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Classy
Transportation Services - What you should expect
1. It is customary to schedule your pickup time at the wedding
and reception venues at least ½ hour before planned departure. This provides time for
guests to view the wedding car, ask questions and for the chauffeur to prepare the car for your departure.
2. It
is customary to CHECK IN with who ever is in charge so they know you are there, unless the
venue is design such that
everyone can see the car when it drives up. If we can’t find you, just look for us in the designated pickup location.
3. It is customary to ROLL OUT the red carpet when picking up or dropping off the bride,when picking up the bride
& groom from the wedding and where it is appropriate to make a grand entrance or exit. The venue should lend itself to
such a grand entrance or exit.
4. It is customary to FLY VIP (American or white or one of each) FLAGS when picking
up the bride from home/hotel and taking her to the wedding and JUST MARRIED FLAGS, WINDOW STICKERS and TAGS when leaving the
wedding.
5. It is customary to remind the bride & groom to remain seated while you prepare for their exit.
This means RED CARPET (if appropriate) and OPENING THE DOORS (mandatory). For the
Excalibur, the top should always
be open half way for entering & exiting the vehicle unless it’s raining.
6. It is customary for the
to remain OUT OF THE WAY while the photographer is taking pictures of the bride & groom with the car. Once pictures are
complete, We will help the bride & groom in the car.
7. It is customary to offer bottled water & Ginger
Ale to the bride & groom during the ride from wedding site. 8. It is customary to position
the wedding car on the passenger side of the car (where possible).
9. It is customary to always blow the horn
several times when exiting after the reception. This makes for a grand send-off and gets the guests involved as the bride
& groom drive off.
10. It is customary for the chauffeur to remain with the car and answer any questions about
the car for the wedding guests. Each of our cars has a unique history and this information usually
makes for good conversation.
11. It is customary to offer some soft music (CD or Radio) during long trips ONLY.
The volume is set low enough as to not interfere with the bride & groom conversation. You may suggest your favorite radio
station or other music. We want to make your trip as relaxing and enjoyable as possible.
12. We always provide
the services that are requested on the reservation. Please review your reservations carefully to ensure the services you would
like are listed.
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After
completing over a thousand weddings, I have had four incidents where the bride has mysteriously developed an oil-like stain
on the hips of her wedding dress. The first time this occurred, I notice the clear (wet looking) stain on the dress prior
to the bride entering the wedding car. My assumption was, it was hot outside and she had begun to perspire. By the time she
arrived at the reception, it had gotten worst. I immediately started an investigation as to where the stain may have come
from, since the car seat was being blamed for causing the stain. I swiped my leather seats with a white handkerchief, but
nothing was on the seat. So, I figured what ever it was must have been absorbed by the bride's dress. I willingly paid for
the bride’s dry cleaning expense and soon forgot about the incident, since there was no "evidence left at the scene
of the crime". It was a year later before it happened again. Still there was no evidence of any oil anywhere on the seat.
It wasn't until the third incident that I had enough information to figure out what was causing this problem. All brides wore gowns made of very thin, silk or satin-type fabric that fit very tight around the hips. And
they all wore minimum under garments. Also, all weddings were in the summer, which means the brides would surely perspire
at some point. REMEMBER LADIES, EVEN IF YOU DON’T USE LOTION OR OIL-BASED CREAM ON YOUR BODY, YOUR BODY IS NATURALLY
OILY AND ANY PERSPIRATION WILL BRING ANY OIL IN THE SKIN TO THE SURFACE AND ONTO YOUR WEDDING DRESS. So, as soon as you sat
down the oil-based perspiration on your body will be pressed into your wedding dress right around the hips, leaving a wet-looking
ugly stain! This is especially true with silk, satin and rayon fabrics. These fabrics have no ability to absorb moisture,
so any moisture on the skin will end up bleeding through the garment. So why didn’t
this problem occur with other brides? Because they all wore multi-layered dresses and under garments that absorbed any perspiration
before reaching the surface of the wedding dress. Mystery Solved! BRIDES, DON’T USE
OIL-BASED CREAMS ON YOUR BODY IF YOU PLAN TO WEAR A TIGHT-FITTING WEDDING GOWN. AND MAKE SURE YOU WEAR SOMETHING UNDER THE
DRESS TO ABSORB ANY PERSPIRATION, OTHERWISE YOUR WEDDING DRESS MAY BE RUINED BEFORE THE CEREMONY EVEN BEGINS! For those brides that have selected the type of dress mentioned in this article and are willing to take a
chance that this won’t happen to them, here’s how you can minimize the damaged this may caused. Every bride should
have an emergency kit on their wedding day, so just add these things to your kit. - Baking
soda
- Talcum Power
- A piece of chalk that is the color
of your dress
- Two clean white face cloth
Never
rub or scrub at the spot, you may just make it spread or force the stain deeper into the fabric. First use two white cloths
to blot up any excess oil and moisture. Place one on the under side of the dress and one on the out side and press firmly.
Then sprinkle the cloths with talcum powder and repeat the process. Let it absorb as much
of the moisture as possible (2 to3 minutes). If there is still a visible sign of the stain, color it with the chalk. The chalk
will cover the spot while continuing to absorb the oil and moisture. IMPORTANT NOTE…IF
IT’S HOT OUT SIDE, YOU WILL MOST LIKELY BE REPEATING THIS PROCESS ALL DAY, SO BE WARNED! Article researched and written by Vern Bullock, March 2010. Article researched and updated by Vern Bullock, November 2011 END
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Press Release Raleigh/Durham,
NC – January 25, 2011 - WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, is thrilled to announce Classy Transportation, LLC has been selected
to receive the prestigious annual WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 for transportation
services!
Recognition for the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 is determined by recent reviews and extensive
surveys from over 750,000 WeddingWire newlyweds. Our past clients are among those that shared their experiences on WeddingWire,
the largest wedding review site in the nation.
Classy Transportation stands among the top five
percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire community, representing quality and service excellence within the wedding
industry. Awards were given to the top wedding professionals across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding
photographers, and were based on the overall professional achievements throughout the past year.
"WeddingWire
is honored to celebrate the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire community," said Timothy
Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. "With the annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program, WeddingWire
has the unique opportunity to recognize the best wedding professionals across the US and Canada. We applaud Classy Transportation
for their professionalism and dedication to enhancing the wedding planning experience last year."
We are
happy to announce that Classy Transportation is among the very best limousine companies within the WeddingWire
Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Martha Stewart Weddings, Project Wedding and Weddingbee. "We would like to thank
our past clients for nominating us to receive the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011," said Vern Bullock, Classy
Transportation Chief Executive Officer. "We look forward to continuing our excellent service to the wedding community".
For more information, please visit our website and our WeddingWire Storefront today at http://www.classytransportation.com/id20.html
For more information on the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011, please visit
www.WeddingWire.com.
About WeddingWire, Inc.
WeddingWire.com, the nation's leading technology company
serving the $70 billion wedding industry, is the only online wedding planning resource designed to empower both engaged couples
and wedding professionals. For engaged couples, WeddingWire offers the ability to search, compare and book over 200,000 local
wedding vendors, from wedding venues to wedding photographers to wedding cakes. WeddingWire also offers an online community and a suite of cutting-edge planning tools for weddings, including wedding websites and wedding checklists, all at no charge. For wedding professionals, WeddingWire provides free online management tools creating
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of brands, NASDAQ: FLWS).
About Classy Transportation, LLC.
Classy Transportation,
North Carolina leading vintage transportation company serving the North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia wedding industry,
is the only vintage wedding car and limousines resource in the Raleigh/Durham, NC area, specializing in classic and antique
wedding cars as well as stretch limousines. For engaged couples and wedding planners, Classy Transportation offers the ability
to select from a variety of unique transportation options, such as the rare and stylish Excalibur convertible, Classic Rolls
Royce Luxury Sedan, Antique 1928 Essex Super-Six Coach. Also, we can assist you with Trolley Buses, Horse-Drawn Carriages and
Super-Stretch Limousines. http://www.classytransportation.com/
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Planning Your Theme Wedding
Transportation
A Vintage Theme Wedding – What is a vintage theme wedding? It is often a combination of traditional
and non-traditional features and activities planned throughout the wedding day.
There is absolutely nothing more memorable than a unique vintage
theme wedding. Brides and grooms are looking for ways to make their wedding day special, unique and memorable. This desire
has created a lot of buzz around the “Vintage Theme Wedding” concept.
Often when brides talk to wedding planners and other wedding professionals,
they want to know some of the unique services they have performed and to get new ideas from them about how to make the wedding
day signature special. As a result, wedding professionals can offer insight into what unique resources and services are available
that brides would never discover on their own. One of these unique service is wedding transportation.
For example, a favorite request
from brides is the “Bride Package”. The bride is picked up from her home or hotel and transported to the wedding
venue in a very rare and stylish Excalibur with VIP flags flying from the front of the vehicle. This is quite an
attraction as all eyes are on the bride as she makes her way to the wedding site. Upon arrival, her chauffeur rolls out a
red carpet, puts on white gloves to assist the bride as she makes her way inside the wedding venue and prepares for her grand
entrance. The Excalibur will later serve as the get-away car for the bride and groom with “Just Married”
flags flying on the front of the vehicle. During this entire process, lots of photographs and video footage are taken of the
bride’s grand entry and the bride and groom exit. At this point, all the guests are completely blown away with the entire
process, as they have never seen anything quite like it before.
At the reception site, there is lots of buzz going around about
the cool vintage car and the attention to detail performed by the chauffeur, which makes for great conversation before the
bride and groom arrives and the reception festivities begin. As the evening progress, everyone is having lots of fun and just
before the evening comes to a close, a Vintage 1928 Essex Coach drives up to the reception site and rolls out a red carpet
in preparation for the couple to make there grand get-away to the honeymoon suite. As the couple arrives at their hotel, what
could have been a tense, hectic day, ends as a fun-filled series of events that will always be remembered.
When considering
wedding transportation for your wedding, there are several options available to choose from. Keep in mind, availability for
all of these options are limited, so planning ahead and making reservations several months in advance are not unusual.
Option #1: The Horse Drawn Carriage
– This option brings out the princess or Cinderella feeling and gives a romantic nineteenth century flare to the wedding
ceremony, when people were transported by horse drawn wagons, coaches, and carriages. For this option to work best, the wedding
and reception should be in the same location or only a short distance apart. Keep in mind that this option has limited travel
distance and legal restrictions on the roads.
Option #2: The Vintage Automobile – This option allows the couple to take a step back in
time of the early twentieth century, when automobiles had lots of character and styling. A few black and white photos will
certainly bring out feel of the early days. This option works best with the wedding and reception is within the same geographical
area.
Option #3: The Classic Automobile – This option allows the couple to experience a time and mode of transportation
their parents and grandparents may have experienced. When the automobile was king and personal transportation was unique and
distinctive.
Of course, there are the traditional limousines, but save that for your bridal party. In keeping with your vintage theme,
you may want to consider a vintage limousine, Rolls Royce or trolley bus. A very nice added touch!
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