is guest transportation necessary?

I've personally never been to a wedding with transportation, but since your location doesn't have uber or lyft I think I would consider it.

We are skipping it since our church is .6 miles from the reception venue, and the hotel shares a parking lot with the reception venue.

We looked into it and most of our guests have said they'll just take taxi or Uber or public transportation because the reception is 15-20 minutes away from ceremony. Its cheaper in Boston to get a couple of Ubers for people than to rent a van or bus.

Thank you for asking this! I've been having that same debate all day. After thinking about it though, I've never minded having to uber or even drive myself to a wedding, even when I was coming in from out of town.

I don't think it's necessary but if you can afford it, go for it

If they can't cab, you need to provide a shuttle. Otherwise except sober guests to be leaving early.

I went back and forth on this so much. Our reception is a couple miles away, just too far to walk but just short enough to make everyone getting cabs seems silly. I opted to just pay for the bus to transport them but I worry that a lot of them will take their own cars anyway. Hopefully if I just tell everyone the bus will pick them up and drop them off they can all just travel together. I think it's more convenient for the guests and if you can work it into your budget go for it.

Well as a responsible adult, I would make arrangements to cab/lyft/uber there and back if I plan on drinking. If those are not possible, then yes, I would provide a shuttle.