Be My Guest
Tie the Knot Scotland|May - June 2017

A wedding would be nothing without the guests – but can you trust your favourite folk to get to the venue on time and in one piece? Nicola Smith investigates mass transit options.

Be My Guest

Can you imagine your wedding without your family and best mates there to join in the fun? It could happen – because the sat nav led them to the wrong church in the wrong village, or because they couldn’t pay the whopping taxi fare for whisking them out to the remote stately home that’s hosting your celebrations. There’s only one thing for it: guest transport.

Take the pressure off your loved ones by letting them pile onto a stylish bus. You could arrange to get them to the ceremony on time, ferry them to the reception afterwards and even drop them off at their front door at the end of the night – and, believe me, they’ll be immensely grateful. We delved into the wonderful world of wedding guest transport to uncover how it works, why it works, what your options are, and what happens if the best man overdoes it and, erm, ‘loses’ his dinner on the back seat… Hold onto your hats (and your wedding breakfasts), you’re in for a smooth ride.

HERE AND THERE

If you’re exchanging vows at the church near your home and then celebrating in your back garden, chances are you won’t need much in the way of guest transport. If any or all of your venues for the day are a little further afield, however, it could be worth your while looking into transport providers to keep everyone together on the day. “Transport is mostly needed for guests going from the ceremony venue to anywhere further afield,” says Andy McDade of Glasgow-based transport provider McDade’s Coaches.

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