Questions and answers
Wedding Transportation Questions
The questions couples and planners ask most often, from how to size the hours to what happens when the dancing runs late.
Booking and planning
What information do you need to plan our wedding transportation?
The date, every address involved (getting-ready locations, ceremony, reception, hotels and any photo stops), the ceremony and reception times, an estimated guest count, and who needs to travel together. For guests flying in, their airports and landing times. With that, the vehicle list and hours can be worked out before anything is reserved.
Can we book just one car for the couple?
Yes. Many weddings need only the couple’s car, held hourly for the day. It can be an executive sedan, a luxury SUV if the dress needs the space, or the Mercedes S-Class for arrivals that will be photographed.
Do you work with wedding planners and venue coordinators?
Yes. We can work from the planner’s master timeline and share one transportation run sheet, so the planner, the venue and every chauffeur are reading the same schedule on the day.
Is there a tool to help us estimate what we need?
The planning guide on this site includes an interactive planner that turns your guest count and timeline into a suggested vehicle mix, which you can bring to a proposal request.
Pricing
What are your hourly rates?
Executive sedan $120 per hour and luxury SUV $150 per hour, both all-in with gratuity and applicable service/card charges. Mercedes S-Class from $175 per hour and Mercedes Sprinter from $200 per hour, with the final price confirmed in the booking form. Hourly bookings have a three-hour minimum.
When is a flat transfer cheaper than hourly service?
When the trip is a single journey with no waiting, such as a guest going from the airport to a hotel. Transfers are quoted for the route, start from $130 in a sedan and $160 in an SUV, and have no hourly minimum. Once a car has to wait or make several stops, hourly is usually better value.
What does garage to garage mean?
Hourly time runs from when the vehicle leaves its base to when it returns. For a city wedding that adds little; for a distant venue the positioning drive at each end is a meaningful part of the booking.
On the wedding day
How do chauffeurs know the plan on the day?
Each vehicle works from a written run sheet with times, addresses, passenger names, loading notes and the contact for each stop. One transportation contact holds the master timeline and handles changes as they happen.
What if the reception runs late?
Tell the transportation contact as soon as the timeline starts to slip. Extending a booked vehicle depends on the vehicle and chauffeur being available later that evening, so it is wise to build a realistic buffer into the reserved hours from the start.
Can the car stop for photos between the ceremony and reception?
Yes, on an hourly booking. Portrait stops, a first-look location and a detour past a favourite spot can all be built into the day, with time allowed for parking, loading and the photographer.
Guests and airports
How do guest shuttles work?
Sprinters run scheduled departures from the hotel block to the ceremony, between venues if needed, and back again at the end of the night, usually in two or more return waves so guests who want to leave early can.
Which airports do you cover for arriving guests?
JFK, LaGuardia, Newark Liberty and Teterboro, with flight tracking on every pickup and a choice of meet-and-greet inside the terminal or curbside pickup.
Do you cover venues outside New York City?
Yes. The service area covers the five boroughs, Long Island and the Hamptons, Westchester, New Jersey and Connecticut. The hourly rate is the same everywhere; the total changes with the time involved.