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Kelsey
Dedicated October 2020

Transportation Advice

Kelsey, on June 25, 2019 at 10:20 PM Posted in Planning 2 17
Hi everyone! 👋

Looking for some advice or maybe insight from others who’ve dealt with this scenario.

We’re getting married next fall in Asheville NC. We’re inviting roughly 150 people, about 140 of which will be from out of town, most of those out of state.

We’d like to provide shuttles to the ceremony/reception venue (1 location) and returning at the end of the night. I know some people will drive themselves, but think most will use the shuttle, so we plan to ask this on the RSVP somehow so we don’t end up booking more shuttles than we need ($$$$&dollarSmiley winking.

What I’m getting hung up on is coordinating how many people need to be picked up from where. We’re planning on room blocks at two hotels at different price points to accommodate various budgets. I know others will book Airbnb, etc in some instances. I plan on putting on our website that shuttles will only pick up from the hotels. But how will we know how many need picked up from each hotel? Or do we just assume it’ll be split evenly enough and hope for the best (haha)?

Sort of looking to brainstorm/ input if anyone’s dealt with a similar scenario. Hopefully this all made sense. Thank you!!!

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Latest activity by Sinéad, on June 27, 2019 at 7:47 AM
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    Legend June 2019
    Melle ·
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    I think you can also use uber or Lyft. They allow you to have your own code that guests can use
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  • Amelia
    Savvy July 2019
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    If you have a room block, you can find out which hotels the guests are staying at. The hotel should be able to give you a list of who booked in the block. That way you know how many shuttles to send to each hotel.
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  • Sinéad
    WeddingWire Administrator January 2025
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    Hey Kelsey!

    As Amelia suggested, you will be able to contact the hotels to ask how many of your guests are staying in each hotel. You should be able to plan accordingly with that information. Then, if you could ask the guests that are staying in Airbnbs to find out which hotel they will take the organized shuttle from. This shouldn’t be an issue as the majority of people will likely stay in the hotel options.

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  • Mrs. S
    Master November 2019
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    I’m getting married in Asheville this fall, and I booked Asheville Explore Tours. I estimated how many guests will stay at hotels and how many shuttles I need overall. After my RSVPs come back I will give the final number to the company and cancel my extra shuttle if needed. The hotels will tell you how many people are staying there. My RSVPs are due four weeks out so I can coordinate everything in time.
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  • MrsD
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    We did this! Our RSVP card said "Would you like to take the guest transportation to and from the venue?" with a "yes" or "no" check box. We found a transportation company that let us put a deposit on three 55 person buses, then cancel them 30+ days out if needed. So our RSVP date was 40 days out. We only need space for around 100, so we cancelled one and applied that deposit towards the other two. Some hotel blocks offered transportation and put the cost on the guest (so nightly rate was $169 instead of $119) but we didn't want that cost on guests and didn't want only guests staying in a specific hotel to get transportation. We made it so our 2 buses pick up from our main block and that's it, so people have to drive/uber there if they want to take the bus.

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    Devoted November 2019
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    We added "will you be staying in the hotel block" to a question on our wedding website for when people RSVPd. If you are doing mail RSVPs you could definitely just add the question there. We also put the shuttle info under the FAQ section of our website, and will also put the pickup info in the welcome bags for the hotel.

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  • Pattie
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    That’s very sweet of you! Might be worth looking into if the hotel has shuttles that they can accommodate your guests with. Might save money! Always worth asking Smiley smile

    Can you send out a blanket email to all of your guests and ask them about their travel plan for getting to the event? Easier than calling
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  • Samantha
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    You can get e gift cards from Lyft or Uber and they can arrange their own transport, we did this for a few of our closest out of town guests that were staying further from the venue. I think there is a scheduling option too but we didn’t have enough guests using the option to get that detailed - we also got gift card amounts so they can use the Lux service.
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  • Kelsey
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    I have heard of this too, which could be a good back up plan for people to use if maybe they can't get on the shuttle for some reason... I would just worry about # of available drivers using solely this option because we will have probably 120 people needing to find rides from the same (ish) place!

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  • Kelsey
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    That is a great point! I didn't realize the hotels could actually give you lists, that's awesome. That would at least leave us way less people to figure out!

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  • Kelsey
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    Thanks so much Sinead! That's a great point of just asking people who aren't staying at the hotels where they plan to shuttle from. I think we will include the question on RSVP for an overall #, then use the approach you describes to figure out the split of how many people from each pick-up location!

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  • Kelsey
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    This is super helpful thank you!!! I am going to check that company out too Smiley smile

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  • Kelsey
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    This is so helpful thank you!! I am hoping we can book a transportation company that will let us do just as you described, its so expensive so I am not trying to pay for more than we really need!

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  • Kelsey
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    Thanks Pattie!! The venue is about 25-30 minutes from either hotel, so I think it might be out of the scope of the hotel shuttle... but you're right it is definitely worth asking!

    I think we will ask the transportation question on the RSVP card and collect all info together... at least that is what I am thinking at the moment!

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  • Kelsey
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    I think this is a great idea for those not staying at the hotel block! Love it!

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  • Yoice
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    I guess you can have an RSVP section for this so once people RSVP they can say yes or no for the shuttle. You can always explain this in the website and once you have an idea in what hotel they’re staying you can split the shuttles.
    I had transportation for our wedding and I had only one hotel and all guest arrived at the same time then a shuttle for guest to leave slowly since not everyone leaves at the same time.
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  • Sinéad
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    Great Kelsey! I hope this works out😃

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