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chicken82
Beginner May 2009

wedding car dilema

chicken82, 23 January, 2009 at 10:11 Posted on Planning 0 10

Im looing for oppinions on what i should do - particularly from people already married.

I had a quote all the way back in june from a car company, quoting me an excelent price for multiple trips to the ceremony. (i dont need travel to reception as its opposite the register office!)

I for one reason and another never got round to booking it, but last week at a wedding fayre met the owners and saw the car which is beautiful. I mentioned to them that i had a quote which was less than they were quoting upon talking to them.

We were all chatting about the things they offer in their package, one of the things being to take the couple off fro a while after the ceremony with a bottle of champers to either have photos taken at bristol suspension bridge, or just for a drive to be together in piece for a bit.

MIL was with me and agreeing with the owner that this was incredibly important otherwise the day will melt into 1 and we will hardly see eachother or divide the parts up in our head after plus, it means mr chicken will be able to have a ride in a p[osh car too. Now i hadnt even thought of this and like the idea.

However. I emailed them attaching my origanal quote - which still stands but not if we want to go off on our own for that little while with the champagne.

Its £100 more if we do this.

Now, my dilema is do i spend the extra hundred so we can do this, so mr chicken can ride in a car, or do i stick to budget which origanal quote is for? Im worried that MIL will insist on paying the extra so we get the extra, but we dont want her to pay for anything else at all! And as soon as its mentioned she will offer, and then we feel bad, then if i dont say anything she might be narky....oh i dont know.

Its not a massive dilema i know, and it is only £100 but whn you are on strict budget, and have gone over on bridesmaids dresses etc............

So, what do you think? Should i have the whole hog, or just what i origanally wanted - just the trip there. What are you all having? And for those of you already married did you have time alone together? If you didnt did it spoil the day or make it harder to remeber?

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Latest activity by Pure-Treats, 23 January, 2009 at 23:23
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    Beginner March 2009
    Mrs Bloom ·
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    Will it affect how the day runs if you go off for an hour together in the car? Such as will you have to change the time of your wedding breakfast or anything?

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  • Tony Lewis HIB
    Tony Lewis HIB ·
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    Hi!

    From a groom's perspective I'd say go for it - Its quite a nerve-racking thing waiting for you ladies to walk up the isle and I was glad of a bit of a car journey to spend the first half hour or so with my new wife before the mayhem kicks in again - if there's one bit of advice I can give its find as much time to stop and savour the moment as you possibly can and I think that £100 will be money well spent (whoever spends it) for the both of you.

    My 10p worth as a groom 7 years ago!

    cheers

    Tony

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  • chicken82
    Beginner May 2009
    chicken82 ·
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    TBH i hadnt even thought of that.....i think our pre breakfast drinks are set to last for an hour and a half, so no i dont think so......

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  • CountDuckula
    Beginner August 2009
    CountDuckula ·
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    I don't know. In theory it sounds like a nice idea. Is it for an hour? £100 seems like a lot of money for a drive in a car! I'm not sure either of us would want to spend an hour away from our guests on top of all the time taken for photographs. I'd probably say no to it.

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  • chicken82
    Beginner May 2009
    chicken82 ·
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    Thanks for that - i appreciate your honesty. Ok, i think im gonna let him call the shots on this one.....although MIL is coming round to talk weddings this afternoon, so will prob end up talking to her about it anyway..............

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  • chicken82
    Beginner May 2009
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    Im in the same mind set - £100 just to have a glass of champagne together - and neither of us actually like champagne. We wont be going off with the photographer as he is a friend, not being paid, and doesnt drive anyway so couldnt follow us. I will begrudge paying that amont of money to spend however long in the car! Ah, each reply makes me think a different way.....

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  • jelly baby
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    We didn't have any time to ourselves as we walked from the church to the reception with all our guests and I don't feel we missed out on anything at all. As we were walking back it really felt like just the two of us even though everyone was around IYSWIM, I guess we had time together whilst we has our photos done of just us.

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  • tempting-propositions
    Beginner August 2008
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    How far is it from the ceremony to the reception? Ours was about a 20 drive, and to be honest that was enough time to be together, as we were both keen to start talking to gursts after the photos. I couldn't have sat any longer in my dress anyway, as I couldn't breathe!

    It sounds a lot extra to me, especially if you're not struck on champaigne. Our driver handed us a glass each as we got in the car, which was a nice suprise.

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  • debbydoo
    Beginner May 2009
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    Probably a bit late to add my opinion but anyhoo... Our car company charges a basic charge for the car and included in this is 21 miles. Afte that they charge per mile, something like £1 or so I can't remember offhand. As its not far from house to the venue, we may go for a short drive after the ceremony and if we go slightly over the mileage we won't be massively out of pocket. However if it was an extra £100 I don't know if I'd think it was worth it. Not much help really!!

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  • Pure-Treats
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    When I am not doing Pure-Treats I run a wedding car company with my husband. So many brides have said to me after the day that they were glad the car stayed after the ceremony for the short drive, the bottle of bubbly but mainly to have a precious time with their new hubby!

    We stay for up to 2 hours after the ceremony for £60.00 inc VAT. That way the couple don't feel they have to rush out and leave their guests but we think 15 - 20 mins is plenty of time for a breather and to be away from the guest.

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