The limo thing....

I don't know why, but the whole limo thing floors me. I really think it is so expensive.

Can someone explain the 3 hr thing? Everyone knows you need the limo(s) for the entire day. Why do they base it on 3 hrs?

I haven't looked into it yet, but I know my friend said limos were her highest expense after the hall.

I was shocked by that. Can they really be more expensive than photography?

If your limo is more expensive than photography there are issues........

God I hope not or I'll be walking to the ceremony/reception. JK :) I have to add some humor.


I just really started looking and got a quote.

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Posted by peabody

God I hope not or I'll be walking to the ceremony/reception. JK :) .

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That's not a bad idea.

If it gets too be too redicouslous i'm not above just going in somebody's car.

How far is the church/temple from the reception? I think they base the 3 hours on the time you need them at your house...to get you to the ceremony and then to the hall.

We are not doing limos at all. Our ceremony is at the hall...and I didn't see the need to have a limo pick me up and take me to the hall (which is 10 minutes from my parents house where I will be getting ready). I will be arriving at the hall about 1 hour before ceremony...so nobody will see me arrive and get out of my dad's car

I dont know who you got your quotes from but mine was no where near my photographer cost. Check out Eddie from Serenity his prices were great, they were the cheapest I found. The three hour thing was from when girls were getting married at the church, The limo had to pick them up take them to the church then to the reception.

Bridget

To clarify, my friend had 2 limos for her wedding & we had them from before the 2 30 ceremony untill the 6:30 pm reception.
Also, this was in CT 3 years ago, so I don't know if photography prices are lower there or limo prices are higher.


What do you mean about the 3 hour thing? Is that a minium?
How long do you need the limo for?

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Posted by tourist

What do you mean about the 3 hour thing? Is that a minium?
How long do you need the limo for?

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I am sure the prices have gone up, people hear the word wedding and their prices go up Yes 3 hour is the minimum, and anything extra you have to pay...........

eta - how long u need it depends on the person.....

Eek! As expensive as the hall? I am walking! LOL

So I dont mean to sound so dumb but do the limos work like this:

the bridal party is at my mom's and we all take the limo to the church and the guys are in the other limo to the church? Then me and hubby go alone from the church to the hall, and the bridal party go in the other limo to the hall?

I am such a rookie!!!

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Posted by NYCHICK


eta - how long u need it depends on the person.....

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sorry, by 'you', I meant peabody, since she seemed confused by the 3 hour thing.
but anyone else, feel free to share.

I'll proabbly need it for more than 3 hours b/c there are 4 hours bewteen the chrcuch & reception, but we may be changing the ceremony time.

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Posted by diamondgrlie

Eek! As expensive as the hall? I am walking! LOL

So I dont mean to sound so dumb but do the limos work like this:

the bridal party is at my mom's and we all take the limo to the church and the guys are in the other limo to the church? Then me and hubby go alone from the church to the hall, and the bridal party go in the other limo to the hall?

I am such a rookie!!!

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There in 'no way' of doing it, It all depends on you. I have both my limos with me, FH will be 10 blocks from our church and I will be 20 minutes away. I will be having his BM take him to the church, then we take the rolls from the church to the hall.........

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Posted by tourist

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Posted by NYCHICK


eta - how long u need it depends on the person.....

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sorry, by 'you', I meant peabody, since she seemed confused by the 3 hour thing.
but anyone else, feel free to share.

I'll proabbly need it for more than 3 hours b/c there are 4 hours bewteen the chrcuch & reception, but we may be changing the ceremony time.

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o ok... But by 'you' I meant anyone who was wondering, not 'you' specifically........*getting dizzy from all teh you's*

I kinda wish there was 1 set way to do limos-- fewer decisons to make.

I don't even know where Fh will be getting ready yet.
( He lives in westchester)

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Posted by NYCHICK

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Posted by tourist

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Posted by NYCHICK


eta - how long u need it depends on the person.....

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sorry, by 'you', I meant peabody, since she seemed confused by the 3 hour thing.
but anyone else, feel free to share.

I'll proabbly need it for more than 3 hours b/c there are 4 hours bewteen the chrcuch & reception, but we may be changing the ceremony time.

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o ok... But by 'you' I meant anyone who was wondering, not 'you' specifically........*getting dizzy from all teh you's*

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I that's what's called 'defining the antecedant of your pronoun' an English teacher I had used to yell at us when we didn't make it clear.
See what can happen?
anyway, sorry to get so off topic.

the 3 hour thing really bugs me, since we have quite a large gap between church/reception and need the limo with us the entire time to go for pictures in between, etc. I estimate that from the time the limo picks me and BMs up at the hotel to when we're all dropped off at the reception, we'll have had the limos at least 5.5 hours.

We were already told that anything over the 3 hours was EXTRA so that really ups the price, even for your lLincolns!

So now we are going 'bare bones' for the limos, meaning nothing fancy (no escalades or rolls..) Not that I wouldn't want that - I do and wish we had more $$ - but other things were a little more important to us, and we have to cut costs somewhere, and this is where we decided to do it

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Posted by tourist


I that's what's called 'defining the antecedant of your pronoun' an English teacher I had used to yell at us when we didn't make it clear.
See what can happen?
anyway, sorry to get so off topic.

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I LOOOOVE english, (pssibly because I lived in Engalnd)............my aunt is an english teacher. That is so awesome...'great subject' I don't think people understand the importance of good grammar.....oops sorry, getting off the subject also

eta - wy do people spell colour, color

whew..sorry I am back, got a bit carried away there

limo $$$ are out of control, and time and time again we all hear 'horror stories' - they didn't show up, had the wrong car, driver was an a$$...could go on and on...

we were thinking of using town cars instead of limos, however a quick quote check yielded as well. as of now we are not having limos, however we will need to come up with a transportation solution for us and our parents...

TBD.