Should we arrange the transport?...

dingdongavoncalling

Can you tell we've finally set a date?! Suddenly millions of questions again haha!

We've chosen a wedding venue that is around 45mins-1hrs drive away from where we live (OH family, my immediate family and all our friends) Are we ''responsible'' for getting our guests there and back?

At the moment our options are:
A) No buses, everyone make their own way
A bus back at night after people have had a drink (but how are they going to get there?!)
C) Buses there and back

Not to mention what to do about night guests!!!

We're the first of our friends to get married, I've been to a few weddings, some which provided transport and some which didn't but none that were this far away.....

Thanks in advance for any advice

sk00bie1

Is the whole day taking place at the same venue?

I think most that I've been to haven't put on transport but as I drive I may not have noticed!

I think if you can afford it then it would be lovely to provide transport, perhaps starting from a nearby station so others that are travelling to the wedding can take advantage of it. But there are a lot of variables!

If you didn't arrange transport how would people get there? Would they drive and leave their cars? Get taxis both ways? Or drive home and not drink? Can people stay nearby and collect their cars the next day? Is there any public transport/how are those that are travelling from farther away getting there? And where are they staying?

Sorry I think I may have over complicated things, so many questions!

cats2012

Personally I don't agree with providing transport unless you really have the budget to. Ours is a long distance from loads of people but they're just sharing cabs/minibuses etc to make it as cheap as possible.

You're spending a lot on them all day already, so yes if you have a big budget it's lovely but don't stretch yourself for the sake of it.

I've also had comments before from people who said they prefered arranging their own as it meant they could arrive, and in particular head home, whenever it suited them rather than having to wait for set times.

Just my view though

dingdongavoncalling

Thanks for these opinion, perhaps we could ask people if they wanted a space on the bus in the invite? Then we only have to provide for what is needed/wanted?

lisajane8482

We are providing transport from the ceremony venue to the reception venue. It is up to the guests to get from their home to the ceremony and then home from the reception.

We are putting business cards from vistaprint in with the invitations:



(I realise it says “your” not “you”, I coloured it in so it’s not noticeable on the actual cards :rotfl:)

And then an RSVP card with space for the number of seats required:



(I also added an RSVP ~ on it because no doubt someone will forget to put their names on)

We’ll also be putting a stamped addressed envelope in for the RSVP too.

Stephb1986_2

We have roughly the same amout of travelling time we're not providing transport if not all most of the guests drive, there is accommodation available at a cheaper rate than normal.

It's up to them, they can turn the invitation down if they don't feel like driving but I'm sure if you mean that much to them they will make the effort.

Steph xx

sarah69696pink

We're providing transport. I think it depends on what you want from your day. I want people to have a drink and stay late, so in order to enable them to do this we're putting on buses, one at midday, one at 6pm and then one back in the night.
I've been to weddings where transport has not been put on and I've driven, which is fine but I've usually left earlier (not early but before the end) as I'm more tired and don't feel I can join in with the dancing as well as others who have been drinking all day!
I think it really depends on the type of day you have the type of people you invite!

cats2012

I do definitely think that if all my guests were coming from one place (e.g. the local town) I would probably have done it, however in our case they're coming from all over the country so will be staying in various different hotels, with friends etc and it's just not practical.

But having read other responses I can see situations where it would work.

floss2

We provided transport for the entire wedding party from the wedding to the reception - but it was a vintage tram, so all part of the Blackpool-themed wedding experience!

PolishBigSpender

We had our reception in the same city as the ceremony and we arranged a bus to take people from the church to the venue.
Thanks to that, everyone arrived together, no one got lost (we had some foreign guests) and no one had to worry about their cars. Afterwards, some people took taxis back to their hotels (we helped them to order), others found hotels nearby and just walked.

my_definition

for the people who arranged a bus can i ask how much it cost you? were thinking about putting one on but cant even find rough prices on-line. If it helps were going about 17 miles. I will get quotes later but it would be great to have a rough number