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What happens if the car breaks down on
the wedding day itself or is delayed in arriving by heavy
traffic.
As this is a very emotive question we will answer this with
frankness and reality.
Vehicles as we
all know can break down at the most inopportune moment or can be
held up in traffic congestion, a fact of life in today's modern
world, and even though our drivers add an additional hour on to
the normal driving time in order to reach you with time to
spare, we would strongly advise that you also prepare
beforehand and have a back up plan to put into action.
Our office
telephone is always manned throughout the duration of any
Wedding booking that we have so should any problem occur you can
call us in the office and we will endeavour to sort the problem
ASAP. We can also give you your Chauffeurs mobile phone number,
but please remember that all contact with the driver on the day
is by mobile phone and therefore subject to signal reception and
the new mobile phone driving laws.
For peace of mind
we would advise you to nominate a friend or neighbour or guest
attending your wedding to be your rescue car in the event of a
last minute problem, to be prepared to collect the Bride at
short notice. They will need to be contactable by mobile phone
and have it switched on until they know the Bride has arrived
safely at the church. The object is to get the Bride to the
Church in as little delay as possible, even a local taxi company
may not be able to provide a car as quickly as your nominated
friend or neighbour who has been pre-notified and briefed.
For our part, on
most wedding days we will probably have a spare vehicle
available to cover such last minute eventualities, however this
vehicle may be based some distance from where your vehicle
breaks down or where your pick up address is, and therefore may
take some time to reach you, so you will then need to
decide whether to wait for the standby car and possibly arrive
at the Church later than scheduled or proceed to Church by your
own means.
In the interim
after the Bride is finally on her way the original vehicle with
problems may be able to be rectified by the breakdown services
or our standby car will be able to proceed to the ceremony venue
so it will be waiting for the Bride and Groom's onward journey
to the reception. Please do not worry, 99% of weddings go
according to plan so we are confident that your wedding will
proceed to the original arrangement, but a back up plan prepared
beforehand hand is a sensible precaution and will also help to
take some of the stress out of the situation if it does occur |