Post # 1
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Bumble bee
Fellow Bees:
I posted yesterday looking for advice on limo or no limo, I didn’t get any responses (but my post is accidentally in Etiquette…not sure why). Anyway, after researching a lot of posts on what you would do differently if you could do it again, there is a lot of “the limo wasn’t necessary”. After calling around, I have found that we are looking at around $300 for the ride from the ceremony to the reception, and based on our timeline we probably won’t have time to stop off at our favorite pub, and if we do only for about 10 minutes.. So really this is just a means of transportation, granted with a driver and some bubbly. I also talked to my Fiance and he doesn’t think that it is worth the money. So, question: What do we do instead? Any unique ideas? The drive is about 45-60 minutes from ceremony venue to reception venue. I love my Tahoe for day to day, but it doesn’t feel right for that big day, and his Hummer isn’t striking me as quite right either. Everyone else in my family has blah sedans or SUV’s.
Any interesting, and budget friendly ideas? Or should we just go with one of our cars and not worry about it so much?
Post # 3
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Sugar bee
Do you know anyone with a classic car like a mustang or an old school Mercedes that would borrow it to you? Or if you have a wedding party what about borrowing an RV or renting one.
Post # 4
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Bumble bee
@MsBrooklynA: Unfortunately I don’t know anyone with any kind of ‘cool’ or ‘classic’ car that we can borrow. I thought about renting something, but then I thought about having to deal with the return the next day (not a fan).
Post # 5
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Honey Beekeeper
You could still have a close family member or friend rent the car and be your driver for the day.
Have you tried contacting the Vintage Car Clubs in the area? My Dad used to own a 1930 Ford Coupe with a rumble seat and he loved driving brides on their wedding day.
Post # 6
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Worker bee
We are using a trolley, which is about the same price as a limo, but fits 30-40 people if you want that many riding with you! Otherwise like PP’s said see if a family member or friend has a vintage car you can borrow or something to that effect! Good luck!
Post # 7
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Bee Keeper
@julies1949:
Have you tried contacting the Vintage Car Clubs in the area? My Dad used to own a 1930 Ford Coupe with a rumble seat and he loved driving brides on their wedding day.
What a neat idea, thanks!
Post # 8
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Helper bee
You could try contacting local car clubs. One of my friends is in a classic car club, and he said members would be more than willing to do something like that. You would probably have to throw them a few buck, but it would be worth. Another idea I saw from another post was to have you photographer take a picture of the car, which you can frame as a thank you to the owner.
If you are in an urban area that does horse/carriage tours perhaps you could hire one to drop you off?
Post # 9
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Busy bee
@MrsBrightSkies: I don’t think it’s really necessary to rent a different car. If you would still like some bubbly though, ask a friend to drive your tahoe for you. You could “dress it up” for the day too 🙂
I couldn’t justify spending $300 on a limo for such a short drive.
Post # 10
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Bumble bee
We’re planning on taking an overnight train, as the place we’re doing the ceremony is about 8 hours from the reception–we aren’t expecting people to travel that far just for a 5 minute ceremony, so we’ll do the reception in our home city the day after.
Post # 11
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Bumble bee
@julies1949: &
@futuremrskline: Great idea about the local car clubs, I will take a look.
@vmblai1019: This is a realistic and rational idea that I should proabably just get my head around. After all, it is US, Our Car, Driving to OUR Wedding Reception… 🙂
Post # 12
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Bumble bee
UGH… I have been stressing about this all day. The more I think about it, I just don’t want anyone to feel left out, and if anyone iin the bridal party is ‘partaking’ when getting ready or during pictures after, I would like for them to have a ride to the reception, and for us to be together makes sense.
Anyone have a negotiation tip/trick to get a limo cheaper than posted rates?
Post # 13
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Busy Beekeeper
We just used our personal vehicle. Everything was in the same place, and there was no need to spend additional money when we have a perfectly good SUV we could use
Post # 14
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Bumble bee
@MrsSl82be: I hear ya. My Fiance is against driving, he doesn’t want to drive himself on his wedding day, and since he has been so good about me picking everything he deserves that. Our ceremony and reception are 45 minutes apart. Maybe we would just have to recruit a driver out of our party and we will ride in the back seat.
Post # 15
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Sugar bee
If you really want a nice car, I would just ask a friend, boss, or family member who has a car you like. I’m sure they would love to lend it to you for the reception. We used my DH’s boss’s car for the getaway. It’s a really old porsche and my DH loves it! Aside from it looking good, we were just going to use either my CR-V or his Miata.
Post # 16
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Honey Beekeeper
I hear your concern about your wedding party not drinking and driving (including the bride and groom).
IF you want them to have rides, you can always just ask the spouses,/partners of the wedding party to be the drivers and supply the vehicles, or ask close friends or relatives.