A hire car creates a sense of occasion
You might be looking to approach a friend, family member or someone in your network to loan you their spiffy car for your big day. Will it put them out if they’re attending your wedding anyway? May be, maybe not. Could be tricky to loan their car, but not invite them, though. Then again, they might say yes to the car loan, but it’s not just a matter of them handing over the keys.
Who’s going to drive that car for you – do they know your wishes, will you have to remind them to treat you like a VIP? Will your designated driver need to be reminded to hop out to open the door for you to enter or exit the vehicle? Are they going to go that extra mile in creating the right atmosphere?
Getting down to the nitty gritty
Someone is going to have to detail that car – yep, a standard declutter and hoover isn’t going to pass muster. Travelling in a car where the owners’ detritus skates across the floor, potentially marking your wedding dress or your groom’s shoes is nasty. As a bride or groom on hyper-alert, you’ll notice the smears on the windows they’ve missed when cleaning the car. There might be a faint wiff of the last take-away meal their kids might have wolfed down in the back seats. Why take the chance?
You might have travelled in the borrowed car in the past. What are you memories of those times? Do you want to associate your wedding day with those times or try for a fresh slate by travelling in a prestige car you’ve never entered before?
Why a standard car simply won’t do
The real clincher is, will the bride AND her wedding dress fit elegantly into the back of a standard car? Whether you’re a nicely suited-up groom or demure bride, you don’t want to be cheek-by-jowl in the back seat with your wedding party crushing each other’s outfits.
Why limit yourself to the models and colours of cars you can access through your own network – choose what really suits your character. There’s vintage, classic, modern prestige, luxury sporty, Hollywood limo and how about having the choice of colours to match your colours of your wedding party? Here’s some other considerations for selecting your wedding day car. Oh, and if safe and luxury transport is a priority for more than just the bridal party, you could look at hiring a stretch limo or ‘love bus’ for the larger wedding party.
Not just point A to point B travel
You’re not getting a lift, you’re getting the ride of your life. Make it mean something. Hire a service that includes a reliable exquisite car, a professional driver who’ll treat you like a VIP, meet your special requests such as for champagne, nibbles and flowers to keep you centred before you walk down the aisle, and, importantly, give you peace of mind about your wedding day travel. Putting the job up on Facebook or Airtasker is just not going to make the grade for that peace of mind for you.
Step it up a level with the VIP treatment a driver from a special event car hire company, such as Australia in Style, can deliver. It’s been our speciality for 20 years. It’s what we do and we do it pretty well. Don’t take our word for it, though. Check out the reviews.
Leave it to James
Ok, we’re using the stereotypical chauffeur’s name here, but you get the gist. How comforting would it be to delegate the important task of your wedding day travel to a professional? Someone who does that for a living and does it well, knows how to put stressed would-be brides and grooms at ease, is attentive, but not in your face. Someone – male or female, you can choose – who’ll get you to the church or your preferred wedding venue on time in a capsule of calmness, so you’re as ready as you’ll ever be.
Skimping on your wedding day travel, doesn’t make good sense. There are plenty of ways to nip and tuck your wedding budget to get the best value – get a breakdown of how your venue is charging you to identify opportunities to negotiate charges. You wouldn’t be the first to do so.
Don’t just hire a car; hire a service to transport you to your new life of wedded bliss.
