Whether or not to provide transportation for guests

Skipping it. my wedding reception is at a hotel about fifteen minutes from the ceremony site, and if people want to booze, they can plan to stay over at the hotel or take an uber.

Following. FSIL made a huge deal that we weren't providing transportation for our dozen guests. Not sure how to arrange it, since everyone lives within a 20 minute drive but our ceremony and reception are in different locations. Do you just like, hire 6 black cabs at different points?

They are also going to different places at the end of the night. Ahhhh. I've heard that UBER has scheduled rides now, but have never really planned for such a thing

I am so glad you posted this....I was having the same worry! We have a bunch of OOT guests staying in multiple hotels (we listed at least ten including a link to airbnb on our website) and I was struggling with how guests would react if we didn't offer transportation. I think a lot of the ladies have good points - adult can handle their own transportation. Taxis, uber, etc. Our venue offers free overnight parking too for wedding guests, if they happen to drink a little too much.

I think a trolley would be amazing and very memorable for guest. But if you can't afford it, forget about it! It's absolutely not necessary especially since the hotels are so close. They could even walk if they chose to!

My FH and I disagree on whether or not to book the shuttle offered by our hotel. The hotel is literally 5 minutes away from the venue (where both the ceremony and reception are taking place) and we don't even know how many people will stay at the hotel - we invited a bunch of OOT guests, but my dad and grandma essentially told me, "They will appreciate the invitation but probably will not come." The venue is max about 30 minutes away from most guests... ugh, based on what PPs have said, maybe we should just skip booking transportation for guests. They're adults, they can order an uber or taxi.

We did not provide transportation for anyone.

You are only responsible for getting guest from ceremony to reception. If they are in the same place you dont need to worry

We are providing transportation but is only because is a DW. You can always look into Uber events if it is something you want to do, but I think people can handle themselves in a big city with a lot of transportation options.

We provided guest transportation the whole wedding weekend and it is crazy expensive. I knew it would be thousands of dollars, but it was the hardest cost for me to swallow!

We only chose to provide guest transportation because we felt like we needed to! Almost all of the weddings we attend are OOT, and it's become the norm in our social circle to provide transportation to and from all wedding weekend events (rehearsal, rehearsal dinner, welcome reception, wedding, after-party). The other factor was that there's no Uber in Pinehurst NC There technically are cab companies that can take you home, but they aren't really driving around and you need to call them - it's a big hassle (even on normal nights when you're just going to the bar).

If you're getting married in a major city with tons of public transportation options then I would definitely skip guest transportation and save yourself a ton of money!

Maybe there could be a specific taxi service you could suggest, they may offer a discount to your wedding guests. (I don't know if they actually do that, but it could be worth a try) I am providing transportation because I want my guests to be able to come and have a good time and not have to worry about drinking and driving, although it is less than $400.

Thanks for all the input ladies...I am just now checking the boards and ironically enough at a DW in Michigan in an area with no Uber or cabs as far as I can tell and they are not providing transportation. So I'm still undecided about my wedding but if my friends aren't even doing it for a DW not in a big city I'm not going to feel guilty if we skip it for ours lol. It's weird though because all the other DW's I've been to there has been transport. I will get a quote for school buses though!!

I agree that you should try school buses, $3000 is definitely on the high side I got a quote from a school bus company for $1200 for a bus for 8 hours.

I agree that you should try school buses, $3000 is definitely on the high side I got a quote from a school bus company for $1200 for a bus for 8 hours.

We live in a place where UBER is plentiful, but I would still prefer it if my guests didn't have to travel too much. Would it be totally crazy to just buy a bunch of uber giftcards (as I'm saying this, it sounds a little crazy lol)

LOL @Jenny I dunno definitely food for thought!

ETA: Actually kind of digging that! Like a $10 one for each room in their guest bags?!

I can't believe so many people haven't had transportation at weddings. Almost every wedding I've attended in the last 5 years has offered transportation to/from the hotel. For us it was a priority. We didn't spend thousands of dollars on open bar just to have people drink responsibly. Check into charter buses or chariots for hire. We spent about $1k on transportation and it was definitely worth it.

I would pass on this...

This was a major surprise for us too, and we don't have the budget to provide transportation. Our guests will carpool or uber.

I don't know what it is, but the minute we said "wedding," two of our guests have suddenly completely forgotten how they typically plan for a night out without kids or how to get home after a night drinking

I'm going to provide transportation. The venue charges $20 for parking and I won't have my guest pay that