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Some Lower-Cost Alternatives For Wedding Guest Transport

Despite how important transportation is throughout your wedding day, it often gets overlooked in comparison to other major wedding expenses, such as the cake, the flowers, the wedding garments and the reception venue. However, the means by which your guests get to and from the wedding venue is extremely important, as this is the key to ensuring a stress-free celebration and means that you aren’t having to worry about how you and your new spouse are going to travel between the various wedding venues. 

That said, whilst travel for the bride & groom is absolutely essential, booking wedding guest transportation can also be extremely helpful. Not only does it mean they get a ride in a stunning luxury car, but it also simplifies travel logistics and ensures that everyone arrives at the ceremony and/or the reception in a timely and safe manner. 

However, some may be put off by the idea of hiring luxury cars for their guests, as this means yet another expense to factor into the wedding budget, but this needn’t be the case. With this in mind, here are three ways that you can hire out wedding guest transport without breaking your bank account.

Option 1: Hiring A Limo

Whilst limos are often associated with extreme luxury, they can actually help to reduce the cost of wedding transport, particularly thanks to their large interiors. Vehicles like the Silver Double Axle Hummer or the H2 White Hummer are capable of hosting up to 16 passengers, which means that more people can be transported in one journey. This means that the chauffeur will not have to travel back and forth ferrying your wedding guests between each venue, which in turn reduces the overall price paid for the limo, as the extra mileage that comes as a result of multiple trips will factor into your final pricing. 

Option 2: Booking A Shorter Travel Window

One factor which often balloons the final pricing of your booking concerns how long you book the vehicle for. As such, a booking that lasts for the entire day is going to increase how much you end up paying for your wedding guest transport. However, one way to reduce this cost is to book out the vehicle for your guests for a much shorter travel window; for example, only booking it for the journey between the ceremony venue and the reception venue. This allows your guests to have the experience of travelling in a luxurious prestige vehicle without you having to pay more to keep the chauffeur at the ceremony. 

Option 3: Hiring A Less Prestigious Car

As tempting as it can be to book out a Rolls-Royce Phantom 8 for each of your guests so that they can all experience the same level of luxury, this can cause unnecessary spending, as you are now paying for not just one luxury car but several. However, Phantom Hire’s luxury fleet comprises numerous vehicles that are considered more ‘accessible’ than the trademark Phantom but still offer the same level of luxury to passengers; examples include the imposing Cullinan and the sleek Ghost. As such, these may be considered more suitable for your wedding guests, whilst the more lavish cars such as the Phantom or the Spectre would be more suitable for the bride & groom. 

Book Your Wedding Guest Transport Today 

Booking transportation for wedding guests can seem like a daunting exercise, as you are likely worried about allocating too much of your budget to transport, but hopefully, this article has presented some alternative ways of providing smooth wedding transport for your guests that don’t involve forking out hundreds of pounds that exceed your budget. 

To book the best wedding transportation for guests, contact the Phantom Hire team today by calling 0121 227 9984 or by filling in our obligation-free enquiry form here. For more on how to book wedding transportation for your guests, consider checking our pillar post on the subject here.