How far is too far?

Torry_Quine

I think that an hour or so is fine and would certainly not consider having to stay over. Wouldn't use any transport laid on as that means you don't have freedom on when you want to return but it may be useful for others.

csh_2

We are 20 miles from our home town where about 50% of our guests will travel from. Our venue is right in the city centre so travelling/transport should not be an issue for anyone.

If its a central enough venue or people have the option to stay over then travelling wouldn't worry me much. If it was in the middle of nowhere I would have run a bus from our home town.

I'm doing an info card in with the invites with venue website, traveline info and a couple of hotel websites.

Kazz81

We are getting married ages away from where we live. Wedding is in Spain, we live in Isle of Man, most guests coming from Dublin and Liverpool. We couldnt win no matter where we chose so chose Spain as that is where WE want to get married and it seems most people are happy to holiday at that time :-)

Torry_Quine

I wouldn't go a wedding abroad and others will be the same so you have to accept that the numbers may be smaller. Have a great day

Kazz81

Torry_Quine wrote: »

I wouldn't go a wedding abroad and others will be the same so you have to accept that the numbers may be smaller. Have a great day

I expected a lot of people not to go-we were kind of expecting between 50 & 60 out of our 120ish guest list to go and appearances are we are having at least 80 if not 90-yikes! Could all change, and fair enough if it does.

Another guy I know is getting married in Spain also and invited 250 people, thinking about 80 would go and 220 are going.

Most of our guests and this others guys guests are close friends and family though, maybe thats why they are willing to come. Completely understand why people couldnt or wouldnt go though!

MrsManda

I don't think I've been to a wedding for years where I didn't have to travel at least an hour to get there. Almost everyone who came to our wedding had to travel at least two hours to get there because we got married close to where we were living at the time.
Choose the place which is best for you and your OH, the people who love you/you love will travel to see you married.

VK-2008

an hours ok, why dont you consider putting a bus on, my dh and i are attending wedding at end of month and its just over an hour away, they are putting on some buses to help people. as long as people have notice then there should not be a problem.

minerva_windsong

An hour's all right, but I'm thinking about taxis back for people who might want/need to go early, eg those with children (from the description I'm presuming the venue isn't near any hotels). The list of nearby places to stay is probably a good idea, as is a bus laid on.

My sister and brother-in-law had a similar problem - our family are in Lancashire, his are in Kent and they were living in Leamington, so they decided that as whatever way they looked at it someone would be travelling to hire out a hotel in Cornwall and have the wedding there. I quite like that tactic and might use it myself.

picklepick

I think an hour is fine. We live in Manchester, im getting married in Bromsgrove (near Birmingham where im from) all our guests are coming from here, leeds, london, birmingham, sheffield and everywhere in between!

I'm going to a wedding in Cornwall in September, im using it as an excuse to have a holiday!

We're including a list of local hotels and if theres enough people who are interested we're laying on a bus to and from Birmingham. It's a 45 min journey and i worked out that for a full coach it would cost £15 per person for a return ticket. Hardly expensive, i pay that to get back from town in a taxi on a Sat night!

ellay864

Our daytime ceremony is about an hour from where we live. The evening party will be in our town. Many of our guests will be travelling anyway - only a small handful live in our town. But we're laying on a coach from our town to the Zoo so people don't have to drive in the day, and at night they'll be close to local hotels anyway. We're paying for the coach but any taxis after the evening do will be down to guests to sort themselves - either short journeys to local hotels, or more if they don't want to stop over but want to drink