Modern newlyweds refuse long wedding processions with guests tired of long journeys. Now couples strive to organize not only a beautiful, but also a comfortable wedding for themselves and all those invited.
However transport issue in most cases, you still have to include it in the to-do list, and this point of preparation should be taken seriously.
Define goals
Depending on the purpose for which you choose transport, there are three options:
① If you are planning a trip to memorable and beautiful places, with photo shoots, clinking glasses of champagne and walks in the parks, then a motorcade of several cars or a limousine for you and your guests will suit you.
② If you want to ride with the breeze only together, then the choice is limited only by your imagination. Retro cars, expensive foreign cars, even a cart with horses - all this can become your transport on your wedding day.
③ If your goal is to transport guests to and from the venue, then you can consider minivans or comfortable buses, and if there are not so many guests, then it is possible to use the services of a taxi.
Photo: Michele M. Waite
Choose Your Wedding Vehicle Carefully
It is best when choosing to be guided by the advice and recommendations of friends and acquaintances.
You and your friends have probably come across a car rental more than once, whether it’s a corporate party at work or a friend’s wedding, you just need to remember where and when you used the services of a car fleet and ask for recommendations from your friends about the company they worked with.
If nothing comes to mind, then turn to the search through the Internet. A huge number of companies are engaged in the rental of wedding corteges, among them you are sure to find the right one for you.
Carefully look at the photos of the fleet, read reviews on third-party forums and websites about the work of the company. When calling the company, evaluate the politeness of employees, their willingness to answer your questions and go forward.
If you are interested specific car for a wedding, when you call, specify:
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is it available for your date
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one hour rental price
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minimum rental hours
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Is the car delivery included in the price?
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what condition is the car in and how long has it been running?
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when can i come and see the car
Be sure to see the transport "live", because the photos on the websites of companies often differ from reality. If the picture in front of you is a clean and brand new white limousine, as a result, it can turn into a rusty trough with torn seats and a non-working air conditioner.
Discuss terms
Always sign a contract, whether it's a private small business with two cars or big company car rental different brands and models. The contract is your insurance and guarantee, without which you can not only get a “pig in a poke” instead of the declared car, but also be completely left without transport on your wedding day.
Photo: Robbins Photographic The contract must reflect all the agreed conditions, such as:
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The make of the car and the condition that you will be provided with a relevant replacement car or a higher class car in case of force majeure;
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Time and place of delivery, as well as the route of the car in case guests need to be picked up from different places or you are planning a photo walk through several locations of the city;
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Hourly pay and total car rental cost;
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Surcharges that are provided for additional hours of work;
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Stops - important point especially on the way to long distance when guests, for example, need time to visit the restroom;
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The possibility of decorating a car - not all companies are ready to go for decorating their cars, and some, on the contrary, provide this service on their own;
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Working conditions in case of force majeure, penalties, car replacement, claims and settlement of disputes;
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Companies most often provide a list of what not to do while in the car, for example, it is forbidden to smoke in the cabin or open bottles of champagne. All these restrictions must be spelled out in the contract, and you (as well as your guests) must be informed about them in advance in order to prevent unpleasant situations during the wedding celebration;
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Driver uniform - do not neglect this condition, because you are unlikely to want to be met in tracksuit or shorts and a t-shirt.
Remember that everything that you are promised in words should be reflected in the contract, because your verbal agreements do not give any guarantees, so always think ahead and ask any questions when choosing a car for a wedding.
Remember comfort
Never forget that you and your guests should be comfortable, this applies not only to the event itself, but also to your movements. When choosing transport and the purpose for which you are going to use it, remember that exhausting many hours of travel affects the mood of your family and friends and is very tiring.
Photo: Elisabeth Millay Therefore, if you still decide to take your guests with you on a photo walk or organize their transfer to the venue of the celebration, take care of the following:
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When you rent a car for a wedding, be sure to pay attention to the salon - look at the condition of the seats, whether it will be comfortable for your guests to stay there, whether the stove / air conditioner is working, whether bad smell cigarettes and whether the interior is clean in general;
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Assign people responsible for your travels and prepare guest lists so that the person in charge always knows where to go, what time and where you need to be. Very often, drivers simply do not know who and how many people to pick up, they are late or simply wander in the wrong place;
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Prepare a light snack, water and champagne for guests on the road;
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Don't keep your guests waiting - be as punctual as possible and allow time to spare when drawing up a timing plan;
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Take care of the music in the car - to charge the guests with a positive mood, prepare funny tracks for them on the road;
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Try to avoid long and distant journeys - after all, the guests for your wedding will become lethargic and tired and they simply do not have enough strength to have fun with you;
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Often drivers are late or their car breaks down, so always the day before the wedding, contact the driver or the company that provides you with transport and check whether all agreements are in force.
think about it
Often, newlyweds do not think about many little things, which then can greatly affect the celebration itself and spoil the festive evening. So be sure to think about:
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Any long-distance travel is not only tiring, but also expensive in finance.
Think about whether there is extra money in your budget that you would definitely like to allocate for trips to beautiful parks and architectural creations along with your guests. Maybe you should let them sleep and be charged with energy at your wedding, and in silence and alone with each other go on a photo and video walk through memorable and beautiful places.
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Do not forget to think about the entrance to the venue of your celebration, as well as parking not only for your transport, but also for personal transport your guests.
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Do you need car shooting? On the one hand, you can get touching and happy photos of each other, and on the other hand, this is a time to take a breath and take a break from filming.
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If there are not many guests for whom transport is needed, we recommend using a comfort class taxi with fixed cost instead of limousines and buses, so you will save on travel and be more mobile.
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Think about how your guests will get back after your celebration is over - have your host (or person in charge) order a taxi, or arrange transportation in buses or minivans for guests back.
Photo: Happy holidays everyone! I hasten to share positive feedback about the company Limousine Prestige. to us on New Year holidays friends from Europe arrived, and we decided that it could be better than showing them our capital in a Limousine. Of course, there are many companies that provide limousines, but we decided to stop at Limousine Prestige. We rented a spacious Hummer, there was enough space to head. The order was for 5 hours as they wanted to go around all the sights. The roads were quite free, but the people were terrified))...
I will describe it as a positive experience. We turned to this company and very well, because the employees did everything right. For the holiday, we rushed between two variants of cars, either a Hummer or a Porsche. Porsche employees suggested to rent. And right to the point, inside a cool salon, great ride.
It is very pleasant that when booking a car for 9 hours they made a 10% discount. We consulted on the phone with the manager about which car to take, because we have a lot of guests. They offered to take a jeep-hummer with 36 seats. Just so huge! Everyone was delighted. Thank you limousine-prestige for positive emotions.
I praise the Limousine prestige company. I ordered a Limousine, I chose probably the most beautiful, pink one. polite driver, polite staff companies. It was nice that the Limo in excellent condition, not killed, just like from the picture.)
We had a wedding, so we rented a Chrysler Limousine, the color is white. Spacious, beautiful. The limousine is just super of course, the salon is awesome inside. For 10 seats, everyone fit, there were only relatives. In general, we celebrated well, thanks for this company. Everything looks exactly like in the photo on the site itself, no tricks and surprises!
| 2018-12-12 |
Booked a limousine for a wedding. Of the pluses: - I arrived on time, - I agreed to extend it on the spot, - pleasant communication from the administrators (at first). Now a little about the cons: - ordered red flowers for the car. The decorations are of the wrong color, and everything is inconsistent, some are white, some are yellow, some are blue. - the air conditioner did not work, - problems with the music: the flash drive does not read. The radio doesn't pick up. Only the aux works, BUT the speakers only played on one side. - a disgusting view of a limousine in the cabin: ...
10/06/18 we had a wedding, ordered a LIMO LINCOLN TOWN CAR HYPER WHITE 13 SEATS and so let's start: 1. As indicated above, the limousine was ordered 13 local, 9 local guests arrived almost on top of each other's head 2. Himself salon is ridiculously awful! Gnawed piece of seat, holes. In general, horror. 3. On the bodywork: the question arose, from which garbage dump did they take this junk ??? the roof is different in color from the main body, cracked, the car is broken in a circle. 4. The driver of Caucasian nationality, dressed ...
We got married on September 28, 2018. Pleased only the driver. We paid for the entire set of jewelry. The manager Tatyana rubbed them culturally on us, and there are more than 5 thousand. And these are rings on the car, flowers on the hood, bows on the handles. At the end there were only rings. The driver said: "Who told you that something is attached to this car?" Jewelry remained lying in the driver's cabin. Salon of the car Tatyana showed another! Broken torn has arrived! The music barely groaned, even the window was cracked. Wrote a complaint to the chief...
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Terrible driver and car! On September 14, 2018, I ordered a limousine for a wedding, as well as a decoration and a buffet table inside. The driver called the day before to clarify what time and where to drive up, I thought that everything would be fine. But no. While we were driving from the registry office to the place of the wedding photo session (and the driver was without a navigator, he said that he knew how to drive), he ran out at every stop and asked how to get there. Half of our limousine fell off on the road (threshold), when the guests began to get out of the car, it drove sharply ...
| 2018-09-25 |
Mercedes Sprinter 515. Barely managed to save the holiday. The driver arrived on time, but when asked to drive up to the house, he refused. It's not scary, we found him on the main street, then it was interesting, the car was not decorated, although it was written in the contract. Reluctantly returned the money for registration of the car, but took for parking. The driver of the road does not know when he dropped us off at the swamp square, refused to wait 20 minutes. And most importantly, he was rude in response to our proposal. We offered him a ride a few...
| 2018-09-19 |
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| 2018-08-26 |
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| 2018-08-24 |
We ordered a limousine for our wedding on 08/18/18 in this company. It was very big mistake about which I regret so far! Firstly, the wrong limousine arrived and we were not even warned. Secondly, we ordered a limousine for 24 people, but somehow fit 18. Thirdly, the car was obviously fresh from someone's wedding! (all covered in dirt and foliage, the car was already decorated, although we asked not to do this, and the guests saw how this car was already standing in the morning at the registry office, 4-5 hours before our wedding.) Salon ...
| 2018-08-22 |
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| 2018-08-20 |
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Of course, you can dial a motorcade from the cars of your friends and guests, but in this case there is only one plus - good savings. The disadvantages of this option are much greater, because you actually doom the “behind the wheel” guests to a sober feast, and cars of different brands and colors somehow do not add charm to your wedding.
Cars of the same brand and model look much more beautiful in a wedding cortege, moreover, they are matched by color. Agree, you want to move from place to place in comfortable and prestigious cars. If finances allow, and the heart cries out for aesthetics, then the option of hiring cars for a wedding procession is for you. But how to choose the right machines, and, accordingly, the organization for your tuple? As a rule, the organization of the tuple ends with the choice of machines. But there are so many little things that are not taken into account when organizing a wedding and become obvious only on the wedding day itself. Here we will consider the organization of the wedding cortege in all the smallest details with all the nuances. It is worth noting that the article will also be useful if you collect a motorcade from the cars of your guests.
Start organizing the motorcade by identifying the guests involved in the trips. As a rule, trips on the wedding day consist of the following stages:
- decoration of cars, entrance to the bride's house;
- a trip from the bride's house to the registry office;
- walk after painting;
- entrance to the venue of the banquet.
There is one more stage, but, as a rule, it does not require a serious organization of the motorcade - this is the delivery of guests after the banquet (you can simply pre-order a taxi).
Seating guests into cars it is necessary to plan according to the first 3 stages, since a significant “shuffling” of passengers takes place on them. So, at the entrance to the bride’s house, only relatives and guests from the groom’s side should be seated in cars. When traveling to the registry office, it is necessary to seat more relatives and guests of the bride in the same car. Do not forget that the bride and groom go to the registry office in different machines! Well, on a walk, the bride and groom are already sitting in the same car and, accordingly, it is necessary to adjust the seating of guests in cars for the last time.
Now you need to arrange the cars for the motorcade. It all depends on the number of guests and financial capabilities. The minimum option is the groom's car, the bride's car, a camera car and a minibus for guests. If finances allow, then you can order a tuple from cars for all guests. To make it easier to navigate with cars, let's take a closer look at their features and the need for them.
Cars of the bride and groom- must be of the same make and model. As a rule, the groom has a black car, the bride has a white or silver one. All-terrain vehicles (jeeps) or passenger cars(not lower than D class, for example Skoda Superb, Skoda Octavia, Toyota Camry). The main thing to remember is that rear seats should be spacious so that the bride can easily fit there in her chic dress.
Guest cars- preferably of the same brand as the cars of the bride and groom and always of the same color (not lower than C class, for example Skoda Octavia, Mitsubishi Lancer, Toyota Corolla).
Mercedes Sprinter A minibus for guests is an option for those who have too many guests on a walk, or all the money went to the bride's dress and now there is not enough for a light wedding procession. Usually 18-20 seats (for example, Mercedes Sprinter, Ford Transit, Iveco Daily). The main thing is not to forget that the guests who are transported in comfort are much more fun at the wedding! Be sure to check that the minibus is in good condition, if the wedding is in the summer, then it must be with air conditioning.
Operator car- Very important car, because it is she who leaves later than the entire motorcade, but arrives earlier. And from it, from time to time, an operator with a camera shoots the entire wedding procession on the go. Often, the operator drives his own car with the photographer, but sometimes it is still necessary to hire a separate car for them. Here, in other words, you should not spend a lot, because the car usually does not get into the frame, which means you can take any car that will not stand out too much from the wedding procession.
Separately, it is worth highlighting the limousine. IN last years they often hire a limousine, but as a novelty this class has already been "washed" and surprises few people. It is not cheap, but practicality is not enough. This transport maneuvers in narrow streets with difficulty, and it’s also impossible to drive up to the registry office separately.
Well, now that you have already decided on the composition of the wedding procession, you should concentrate on the little things that create your entire holiday. Determine all the following points for yourself and discuss with the organization in which you will order cars for the wedding.
Music. The soundtrack of your entire wedding day is a very important thing! Music accompanies the whole celebration, the whole walk, the whole banquet. Be sure to decide what should play in the cars at the time of the trip. Whether it will be some specific radio or a special CD with your favorite songs is up to you to decide. But do not forget that music should carry as little semantic load as possible and as much festive mood as possible.
Drivers. Be sure to look neat and behave politely. If you want to create some kind of pomposity effect, then you can ask all drivers to be in suits and open doors for passengers. Most likely, you will have to pay for it, although not much.
Decorations. You can order sewing decorations for cars especially for you, you can buy or rent at a holiday agency, or you can make your own. Do not overdo it with decorations, because if the driver because of them it will be hard to see traffic situation, then it is already dangerous! It is advisable to have a spare decoration if the main one suddenly flies off on the road. Warn drivers if it is they who should decorate the cars, and not the groom's friends.
Route. Think carefully about your itinerary beforehand. When planning a route, keep in mind that the shorter the path from point to point, the more likely it is that you will not have to stand in a traffic jam. If this item causes difficulty, then ask for help from the main driver of the motorcade, he will definitely help you correctly plan the route. If the time to travel from one place to another is too short, then you will have to “drive”, which means sacrificing safety and decorations!
Shooting a wedding procession. If you want your cortege to be captured in motion, then be sure to discuss this in advance with both the operator and the drivers.
Baggage. Determine in which car the flowers presented to you should lie, in which a light snack and a drink for a walk.
Responsible person. You will not have time to communicate with the drivers on this day, so be sure to select someone in charge from your friends or relatives who will communicate with the drivers, correct the route locally and make payments.
Well, that's all! We hope these tips will help you in organizing a wedding procession and there will be no problems at the wedding.
