Limo SF VIP provides wedding limo service and wedding transportation in San Francisco and around the Bay Area: a sedan or SUV for the couple, a Mercedes Sprinter for the wedding party, and shuttles that carry guests between the hotel and the venue. Our own chauffeurs drive every Bay Area wedding, and we've been doing it since 2013. Most of the weddings we drive are City Hall ceremonies and Napa winery days. Send the date, the addresses and how many people are riding in each car. A written quote usually comes back in 15 to 30 minutes, or call (888) 888-0195.
Most wedding days follow the same shape, and the booking follows it too. The car picks up where people are getting ready, takes the couple or the wedding party to the ceremony, waits through it, makes a stop or two for photos, then drives on to the reception. One hourly booking covers all of that, so nobody books a new ride at each step. Each vehicle has an hourly minimum (four hours for a Sprinter), and the quote lists the hours and the stops in between.
Leave room in the timeline. The couple should reach the ceremony before the guests sit down, and a San Francisco Saturday can bring street fairs and closures. SFMTA posts each weekend's closures and Muni reroutes at SFMTA.com/WeekendEvents, which is worth a look once your date is close.
San Francisco City Hall hosts two kinds of weddings, and the car plan is different for each. A civil ceremony is run by the County Clerk at 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place. It needs a reservation (walk-ins aren't allowed), allows six guests, and couples should arrive 15 minutes early with the original marriage license. A sedan or an SUV usually covers that group.
A private City Hall wedding is booked through the City Hall Events office instead. One-hour packages on the Mayor's Balcony or in the Fourth Floor Gallery run Monday to Friday, and two-hour weddings for up to 200 guests are Saturdays only. Those bigger days often call for a Sprinter or a mini coach for family. Guests who drive themselves can use the Civic Center Garage at 355 McAllister or the Performing Arts Garage at 360 Grove.
Every venue has its own arrival rules, and the chauffeur plans around them:
Photo stops need a little planning as well. In the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which takes in Crissy Field, Fort Point, Lands End and Battery Spencer, still photos with eight or fewer people usually need no permit, while a ceremony there always does. On Recreation and Park land, a paid photographer needs a film permit when the wedding itself isn't held on park property. Ask your photographer which spots they've cleared, and we'll build the stops into the timeline.
Downtown Napa is about 50 miles north of San Francisco, a drive of one to two hours depending on traffic and the day. Sonoma Valley is about 45 miles north, and Half Moon Bay is 30 to 45 minutes down the coast. Napa winery weddings are a big part of our calendar. When guests share a hotel, a Sprinter or a mini coach can run between the hotel and the venue and bring everyone back at the end of the night. On a multi-day weekend the chauffeur stays in a hotel nearby.
The cars couples book with us most are the S-Class, the luxury SUVs and the Sprinter. Tell us who rides together and we'll match the cars to the groups. Capacity is confirmed in your quote.
California licenses limousine companies through the CPUC, and a limousine for a wedding is the CPUC's own example of a charter that needs a TCP permit. Ours is TCP-32683. Whoever you hire, look the number up on the CPUC carrier portal and get the plan in writing. Our quote lists each vehicle, the hours, the stops and the 20% gratuity on its own line, and payment goes through a secure online link once you approve it.
Tell us the date, the getting-ready address, the ceremony and reception venues, and how many people ride in each car. We'll send back a written plan and quote, or call (888) 888-0195 to talk it through.
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There’s no flat wedding package price, because two weddings rarely need the same cars. The quote adds up the vehicles you choose, the hours each one runs, how far the day travels and the date, with Saturdays and wedding season running highest. A City Hall ceremony with one sedan sits at the low end; a Napa winery wedding with a Sprinter and a guest shuttle sits at the high end. The 20% gratuity is listed separately, and you’ll usually see the figure within half an hour of sending the plan.
Add up your own legs: the getting-ready address to City Hall, arriving 15 minutes before a civil ceremony, the ceremony itself, a photo stop such as the Palace of Fine Arts or Crissy Field, then lunch or the reception. One hourly booking of a sedan or an SUV covers every leg, and the chauffeur waits at each stop. If the wedding party rides in a Sprinter, the booking runs at least four hours. The quote lists the hours and stops for each car.
Early enough that nobody is watching the clock. Give us the ceremony start time and both addresses, and the pickup is set so the couple reaches the venue before the guests are seated, with room for Saturday traffic. Street fairs and other weekend events can close streets, and SFMTA lists each weekend’s closures at SFMTA.com/WeekendEvents. If your date clashes with one, we plan the route around it.
A common plan has the couple arriving separately before the ceremony and leaving together after it, the wedding party sharing a Sprinter, and parents or grandparents in a sedan or SUV of their own. Two getting-ready addresses usually mean two cars before the ceremony and fewer after it. Tell us how many people dress at each place and who should arrive first, and the quote matches the cars to that headcount: an SUV takes five, a Sprinter fourteen.
It helps when the venue has little parking or guests are spread across hotels. The Palace of Fine Arts lists limited parking, the Conservatory of Flowers suggests rideshare or transit, and Golden Gate Park’s JFK Drive is closed to cars. A Sprinter for 14 or a mini coach for 27 to 36 can run from the hotel to the ceremony and the reception and back at night. Some venues, the Conservatory among them, need to approve a shuttle in advance, so check with the venue first.
Yes. The County Clerk's civil ceremonies at City Hall need a reservation, allow six guests and ask couples to arrive 15 minutes early with the original marriage license and photo ID. A sedan fits the couple and a witness, and an SUV carries up to five. The chauffeur waits nearby during the ceremony, then drives on to photos or lunch, all on one hourly booking.
Yes, once you've checked the permit rule. Both sit in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, where still photos with eight or fewer people, hand-carried gear and no exclusive use of the spot usually need no permit; larger shoots need one, and a ceremony there always does. Battery Spencer is on the Marin side of the Golden Gate Bridge, so allow for that drive. Send the stops in order and the hours are planned around them.
A Sprinter or a mini coach can collect guests at their San Francisco hotel. Downtown Napa is about 50 miles north, one to two hours depending on traffic and the day, and Sonoma Valley about 45. The vehicle can take guests up for the ceremony and bring them back that night, or stay for the whole weekend. Capacity runs from 14 in a Sprinter to 27 to 36 in a mini coach and up to 56 in a motorcoach.
It can be, once you check it. California tightened the rules after a 2013 limo fire on the San Mateo Bridge. SB 109 set emergency push-out window and door requirements, and SB 611 created a CHP inspection program for modified limousines, with inspections starting in 2017. Before booking any stretch limo, ask whether it has passed its CHP inspection, check that the TCP number is shown on the car, and look the carrier up on the CPUC portal. We can arrange a stretch limousine sized to your group.
No. The tip is already on the bill: our quotes add a 20% gratuity as a separate line, figured on the fare plus any extra stops, waiting or holiday charges. That way nobody in the wedding party has to remember an envelope at midnight, and there’s no cash to carry on the day. You’ll see the gratuity on the quote before you approve it.
The date, the getting-ready address or addresses, the ceremony and reception venues with start times, how many people ride in each car, any photo stops, and whether guests need a shuttle from a hotel. With that, the quote lists every vehicle, the hours and the stops, usually within 15 to 30 minutes. Once you approve it, payment goes through a secure online link.
A Mercedes Sprinter keeps everyone together, with room for up to 14, so the wedding party arrives at once and rides to photos as one group. The Executive Sprinter adds leather seats, a table and a divider. If a party of up to ten gets ready in two places, two luxury SUVs at five passengers each can collect both groups and meet at the venue; at eleven or twelve, the Sprinter is the simpler choice.
