Hired Lamborghini wedding car crashed by groom driving to ceremony

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A groom in Australia had plenty of explaining to do when he arrived at his own wedding on foot, despite having forked out thousands of dollars to hire a Lamborghini as his wedding car.

The unlucky groom was left red faced after the white sports car, intended for use as his wedding car on his special day, ended up bonnet-first in a fence after the groom slipped on a wet patch while driving to the wedding ceremony causing him to lose control of the Lamborghini.

Little is known about the identity of the groom, only that he is believed to hail from Sydney in Australia and is reported to have paid $15,000 for the insurance as part of the deal to hire the Lamborghini as his wedding car; $15,000 he has subsequently lost as a result of crashing the luxury super car.

The groom and his best man were reportedly travelling in the hired Lamborghini when the sports car left the road. The wedding party were understood to be running late for the wedding, which may explain how the wedding car ended up in a fence.

The groom is believed to have called the rental company to notify them of the incident and also the location of the vehicle before rushing off to the ceremony on foot. Luckily, neither the groom nor the best man were injured as a result of the accident. The pair managed to get to the church on time too and the wedding was able to go ahead.

While the wedding car didn’t make it to the ceremony, it’s thought the damage caused to the Lambo is repairable.

Wedding cars cause traffic chaos in China

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As the eighth day of the Chinese Lunar Year, January 30th 2012 was deemed a very lucky day for brides and grooms to tie the knot. However the sheer volume of newlyweds on the roads on China’s east province of Zhejiang in their wedding cars caused a headache for other roads users causing gridlocked traffic as hoards of brides and grooms flocked to get their photographs taken at the nearby park.

It’s customary for newly married couples to drive a lap around the Taizhou government square in the east province of China, however due to the large number of couples getting married on this highly auspicious day, this caused major repercussions as wedding cars decorated with flowers and ribbons brought the rest of the traffic to a standstill due to the large volume of wedding cars all attempting to do the same thing.

Brides and grooms, along with their photographers, headed in their droves to the town hall and nearby park to pose for their wedding photographs, with many wedding cars simply being pulled up onto the side of the road as the occupants jumped out for their photo shoots.

The local traffic police say they plan to ban parking around the area the next time a lucky wedding date arrives, and also banning wedding cars from being decorated with ribbons, and using fire crackers will also be disallowed to prevent the vehicles from travelling at a slow rate and causing traffic tailbacks.

Bride arrives in Porsche wedding car she hand-built herself

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26-year-old Megan Ashton has always had a passion for cars, so when it came to choosing the right wedding car to transport her on her big day, she needed something extra special. So when her partner popped the question two years ago, Megan rolled up her sleeves and got stuck into building her own dream wedding car.

Having grown up around motors at her dad’s garage in Devon, tinkering with cars is second nature to the bride-to-be. The Royal Navy engineer had bought a clapped out Volkswagen Beetle 6 years ago with the plan of creating a Porsche replica, however it wasn’t until the wedding started to loom that the brunette began work in earnest on her restoration project.

Fitting her time around wedding planning, dress shopping, and work on her would-be wedding car proved challenging for Megan, not to mention costly. The 26-year-old even asked for her parents to buy her parts for her car in place of gifts every Christmas and birthday to help with her project.

However all of the hard work more than paid off as the blushing bride succeeded in transforming the wreck of a car into a gleaming Porsche replica estimated to be worth a massive £25,000. The silver sports car was decked out with ribbons especially for the big day in Wiltshire and proved to be one of the main focal points of the wedding day.

Wedding car goes off course and crashes into shop window

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A vintage wedding car decked out with white ribbons especially for the occasion, ended up halfway through a shop window after the chauffeur lost control of the vehicle before ploughing into a shop front in County Armagh.

The accident happened last Saturday afternoon, moments after the bride and her father, who had been travelling onboard the wedding car, had stepped out of the vehicle. The chauffeur had just dropped the bridal party off at St Mark’s Parish Church in Portadown, Northern Ireland, when he decided to move the wedding car into a different position, ready for when the bride and groom emerged from the church.

However disaster struck as the chauffeur attempted to manoeuvre the wedding car into a different position as he suddenly lost control of the classic silver wedding car, darting through two parked cars and a line of traffic before smashing into a shop window. Luckily there were no pedestrians on the pavement, or traffic coming in the opposite direction when the wedding car crashed across the road and into the nearby building.

No injuries were reported following the accident, the only thing that was hurt was the chauffeur’s pride as one eyewitness described the driver as looking very embarrassed.

It’s not known if a replacement wedding car was sent to collect the bride and groom after their original wedding car was forced out of action.

Police track down stolen wedding car at scrap yard

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Police in Wokingham succeeded in tracking down a stolen wedding car, saving the day for a local couple who are planning to use the vintage vehicle to transport them on their big day next year.

Groom-to-be, Sean Allem, bought the classic Ford Mustang for £500 last year and has been working on restoring the vehicle in time for his wedding to Stacey Tagg next spring. The Ford Mustang has a special place in Sean’s heart as his father owned several of the classic vehicles as he was growing up, and it’s been his aim to own his own ever since.

However the couple’s dreams for driving to their wedding in their very own Mustang wedding car were seemingly dashed when they discovered the car had been stolen from council owned garages. The locks had been broken, and a low loader had presumably been used to remove the wedding car as it didn’t have an engine at the time.

The police were informed about the theft, and set about searching the area for the stolen wedding car. They struck gold when they visited a local scrap yard and found the Ford Mustang waiting to be turned into scrap metal. Luckily the owners of the yard had kept the vehicle to one side, realising it was a rare car.

Sean and Stacey will be reunited with their wedding car pending police enquiries. Mechanic Sean is anxious to get stick into fully restoring his much loved car in time for the couple’s big day next year.

The police are still searching for the two male strangers who took the Ford Mustang to the scrap yard, anyone with information is urged to get in touch.

Fleet of Rolls Royce wedding cars hired for Kim Kardashian’s big day

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Reality TV star and American socialite, Kim Kardashian, has reportedly hired a fleet of matching Rolls Royce and Maybach cars to chauffeur her family, and the family of her husband-to-be, to their wedding next month.

The 30-year-old has reportedly struck a deal with luxury transport provider, Platinum Motorsports LA, to provide the wedding cars on her big day. The TV is said to have very specific requirements for her wedding day transportation and has requested a fleet of Rolls Royce and Maybach cars in white to chauffeur her family members and fiancé Kris Humphries’s family to the wedding on August 20th.

Kim Kardashian and basketball player Kris Humphries got engaged after a whirlwind romance when the sports man got down on one knee in May after just 5 months of dating. The Kardashians are renowned for their extravagant lifestyle and that certainly extended to the engagement ring which is a 20.5 carat diamond, estimated to have cost $2 million.

With such lavish wedding cars being hired to transport the guests to Kim Kardashian’s wedding, the vehicle being lined up to transport the bride come the big day is likely to be insanely elaborate. However like much of the wedding, the finer details are being kept firmly under wraps.

The big day is reportedly being filmed for the family’s reality TV show so fans will be get a behind the scenes peak of everything that happens, including an up close view of the luxury wedding cars.

Wedding cars shunned in favour of a fleet of John Deere tractors

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A couple from Australia bucked the trend when they tied the knot in South Gippsland recently by arriving on a fleet of gleaming tractors instead of the traditional wedding car.

For farmer Shane Uren, there was only ever going to be one mode of transport he wanted to use on his big day, so the Rolls Royce wedding car and the chauffeur driven white wedding limo were all shunted in favour of a fleet of immaculately turned out tractors.

The wedding between farmer Shane and his bride, teacher Kirsty Hams, took place at the bride’s family’s farm with the bridal party arriving at the ceremony onboard the four green and yellow John Deere tractors.

The couple tied the knot in front of a large group of family and friends in a field in front of the bride’s family home. As the wedding tractors made their entrance, the sound of country singer, Kenny Chesney’s hits song, She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy, played out across the field much to the amusement of the wedding guests.

The newlyweds continued their tractor theme into the reception as the couple topped their wedding cake with a specially made miniature bride and groom cake topper complete with tractor.

Darius Campbell marries Natasha Henstridge in secret Californian wedding

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Pop Stars finalist Darius Campbell has revealed all about his secret wedding to girlfriend of 7-years, Natasha Henstridge, in an interview with a top celebrity glossy magazine.

The newlyweds, who tied the knot in a secret ceremony on Valentine’s Day, admitted their nuptials were “spontaneous” and that the big day was organised in just 7 days.

Although the couple would have loved to have had all of their family with them to celebrate their wedding, with loved ones spread across Canada, America, London and Scotland, it would have proved difficult to get everyone in one place for a wedding. With this in mind Darius, formerly known as Darius Danesh, and his 36-year-old girlfriend Natasha decided to tie the knot in an impromptu ceremony with just the actress’ two sons present.

30-year-old Darius met his now wife after bumping into her on a pedestrian crossing in Los Angeles in 2004. They got engaged a year after meeting, but split briefly last year with the couple citing work commitments as the reason for the break-up. However within 6 months, the pair were back together again.

After7 years together and a 6 year engagement, it was beginning to look as though the singer and actress would never get around to making it official. The Colourblind hit-maker revealed that after he was involved in an almost fatal car accident while on holiday in Spain last summer which left him with several broken vertebrae in his neck which threatened to leave him paralysed, Darius decided it was time to marry his long term partner as the terrifying incident helped him put his life in perspective.

Official photographs from the California wedding and an interview with the bride and groom are featured in his week’s edition of Hello magazine.

Wedding car swapped for a wedding truck

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Bride-to-be Jenna Runacre from Saddleworth had dreamed of arriving on her big day in the back of a horse drawn carriage, however fears over bad weather, and the 3-mile trek to the church, cast doubts over the bride’s dream wedding day transportation.

The 3-mile journey from the bride’s home to the nearby church to marry Gareth Whiteley was a concern to the family as they believed the horse and carriage may take too long, and could also be affected by the possible bad weather.

Not wanting to let his daughter down, Jenna’s father arranged to borrow a 12-litre rig from his friend who runs a haulage company.

In an attempt to create the horse theme Jenna wanted, the black cab of the truck was transformed with coloured horses painted over the outside. The finishing touches were provided with fairy lights and coloured silk which decorated the truck to create the perfect wedding look.

The specially customised wedding truck was a complete surprise to the bride, who was gobsmacked by her ride to the church.

The bridesmaids followed up the bride in her horse themed truck in a sleek chauffeur driven Bentley, while the best man and groom rolled up to the church in a vintage Mustang Saloon.

The bride didn’t seem at all disappointed to have not had her horse and carriage, and described the truck as “absolutely stunning” before hopping onboard and being whisked off to her wedding.

Limo Broker recruiting vintage wedding car hire companies throughout the UK

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Calling all vintage wedding car hire companies! The UK’s leading provider of luxurious chauffeur driven transportation, Limo Broker, is looking for vintage wedding car hire providers to join its national network of wedding transport operators.

Whether you’re a sole trader with a single wedding car, an established company with 20-years experience in the industry and a fleet of 15 classic wedding cars, or if you’ve just launched your own company offering chauffeur driven vintage wedding cars, Limo Broker wants to hear from you.

By becoming a Limo Broker approved agent, you’ll be joining forces with one of the fastest growing transport organisations in the country. Limo Broker has an extremely high web presence with its news website, main site, and also over 200 micro-websites which are location specific.

Limo Broker is always looking for new ways to enhance its profile and attract new customers and one way strategy the company is using now is viral videos. These professionally shot videos target specific markets, such as wedding car hire, and help to showcase the services, cars and experience Limo Broker can provide through their top class agents.

Location is not a hurdle to becoming a Limo Broker agent as the company operates throughout and the UK and in parts of Ireland so whether you’re a wedding car hire chauffeur based in London or Edinburgh, Cardiff or Norfolk, Brighton or Birmingham, Chester or Inverness, Dublin or Newcastle, Manchester or Cornwall, there is an opening for you at Limo Broker.

Vintage car hire for weddings is a growing market and Limo Broker has reported a surge in enquiries for classic wedding car hire ahead of the peak wedding season. With many of their current agents already fully booked for peak wedding dates during May, June, July, August and September, Limo Broker is keen to recruit new operators as soon as possible to cope with the demand.

For more information on getting onboard with Limo Broker as a classic wedding car hire agent, get in touch today.