Wedding Cars Etiquette

By Robert Manevski


Wedding Cars and Color. Although white is the most popular wedding car colour, coordinating your wedding transport to the colour theme of the wedding will also help to create impact. If your bridesmaids are wearing pink or if you have pink flowers in your bouquet, why not hire a pink Cadillac? They look great in wedding photographs, especially against a rose garden backdrop.

Size of the Bridal Party. Traditionally three wedding cars are needed to transport the bridal party to the ceremony. The bride travels with her father in one wedding car, the mother-of-the-bride and the bridesmaids in another and the groom and his groomsmen in the third. If you're doing it this way you'll need to ensure that the hire company has matching wedding cars, as many do not. However, if you're more concerned with minimizing costs, consider hiring a limousine and have the bridal party journey together.

Transport Style. Above all wedding transport should match the style of your wedding. Think about how odd it would look if you arrived in a modern, stretch limousine for a medieval wedding. For old-fashioned, romantic weddings why not hire a horse-drawn carriage?

The Dresscode. The arrival of a well-dressed bridal party will be marred if the chauffeur is raggedly attired. Some chauffeurs wear not only a suit and tie but cap and gloves too, whilst other drivers think jeans and a jumper will do. You can't dictate exactly what they should wear but you can request that they be smartly dressed.

Size of the Bridal Party. Traditionally three wedding cars are needed to transport the bridal party to the ceremony. The bride travels with her father in one wedding car, the mother-of-the-bride and the bridesmaids in another and the groom and his groomsmen in the third. If you're doing it this way you'll need to ensure that the hire company has matching wedding cars, as many do not. However, if you're more concerned with minimizing costs, consider hiring a limousine and have the bridal party journey together.

Wedding cars that make a bride's entrance grand and memorable are one of the things brides fantasise about. Whilst you want a dramatic arrival in a wedding car that leaves a lasting impression, there are other factors to take into consideration when selecting your chariot for the day.

A Wedding Car's Personality. There's no point in trussing up your groom in a formal morning suit and ushering him into a conservative Bentley if he's a rebel at heart. Opt for wedding cars that are racier or have him roar up to the ceremony in a motorcycle.




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