Wedding transportation in West Palm Beach and over the bridge to Palm Beach

Downtown hotels, island venues

Sleep downtown, celebrate on the island.

Many weddings here follow the same map. The ceremony and reception are on Palm Beach island, at an oceanfront estate, a club or a historic hotel, while most guests sleep in downtown West Palm Beach, where there are more rooms. The Lake Worth Lagoon sits between them.

A guest shuttle connects the two. Guests board at their downtown hotel, cross the bridge together, and come back the same way at the end of the night. Island venues often have limited guest parking, so fewer cars on the drive makes the venue's job easier too.

The shuttle plan for a West Palm Beach wedding

Built backward from the ceremony start.

Ace builds the schedule backward from the ceremony start.

1. Guest flights at PBIArrival and departure rides; PBI is now DJT
2. Optional extra daysRehearsal dinner or farewell brunch
3. Hotels to the ceremonyOne or two runs from downtown
4. On to the receptionIf it is at a second venue
5. Late loops homeFrom the island back to the hotels

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Drawbridges and the timeline

Seated time, not start time, sets the shuttle.

The bridges between West Palm Beach and Palm Beach are drawbridges, and they open for boats on the lagoon. A bridge opening can hold up the shuttle for a few minutes, so the first ceremony run leaves with time to spare.

Downtown traffic adds to it on weekend evenings, when Clematis Street and the waterfront are busy. Give dispatch the time guests must be seated, not the time the ceremony starts, and the shuttle times are set from that. For how Ace runs weddings across the region, read Wedding Transportation.

• Drawbridges open for boatsThe first run leaves with time to spare
• Busy weekend eveningsClematis Street and the waterfront
• Seating timeGive dispatch the time guests must be seated
• Two or three late loopsGuests leave when they are ready

Which vehicle for your guests

Check what fits the hedge-lined drive.

Count the guests on the busiest run and pick the size that carries them in one or two trips. Estate drives and club entrances on the island can be narrow and lined with hedges, so check what fits before you choose the biggest coach.

Couples often give the bridal party a separate minibus, which leaves the photographer free to run over without a coach of guests waiting.

• VanSprinter van with a driverSmall groups and families
• 15 to 20MinibusThe wedding party or a small block
• 56Full size motorcoachA large block in one run
• 40+More than one vehiclePartner-fleet capacity of 40+ vehicles

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What goes into the wedding quote

Quote extra days in the same request.

No two weddings run alike, so each one is quoted. Send these details with your request and ask for a quote for any extra days at the same time.

Add the planner's contact too, so dispatch can confirm the final details with one person.

• Date and timesCeremony and reception
• Both sides of the bridgeEach hotel and venue address
• Guests on each leg
• Loops and the last runHow many, and the time of the last
• Waits through the receptionIf you want it to
• PBI pickups or drop-offs

Insurance and the venue's vendor list

On the venue's vendor list, with a certificate.

Estate venues, clubs and hotels on the island often ask every vendor for a certificate of insurance before the day. Ace carries $5,000,000 liability coverage as an active passenger carrier under USDOT 1310399, and sends the certificate on request. Every Ace vehicle has GPS tracking, Wi-Fi and onboard cameras.

Ace Tours Inc was incorporated in Florida in 1999. The booking terms are on your written quote. Name one point person, such as your planner, to talk with dispatch on the day. For guest airport rides outside the wedding day, see West Palm Beach to Fort Lauderdale Airport.

• USDOT 1310399Active passenger carrier
• $5M liabilityCertificate of insurance on request
• 1999Incorporated in Florida