On Saturday my mom asked me how I’m getting to the church. Well, hadn’t thought of that! I see no point in renting a limo or car, since Mr. Kiwi and I are going to drive from the church to the hotel together in our new (to us) car. The only problem is: who is taking me to the church?
At first I thought, “Well, I can ask Dad to drive me/us.” In that scenario, my dad would need a bigger car than the 2 door Tiburon he has, and where will my MOH go? We have a small wedding party consisting of the bride and groom, a MOH, a best man, a flower girl and a ringbearer. I figure the ring bearer will go with his dad, who happens to be our best man. They can go with Mr. Kiwi in our car, and then leave with the wife/mother of ring bearer in her car. My flower girl is my 4-year old second cousin, and I have a feeling she’d feel a little odd sitting in whatever car I’m in without her mom or dad. Should she just ride with her mom, and we’ll meet her at the church?
After thinking about this for a few days, my FMIL (mother of MOH, as well) mentioned her belief that the MOH is in charge of getting the bride to church. I have never heard this before. Anyone else?
As you can see, I’m utterly confused about this. Hopefully you readers can help me: do you ride with your dad if he’s giving you away? What happens to the rest of the wedding party? Did you rent a car or not?
I can see your dilemma! here’s what we are doing, my mom and sisters are coming to my house to get ready and the 4 of us will ride in my mom’s car to the church. It’s easy since I only have the 2 sisters in the wedding. My dad and brother’s in law will be in charge of getting the kids/themselves to the church where we will all finish getting ready and have pics etc.
We won’t have a car at all because we will be walking from the reception to our hotel!
My church is only a few short blocks from my house. However, my fiance and I decided that the Limo expense was one thing that we really wanted to do. To me, the time in the Limo with the bridal party going from the church to the reception is the only time we can all get together, turn up the dance music, and have fun before the reception. There are a total of 15 people in our wedding party so we rented a 25 passenger Limo bus. Seriously, it looks like a dance club inside! I don’t know why I’m so excited about this.
It doesn’t matter that much. Someone who is calm and knows the route. Someone who can help you make sure everything you need is in the car. Someone who isn’t so busy primping themselves that they forget to take care of you.
Tip: In the car, place a clean sheet over the seat & floor where you are sitting to keep your dress clean! We warned the hotel we were borrowing a sheet for this purpose so they wouldn’t charge us for a (temporarily) missing sheet when they made up the room in the morning. Also consider where your photographer is during this time — with your fiance, or in the car with you or waiting at the church?
I’m actually staying at our ceremony/reception location the night before the wedding, BUT our wedding party is pretty good, and my groom is renting a van that day. We got one through priceline for some ridiculous amount of money (I $15), and the men are all driving up together! not glamorous, per se, but fun, and plenty of room!
I went with my sister in her minivan. Only problem is it wasn’t easy fitting my gown in the minivan, and mine wasn’t even all that big. I see why so many people get limos. We didn’t, because we were having the ceremony and reception in the same place.
Girls are going to brunch in my car. Then on the way back, grabbing my MOH/sister’s car and dropping my car at my FIL’s house. Taking my sister’s car back to the hotel for hair and makeup, then to the venue, which is all in one. At the end of the night when we make our exit, we are borrowing FH’s grandpas green Mustang to drive off in, and will head to FIL’s house to leave the Mustang there and take my car to the hotel. Since we have to get up really early to leave for the honeymoon, we booked a hotel two hours closer to where we leave from, so we can have time for a nice breakfast at the hotel the next morning.
I suppose my dad will just meet us at the venue. FH and the boys are on their own!
We (all women/girls in the wedding party) did a caravan from my parents’ house to the hair place, then from the hair place to the venue. I rode with my MOH both times, mainly ’cause I knew that if I ended up alone in a car with anyone else they would say something/do something to stress me out and make me miserable. Not trying to put down my family, but that’s just how they operate: trapped in the car = perfect opportunity to say something to piss your passenger off :-D. My MOH was absolutely wonderful, and we played “Nice Day for a White Wedding” by Billy Idol and “I write sins not tragedies” by Panic! at the Disco 
It was fantastic!
My MOH and I rode to the ceremony venue together in our comfy clothes, and we got dressed there. My dad just met us there.
Oh, I forgot to mention the boys! My hubby dropped his car at the hotel we’d wind up at, and the BM picked him up there. We got a great deal on a town car to leave the reception at $25 an hour.
I rented a town car for a short window of time as it was 1/3 the cost of a limo. (In the end they sent the limo anyway, but that was their decision and I paid the same.) My plan with the town car was to take my dad and I over to the church (as it was imperative that we arrived at the same time as the plan was to get out of the car and walk down the aisle immediately). After the ceremony the car was to take the groom and I back. The wedding party was responsible for getting themselves over, and they arrange carpools ahead of time. I made sure the best man knew to get the groom to the church, and my mom brought my dad back. It worked out very well.
I’ve never heard of the MOH getting the bride to the church tradition. In your case, have the kiddos go with their parents and meet you at the church. They don’t necessarily have to arrive with you. Since your dad has a smaller car, maybe you can rent a car. Or maybe your mom and MOH can fit in the back of the Tiburon? not sure how large that car is.
I should add: Instead of renting a limo, we rented a big luxury SUV for the entire weekend (wedding was OOT for us), which we used to get all our stuff to the wedding town, drive around tons of people, run to the airport and store, wedding day vehicle, store things safely & where we were, and haul home gifts and all our other wedding stuff. It was great knowing all the little things that could go wrong (the miles, scratches, dirt, cleaning before & after) were in a car we wouldn’t have to worry about. Made for good pictures, too.
I was the MOH in wedding about 3 weeks ago, and I drove the bride to her wedding. We were already in our wedding clothes. I think it was nice for her to get away from her family for the few minutes that we were in the car together. It gave her time to collect her thoughts and vent any last minute frustrations.
I had 1 MOH and 3 bridesmaids. We all stayed together the night before at MOH’s apartment (and my temporary home before the wedding) and were together all day, starting with our hair appointments. One of my BM’s had an SUV, so she drove that to town (she lives a few hours away) and we used that as our vehicle all day. It had a ton of room for us and all of our stuff, so it was perfect. My husband and I rented a stretch Hummer for us and the wedding party to take from the church to the reception.
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Mrs. Kiwi, Los Angeles
Age and Occupation in 06: 27, Bookkeeper
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, P.E. Teach/Coach @ private schools in LA
Engagement Date: March 31, 2006
Wedding Date: November 3, 2007
Venue: Radisson Hotel
About Me: I'm a bookkeeper who failed high school algebra. I'm currently living in Los Angeles, literally a street over from where I grew up with Mr. Kiwi, my honey of three years. We have a jumbo mini-dachshund (seriously, he's huuuuge), and we're planning an autumn themed wedding on a shoestring, paid for by ourselves. The wedding date is my late grandma's birthday, I needed her there somehow, and that seemed like the best way for us. I can't believe I'm a Bee! I couldn't be more proud!
Not riding with my dad… riding with my mom or my sister (MOH) or possibly both. Renting a car and either MOH/sis or mom will drive me. After the ceremony, my hubby will be driving just me. MOH/sis & mom will go with my BIL and niece to the reception.