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RainbowBrite80
Beginner April 2012

Should I hire coaches? Ceremony, Breakfast & Reception at the same venue. Please Help :)

RainbowBrite80, 9 August, 2011 at 18:37 Posted on Planning 0 6

Hi all, Could you help me with this please?

As mentioned in the title we are getting married in the same venue as the wedding breakfast and evening reception. The ceremony is not until 2.30pm so once the guests are there they do not have to worry about getting from one place to another, this was one of the things that we liked about having our wedding at this venue, they have lovely gardens too so there’s not even any need to go anywhere else for photos ? I thought that it would just make it easier all round.

This venue is not as local as what some of our guests are used to, but it is still within a 10 mile radius for all guests invited, so pretty close I thought, so we made the final decision and paid the deposit.

I thought that these days most of us have cars and as most people like to have a drink or two they get taxis regardless of where they are going anyway, and its not like we are expecting people to travel miles from one venue to another and then on to a third for the reception, so I didn’t even think that we needed to worry about transport.

Problem is a family member of mine said that as the venue is not on our doorstep we should be putting on transport for all the guests, and I'm worrying now that we should be hiring coaches ?. I wouldn’t mind but we are on a tight budget and cheapest quote is £350 ☹️.

So after a bit of a stressed rant the question is, do you think we should be laying on the transport?

Any advice and opinions will be greatly appreciated TIA

 

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Latest activity by steph2325, 10 August, 2011 at 01:26
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    Beginner June 2012
    Randomsabreur ·
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    I would never expect transport to be provided for a wedding, especially if you're all in one place with parking available (can guests leave cars overnight?). That said telling relations to go take a long walk of a short pier might not go down too well, so potential compromises/ logical arguments might be

    I'm guessing from your post that not everyone lives in the same place - so where exactly does this relative expect your transport to go from?

    If there is an obvious centre - then you could look into charging a nominal sum for the coach - say £5/person if that would get it into your budget.

    Or, you could chat to some local taxi/minicab firms and find out if if they have any large taxis/minicabs that could be prebooked for people and shared to save money.

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  • Mrs C
    Beginner March 2011
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    Honestly... no.

    It's only 10 miles - they could drive and leave the car there, get a cab, get a bus.... not your responsibility.

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  • DaffyB
    Beginner June 2012
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    My friend tried to do this for her wedding as it was about an hour away from the town her and most of her friends and family lived in. She put a note on the invitations saying anyone interested should contact her dad. In the end only about 5 people contacted him so they couldn't do it. I think a lot of people didn't want to be tied in to staying right to the end. And i definately wouldn't do it unless you've got a list of confirmed people who will want to use it. Otherwise you'll end up paying £350 for a handful of people.

    Surely people can arrange it between themselves to lift share or share a taxi. 10 miles in a taxi shared between 4 people can't be that expensive wherever you are.

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  • MrsA2012
    Beginner July 2012
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    10 miles? That's nothing. Don't waste time stressing about this, there are far too many other things to sort out. I really don't think anyone would be expecting you to lay on transport.

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    Beginner February 2012
    Dani1984 ·
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    Honestly no, 10 miles is nothing, like everyone has said its easy enough for people to lift share its all in one venue so no need to move around. My venue is at least an hour or more for all my guests and it is not something i am considering, everyone has had plenty of notice so can arrange transport and hotels if they want etc!

    some relatives seem to think that it is ok to tell Bride & Groom what they should be doing!

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    Beginner June 2012
    steph2325 ·
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    This is what we are doing-although theres a bit more of a distance between our venues. people have been really gratefull that we have orginised somthing

    xx

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