It’s rare for a wedding to unfold strictly according to plan, but Adelaide Chauffeur Services can help fill the gaps between ceremony, portraits, and reception, keeping Adelaide couples and their guests relaxed and stress-free on their special day.

Plan Pick-ups and Routes in Advance

Before the big day, it’s a good idea to discuss pick-up details with your chauffeur, including:

• A list of names and contact numbers of key people to collect
• A prioritised pick-up order
• Extra time to load the car with dresses, handbags, flowers, etc.
• Details of hotel pick-ups (floor, lobby, etc.)
• An alternate contact if you’re unable to answer your phone
  
  

Depending on your wedding arrangements, your Adelaide chauffeur may need to collect both wedding parties from separate locations. For example, one party may be getting ready at a hotel in central Adelaide, while the other is preparing at a family home in the Adelaide Hills or along the peninsula. With Marquee Limousines Adelaide, coordinating multiple pickups can be organised as part of a single travel itinerary, helping ensure everything runs smoothly on your wedding day. It’s important to discuss your collection schedule with your driver well in advance, including who needs to be picked up first and whether additional passengers, such as photographers or interstate family members, need to be accommodated.

Depending on how many people need to be chauffeured, you may wish to book more than one vehicle to avoid last-minute scrambling to organise rides for friends or family.

It’s also worth checking with your driver in advance whether the vehicle will fit down narrow driveways, negotiate steep kerbs, or find parking in congested CBD areas if this will be required.

Cover the Gaps Between Events

After the ceremony, some couples like to take formal portraits at another location before proceeding straight to their reception venue. Chauffeur-driven cars are perfect for shuttling Adelaide couples around town between significant events, and for transporting wedding guests to and from bars, restaurants, or their hotel.

Instead of leaving ageing relatives to figure out their own way to the wedding reception (or worse, stand outside in the rain), Adelaide Chauffeur Services can be booked to ferry family and friends to and from significant events throughout the day, freeing couples to relax and enjoy their special day without worrying about how their loved ones will get from A to B.

Allow for Weather and Portrait Delays

Nothing ruins a great wedding photo like squinting into the sun or shivering in the rain, and nothing kills romance faster than being late to your own wedding reception!

Chauffeur-driven vehicles give couples and their bridal parties a cosy and comfortable place to wait between portrait sessions, and somewhere to keep their things safe and dry. Adelaide’s notoriously fickle weather makes this a particularly important consideration! Discuss with your photographer ahead of time where portraits could be taken should inclement weather strike and make sure there’s somewhere nearby with shelter should this happen.

Likewise, discuss with your chauffeur ahead of time where it will be possible to park while you’re having your wedding portraits taken, how much time the driver will be available to wait, and what happens if you overrun.

Keep Guests and Visitors on Schedule

Chauffeur services also take the hassle out of chauffeuring interstate visitors who may be unfamiliar with Adelaide and will be travelling with bags and suitcases. Nothing sets a stressful tone to your big day like fielding frantic phone calls from relatives trying to find the right street to park on!

By booking Adelaide Chauffeur Services ahead of time, you can rest assured that all your wedding guests will make it to the right place at the right time, allowing you and your partner to focus on what’s important on your special day.

Coordinate the Full Wedding Itinerary

The easiest way to coordinate your wedding party’s itinerary is to have a shared document including everyone’s details and contact numbers, so that everyone knows who’s driving whom, where they’re going and when. This should include the couple, the wedding coordinator, the photographer, a nominated family member, and of course, your chauffeur!

If you’re having portraits taken after your ceremony and before the wedding reception, you’ll likely be travelling between several locations. Make sure you have enough time in your itinerary to allow the bridal party to freshen up and make it to the wedding reception venue in time. Likewise, if you’re travelling to a hotel afterwards, consider having a member of your wedding party or Adelaide Chauffeur Service’s driver collect bags from the hotel ahead of time, so that when your night at the wedding reception winds down, you can hop directly into the waiting car with your bags already loaded.

Wedding receptions usually end quite late in the evening, so the drinking-and-driving guidance published at who.int/publications/i/item/drinking-and-driving-a-road-safety-manual-for-decision-makers-and-practitioners is a useful reminder that designating a member of the bridal party as driver may not be the wisest idea. Consider booking Adelaide Chauffeur Services to provide transportation for the wedding couple (or the immediate family if the couple are staying somewhere other than the reception venue) at the conclusion of the reception, this will ensure everyone gets home safely, without having to hunt around for a taxi or wait for a friend or family member who may not be in a state to drive.