Does anyone else feel like limos are a waste of $$?

Original post by Angel06

Mar 02, 2009 10:02 PM

I suddenly feel like limos are a lot of money, we already left a deposit and i'm happy with the company i just feel like its a lot of money for transportation. We need our limos for 5 hours since church and reception times are far apart. I was wondering if anyone had any creative suggestions. We are only getting one suv limo 1150 plus service. I tried to do point to point but it wasn;t cheaper. I could care less about the limo is the FH. Thanks girls for listening.

JoAnnJuneBride Posted: Mar 03, 2009 02:09 PM

Re: Does anyone else feel like limos are a waste of $$?

Posted by Brendanzgirl

Posted by dfw343

For a big wedding party no.
For small- yes...
A town car is much cheaper...

I agree

I third that it is what we will be using for our small WP

FuTuRe MrS MaZz Posted: Mar 03, 2009 02:38 PM

Re: Does anyone else feel like limos are a waste of $$?

has anyone used car service or a shuttle van of some sorts? all i want it to do is pick us up from hotel, drop us at the hall, and then get another hour for the end of the night to get us back to the hotel

RobandJenn Posted: Mar 03, 2009 08:08 PM

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I've been thinking about cutting them out recently. My uncle has an antique car my FH and I could use & everyone else can drive themselves. I just feel like putting that money towards the photog. makes more sense.

coldasice217 Posted: Mar 03, 2009 08:21 PM

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We might be able to work something out with FH's Uncle, otherwise I'm not looking forward to it. I'm debating having the same limo drop the guys off at the church like over an hour early haha...then coming a half hour east to pick us up, to go back to the church...stupid?

DHI417 Posted: Mar 03, 2009 08:28 PM

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I don't have a large wedding party. So we're renting two Large Black Suv's from Enterprise instead.

Cutechef729 Posted: Mar 03, 2009 08:30 PM

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Yes...we only got one because it was included in our package at the RH. We only used it for pictures and to the RH. For going home, we went home with our parents, who drove and significant others of bridal party members drove, etc.

ETA: DH and I live and took pictures 5 minutes from RH.

NYMETBRIDE Posted: Mar 03, 2009 09:49 PM

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Our RH is far from our church (45min- an hour) so we need one! I just hate the details of making sure there are cars left at the RH so everyone can get home! I wish they included a return rate! It seems silly to me, we'll drop you off, but figure out your own way to get home! For what they charge it should be round trip!

FuTuRe MrS MaZz Posted: Mar 04, 2009 09:37 PM

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figured id update and say i called camelot and its still $250 for seriously like a 20 min drive... thats redic... i think we'll just get everyone to drive or hire a car service ... im so done with this part of planning

kewlpuff Posted: Mar 04, 2009 10:17 PM

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i would say skip the limo if it's a separate cost. our limo was included in our package from Wedding Box so we took it but honestly, we only used the limo once and then it just sat there for the afternoon. it was a waste for us

lilmartha59 Posted: Mar 05, 2009 10:15 AM

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i heard if you get black limos its a lot cheaper but it looks like you're going to a funeral not a wedding but definitely something to think about

wo0shply Posted: Mar 05, 2009 10:31 AM

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we did and didnt get any. We all drove our cars in and we took pictures are the RH so it was easy plus after the day is over our BP had to drive home.

So we didnt have a limo.

shyavon81 Posted: Mar 05, 2009 10:37 AM

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Posted by coldasice217

We might be able to work something out with FH's Uncle, otherwise I'm not looking forward to it. I'm debating having the same limo drop the guys off at the church like over an hour early haha...then coming a half hour east to pick us up, to go back to the church...stupid?

Not stupid at all. That's exactly what I'm doing. My friends have NO concept of time and need to be rounded up!

FuTuRe MrS MaZz Posted: Mar 05, 2009 11:09 AM

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Posted by wo0shply

we did and didnt get any. We all drove our cars in and we took pictures are the RH so it was easy plus after the day is over our BP had to drive home.

So we didnt have a limo.

how did your bp react to that? bc im considering doing the same thing if we cant get like a shuttle van for much cheaper