I'm trying to plan our wedding (yeah!) and getting frustrated at the lack of information on-line regarding pricing. I'm realizing that clients who are shopping for limos have it pretty easy. There are many on-line sites where you can request a quote from multiple companies and get instant pricing.
We also have our limo pricing right on our Prices page - along with listing the limo specials that we are running for this-weekend. Easy - simple- transparent. When we give you a price over the phone we quote an all-inclusive pricing. Includes a 15% gratuity, includes a fuel surcharge and an administration fee. All-inclusive. Out the door pricing. Sure if you want to tip more than the 15% that is appreciated and welcomed by the chauffeurs. But only if they do a great job should they expect any extra tips.
Then you can take that all-inclusive pricing and break it down by head - great $726 out-the-door for a 20 person Hummer limo - that is $36.30 per person. Pretty inexpensive when you consider the fun of all 20 of you in the awesome Hummer enjoying your cocktails with your I-pod pumping out your favorite tunes.
I'm shopping for a caterer for our wedding. It's $32 per person - but then add 20% gratuity and then 10% for a delivery fee and then $3 per person for beverages and then $3 per cake cutting fee and then $175 for a no-host bar and then $3 per chair and then $2 for this overlay and then, and then, and then - ahhhhhh! When will the nickel-and-diming stop? Can I just get a TOTAL cost per person?? And where is that website where I can punch in my dates, guest count and get an instant quote from multiple caterers?
Limo shoppers have it easy compared to caterer shoppers. . . .
This is it - the complete package for those fun-loving, male-stripper-watching bachelorettes out there!! This package includes the trip from Phoenix to Vegas in a limo or party bus ($75-150 per person depending on group size), one night at the legendary Excalibur hotel-casino ($81 a night - 4 people to a room so that breaks down to ONLY $20.25 per person), 2-for-1 male revue show tickets, money for drinks, club passes, and other great discounts for the bride-to-be and her closest pals!!
Celebrate the last night of single freedom the right way - with a bachelorette trip to Vegas Baby!
OFFER INCLUDES:
- Party in a beautiful limo or party bus to Vegas and back on our 2-day turn around trip ($75-$150 per person depending on group size and vehicle chosen)
- $50 Beverage credit at Exacalubur
- 2-For-1 Tickets to THUNDER FROM DOWN UNDER (excludes VIP tickets)
- VIP Admission to Cathouse at Luxor
- $50 in party pit gaming chips for only $40
- 10% discount on full-day cabana rental (Mon-Fri)
- A FREE THUNDER FROM DOWN UNDER Poster
- VIP Admission to LAX Nightclub at Luxor
- $150 off bottle service at Luxor's Cathouse
- ** EXTRA PERSONS IN THE SAME ROOM STAY FOR FREE UP TO A MAXIMUM OF FOUR **
- Promotion Runs - August 24, 2009 - July 31, 2010 for the hotel, drinks and clubs - the limos and party buses is a year-round special!
We exhibited at the Bridal Fashion Debut in June and reduced the prices on our wedding limo packages. Mention this blog and we will extend the sale to blog subscribers/viewers until 8/31!
Package Pricing Specials - MUST reserve by 8/31 to get savings!!
Silver Wedding Limo Package- Up to THREE hours of service during the day* in a beautiful Limousine, Red Carpet roll-out, Just Married Sign, and bottle of champagne for celebration toast. ALSO includes TRANSFER after the wedding reception of the bride and groom in a Lincoln Towncar. AND includes a $25 discount toward a bachelor & bachelorette limo or party bus rental.
Prices for Silver Wedding Limo package:
$350 COMPLETE with ALL FEES in the Chrysler 300 Limousine or Small White Limobus - $71.80 savings!
$450 COMPLETE with ALL FEES in the white Hummer or Escalade limo - $90.60 savings!
$500 COMPLETE with ALL FESS in the Black Hummer limo w/lambo doors - $80.20 savings!
Gold Wedding Limo Package - Up to FOUR hours of service during the day OR night in a beautiful Limousine, Red Carpet roll-out, Just Married Sign, and bottle of champagne for celebration toast. ALSO includes TRANSFER after the wedding reception of the bride and groom in a Lincoln Towncar. AND includes a $25 discount toward a bachelor & bachelorette limo or party bus rental.
Prices for Gold Wedding Limo package:
$450 COMPLETE with ALL FEES in the Chrysler 300 Limousine or Small White Limobus- $77.40 savings!
$600 COMPLETE with ALL FEES in the White Hummer or Escalade limo - $85.80 savings!
$650 COMPLETE with ALL FEES in the Black Hummer limo w/lambo doors - $88.60 savings!
Diamond Wedding Limo Package- Up to FIVE hours of service during the day OR night in a beautiful Limousine, Red Carpet roll-out, Just Married Sign, and 2 bottles of champagne for celebration toast. ALSO includes TRANSFER after the wedding reception of the bride and groom in a Lincoln Towncar. AND includes a $50 discount toward a bachelor & bachelorette limo or party bus rental.
Prices for Diamond Wedding Limo package:
$550 COMPLETE with ALL FEES in the Chrysler 300 Limousine or Small White Limobus - $83 savings!
$750 COMPLETE with ALL FEES in the White Hummer or Escalade limo - $81 savings!
$800 COMPLETE with ALL FEES in the Black Hummer limo w/lambo doors - $97 savings!
Reserve before 8/31/09 and LOCK in the Package Pricing with the Savings listed! Mention Blog 71509 - Call 602-996-LIMO (5466) today!
Visit us at the Bridal Fashion Debut this Sunday! We will be located at Loading Dock G with one of our beautiful SUV limos available for touring!
Stop by and look at pictures of our entire fleet! Ask questions or make a reservation - we will be glad to help you with your exciting day!
Arizona's Biggest & Best Bridal Show!
Over 600 of the Valley's top wedding professionals to help you plan your wedding.
All In One Place, All In One Day!
Phoenix Convention Center
33 S. 3rd Street, Phoenix, AZ
Sunday, June 7, 2009 - 9:30 am to 3:00 pm
Hope to see you there!!
While the economy has taken a downturn, weddings have certainly not. People are still getting married, and now, more than ever, they want to showcase their personalities. One of the easiest ways to convey the tone of the event to guests is with custom wedding invitations.
Offbeat brides are not afraid to think outside the box with cutting edge designs. In fact, many brides are seeking the help of their wedding stationery designer before any other vendor to help them create a theme that is unique to them and that can be carried through all aspects of the wedding and reception.
Custom logos and monograms are created to not only be used on the invitations, but along with accessories like table numbers, menus, programs, and even vinyl for a signature dance floor. Pocket invitations still reign as the favorite invitation style for their ability to organize several inserts, including maps, reception information and RSVP.
Another invitation trend is to make the outside or envelope design as nice as it is on the inside. New wrap around labels, custom envelope printing, and matching custom stamps create excitement before the recipient even opens the envelope.
More Brides and Grooms are paying for their own wedding and have limited budgets. Therefore they are choosing more minimalist design styles and forgetting all the bells and whistles. Flat cards have become the most popular choice for Recessionista Brides, printed with either one spot ink color or an economical four color process. Thermography, or raised gummy print, is also popular since it is as cost effective as flat ink printing and adds a more formal feel to the invitation. To take it up a notch while still staying within budget, a ribbon or bow accent, rhinestone detail or metallic paper is proving to never be out of style.
Finally, D.I.Y. wedding invitation kits is a smart choice for couples who have the time to create their own wedding invitations and want style at a reasonable cost.
Guest blog by Erin L. Burkhard / CEO - Be In Love Designs
There are lots of reasons to want a beautiful limo, party bus/shuttle bus or SUV/sedans on your big day. In my last post I talked about how it doesn't matter that it is your wedding day - you can still get a DUI on your wedding. But of course the biggest reason is you want the elegant ride. You picture you and your Prince Charming smiling for pictures as you enter the stretch Hummer toasting champagne to your eternal happiness.
But for some reason, most brides put the expected cost for a limo somewhere above the cost of their non-designer shoes or costume jewelry but below the cost of the cake or flowers. They expect that we will just show up with a $100,000 vehicle insured by expensive commercial insurance. Chauffeured by a professionally suited, CDL licensed chauffeur who has already spent 2 hours of 'work' by driving all the way down to the office to pick up the limo - prepped the limo with ice/a wedding package and drove all the way to your location.
And for all that we should only charge you the 20 minutes that it takes for you to drive from the wedding location to the reception?? "But we only need the limo for 20 minutes and it is less than a 5 mile drive" is the cry we get from brides daily. Oh and then you need to come back at 11pm to pick us up again. Huh? NO WE HAVE TO HAVE MINIMUMS to make it worth our while. I'm sorry - you can use the limo for more needs - take you and the groom, then come back and pick up your elderly relatives.
Or better yet - we can pick you and your bridesmaids up at the home/salon - take to the church - then go and pick up the groom and groomsmen - then sit and wait (yes and get paid to wait-shocking I know I'm sure you never get paid at work for just sitting around) for the 1 hour ceremony then drive the bridal party from the church to the reception. That is a better use of the 3 hour minimum.
"Can't you split the hours?" that is the other thing we hear all the time. Let me ask you - when you go to work do you like to show up, all dressed up and away from your family. Get paid for the first hour of work - then be told that you are off-duty for another 6-7 hours and have to return after 6-7 hours to get another 1 hour of pay? Let's say you live 30-40 min away from your job. So would you do go back home and try to relax?
Every time a bride calls or we are invited to attend another bridal show my stomach turns. And I think of the two questions I hate "can't you do a transfer in a limo - it's only a 5 minute drive?" and "can't you split the time?" Our pricing is so great - get past the minimum of time - we have to have them to make it worth our while!
Wow I hadn't heard about this story so I googled "DUI arrest after wedding" and watched the full story from the TV news segment.
What a bummer to spend your first night as husband and wife separate - one in jail - the other miserably appearing in court in her wedding dress! It is truly important to find a designated driver for any occasion where you will be drinking. But especially your wedding!! You don't want to be like this poor couple that ended up getting arrested because they didn't plan ahead.
I don't care who your designated driver is - Uncle Joe, a taxi, a friend who doesn't drink. Just don't drink and drive! If you want a quote for an inexpensive limo, we would be pleased if you used our service.
How do you plan ahead so you don't drink and drive?
No industry is immune to the belt-tightening going on during the current recession. Especially the luxury chauffeured transportation business -
wedding limos, party buses, mini-buses and sedans/SUVs have all been popular for weddings. But according to the latest industry report, there has been a 24% decrease in spending for transportation services.
Overall wedding spending has decreased by 24% between 2007 and 2008, dropping from an average cost of $28,704 to $21,814 per wedding, according to industry tracker The Wedding Report of Tucson, AZ.
But while some areas of spending fell - such as transportation and videography, both of which also saw the 24% decrease - some areas overall increased:
- Tuxedo/suit increased by 47%
- Ceremony location increased by 108%
- Bride bouquet increased by 1%
- Brides wedding band increased by 21%
- Grooms wedding band increased by 38%
- Reception bar service increased by 12%
- Reception location increased by 15%
- Reception rentals increased by 84%
According to The Wedding Report, the reasons for the increases include:
- A desire for unique ceremony and reception locations
- The same venue being used for both the ceremony and reception caused increase in location cost and rentals.
- Couples focusing less on engagement rings and more on wedding bands.
With Arizona having some of the toughest DUI laws in the entire country - I'm sure the police officer who pulls over the drunk bride and groom won't be allowed to have too much sympathy for the 'big day' if they get behind the wheel and 'just a few' will land you in the slammer. Not the honeymoon most newlyweds picture.
Source for stats: The Wedding Report
