Bus for guests

Hey, my partner and i are getting married in my home town (in South Wales)which is 2.5 hours away from where we live (his hometown, Surrey). I have people coming from all over Valleys, Sheffield, Peterborough, Sussex and Surrey. His family and friends are all coming from Surrey. Everyone is making their own way there but we thought to put something on to get everyone from the ceremony to the reception.. we have since decided against as we decided we will just pile everyone in to cars. We were at a wedding in 2023 where this happened and safe to say it was very successful.

sorry for the long message but hope it helps

I really can't see how a bus is going to help with this situation, since it would require all your guests to travel to the same one or two locations to catch the bus to the venue. Those living near the venue are probably going to end up doing almost as much driving to get to the pickup point as they would if they just drove direct to the venue, while those who are coming from a distance are going to be doing a lot of driving anyway and may end up staying somewhere nowhere near your home town, so organising pickup points would be a logistical nightmare! And coming home, guests would still have to travel from the drop-off location to their overnight accommodation - plus some guests may want to leave earlier than others

The only time I think it makes sense to provide transport is if the ceremony location doesn't have any parking, but if you are having it in the same place as the reception, I'm assuming there will be plenty. If you know of any guests who don't drive, it might be a kind gesture to try and link them up with those who do, but I really wouldn't worry - people are well used to sorting out their own transport to weddings.