Wedding transport is often overlooked as an important part of the wedding day, but it’s how you as a couple, your bridal party and your guests will travel to and from the venue, and get around on the day.
GO WITH A PROFESSIONAL
Make sure that you choose a reliable, professional Scottish wedding car or transport company to arrange your transport on the day. There are a lot of very specific timings to consider, and a professional company will have experience in making sure everything runs like, pardon the pun, a well-oiled machine!
Ask around for recommendations, read online reviews and speak to your wedding venue, as they’ll often have a list of trusted suppliers.
A professional chauffeur will also have lots of experience dealing with brides. They’ll help you into the car, have an umbrella close to hand and they’re often a great source of calm!
TIMED TO PERFECTION
Make sure that you work with your travel company on timings; they’ll have the necessary experience to make allowances for traffic, possible roadworks and other travel constraints. They’ve seen it all!
They can help you come up with a realistic timetable and plan out the best routes.
They’ll also keep on top of what is happening with these things on the day, so you don’t have to worry about it.
ADD TRANSPORT INFO TO INVITES
It’s really handy to add things like maps to your invites, especially if you’re getting married somewhere a bit further away.
If you are providing a bus service, make sure the details of this are on your invites and provide a space on the RSVPs so that guests can tell you if they’ll be making use of it or not.
This will mean you know what capacity coach to get for your transport.
You don’t want to pay for a huge bus if only five guests will be using it.
CHOOSE THE RIGHT WEDDING CAR
There are a range of gorgeous wedding cars in Scotland, from classics to modern and fun.
One thing to bear in mind is the practicalities of the car, especially when it has to accommodate a potentially large wedding gown.
Smaller, sporty cars might not have enough room for your dress – so make sure you take things like that into consideration.
Some couples go for cool modes of transport like camper vans or swish luxury wedding busses – have a look and see if something fun catches your eye!
Vans are good for wedding parties too as they can often hold all of your bridesmaids.
ORDER OF ARRIVAL
As with all things wedding in the modern day, how you do things is entirely up to you, but the traditional order of arrival at a wedding is:
Ushers arrive first to direct guests. The groom and his best man arrive after the guests start arriving. The bridesmaids and the mother of the bride arrive together. The bride and her father arrive.
After the ceremony, if you are going to leave in your wedding car, you’ll travel with your new husband or wife.
The rest of the bridal party usually depart and aim to be at the reception ahead of the guests.
