New Orleans Wedding Traditions
A second line is New Orleans' signature wedding send-off: the couple and their guests follow a brass band through a few blocks of the French Quarter or Uptown, waving handkerchiefs and dancing behind the horns before the real party begins. It's one of the most purely New Orleans things a couple can add to a wedding day, and it comes with a logistics question most other weddings never face — what happens to everyone's cars, and their shoes, once the parade ends.
MSY Limo Service handles the piece the band doesn't: staging a vehicle at the second line's starting point, following at a respectful distance for guests who'd rather ride than walk the whole route, and waiting at the end point to take the wedding party onward to the reception without anyone changing out of parade mode in a parking garage.
We work routes starting at French Quarter hotels and churches, Garden District venues, and City Park's Pavilion of the Two Sisters, coordinating directly with the couple's chosen brass band so the parade and the vehicles move as one plan rather than two separate schedules.
A natural reception-night follow-up once the parade reaches the Marigny's live music clubs.
Many routes start or end at a Quarter hotel's doorstep, with the vehicle ready either way.
St. Charles Avenue second lines often end at a private reception venue nearby.
A shorter lagoon-side second line before guests transfer onward.
A short ride from most French Quarter parade routes for an after-party.
Wherever the night continues, your chauffeur is already positioned to take you there.
A second line isn't a quick walk from Point A to Point B — it winds, it pauses for photos, and brass bands play for the crowd as much as the couple, which means the timeline is genuinely unpredictable even with a planned route. That unpredictability is exactly why we book these as hourly, as-directed service rather than a fixed point-to-point transfer: your chauffeur stays with the plan and adjusts as the parade actually unfolds, not as a schedule assumed it would.
Guests in dress shoes and formal wear often want to join the parade for a few blocks and then ride the rest of the way, especially on a hot afternoon or a longer route. A shuttle vehicle trailing the second line gives them that option without anyone standing on a curb trying to flag a rideshare mid-parade.
Most couples book their second line through the same brass bands that play funerals, festivals and parades year-round, and those bands have their own sense of pacing and preferred routes through the Quarter or Uptown. We talk directly with the band leader or your wedding planner ahead of time so the staging vehicle and the band's starting point match exactly, down to which corner and which side of the street.
At the route's end, your chauffeur is already positioned, so the transition from second line to reception doesn't require anyone to backtrack for a car left blocks away at the ceremony site.
French Quarter routes typically run from a Royal or Chartres Street church or hotel toward a Frenchmen Street or Bourbon Street reception, a route your chauffeur knows block by block, including which streets close for other events on a given Saturday. Garden District and Uptown couples often route along St. Charles Avenue under the oak canopy, a genuinely scenic backdrop for both the parade and the trailing vehicle.
City Park weddings at the Pavilion of the Two Sisters sometimes add a shorter second line around the lagoons before guests transfer by vehicle to a reception elsewhere in the city — a combination we coordinate as a single wedding-day booking.
Business sedan
Up to 3 · solo executives and couples
First-class sedan
Up to 3 · VIP and executive travel
Premium SUV
Up to 6 · families and small groups with luggage
Luxury SUV
Up to 6 · airport runs with beach or golf luggage
Executive van
Up to 14 · wedding parties, corporate teams and groups
Limousine
Up to 8 · proms, weddings and celebrations
From a sedan for one executive to a Sprinter for a wedding party, MSY Limo Service matches the vehicle to the trip: airport car service for Second Line Wedding Transportation, corporate black car service, wedding and prom limo service, and hourly chauffeur hire.
Every booking for Second Line Wedding Transportation comes with a written quote, a licensed and background-checked chauffeur, and a commercially insured vehicle.
Yes. We stage a vehicle at the route's starting point and can trail the parade at a respectful distance for guests who want to ride rather than walk the whole route.
We speak directly with your band leader or wedding planner ahead of time to match staging locations and timing to their planned route.
Hourly, as-directed service is almost always the better fit, since a parade's actual pace and length can vary from the planned route.
Yes. Your chauffeur is positioned at the route's end point and ready to continue directly to your reception venue.
It's quoted hourly based on your wedding party size and vehicle choice, confirmed before you book. Call (877) 609-1919 for an exact quote.
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