Guest Transportation - Need to Have or Nice to Have?

Nice to have, but not a necessary expense

Very generous nice to have

Both. I think it depends on the situation and location differences between the ceremony and the reception. Safety is important!

Hmmm... as a guest I wouldn't want someone else being in charge of my transport. And as a host, I'm avoiding this cost.

Nice to have. Eveything is in the same place!

Since most of our guests are from out of state, we’re providing transportation to and from our wedding as well as to and from our rehearsal/welcome dinner. As well as separately for our bridal party for rehearsal and getting ready. You can rent a van and ask a friend or hire someone for the day because those transportation companies are super pricey.

Nice to Have.

It’s nice to have and nice to consider for your guests.

For us our ceremony location would be in a national park and they charge a fee to get in the park and it wouldn't seem right to have the guests pay even more to go to ceremony location. So we would provide a shuttle so we only pay for 1 car cost not multi

It’s a nice gesture to your guests however it’s not necessary.

Nice to have. This is very subjective to each wedding’s individual needs. Whatever makes the day runs smoothest!

Nice to have

I feel that for reasons of safety it's best to at least try to find room in the budget or else have a list of taxi companies at the ready for local guests. Drunk driving is an inexcusable crime and takes many lives so I think it's very considerate to allow your guests to have a good time + safely.

For us, 95% of the guests will be from out of town, out of state, and many out of country. So we'll be blocking rooms at a nearby hotel for them to stay at. Naturally, that means that we'll be looking into organizing a coach to take them to the venue and back to the hotel. I hope it won't destroy our budget but there's no real alternative...

Nice to have

Nice to have

If your having and open bar and your venue/hotel doesn't provide shuttles or transportation - it is a need for your safety and your guests safety. Understandably, guests are responsible for themselves and should be aware when things start to get a little out of hand. But if the venue says that guests need to be out by 11 PM and the bar closes at 10:45 PM, that's not a risk I would want to take for my guests.

Nice to have in most cases. In mine it was need to have for our destination wedding. I wanted to make sure all guest got to our location without a problem.

Nice to have. We have quite a few out of town guests. Due to the distance between the airport and the hotel/wedding, they'll have to all get rental cars regardless.

Nice to have. Most hotels that partner with the venues we have seen usually have some sort of shuttle service for the guests.

Need to have, some of my bridal party is riding with us back home