Wedding venue nearly an hours travel

I think its your day you need to pick the venue you've fallen in love with. 1hr isnt that long to drive and you've even considered providing transport which is amazing they really cant complain. Think about what most people do for a commute to work (in usual times), most people would travel 45min-1hr to get to work each day.

I think an hours drive for a whole day wedding invite is more than reasonable. If people do start moaning about the travel you could suggest car shares or local hotels they could stay in which might be more convienent for the evening of the wedding to save driving back at the end of a long day. Even taxi companies, we went to a wedding about 45 mins away before and we shared a taxi back with another couple who lived locally to us split the cost, booking in advance made it reasonable cost to allow all to drink and enjoy the day.

Hope this helps xx