0121 231 0998bookings@partybusbirmingham.co.uk Mon–Fri 9am–6pm Services How It WorksReviewsOur WorkContact0121 231 0998Get a QuoteMenu Home/Services/Open Top Wedding Cars # Open Top Wedding Car Hirein Birmingham, Arrivals Builtfor Photographs The car the photographer actually wants: roof down, the couple visible, confetti reading properly, with a wet-weather plan agreed the day you book, not the morning of the wedding. Check my wedding date0121 231 0998 Wet-weather alternative confirmed in writing at the time of booking. Chauffeur-driven A professional driver stays with the vehicle for the whole booking. Fixed price before you book One quote covering your route and hours, confirmed in writing. Nationwide collection Door-to-door pick-ups and drop-offs anywhere in the UK. Up to 16 passengers One group, one vehicle: nobody split across separate taxis. Quote the same working day Office open Monday to Friday, 9am–6pm on 0121 231 0998. ## Why couples book an open-top car An open-top wedding car does something no saloon can: it makes the couple visible. With the roof down, the confetti shot works, the departure from behind works, and guests get a clear view of the bride arriving instead of a reflection in tinted glass. It is a photography decision as much as a transport one. The car is chauffeur-driven, prepared and presented with ribbons in your colour, and used for the high-impact short journeys, home to ceremony, ceremony to reception. The wedding party and guests are covered by white limousines or a sixteen-seat party bus, quoted in the same booking. It suits late spring through early autumn weddings across Birmingham and the West Midlands, church and register office ceremonies with a confetti moment, and country and hotel venues where the approach itself is part of the photography. Booking through a professional operator matters because an open-top car needs planning that a saloon does not: the weather answer, the journey length, and where the car stands for the shots. All three are settled before the day. ## The risks of an open-top booking left unplanned Every one of these is avoidable at quote stage and unfixable on the morning. ### Rain with no agreed answer This is the West Midlands. If nobody decided in advance whether the roof goes up or the car is swapped, that decision lands on a bride at nine in the morning. ### A long journey with the roof down Forty minutes at speed undoes a veil, a hairstyle and any make-up decisions made that morning. Open-top cars are for short, deliberate journeys. ### Photographs nobody positioned The value of an open-top car is the shot. Without an agreed position and a slot in the schedule, it becomes a car parked behind the guests. ### Treating it as party transport It carries the couple or the bride and one companion. Bridesmaids and guests need their own vehicle in the same plan. ### Booking too late for the season Open-top demand concentrates into a short summer window, and the Saturdays in it are taken first. ## How the booking works 01 ### Confirm the date and season We check availability and talk honestly about what an open-top car will do in that month. 02 ### Agree the wet-weather plan Roof up, or a substitution to a limousine or the Excalibur, decided and written down at booking. 03 ### Map the movements Ceremony arrival, confetti, departure to the reception, with the buffer built in and the journey kept short. 04 ### Plan the photographs Tell us what the photographer wants and we will position the car for it rather than parking wherever is free. 05 ### Cover the wedding party Limousine or party bus for bridesmaids, family and guests, quoted in the same booking. 06 ### Prepared and reconfirmed Cleaned, ribboned in your colour, times reconfirmed in the run-up, chauffeur early at every pick-up. ## What you actually get ### Photographs a saloon cannot give you Roof down means the couple are visible, the confetti reads and the departure shot works. ### A weather decision already made Agreed in writing when you book, so nobody is choosing between rain and a ruined plan on the morning. ### Guests actually see the arrival No tinted glass between the bride and sixty people who came to watch her arrive. ### Journeys planned for hair and dress Short, deliberate legs at sensible speeds rather than a motorway run with the roof down. ### The whole day in one quote Car, wedding party vehicle and guest transport in a single written price. ### Positioned by someone who has done it A chauffeur who works with photographers, not a driver waiting to be told. Photo gallery ## The open-top Beauford on wedding days Photographs of the actual car, roof down for the arrival, roof up for longer legs and wet weather, ribbons in the colour you choose and floral dressing on the bonnet. ## Open-top wedding hire in detail ### Season, weather and the substitution plan Open-top cars are at their best from late spring to early autumn. Outside that window they still work for a short arrival, but the roof spends more of the day up than down, and it is worth asking whether the Excalibur or a white limousine gives you more for the money. Whatever the month, we agree the wet-weather answer at booking and put it in writing: roof up for the journey, or a substitution to another vehicle at no notice on the day. Couples who skip this step are the ones making an emotional decision at nine in the morning with a photographer waiting. ### Journey length, hair and dress Wind is the practical constraint. A five or ten minute journey with the roof down is a pleasure; a forty-minute run at speed is a hair and veil problem that arrives at the ceremony with the bride. Where two venues are far apart, we will suggest the roof stays up for the long leg and comes down for the arrival and the photographs. Tell us about the dress and the veil at booking. It changes how we plan getting in and out, where we stop, and how long the arrival needs. ### Confetti, departures and the shots to plan for The three shots an open-top car earns its fee on are the arrival, the confetti with the couple in the car, and the departure from behind with guests waving. Each takes a couple of minutes and each needs the car in a specific place. Send us the photographer's plan, or put us in touch with them. Getting those minutes into the schedule in advance is the difference between a car that features in the album and a car that appears in the background of it. ### Capacity and covering the wedding party The open-top car carries the couple, or the bride and one companion. Bridesmaids, parents and grandparents need their own vehicle, and the white eight or sixteen-seat limousines are the usual answer. For guests, a sixteen-seat party bus between the ceremony, the reception and the hotel is the single most useful booking a couple can add. It keeps the room full at the end of the night and removes the drive-or-drink decision entirely. ### Venues, access and photography positions We cover church, register office, hotel and country venues in Birmingham and nationwide. Each has its own access and its own best photography position, a gate, an avenue of trees, a portico, a lawn edge. Where we have not worked at a venue before, we ask about the drive surface, the gate width and the standing space before quoting. It is a short conversation that prevents the only wedding transport problem with no remedy: a car that cannot get where the photographs need it to be. ## Frequently asked questions How much is open top wedding car hire in Birmingham?It depends on the number of movements, the distances and how long the car is held. Send your ceremony and reception times and you will get one fixed written quote for the day's transport. What happens if it rains on the wedding day?The wet-weather plan is agreed and written down when you book, either the roof goes up or the car is substituted for a limousine or the Excalibur. How many passengers can the open-top car carry?The couple, or the bride and one companion. Bridesmaids, family and guests are covered by a limousine or party bus in the same booking. Is an open-top car a bad idea for a long journey?With the roof down, yes, wind affects hair, veils and comfort. We keep the roof down for the arrival and the photographs and put it up for any longer leg. When should we book?As soon as your date is confirmed. Open-top demand concentrates into a short summer window and those Saturdays go first. Do you provide ribbons?Yes, choose the colour at booking and the car is presented that way, cleaned and polished before it leaves us. Can you work with our photographer?Yes, and we would rather you asked. Send us their plan and we will position the car and build the minutes into the schedule. Can you also move our guests between venues?Yes. A sixteen-seat party bus is the most practical vehicle for guest transfers and is quoted alongside the wedding car. Which venues do you cover?Birmingham and venues nationwide, subject to access; we check drive surface and gate width before quoting for a new venue. What if our ceremony time changes after booking?Tell us as soon as you know. We reconfirm every detail in the run-up anyway, and re-issuing times in advance is straightforward. ## Related services ### White Limousine – 8 Seats View service ### Excalibur Wedding Cars View service ### Black Limousine View service ### Candy Apple Party Bus View service See the full list of services, our fleet, customer reviews or contact us about your date. ## Check your dateand settle the weather plan now Send your wedding date, ceremony time and venues. We will confirm availability, agree the wet-weather answer in writing, and price the whole day's transport. 0121 231 0998Mon–Fri 9am–6pm - Chauffeur-driven - Fixed price before you book - Nationwide collection ### Request your estimate Monday to Friday, 9am–6pm. Tell us the date and we will confirm availability and one fixed price. Birmingham-based chauffeur-driven party buses, limousines and wedding cars, with collection and drop-off nationwide. 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