Hi everyone, this is my first post on here and wanted some advice on the day of logistics. I apologize in advance this is a really long post I swear i tried to keep it as short as i could lol
A little background: The venue is about 45-60 min from where we live, my plan is to rent a room at a b&b (small town, only 1 hotel in there). The suite I'm looking at is pretty large, has a full/separate living room, full kitchen, 1 bathroom and 1 bedroom. The b&b is less than a mile from the salon where we will be getting hair/MU done at, and like 3 mi from the venue. I think the bridal party will all meet here to drop their dresses/anything else they have with them, then we will head to the salon. Then when that is all done, we can come back to my room and get dressed, finish up getting ready. Then we'll have our first look photos, and head to the ceremony.
1. I was wondering, what everyone else's plans are for the groom/groomsmen? I was thinking since they don't need to go to a salon or anything, they could get ready at one of their houses or something and then all head to the venue city when its time for pictures? Another thought, since we will all be at the salon from 11-2, the guys could use the b&b to get ready and hang out in, then when we need to come back and get dressed, they could go start getting some photos of just them? and then we could join? (fyi we have our photographer for the whole day, there is no time limit but i don't plan on having "getting ready photos"). Where are all your FH/FW planning to get ready the day of?
2. I'm driving myself insane figuring out the best way for everyone to get there. I have lots of thoughts that are a jumbled mess in my head so I hope this makes sense. I would like to get to the venue early to check everything out, my dad has offered to get everything set up here while we get ready (i.e. centerpieces, limited decorations etc) so I'd like to go there with him first and just let him know exactly what to do. The thing is, if I go there early with my dad I'm not sure how the bridal party would get there. It doesn't seem to make sense for them to drive themselves there, then have their SO also drive themselves out, then each couple would have 2 cars. I thought perhaps I could head out early with my parents and then my sister (MOH) could drive herself and the 2 other BM out there. Then I guess the SO's could all drive to the ceremony later, and each couple would have 1 car. As for my sister, she was planning to get a ride home with my parents (neither of my parents drink). So, perhaps 1 parent could drive their own car, 1 could drive my sisters car home. I already know they would have no problem doing this and my parents and sister live within 5 minutes of each other. Does anyone have any advice on how to figure this out? I'm trying to make this as easy as possible for everyone involved.
