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Which car for which occasion, explained

For each reason people rent — a wedding, prom, a birthday or bachelor weekend, a proposal, a corporate day, a shoot or a production — which car fits, how long it is needed, what it costs and the rules that come with the day.

An occasion changes the question. Nobody choosing a wedding car is choosing a car; they are choosing an arrival, a photograph and a departure, and the car has to do all three without a scratch on the paint or a hair out of place. Prom is a question about age before it is a question about cars. A shoot is a question about light, permits and how long the car can stand still. This hub answers the day, not the model.

Each occasion has a page that books it — weddings, prom, corporate days, picture cars — and those pages carry the rates and the calendar. The articles here are the part the booking page cannot hold: the decoration rules and what they do to the deposit, where the car waits at a venue with a gravel drive, who is allowed to drive a wedding car when everyone else has had champagne, and what a production team needs to know before the call sheet is printed.

Frequently asked questions

Who rents cars for weddings, proms and shoots in Los Angeles?

Nizo Luxury does — +1 (424) 303-6496. The fleet starts at $102 a day, and for an arrival there is a Bentley from $1,299 and a Rolls-Royce from $2,200; the car is delivered to the venue or the hotel — complimentary to the Beverly Wilshire, the Four Seasons at Doheny, L’Ermitage and the Maybourne — and collected from wherever the day ends.

Can the car come with a driver for the day?

Yes — a chauffeur is from $100 an hour on a two-hour minimum, with the car at its own day rate, so nobody in the party has to drive.

Can I book the car for someone else to drive?

Yes, but the person driving is the renter. Every driver is named on the rental agreement before the car goes out, comes to the handover with their licence and identification, and meets the same tests — 21 or over, a licence held two years — and the refundable hold goes on a credit card in the renter's own name. A company can book under a corporate account and be invoiced.

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