When Stanley Holloway sang “Get me to the church on time” in My Fair Lady, he managed to wonderfully identify one of the most important aspects in booking wedding transport - time. Time, and in particular the date of your wedding is more important than you might first imagine.

Before you trawl the net for a wedding car, ensure you know the correct date and time for your wedding hire. The date of your wedding is extremely important. Midweek wedding hire can often be found at a cheaper cost than a Saturday, especially in the busy months. So you might find that picking a date in the week will allow you to hire the Rolls-Royce Phantom that you have set your heart on. Obviously this is not always practical, and a weekend is generally easier to schedule for most of your guests, however your wedding may be an intimate affair, and your guests may find it easy to attend in the week. If so then you may grab yourself a bargain!

You don’t have to get married in June

The traditional wedding month, need not be your date of your ceremony. It is a wonderful time of year to get married. The beginning of summer, rainy spring fading to reveal flowers in bloom. A beautiful time of year and a fitting start to such an important day. London does really shine in June, it may not be the driest month, July has that honour. Choosing to get hitched in the summer months may be a safer bet in terms of weather, but the savings from booking wedding venues and cars in the less active months may be significant, effecting not just your wedding car hire, but also honeymoon costs as well as many wedding suppliers.

A bride’s prerogative - not the chauffeurs

It may be the bride’s prerogative to be 10 minutes late for the ceremony, but make sure your wedding car supplier is on time. You don’t even need to hire a wedding car, you could use public transport. You could even use your regular mini cab, but make sure they know that this is for a wedding, so that they can valet the car!

A wedding date

Once you have found the right date for you, your guests and of course the wedding venue. Then you can begin your search for the right wedding car. When hiring, make sure you have allowed enough time for the journeys, some pictures of your wedding carriage, and added a few minutes for luck. It is often better to negotiate a booking for the full amount of time rather than be billed for additional hours by your chauffeur after the event. It is good practice to ask for the charge for any additional hours in advance too, to save any nasty surprises in the event of the wedding overrunning.

Check your prospective date against any sporting or social events, marches or anything else that might affect your (and your guests) journey times.

Have the time of your life

Remember, this is your special day. Take your time to enjoy it!

With so many things to organize for your wedding day, the last thing on your mind, would be trying to save the planet. A few years ago a horse drawn carriage might have got you to the church. But these days, it is more normal to hire a chauffeur driven wedding car. The Eco Chauffeur™ service from iChauffeur may be the right vehicle for your eco-friendly wedding.

Why is it Eco-friendly?

The Eco Chauffeur car is a hybrid powered vehicle. It uses a combination of electric and conventional petrol engines to create a car that will run on electric power at a standstill and up to about 20 mph in slow moving traffic. It is particularly kinder to urban environments, and is favoured by Transport for London, who have made it exempt from the London congestion charge, because of it’s low carbon footprint.

What is particularly interesting about this Lexus Hybrid, is that it is the world’s first truly luxury hybrid car. The soft cream leather interior and luxury appointments make the car a very comfortable vehicle. It is almost silent in use, particularly when running off electric power.

Where can one hire the Lexus Hybrid wedding car?

The hybrid Lexus GS 450h is currently only available in the Greater London area, and wouldn’t be suited for a wedding in Aberdeen, because of the mileage involved, which would negate any environmental benefits. However, for a London Wedding, the Lexus is in a class of it’s own, and will no doubt be the car of choice for an ethical wedding.

Learn more about the Eco Chauffeur Car Service from iChauffeur Ltd.

The Mercedes-Benz S Class has for many years been a industry standard for the chauffeur industry, and with good reason. The S Class has been the class leader in engineering excellence. It was the first car to introduce diagonal seat belts, and anti-lock brakes and many other now common safety features.

The 2007 Mercedes S Class again sets the standard for safety and engineering excellence. The new Night View Assist feature, is a special monitor using infra red lights to brighten up even the darkest of roads, way beyond the reach of the headlights.

The car uses radar to also determine if the car is likely to have a collision. If a car in front suddenly hits its brakes. The S-Class’s emits a warning sound to indicate a potential crash situation. Then, if the brakes are applied quickly, the Brake Assist Plus system recognises the emergency and adds as much braking as necessary, up to 100 percent to help stop the car as quickly as possible.

The 2007 S Class is also slightly wider, taller and longer than the previous generation, offering 42 inches of rear legroom. Which makes the S Class comfortable for even the largest of wedding gowns. Soft, leather interior with heated/cooling seats all help to make your journey to the church comfortable and luxurious.

Soft ambient lighting creates a warm glow throughout the cabin, helping to create the right ambience for your special day. These lights will also make any car interior wedding photographs spectacular.

Some S Class cars have a panoramic roof (as shown above), which also makes the car extremely photogenic, as most photographers struggle to take interior car shots, due to the lack of natural light. This light floods the car helping to create natural and romantic wedding shots.

Is the S Class perfect for your wedding day?

In many different ways the flagship of the Mercedes-Benz fleet is the ideal wedding car. It is stylish, safe and reliable, especially when compared to some vintage wedding cars. It has plenty of legroom, and will make any wedding journey comfortable and relaxing. Some may prefer a Bentley or Rolls-Royce, but the S Class is hard to beat in so many ways making it a fantastic wedding vehicle.

Many thanks to iChauffeur for the images shown of their Mercedes S Class Wedding Car