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Tight Wedding Budget : The Wheels Come Off The Wedding Car Despite the ready access to bank loans there is still plenty of wedding couples who choose to keep tight budgets and cut out elements from the day that they feel are non-essential. Our WeddingChaos.co.uk survey, with 1,250 votes, had a clear target for what would get the chop first – a little over 27% said that the wedding transport would be the first to go. This finding is disconcerting for anyone providing wedding transport, perhaps there is a single reason that stands out from the rest – the increase in the number of couples getting married in a venue, able to conduct the civil ceremonies itself, the wedding breakfast, the evening reception and even offer accommodation for the bridal party. Nicki, from Worcestershire, told us that she has “cut the cost of their wedding by having an all in one venue - the cars are so expensive, and you are in there for a few minutes in most cases, so having an all in one venue saves the expense of a wedding car”. This sentiment was repeated by our bride-to-be Ally, from Hertfordshire, who goes on to say: “I’m staying at the venue the night before the wedding so there’s no need to make a grand arrival in a posh car. If that wasn’t the case, I still wouldn’t be too bothered, it’s what happens when you get there that counts”. To redress the balance we asked Nick Gash, from Weddings Royce, what his thoughts were on the survey results. Nick believes that the money saved by not having something special to get you to your wedding does not make sense “given that any percentage saved on transportation, when compared to the Honeymoon, Photographers, Banquet et al – is going to be small change.” Nick goes on to tell us that wedding couples are perhaps under a false impression as to the costs of hiring a luxury wedding car. “It is my belief that the majority of couples believe that the hiring of a luxury Rolls Royce, for example, will be far too expensive, and therefore often do not enquire as to the cost and will opt for a friends / family car. The reality of it is that last year, our average cost was £245!"
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