there so expensive arent they? the black cab has been used a few times by brides as they feel the same way as you i have decided to have a lincoln limo and its costing me 135 (dressed and a bottle of bubbly) for 90 mins keep looking around you will find something that suits.

wedding cars as in traditional they are always more expensive hun xx

Try your family and friends, does anyone in yr family own a quirky car likea 4x4 or a truck or something? my h2b is coming to ur wedding in his brother 4x4 truck. just strap white ribbons on it, saves lots of money!! :) x

I know what you mean, i went on one site and they wanted £900 for one car. Im having 2 cars and its coating £387. Thats for them to come from Clevedon to Bristol, Bristol to Bath, Bath to Keynsham and time for pics in between.

You just need to ring around and get the best quote, you'd be surprised. Explain how long its for and see if anyone can do you a deal.

try ringing round and haggle with them or email i have haggled with a few of our suppliers. it doesn't hurt to ask and if you have the cash too tell them you can pay upfront and you ca normally get a discount for that too

xx

i was quite surprised how damned expensive it is, i wanted a classic 1960's vw camper van, but sadly they r all fully booked :( so ive been looking round and i either dont like the look of the car, or h2b doesnt like the car, he still thinks we have loads of time, even tho as im getting quotes they r saying that they r getting booked up, 1 company i looked at only had 1 car available!
im currently looking at normal hire cars, but looking 4 companies that offer executive cars, prices r averaging around £100 per day, thats based on a c class merc, so hopefully not much more 4 the bentley continental gt, yeah right, lol! i can always dream, but the company had nice cars, does depend where ur from! if that dont work out then i will have 2 resort 2 send h2b in his dads range rover, the car ribbons dont cost much and i may ask h2b ex uncle (if that makes sense) 2 borrow his black range rover (better model) or my utter last resort is askin fil2b if he can sort me out with a fire engine, lol! xxx

Well i am paying 425 for a R8 for my h2b but he doesnt know yet. And i am going in a bentley but i love the idea of a black cab

Mine includes the insurance, ribbon and flowers on the parcel shelf of the bentley.

we arent having any cars so thats a problem solved

We got a good deal from a wedding fair for buying on the day, for £580 we got a stretch beauford convertable and 7 seater mercedes. You could like others have said haggle or see what offers they will do on a wedding fair. x

Ours is costing £375 for a Bramwith Landaulette

Oooh Trish that's a good idea... Think I'll try that actually, might help to save some pennies anyway! Will the cars be cleaned etc before though? That's my nightmare!

Rachel Sarah you got a good deal - for me to have 2 cars with champagne in the bridal car going from my house to the venue, hang around for us to come out, have photos, short drive so we can have some alone time and drink the champers is costing me £449!

We're having the ceremony and reception at the same venue, and I can't justify the expense to myself ... so MOH's husband is driving us in his Golf - I've bought some bows and ribbon for it ... my mum wants me to get a "nice" car, but I've put my foot down and told her no.

The cheapest i saw was coming in about £150 for a car(think it was silver bmw?), but i wanted something nicer so i got my beauford for £300 for myself, and the bridesmaids etc will just need to go in normal cars :D

I booked mine just after the secc in october, so about 9-10 months in advance

yup the cars, are cleaned, and i have been shown a few pics of what it will look like.. they have been round and asked me what flowers i want in the cars, and colour ribbons all of course in the price!!

Hmmm thanks ladies - I'll keep that in mind...

We're having a white VW Campervan and it's costing £250, so quite a bargain really.

mym72 that's a good deal.

Beauford and 7 seater Bramwith for total of £440 (cheaper cos it's on a Friday).

Not much cheaper cos it's one way only. They say that it costs them time to get the cars looking beautiful and they've got to come back anyway!! Fuel prices as they are, blah, blah, blah.

All i can say is shop around. Another company hiring out exactly the same types of cars wanted £480 and others even more.

And we chose not to go with a company that H2B knew and would give us an excellent discount because he didn't like the lad and he'd rather not have him on the day. Also a car we loved was already hired out for a wedding a few hours only and I didn't like the idea that this might delay them in some way and not be ready for ours - plus they were slow getting back to us. Whereas the one who we went with seemed to remember us from our messages and knew the date, remembered my fiance's name.

My best mate had her dad drive her in his muddly landrover with a ribbon over it which made me laugh!! Cost them nothing!

Im having a Damler DS 7 seater, its making 3 trips and costing 370 xx

It's funny reading this and seeing it from the other side of the picture, most wedding cars go out once a week on a Saturday (some are only on offer 6 months of the year) and have to make a weeks worth of wage on that day unless they get week day work, I know this is not great for pricing but without the kind of prices they charge they would not make a profit and then not be in business for you to hire I guess :( there is always a cheaper option such as a hire car or posh taxi but I guess its down to what car and service you want for your big day.
We always look at other wedding services such as cakes, dress's etc and think why do they get paid so much so I guess it's the same there as well.
Limo Dave.