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Transportation gets cut from the wedding budget first

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So if you were wondering what to cut from your mutating wedding budget first, here’s what everyone voted on what to snip first: transportation. In most cases, this means that stretch limo, Hummer, Range Rover, Audi — whatever. (I really did see a stretch Audi on Flickr.)

Photo by Flickr’s philippebierny

So what does this all mean for you brides who must still get from Point A (the church) to Point B (the reception)? It could mean any number of things. Heck, it could mean a golf cart for you and your new hubby. This may be a little too out there for some, but if you happen to have your church and your reception in a relatively small, low-trafficked city, I think it could be a fun option — sort of like the whole horse carriage thing, without the horses. Imagine all the fun you’ll have waving at drivers as you go!

Photo by Flickr’s urbanshutterbug

Trains seem to be a very popular option. I’m a big fan of trains myself, even though I’m from Southern California — as a license-less college student, I used to haul train from Orange County to L.A. every day. That’s another story. This appears to be an Amtrak train, and Amtrak just happens to have a page where you can request group reservations for 20 or more. Of course, you never know if they’re going to stick it to you or give you a discount for a big group. If this is something you do, let me know.

Photo by Flickr’s ohdebbieo

And, as I noted before, subways are an environmentally friendly and inexpensive option. I’m not clear if the photo above was taken in France, though. Anyway, this would be a great option for someone getting married with good public transportation. Here in Los Angeles, that might be a tad difficult — maybe it could work if you were getting married at Our Lady of the Angels in downtown and having a reception at, say, the Renaissance at Hollywood and Highland or the Sheraton or Hilton at Universal CityWalk. Of course, then you have to wonder — what will the guests do with all their cars? Yeah.

Photo by Flickr’s coach_stacey

The above photo is a bride (rocking a non-white dress, no less) and groom….in a canoe! Now, I don’t know for sure if they were being taken to their reception, but it is labeled wedding transportation. At any rate — how cool is this?? I would love to be rowed across the lake to my reception.

Unusual wedding practices

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A feel-good story in the Washington Post tells us about a couple getting married who decided on an unusual mode of transportation from ceremony to reception — the subway.

Photos by Washington Post‘s Nikki Kahn

In this era of matrimonial excess, many couples spare no expense to create lavish, traffic-stopping celebrations. They arrive in stretch limos, Hummer stretch limos, even horse-drawn carriages.

But newlyweds Anneliesa Clump and Scott Alprin found a way to turn heads yesterday for $1.65 a guest: They took the Metro, at the height of rush hour, to their reception.

“Weddings get so kind of out of hand,” said Clump, 35, a project coordinator at Georgetown University who lives in Cleveland Park. “We’re city people, we take Metro everywhere. It just kinda made sense. . . . You know, no fuss.”

I love this story! It sort of continues my post from last week about going green, wasting less — having everyone walk (thus, everyone gets some exercise before chowing down), using public transportation (saving fuel AND money!), and having fun all at the same time, since who doesn’t enjoy going places with a big group of people? Plus, what a great ice breaker!

Fresh out of the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue in Chinatown, the couple, along with dozens of wedding guests in suits and spring dresses, hoofed it a couple blocks about 5:30 and entered the teeming Gallery Place Station, which was flooded with weekend-bound commuters and Washington Wizards fans arriving for last night’s playoff game.

Clump handled the first obstacle — the escalator — with poise. Her veil flapping in the breeze, she hiked up the skirt of her white gown a bit and stepped onto the contraption with her tuxedo-clad groom.

The two began the slow ride underground, the wedding photographer’s flash firing while confused and bemused strap-hangers, including work-weary commuters and tourists, looked on with grins. Some yelled “Congratulations!” as the newlyweds passed.

Seriously, what a great idea.

It just makes me think — what else can a couple do to make their ceremony stand out, yet save money and be environmentally conscious? I can’t think of any off the top of my head, but please, if you think of any, leave it in the comments!
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