Wedding guest transportation

I think 15 minutes is totally fine for asking guests to uber to your wedding or carpool. We provided guest transportation but it was around $3,000, plus our venue was 35 minutes from our blocked hotel and we had a full open bar and a ton of HEAVY drinkers.

Congratulations on your engagement.

Having a bus option for your guests can get tricky. The bus can’t leave until everyone’s on the bus. Folks run late and cause others to get irritated, etc. additionally, no ones going to want to leave the reception at exactly the same time therefore the bus will be running back and forth and you may end up a higher cost as well as folks standing outside waiting for it to return.

Here are my suggestions:

1. Contract with a bus/shuttle service to transport your guests to wedding and reception venues and then dismiss them. Uber/Lyft may be better options or a string of taxis waiting out front. Just call the local taxi company, provide them with your budget and see what they can work out for you.

2. If you just can’t swing it financially, about 1 hour to 1.5 hours before reception is ending change over to a non-alcoholic bar.

3. If your budget can’t increase and the buses are a high priority, then you may need to cut back on other things in the wedding. For example: can you reduce your guest list, change the meal and cocktail hour food options, change the bar from open to cash bar, None of these sound fun but may be necessary to consider.

4. You have 3 years to save for your wedding. You’d be surprised what you can give up during these 3 years to fit this in your budget. Challenge yourselves: to give up something such as eating out, buying pricey coffee drinks, spa services, etc. No matter how you decide to resolve this I’m sure it will be a beautiful wedding. All the best to you.