Where we come from
Historically the wedding transport industry has been made up of individuals with a keen interest in their classic
vehicles. Undertaking weddings was a way of funding the maintenance of their classic cars.
Unfortunately, as most of us know, this is not enough to make a living so the majority of wedding car owners need 'a proper job'
to make ends meet.
The net result is there is not always enough time in the week to to maintain and prepare the vehicles, do the marketing and
respond to requests for quotations.
The ever evolving Internet age has brought new pressures to wedding car owners. Some have embraced the new age fully and others maintian a traditional approach
by relying on their reputation whilst their customer base is growing up in a different era.
Neil McCutcheon has worked in small businesses all of his career and when the opportunity came to start something new, he chose the wedding car industry.
In 2011, he started by personally building a Beauford and a prototype online quotation and booking system - he undertook about thirty weddings in his first year.
His objective was to understand the business and evaluate the benefits of automated quotations and booking for the industry.
To Neil the benefits were clear, a system was definitely needed that would enable wedding transport companies to quickly respond to brides and grooms
seeking prices and availability for their wedding transport. It had become equally clear that the ways in which companies charge varies considerably but,
nevertheless, Neil set about developing a system that would cope with most business models and
user's levels of technical ability.
In March 2013, after extensive trials with Neil's own wedding car company (http://www.wedding-car.co), The Yorkshire Wedding Car Company, owned by Paul Scott, began a six month trial of the system during which many
new features and options were developed to meet their needs. The sytem sent out over 1,200 quotes in the six month period
and Paul is now a customer. The Yorkshire Wedding Car Company can be found at
http://www.theyorkshireweddingcarcompany.com.
After another winter of development and testing the system was ready to lauch in March 2014.