Venue Questions!

1. A hotel is totally appropriate! With that size group, you’d probably be fine in a regular-size room, but a suite would be nice for spreading out, eating some breakfast, etc.


I got married at a hotel so I walked, but you can take whatever form of transportation you’d like! I haven’t seen a limo at a wedding in years, though, now that I reflect on your question of “are they still in style.” I’ve seen much more party buses, vintage cars and plain shuttle type sprinter vans.

A hotel would be fine to get ready in. My venue is a dance hall and there's not a place to get ready. I am staying the night and getting ready with my mom and bridesmaids at an Airbnb a few miles away. The HMUA will be there as well. Then we'll car pool to the venue. I'm actually dropping off my wedding dress at the venue in the morning. So when I arrive before the ceremony (in regular clothes) I'll put the dress on in the bathroom, which thankfully is big enough. My photographer will start at that time to get photos of me putting together final details. The groom and groomsmen will arrive for the ceremony after I do so we don't see each other till ceremony. They'll get ready at a different Airbnb. I think a limo wouldn't be practical for us, but if you think it would be a great experience and it's in your budget, you should go for it.

Per question #2, I had only 1 MOH and I asked her to ride the guest shuttle and direct our guests into the ceremony. I rode in a hired sedan with my parents. The photographers went on the party bus, but they can ride with you as well. It depends on you, how many people you would like to have with you, and transport services can easily find you a car for your needs. I have not seen a limo in many years. After the ceremony, my husband and I drove to our reception in our own car with a "just married" etsy decal in back, while my parents took the sedan, and our guests rode the party bus. You have transport for x amount of hours during booking. Best wishes.

Our reception will be held at the same location as the ceremony, so we will not need transportation between those events. We are mainly thinking about transportation from our hotel to the venue/brewery, and then transportation for guests from the venue back to their hotels.

Ah, I think it would be kind of you to provide transport especially for guests who drink. Your guests can park at the hotel, and you reserve a shuttle bus which can hold about 35-40 ppl for X amount of hours. If this is not in your budget, your guests can take it upon themselves to plan and drive themselves, or order an uber, lift, cab, or carpool. I forgot to include my own reception was at a hotel so there weren't 3 stops to plan, just 2. Good luck.

My ceremony and reception is at a cider barn and we also toured a distillery that sounds very similar to your set up. The cider barn does have a bridal suite to get ready but they don’t open early enough for us to get hair and makeup done, so we’ll be doing hair and makeup at my future in law’s air bnb just down the road and then carpooling over to the cider barn. They’ll be open to the public when we arrive and then close shortly after for our wedding set up to start. I let my family and wedding party know that the cider barn is open to the public until a certain point and I would let your guests know that as well. We were recently hanging out at the distillery we toured when a wedding was happening in the back and we saw some guests who were very confused and thought they were in the wrong place since all they could see was the general public in the front window.

We are getting married at the beach, and having a party bus drive us there simply because a limo wouldn't fit us all, but I think limos are lovely. Its nice to not have to pin driving on someone. We are just getting ready at home.

Consider how the venue is going to track that since it's open to the public as well (if you are covering the bar expense for your guests) how they will differentiate who is on your tab and who is not so you don't end up with a crazy bar bill.
How does the venue keep your area to your guests only, or is it meant that everyone can mingle into all the spaces?
Parking info for guests? Or transportation from the shared hotel to venue and back to save drunk driving (budget dependent) versus letting everyone lyft/uber on their own dime

What a neat venue! I'm getting ready in the hotel with my wedding party. The shuttle service won't have started by the time we get to the venue, so we're going to have parents drop us off. I'm getting married in a museum. A limo sounds cool, but may just be an extra expense. How far away is your venue. Mine is under 5 minutes.