Wedding Party Transport

Nedbroy

Getting married this summer and just looking to sort the final details!
Looking for a little bit of advice on etiquette here as regards transport.
Our reception venue is about 15 minutes away from the church we are getting married in. Most of the wedding party (bridesmaids, groomsmen, kids & parents) will be staying in the hotel the night before. Is it necessary to rent cars for the whole wedding party to get to the church? I have been gifted a nice car for myself (bride) and father to get to the church in via a kind friend that works in the motor industry. But I'm not sure what to do a bout the rest. Would it be expected to rent a nice fleet of cars to get everyone there or would it be okay to expect them to make their own way? Budget is quite tight at this stage but I would hate for anyone to feel put out. Has anyone had a similar set up on the morning and if so how did you approach it? Any advice much appreciated

rizzee

Is it possible to get some sort of minibus?

baby and crumble

Do any of the wedding party have partners with cars who could drive them? Most folks are happy to do little things like that on the morning of. Or you could just get local taxi company to send 2 cars. Not everyone has to arrive 'in state' you just need to get them there.

stargazer 68

I had a car which was supplied by my hotel as part of the package. My dad drove my car with my bridesmaids in it. Hubbie drove himself and the men.

wexie

We just had a small coach between the hotel and church and back. Which is bound to be cheaper than lots of individual cars.
Also solves any problems with drink/hangovers/ partners arguing over who has to or wants to drive

qwerty13

I believe you should be providing transport. I don’t think it’s ok for particularly people who are doing you a favour by having jobs on the day (bridesmaids, groomsmen) to make their own way. Less so parents, although I personally believe it should be done. I dont think it’s necessary for other siblings or anything though.

However, no reason they have to be collected in a rolls Royce. It’s about having the transport provided, not a big fancy car (although a friend of mine who was bridesmaid had to squash into the back of a small car, that didn’t go down well as the dress was flouncy and wide, and got very creased).

mcgiggles

We organised transport to bring the whole bridal party but that's cos we wanted all to go together! You don't need to rent anything if budget is tight, has anyone a nice car that can be cleaned up on the day and ribbons thrown onto? That what my sister did, borrowed a car for bridesmaids off a friend and a brother in law drove the parents in his nice car! In fairness noone is really going to pay much attention to cars except what you land in! And even at that a nice clean car would do the same job as a fancy one any day

It's standard to have transport for the bridesmaids and groomsmen. Now sometimes one of the grooms men will drive the others but I've never seen bridesmaids not have someone driving them from the house to the church and church to the reception.

It doesn't mean you have to rent cars though just ask a relation of someone you know you had a fairly nice car to drive them.

Parents could drive themselves but you could have someone designated to drive them also. Kids should not be travelling in cars with groomsmen and bridesmaids or be expected to be looked after by them in the church or reception. They have plenty for doing without kids trying to be hanging off them.