Morris

How many people can you fit in a VW?

August 9, 2014 by Jo Gosling

Well – 27 people can be crammed into a classic mini…..so no doubt you can get hundreds in to a VW campervan??? Wrong……

By law we can only transport a maximum of 8 people in to a VW campervan – after this we would require a mini-bus license. So, yes, we can take 7……but we don’t advise it!

We want you to be comfortable during your VW journey, we want it to be enjoyable and we don’t want you feeling squished in – the maximum number of passengers we recommend is 6…..BUT even that depends on the size of the people, the dresses & the hats!!!

We tend to have up to 5 passengers in the back seats – our seats have the advantage of facing each other, some wedding campers have the curved bench seats which inevitably means knees can bump, and the person on the curve can get squashed. In the split screen campers each bench seat is 1m 50cm wide, with the opposite seat 1m 20cm wide….one seat is shorter as the built in Champagne units take up some space. Except Basil – he has two 1m50cm seats as his Champagne unit has been hand crafted to the rear of the back seat (very clever!). We can take one passenger up front with the chauffeur – but since the handbrake and gear stick are positioned central to the van in the front we don’t like two passengers up front otherwise the poor chauffeurs has to lean across one of your guests just to change gear!

So work it out for yourselves – we think the more space the better, so if you are less than 3miles from your ceremony venue, why not let us do two trips – giving you the maximum comfort a VW can offer.

Diary of a Morris Bride !

May 9, 2014 by Jo Gosling

We’ve had an amazing response from brides to the Facebook post we featured asking for some wedding day diaries….we’ve selected a few of our favourites & will share them over the coming weeks. First we hear from Sam:

We got married on the 5th April 2014 and hired the beautiful Morris to transport our bridesmaids, along with Mother & Father of the bride. We had our family Beetle as our wedding car!

My advice to future brides would be to relax. I was an absolute mess in the week leading up to the wedding, I couldn’t stop shaking and was probably not a nice person to be around!! On the day the little things don’t matter and as soon as I got to the church my nerves disappeared – which was perfect.

I would advise you to have the day off work before hand, even if your venue is being prepared by staff, or family and friends, its worth having a day to get your head around things and focus on the wedding.

I wish I’d prepared my favours a little earlier as they took longer than expected, but it all worked out in the end. Above all enjoy yourself and take it all in. We were so overwhelmed that everyone there was there to celebrate our marriage and that is so special.

Take time to be with your new husband on the day and look around the room at everyone enjoying themselves.

You’ll look and feel amazing in your Pear Tree vehicle (it’s quite a head turner!) so smile & embrace it!

Have a fantastic wedding, I hope my advice helps,
Sam Potter (newly wed)

Thank you Sam…..some lovely advice there – I like the idea of taking a moment to look around the room at everyone enjoying themselves…….

ribbons & bows!

April 28, 2014 by Jo Gosling

The VWs love being part of your wedding, and they adore being a central part of your photographs…..and they always dress to impress, looking their best.

So occasionally we have a bride who says it doesn’t matter what colour ribbon they choose…..how wrong you can be! We thought we’d share some amazing pictures of the VWs who have all been dressed in coloured ribbons to coordinate with bridesmaids or bridal bouquets!

We have a range of about 14 basic colours for ribbons that can coordinate with the season or with the bridal party! If you would like another colour as long as it can be sourced as a ‘poly ribbon’ we are happy to dress the VW in an alternative colour. We charge extra for non-standard ribbon & bow colours, usually about £10….however if you are happy to spend some extra pennies on ribbon, why not have your own personalised ribbons, with the name of bride & groom and wedding date printed on….your choice of colours, your choice of print colour.

The personalised ribbon for the ‘V’ shape across the front will cost £10, which we tend to coordinate with plain bows. Alternatively you can purchase printed handmade bows – we require a set of 4 for each wedding (although we only use 3 it is wise to have a spare!) A set of handmade bows costs £35. All extra lengths of ribbon will be sent in the post to you after your wedding.

However…..if you don’t fancy colour…..then ivory or white can look stunningly classic!

And so Morris was born…….

March 21, 2014 by Jo Gosling

In the summer of 2012 Pear Tree Weddings, home of vintage and classic wedding VWs, decided it was time to completely restore a VW campervan! Having refurbished and tinkered with several other VW Campervans we thought that we should design our own, luxurious, sumptuous and rather stunning wedding camper….. we wanted to create the most beautiful bespoke wedding VW in the UK.

To start with we needed a completely blank canvas to work with, and hidden in a barn on Beaver Street, San Fernando, California was a totally original 1958 split screen bus. Having been hidden in the barn for 15 years the VW wasn’t going anywhere accept on the back of a lorry, then on a ferry over to the UK……which is when we first met & fell in love with our campervan, who would be the oldest bespoke wedding camper van in the UK!

Pear Tree Weddings already had the fabulous Wilson, a 1960 two tone cream split screen campervan….. so we decided Morris should be in the same colours to co-ordinate perfectly with Wilson. However inside we designed Morris to be a little more plush – with hand crafted, rounded, Champagne unit, a beautifully hand carved Champagne glasses shelf, tiny integral spot lights as well as sumptuous upholstery.

First things first though, Morris’s panels had to be completely hand beaten to ensure they were perfectly smooth, only one panel had to be replaced – and behind that panel the restoration team found a tin of American coins, as well as a distress flare!

By spring 2013 Morris was looking stunning, we had a party to celebrate his arrival, and brides & grooms who had him booked for their weddings came along to meet him! Morris has drawn a lot of attention since, featuring in several national magazine articles! Morris’s first wedding was in April 2013, and since then he has been an incredibly busy chap. And when you do get your day with him……. have a little look at the shelf behind the driver’s seat, you’ll find those American coins have been set in to the wood!

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