Three things decide the ceremony: when the car arrives, where it can stand and who fits inside. Our driver arrives fifteen minutes before the agreed time — not as a favour but as a rule, because the last minutes before departure are always the busiest.
Timing that actually works
A normal plan looks like this: the car is outside the house an hour before the ceremony, the drive takes 15 to 30 minutes depending on the city, and you want at least ten minutes of slack for photographs at the entrance. When something runs long in the morning — and something always does — that slack decides whether you arrive calmly or at the last second.
If the ceremony is in a church and the reception elsewhere, tell us the distance when booking. Not because of the price, but so the driver knows when to be where — and so the transfer between the two does not come down to the wire.
Where the car can stop
Photographers usually picture the car right at the entrance. In an old town that is not always possible: narrow streets, no-stopping signs, railings. The driver will find a spot, but he needs to know the location in advance — send us the ceremony address and, if you have a preference for where you want to step out, mention it.
At venues with grounds — a hotel, a manor house, a winery — the problem is the opposite: there is space, but the gate opens on a phone call. Give us a contact for the venue manager so the driver does not have to solve it through your guests.
Getting in wearing the dress
Getting into a tall SUV in a full dress works differently from a saloon — sit sideways on the seat first, then swing the legs in. The driver will hold the door and the skirt if needed. It sounds like a detail, but it is exactly the moment where dresses most often catch on the sill.
Be realistic about seats: with a chauffeur and a bride in a full dress the car comfortably seats three, not six. That is enough for the bride with her mother and a bridesmaid; if the whole family is travelling, you need two cars or two consecutive runs.
When the ceremony and reception are apart
With a ceremony in town and a reception outside it, one piece of information matters: the distance. Up to twenty kilometres the transfer fits into the rhythm of the day; at fifty and beyond it needs planning — when the car sets off and when it is due back, so it does not wait where nobody needs it.
If there is a longer break for photographs between the ceremony and the reception, tell us where it will be. The driver will take you there and wait — and you do not have to wonder whether the car will make it back in time.
On a public holiday or a date in high demand, the price changes only by a single surcharge for the day, not per task. Everything else — early hours, two stops, longer waiting outside the church — is inside the agreed price of the day.
What is included
The price covers the vehicle, the chauffeur for the whole agreed time, preparation of the car and 4 hours — the morning collection, the ceremony and the transfer to the photo location or the reception. No deposit is charged for weddings, because the car stays in our hands throughout. Three things move the price: hours beyond the included 4 (a fixed rate per started hour), a public holiday (once per day) and delivery to a more distant address. You see all of it in the booking before you submit it.