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Post reception transport

  • 04-11-2014 4:20pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 997 ✭✭✭


    Hey all,

    Just looking for some insight from ye.

    We're getting married in Killiney next April in the Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel. We're having a pretty small ceremony and meal followed by a (hopefully) huge party after.

    I'm wondering what the story is with sorting out some sort of transportation for the guests after everything finishes up.

    What is the normal thing to do, organise a bus to travel back to the city centre? If so, does it stop along the way?

    I've been looking up different companies but the prices are so varied my head is wrecked! :eek:

    Thanks!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭whiskeyman


    It's definately not expected, but it'd be a v nice gesture, especially if the venue is a bit far out / if not everyone can be accomodated at the wedding venue itself.
    Do you expect many people not to be staying?
    Many people will probably sort themselves out with taxis, and may even share with other guests.
    Maybe there's a specific group you'd want to look after (elderly family / cousins) firstly?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 997 ✭✭✭tread_softly


    We're putting up the important family members/friends in the hotel but I'd say the majority of the guests won't be staying the night at the hotel.

    I never thought of taxis, I wonder if it would be cheeky to ring around a few local firms and see if I could wrangle a discount!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,406 ✭✭✭pooch90


    I'd consider the taxi-discount idea or have numbers handy for guests but I wouldn't organise it all for them. People will be able to make their own ways home. You really will have enough logistics to worry about.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭clint_silver


    bus hire is usually "get as many stops on a given route as possible"

    so from killiney, you might get a dundrum ,rathfarnham, into town and maybe northside, most bus drivers are sound and will drop people wherever.

    some bus drivers are not sound, "this is the route, get off here". If you have a bus full of happy people , the driver tends to be a bit nicer, some drunk arsey types and the driver gets less sound. (my mates a bus driver, he told me this)

    If its a small crowd, could pre-hire some 7 seater taxis, agree fees with them. 40-50e per taxi. job done.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,658 ✭✭✭Milly33


    I know a recent one we went to they had bus transport arranged and I don't think it worked too well. They had it on the invite asking if people wanted to go on the bus to the venue and back because it was something similar where not a lot of people could stay, and well the bus was late arriving on the day because it was waiting on people and the same going back. I think the party broke up early aswell as when the bus arrived everyone had to go.

    Id go with the taxis, I wouldn't arrange for them but I would maybe contact the a local company and ask for a special rate or even suss with the hotel itself where the taxi would be going back to, do they use a company. Then just supply the numbers to all the guest and let them know all the information you can. Advise the taxi company the date and where the wedding is at etc and let it to the guests.. Even get maybe 2 or three taxi numbers... Like above people don't have any problems arranging things like this themselves


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭Tarzana2


    I'd say let people organise their own taxies, especially as (if I understand you correctly) most the partygoers are just going to the party, so a kind of afters thing and will likely therefore spend less attending the wedding than an all-day do (smaller gift etc.) so probably won't mind the taxi cost.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 997 ✭✭✭tread_softly


    Thanks for the advice all.

    I'm thinking we'll probably do as suggested and try sort out a discount with a local taxi firm.

    At least it means one extra cost knocked off the last by not hiring a bus!


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