Do I need to provide transportation?

You don't have to provide it. Especially since uber is available where your wedding is. Mine is in the middle of nowhere so we're providing a shuttle for those staying at the hotel.

You do not have to provide transportation. An urban wedding is treated no differently than any other event. Transportation only comes into play when the wedding venue is chosen without regard to available transportation.

I have been to plenty of very nice weddings without transportation. It's always nice but at the same time totally unnecessary . We blocked out rooms at our venue and at a cheaper hotel 3 miles down the road, we were considering transportation but turns out only 5 people booked at the cheaper hotel, no way I'm spending $1000 on a shuttle for 5 people. Maybe if 30 people booked there, we'd consider it more.

Following! My wedding is in downtown D.C. and reception is 30 min away in MD. I'm also blocking hotels near the reception and some hotels in downtown DC. I figure OOT guests prob want to explore the city during their time here and stay downtown. For close family we may coordinate some carpool options but for everybody else I think they'll get around just fine.

Its always nice in theory...but in your situation, probably not worth it. We went to a wedding in Nashville this weekend (which was essentially a DW for everyone in attendance---guests mostly from GA and TX) and their venue was about 20 min north of downtown. They provided 3 charter buses to transport the 200 guests to the wedding. All 3 buses were supposed to leave a 4:45 for 5:30 ceremony. 1 bus left on time. the 2nd (one we were on)---got stuck on curb and actually left at 5...then got lost. We finally arrived around 5:35-5:40..and the 3rd left even after ours, but didn't get lost, so arrived around 5:20.

This delayed the ceremony start time and had about 120 people sitting outside waiting, while the last 80 arrived. Thankfully the weather was pleasant...They had to cut into the cocktail hour time to make up for it to keep dinner on time. I'm sure there was an unpleasant convo with the transportation company after the wedding...

I didn't provide transportation. The hotels had shuttles available if they wanted to use them, but it was up to them to arrange it.

No, I don't think you need to. I just left that area and as a first time traveler with no city transportation experience, we managed to get around the city just fine! However, it might be a nice gesture to provide a metro route map for guests.

I'm from DC. All weddings that I've attended in the last five years or so have provided transportation. I don't think it's completely necessary, but for your guests staying in Georgetown it would be a pain in the ass to have to park and drive 30 minutes out to your venue. Or have to Uber that far.

My FH is fixated on renting out the bus to and from the venue and hotel. I don't really see the point - it only comes by twice at fixed times... and all of these people are grown-ass adults. We posted information about local taxi services on our website. They can nab an Uber or something in my opinion. Our hotel is literally under 10 minutes away by car.\

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My wedding is in the Dallas area and we are only providing transportation for the wedding party. The church is less than 15 minutes from the hotel and reception venue, and the reception venue is right behind the hotel so OOT guests can just walk back afterwards. I put on our wedding website that uber is the way to go, so I'm not worried about people finding their way. After @APZ 's story, I'd be more afraid to have all my guests depending on shuttles!

Thanks, everyone! Looks like the consensus is that it's okay not to provide buses in my particular situation.

You might want to consider offering an uber and / or lyft discount codes to your guests via welcome bags or your wedding websites, for guests who would be using the service for the first time!