Lyft or uber transportation for guests?

If you end up doing ride share, keep in mind that Lyft is a more ethical choice than uber. (It's impossible to be an entirely critical consumer in a capitalist society, I know, but these little choices matter)

Ya we routinely use lyft in our household, so likely would use lyft for the wedding. We also do the cheap normal car. I know that uber has uber black, I'm not sure if lyft has an equivalent. If we go with rideshare we may do uber black (or lyft equivalent if available) for at least my in laws, based on availability.

I'm in a very similar situation. Our venue and hotel are maybe 3 miles apart and ceremony and reception are in the same spot. I priced out a shuttle for all our guests to get them to the ceremony and back at the end of the night and it was more than I could squeeze out of my budget. I ended up renting a 15 passenger van that we'll use to shuttle the WP and maybe one additional run to shuttle others at the end of the night. Nearly our whole guest list is OOT and most will be renting cars and most do not consume large amounts of beverages, outside of the WP anyway.

I have also considered Lyft codes. I still may poll my guest list and see if anyone would use it.

I also looked into renting a school bus but no one returned my call, so you could look into that.

Amelia if you end up doing lyft at all could you please update us after? I looked into a woody school bus and a trolley- I just can't see spending over 1k for something I don't even know if people will use or not.

Uber has uber events, not sure if Lyft has similar. Some hotel wedding blocks offer the use of their shuttle as well, usually for 10-ish people. And look into school busses, which are cheaper than coaches

I would love to hear what you guys end up doing. Our venue is in the mountains, and there aren't many hotels close, so I'd love to offer some options for our guests to get home safely.

Our preferred hotel has a shuttle - I am putting it on our website that the shuttle will be available to and from that hotel all night, even though there are other hotels in the area.

If the hotels are close together, you could also do a school bus and have them make multiple stops.

The hotel we are using gives a "complementary" shuttle however, depends on the numbers. Regardless of how low they are, the agreement states they will provide transportation. For instance, should it be only one person they will pay for a cab lol.

Did you look over an agreement yet?

Here's an excerpt from ours.

Another options is that you can call around to the hotels and find out special pricing for blocking rooms for your OOT guests. The guests call to reserve their room and any rooms left unreserved will be put back in their system as available so you don't incur a charge for them. Then all your guests can stay at the same hotel. If by chance they stay at another hotel, I would have a taxi company cards handy for them.

I would recommend doing a hotel block. Its free for you to set up (you should NEVER have to put down a deposit or pay for unbooked rooms) and a nice courtesy for your guests, because it gives them a discount on the hotel stay. It will help with your problem of guests staying at multiple locations. I have seen shuttles become more and more common at weddings, especially if you are having an open bar, you want guests to enjoy themselves to the fullest, but safely! We had a shuttle at our wedding - we just rented school buses and I've seen that done at several weddings after ours as well. It was the most economical choice! You can also see if the hotel where you block rooms offers a complimentary shuttle or a shuttle you could rent. If you get a shuttle, I suggest 1 vehicle that does 2 runs (based on your 80 person guest list, you won't get 100% attendance plus not all will stay at the hotel, especially older guests) and let guests know about it via an insert in your wedding invitations, wedding website and/or insert in the welcome bag at the hotel.

FMIL has offered to help financially. We haven't received any money though, so we are planning without it. Either way I will accommodate her request, she rocks, and on top of that she gave my FH her original engagement ring (with his dad, her current husband, she upgraded)- she has already financially contributed in my mind.

Our hotel only offers a courtesy block of 10 rooms, with a 2 night minimum. So essentially enough for 5 families/couples. Any more than that and we are required to pay 80%. We like this hotel better for numerous reasons (price, location, rehearsal dinner options), so the room block issue isn't a deal killer. And they offer a van shuttle, which may work for our guests. But it's only 1 van, and I'm not sure how we will know how many guests to anticipate.