Wedding Car
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No, 'that's not what the day is about' for you. Many women grow up dreaming about their perfect wedding etc. and this is something most of them carry through to adulthood. Regardless of what you think is right or wrong, if a woman wants her perfect white wedding, then let her have it I say.
I'm not suggesting that someone who struggles to put food on the table should go out and blow £20k on a wedding, but by the same token, if you can afford to have the wedding you both want, then you should do it, whether the roots of such a wedding stem from tradition or not.
Tradition should not be shunned, but a level head should be applied. I'm sure most men these days would be happy without the marriage bit - in most cases, much of the pressure comes from the woman wanting this, but you still got married
Back on topic, OH is set on something like a Bentley Continental. I'd really like to hire something exotic for the day (for me to drive myself
), but I suspect it'll be far too much money to justify.
I'm not suggesting that someone who struggles to put food on the table should go out and blow £20k on a wedding, but by the same token, if you can afford to have the wedding you both want, then you should do it, whether the roots of such a wedding stem from tradition or not.
Tradition should not be shunned, but a level head should be applied. I'm sure most men these days would be happy without the marriage bit - in most cases, much of the pressure comes from the woman wanting this, but you still got married
Back on topic, OH is set on something like a Bentley Continental. I'd really like to hire something exotic for the day (for me to drive myself
), but I suspect it'll be far too much money to justify.
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Some women (read most) want a special day where they ARE the centre of attention. MrLOL - you're not an exception, and I can totally understand why you did it like that. My wedding was the typically formal affair, but didn't cost loads, and TBH I just let people do what they wanted. I was happy to go along with what my wife wanted - there's no way I would've wanted to mar the day for her. I really enjoyed it for the most part (apart from doing the groom's speech). I loved having so many good friends there with us, and was stoked when my friend said he'd use his old crocks to ferry us about.
But yes, all that planning, effort, cost and time could have been easily saved, and I probably would've been quite keen to say yes if it could've been simplifed in some way!
But yes, all that planning, effort, cost and time could have been easily saved, and I probably would've been quite keen to say yes if it could've been simplifed in some way!
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The car and venue both look very nice indeed. Fingers crossed the weather is good for the open top car.
I wouldnt get married in vegas but know people who have so Ive got no problem with it, but I cant think of anything worse than getting married with my parents watching it via webcam.
I wouldnt get married in vegas but know people who have so Ive got no problem with it, but I cant think of anything worse than getting married with my parents watching it via webcam.
I want Jonny69 to drive me
That would be epic.
I'm not so sure on how clean a wedding dress would look after a blast in something like that though.
It's good to see someone else who shares my view. Putting yourself in debt or spending your entire savings (as many people do) for one single day of your entire life is simply ridiculous and as you say misses the point. Fortunately my wife agreed as well, so we got married in a small town in the Austrian Alps and spent a fantastic honeymoon there. The hotel owner had a collection of vintage cars and drove us around the town in an old Rolls Royce for photos etc.
Admittedly we did have a really good reception for family and friends when we got back, but it wasn't particularly expensive as we organised our own catering etc. Since it wasn't our wedding day the atmosphere was really relaxed and it was more like a really good party than a formal occasion.
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Actually, one time, the bride hitched a Black Cab in the centre of London (Chelsea area) LOL, I was in it too obviously, that was really fun! £10 fare, its different, it's a laugh and cheap! lol
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I'm not really a fan of the whole 'Turn up to your own wedding driving some sort of awesome car that doesnt really belong to you and probably never will'. It just seems so ridiculously fake. Effectively all you are really doing is getting a taxi - a drive to the wedding. With that in mind, I think something like a silver S Class Mercedes would do the job just fine. Few of my or her circle of friends are really that into cars anyway so it doesnt even need to be an S55 AMG.
Turning up in somebody elses rented Supercar just seems so crass.
Turning up in somebody elses rented Supercar just seems so crass.
Quite but if you are going to pay 4 figures to hire a Ferrari why do it on a day when you will have almost zero time at all to.. drive a Ferrari?
Do it later, seperate to the wedding, so you can pick it up at 8am, drive it ALL DAY, and return it at 8am the following day for the same hire cost.
See no point in combining the two. All you need to your wedding is transport - so let somebody else waft you there in a nice Merc or something.
I'm settling for a F10 5 series for the bridesmaids and a maybach for the wedding car
I do kind of agree about modern weddings. Overpriced hype which is pretty undervalued by everyone who attends. Who spends £20k on a wedding (an old friend of mine just has, perhaps I was bitter I didn't get an invite!). £20k, that's a useful some of money for a car or a house, something that can be used everyday and enjoyed
We actually just want everyone to relax and enjoy their time with us in an informal setting with no visible structure, so we're having it at a Jazz Cafe on the beach with a BBQ.
I do kind of agree about modern weddings. Overpriced hype which is pretty undervalued by everyone who attends. Who spends £20k on a wedding (an old friend of mine just has, perhaps I was bitter I didn't get an invite!). £20k, that's a useful some of money for a car or a house, something that can be used everyday and enjoyed
We actually just want everyone to relax and enjoy their time with us in an informal setting with no visible structure, so we're having it at a Jazz Cafe on the beach with a BBQ.
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Not really; the wedding and 12 day honeymoon in Austria including flights and a reception for 150 people back in the UK was under £4k in total. Admittedly it's not quite equivalent to a registry office and reception in a local pub, but still well under a quarter of the cost of the average UK wedding and it was a wonderfully relaxed experience, no stress at all. We even got a full massage on the morning of the wedding day, and after the ceremony the hotel laid on a surprise pony and trap ride up to a tiny alpine 'Landhaus' right up in the mountains. We hired a local fort for the reception and did our own catering, helped out by friends and family.
I'm settling for a F10 5 series for the bridesmaids and a maybach for the wedding car
I do kind of agree about modern weddings. Overpriced hype which is pretty undervalued by everyone who attends. Who spends £20k on a wedding (an old friend of mine just has, perhaps I was bitter I didn't get an invite!). £20k, that's a useful some of money for a car or a house, something that can be used everyday and enjoyed
We actually just want everyone to relax and enjoy their time with us in an informal setting with no visible structure, so we're having it at a Jazz Cafe on the beach with a BBQ.
Out of interest whats the cost on those cars? I would guess at the Maybach being at least a couple of hundred quid?
I didn't have any cars for my wedding last year much to my disappointment as we had the reception opposite the church so there was no need. Did get a Bentley Flying Spur to take us to the airport for the honeymoon at least!