodation was a disaster anywhere "central" - most people weren't local and there weren't B&Bs around either (b) there was nowhere for the coach to "lurk" during the ceremony without causing chaos and (c) the church was without a vicar (and had been for some time) and I wasn't that keen on the atmosphere of the church (or the state of the organ) so going regularly in the run up to the wedding would have been a chore. In the end we decided to find a different church somewhere more convenient for accommodation and receptions and sort the connection through regular attendance (which isn't a chore as I have been enjoying the services and am even considering getting baptised).

I'd've had no qualms about offering a paid for coach for about that price if the rest of the logistics had worked... It's no more difficult having the ceremony and reception in different rural places to having the reception in somewhere awkward for accommodation - driving between ceremony and reception isn't the problem - it's getting home afterwards, which is an issue wherever the ceremony has been!

Thanks every one- feel abit better about this now!

will defo be testing out the wording on here when ive done it!!

Thanks

I would be grateful that you had organised the coach and would be happy to pay such a small amount of money so that I wouldn't have to worry about driving or taxi fares.

I think this is a fab idea! I definitely wouldn't mind paying a fiver to get home.

Your dilemma is actually very helpful for me too so thanks. We kinda have the same problem as we are getting married on NYE next year and the hotel bedrooms will be all booked by day guests (family). The friends that will be coming for the evening do will be from our home town which is around a 20 minute drive from the venue. We have discussed hiring a mini bus and driver to do runs between venue and home town but we were slightly worried about the cost and how it may (actually it wont) fit into our budget either. From reading this maybe asking for £5 from everyone will help as a Taxi on NYE will, like yours, be around £50.

xxxx

This is exactly how I'd think

What they said! I think it's a good idea!

We have the same situation but in reverse! We live in a big-ish town, but want our wedding in a country venue.

I will be paying for a coach for the evening guests to get from town to venue. I will ask in the RSVP's for confirmation of number of seats required. IF it runs to 2 coaches, I will consider asking people for a contribution - totally voluntary on the amount, if i have to pay it all, then I will do. I do appreciate tho, that when you have a budget it is difficult to find the extra ££ for a coach if you werent planning it.