Westcountry Wedding Awards 2012 Best Wedding Transport

Here are our Award Winning testimonials!

Absolutley fantastic service, Lola was beautiful and made our wedding day special but fun and unique

Excellent service, the VW van was a highlight for us and many of our guests.

Strawberry leisure were absolutely amazing!!! Lola made our wedding so special and made us feel like real celebrities for the day! Bob the driver was so friendly and took us for a ride through St Ives town centre. All our guests commented on how fantastic Lola was and friends who see pictures of our wedding are amazed too! So pleased we booked Lola and would like to thank Bob and Kate for their excellent
service, I would highly recommend!

This company went out of their way to make my daughters wedding a day to remember, they were very professional and any request carried out without any problem our driver was absolutly fantastic. If i knew any other couples
getting married in Cornwall i would highly recomend them

Bob and Kate at Strawberry Leisure were absolutely amazing we could not fault their service – everything was perfect, right down to the finest of details. We hired their VW Camper ‘Lola’ and all of our guests commented on how gorgeous it was and the pictures – WOW. I have already recommended them and my friends are using Strawberry leisure for their wedding cars.

Strawberry Leisure made our special day so perfect.  Their driver was fantastic, very friendly, helpful and wanting to do his very best for us by driving us to various locations for photographs and being patient whilst she featured in all of our photographs.  Lily certainly stole the show and enthralled the guests but I really didn’t mind being upstaged by
her!  A unique, personal and totally professional service.

Fantastic professional service from  the actual booking through to the actual wedding day. Top notch.

Superb luxury service at an affordable price, delivered with poise and humour.

They made our day extra special and made all our guests smile.

Having “Lola” as a guest on our wedding day was just the icing on the cake! She was in so many of our photographs and everyone loved her.

Strawberry leisure were a dream to deal with. They gave a very professional service, offered excellent value for money & the vehicle they delivered (Lola) went way beyond our expectations. They managed to make our special day that little extra bit perfect.

Bob is a wonderful guy and most importantly he turned up on our wedding Day! He was on time and dressed so smartly and was a very pleasant chap. Lily, the van we chose is just beautiful and you can see the love, attention to
detail, time and effort that Bob has put into her when restoring her.  Lily was a real treat for us .

Excellent service, the VW van was a highlight for us and many of our guests.

Absolutely incredible VW campervan lola made our day – the highlight of it all! Bob and Kate were amazing, we will never forget the brillant service they gave us!

We dealt with Bob and he was so incredibly friendly and helped us arrange everything we wanted. We were so pleased that he was our chauffeur as it felt that we already knew him by the time it got to our wedding day. He was a fantastic chauffer. Lulu our camper van was amazing all our guests loved it. We are so pleased that we found Strawberry Leisure and they were part of our wedding.

Absolutely brilliant service and very unique experience!  Would recommend to anyone!  Wished we could keep the van! Thanks for all you did x

This slightly zany form of transport gave an unique flavour to this Cornish wedding.The whole village and the tourists seemed to join in with the celebations. The vehicle, decked with its pink ribbbons, was difficult to miss! Bob, dressed in his formal chaffeur attire completed the picture! As we do not live in Cornwall, we were pleased with the helpful input from the company with our advance planning, other aspects of the wedding and their enthusiasm throughout. A great service. Thank you.

We can not thank Strawberry Leisure enough for making our day so special! The service was so professional, but yet so personal. I would definitely use Strawberry Leisure again and would recommend them to anyone!

It’s official… ”UK’s crème of the crop wedding transport company”

We were extremely honoured and proud to have learned yesterday, 7th December 2011, that we have been awarded with unarguably a most treasured accolade by highly respected, Essex based Dossier Weddings.

This is how we found out…

“Dear Bob and Kate! As one of our favoured suppliers we have enclosed our Seal of Approval which is given only to handpicked quality suppliers on our site. Seal of Approval means that you are not only reputable and favoured but considered to be crème of the crop! This e-mail gives you the right to use our seal of approval on any of your marketing and web pages. Addy Ademakinwa, Features Editor, Dossier Weddings”

What Dossier Weddings say about us…

“Strawberry Leisure will make an indelible impression on you. Their striking Volkswagen vehicles undoubtedly turn heads, but that’s only part of what makes this company so exceptional. From beginning to end, Strawberry Leisure consistently display unparalleled professionalism – it is apparent that quality, value, originality and customer satisfaction are strong values of theirs. For a wedding experience that’s second to none, choose Strawberry Leisure.”

About Dossier Weddings…

Dossier Weddings provide a high quality wedding directory, where carefully selected and reputable suppliers can be browsed. A unique approach is adopted for sourcing and listing Dossier Weddings’ suppliers, who are carefully considered and scrutinised before they are approved. As a result, only those of the highest calibre will feature in the directory.

This is a tremendous feather in Cornwall’s wedding industry cap. Our sincere thanks goes to our wonderful team of chauffeurs; Alan, Brett, Steff and Bob, not forgetting of course, our gorgeous celebrities; Lola, Lulu and Lily xx

Following our outright win last year we made it to the finals again this year!

 Just in from the Westcountry Wedding Awards 2013 – the wonderful comments made by our lovely couples. Thank you  all so very much for voting for us.

Following our outright win last year, we’re so proud to be the only Cornish wedding transport company at the finals for 2013.

First Our Wedding Vow (Mission Statement) – which the judges compare with the testimonials 

Through exemplary vehicle standards, originality, professionalism, attention to detail, thoughtful and attentive showmanship make wedding transport and exciting, fun and truly memorable feature of the day for the entire wedding party. 

Chauffeur Bob with wife Kate at the awards.

Here they are…

By far, travelling around in Lily the beautiful campervan was one of my favourite memories of my wedding day. Bob our chauffeur was such a considerate gentleman and a real credit to strawberry leisure. He maintained such a calm and confident manner despite our rather late arrival at church, which helped me feel totally at ease as I walked into the church. Our driving adventure to Chapel Porth and the reception that we (and Lily the campervan) received from the beach was second to none, we felt like royalty. I believe that this company and their beautifully restored campervan really contributed to making my wedding day the most happy and special day of my life

Strawberry Leisure are amazing. I booked Lulu (red camper). Bob (the driver) made me and my bridesmaids feel so relaxed on the day — he’s friendly, good fun and did a brilliant job. It set the tone for the whole day and I’d tell anyone getting married in Cornwall to book with Strawberry Leisure.  

We booked Lola after seeing her at a wedding fair and she made the day, the guests loved her and the service from Bob our chauffer was outstanding he obviously loves his job and is so friendly he will put any nervous bride and groom at ease.  The campervans are amazing and so well looked after Lola made our wedding photos and she features heavily in our wedding album, the service and quality of the campervans at Strawberry Leisure are faultless and I would recommend it to anyone.

We had lily and Lola for our wedding day, bob and his team we complete stars. The vans were such a hit with our guests who loved them and what a wonderful way to travel on your wedding day. Both vans were beautifully decorated and maintained and all of the little extras made all the difference. We had our wedding in Cornwall but live in Portsmouth and bob’s excellent communication made it easy for us to arrange the transport from such a distance.  A plus service from a company who actually care

Did any thing to make our day perfect. Bob out driver was brilliant!!

The VW’s were absolutely stunning and decorated to our colour scheme amazingly. The service provided was outstanding and they made our wedding exactly how we wanted

Fantastic service from Bob and Kate and Chauffeur Steff and beautiful VW Lola! Could not have asked for more! Well Done Strawberry Leisure!

Amazing value for money, outstanding friendly service. Made our day so special and done all we had asked for and more. Their campers are amazing and drew so much attention to our wedding everybody commented – big thanks to Bob and Kate for creating such a wonderful business, which contributed and created a magical day! And also the amazing chauffeurs they hire – they created an exciting but calming atmosphere.

The service provided by Strawberry Leisure was first class from the time we first made an enquiry to the fantastic blog that was written after our wedding day. Bob was an absolutely brilliant chauffeur and Lola was immaculate and charming on the day. We would recommend Strawberry Leisure without a moment’s thought, because they helped make our wedding day really special.

Fantastic service, great people, nothing is too much trouble!

From the moment we booked nothing was too much trouble, everything they promised the did and more, on the day the service was amazing, professional and personal all at the same time, not to mention turned out to perfection, the driver and Lola very happy customers

From the moment we saw Lola we new we had to have her as our wedding transport as VW’s are very dear to my now husband. Bob & Kate were very friendly and gave us a great price. Their communication with us was fab and made sure everything was in place before hand so we didn’t have to give it a second thought. The driver on the day was extremely prompt and kind, looked very smart and got me to the venue in good time. So many people were impressed with the transport and were never discouraged from having a good look round! The attention to detail was second to none. We could not have asked for more and would highly recommend Strawberry Leisure Wonderful personal commitment to our wedding, calm helpful, couldn’t do more. The blog after was also a real personal touch. Stunning camper van! Xx

Bob and Steff were great fun and we loved every minute of our journeys to and from the church. 

Great fun, beautiful cars and excellent service. My husband was thrilled – as it was a surprise for him on our big day, a great team who looked after us very well.

Amazing service, fabulous attention to detail. Listened to everything we wanted. Made our day perfect.

 

Thursday 25th April 2013 and a lovely ‘Thank You’ card arrived from Sarah and Diana. It reads…

Dear Bob,

We just wanted to say a huge thank you for making our day so so memorable. We had a truly amazing time and want to do it all over again. 

You were a star.

Love & best wishes

Sarah and Diana x

 

Wednesday evening 11th April and we have just received this lovely email from Ian and Lesley…

Thank you for making our day so so special. Lily was amazing and the service was first class from Lily and Steff. The weather was beautiful and lily looked lovely in it! Thanks again for making our wedding day so perfect. We would not hesitate in recommending you  Love Mr and Mrs McNulty xx
Ps looking for an excuse to hire lily again  The photo’s you have taken Steff are fantastic

This message just popped onto my Blackberry from Debbie and Andy’s whose wedding we did in Lily on the 23rd March 2013…

Hi Bob,

I can’t thank you enough for making my wedding day amazing.  Lily was so beautiful and everyone loved her.  I really enjoyed having her and you were amazing and really lovely.  Thank you so much. I will send you my pictures of us and Lily when Tony sends them.

Can you please e-mail the pictures you took.

Thanks so much you really made our day, the sun came out and surf was huge and we saw that in Lily, with Beach Boys, Amazing!! It’s what I dreamed of and you made it real. So mind blowing.

Thanks Love, Debbie and Andy

 

 

Last week two thoughful cards arrived in the post..

Lucy and Stuart’s wedding on 6th October 2012 with Lily at Tregenna Castle, St Ives.

You can read and see lots of pictures about Lucy and Stuart’s fab day on our Wedding Blog page – their blog is entitled “ Lily drives bride and groom to Madness around St Ives!” (all blogs are filed in chronological order).

To Bob & Kate,

Thank you so much for making our day extra special!

Lily was beautiful & your service was amazing!

From Lucy and Stuart Parry x

Claire and Tim’s wedding on 20th October 2012 with Lola at St Colan Church, Nr Quintrell Downs.

You can read and see lots of pictures about Claire and Tim’s fab day on our Wedding Blog page – their blog is entitled “ Has anyone seen the organist?” (all blogs are filed in chronological order).

Dear Bob, Kate, Steff + of course Lola!!

Well what can I say… we had an absolutely fantastic day + was so glad we picked Strawberry Leisure to provide our wedding transport. From start to finish Steff was brilliant, Lola was beautiful and the service exceptional. Nothing was too much trouble – we could not have asked for more! Dad (who is indeed one cool guy) thoroughly enjoyed the pre-wedding chugg around Newquay in Lola + Tim and I loved sipping our champagne through the rag top!! We have some fantastic photos + memories and it was lovely to come back from our honeymoon to see us on the Blog – (with Harold the Helicopter – well done Steff, fab photo!). So a huge thank you + keep up the great work!

All our love, Claire + Tim Morath xx 

10th October 2012 and we have received this wonderful ‘Thank You’ card from Lindsey and Bradley.

You can read and see lots of pictures about their fab day on Saturday 1st September 2012 on our Wedding Blog page – their blog is entitled ” Ferry Good Wedding – Keep Calm and Camper On” (all blogs are filed in chronological order).

Dear Bob and Kate,

Thank you so much for being such a professional! You were calm through a hectic morning, we would never have known how late we were running. “You were amazing”.

All our love, Lindsey, Bradley and all the bridesmaids xxxx

19th Septemeber and we have just received this lovely little message from Rebecca and Lee…

Just wanted to say a massive thank you for making our day so special. Our drivers Steff and Brett we’re brilliant and couldn’t have asked for anything more, they really created a lovely atmosphere. The write-up is amazing. Infact, is brought a tear to my eye – would recommend Strawberry Leisure 1 million percent. The cars are truly eye catchers and draw a lot of attention. Thanks for the photos you took – they’re lovely and again thanks for contributing to our magical day, Rebecca & Lee x

You can read and see more about Rebecca and Lee’s adventurous day on Saturday 15th September 2012, by going to our Wedding Blog (Blogs are filed sequentially in chronological order).

On Monday 3rd September, we received this lovely card from Kate and Ian…

You can read and see more about Kate and Ian’s fabulous day on Friday June 22nd 2012, by going to our Wedding Blog entitled “A Wedding Fiesta in Crantock for Camperfans and Midgets” (blogs are filed in chronological order)

To Bob and Kate,

We want to say a huge thank you for making our wedding day so special. It really was the best day of our lives. Everyone adored Lola and we are still receiving compliments about how great she is.

This is our favourite wedding photo and I’m sure you can see why.

Strawberry Leisure really did make our dreams come true.

Thank you so much, all our love.

Kate + Ian Chaffey xxx

Tuesday 21st August 2012 - a beautiful email has just arrived from Cheryl and Ross

Wednesday 1st August 2012 and a lovely email has just arrived from Helen and Colin 

Dear Bob & Kate

 

A Cosmopolitan wedding day thank you received on the 30th June 2012 

Suzy Cox, Deputy Editor of Cosmopolitan Magazine, chose our radiant glamorous celebrity, Lulu for her St Ives wedding on 26^th May this year. You can read more about Suzy’s and Christian’s fabulous day on our wedding blog.

A few days ago however a beautiful ‘Thank You’ card arrived along with some lovely, professionally taken pictures by David McNeil Photography…

The card reads…

Dear Lulu, Kate + Bob, Thank you so much for making our wedding day so memorable. From the second me and my bridesmaids got in Lulu and Bob turned up the 60’s tunes, all my nerves disappeared and I didn’t stop smiling all day. The drive around the harbour + Fore Street had Christian worried, but it was so much fun. Plus the Leis went down a storm – the dads wore them to do their speeches and people had them on at breakfast the next day! Thank you! Suzy + Christian

Saturday 30th June and a lovely email arrived from Kathryn and John upon returning from their Honeymoon…

Sunday June 10th and we have again been inundated with lovely comments and testimonials from happy couples, parents and bridesmaids following a very busy few days. We’ll do our best to update them progressively but here’s one that’s just arrived via email this evening…

Hello, I was one of the bridesmaids (her sister) at Kathryn’s wedding on Friday. I just wanted to say how fantastic it was to be in the camper van going through Falmouth. Eden (my son) was raving to everyone how ‘awesome’ it was. Your service was amazing. I have never experienced anything like it and will be telling everyone about it for a long time.
Thank you

Just one of many fun pictures from Kathryn and John’s wedding on Friday 8th June

It’s Wednesday 30th May and already we have been inundated with thank you’s and lovely messages from the weddings we did over the weekend…

Suzy and Christian’s wedding with Lulu on Saturday 26th May 2012

Chauffeur Bob caught up with Suzy’s dad, Nigel, on Monday (28th May). Nigel wanted to express his sincere thanks, delight and enjoyment from the day.

 

You can read and see more about their day through our ‘latest news blog’ on this website!

Jo and Chris’s wedding on Monday 28th May

Yesterday morning (Tuesday 29th May), we received a lovely phone call from Jo’s mum, Pearl.

Pearl said she can’t thank us enough for making Jo and Chris’s day so special and explained how much everyone had enjoyed having Lola there. Pearl went on to say that Lola really was the icing on the cake!

You can read and see more about their day through our ‘latest news blog’ on this website!

Jo and James’s wedding on Sunday 27th May 2012

The following email was received this morning (30th May 2012)

Hi bob. Thank you for making our wedding truly memorable. Lola almost upstaged the bride and was the most talked about part of the wedding. Our guests loved her and all wanted their picture taking with her. We’re sure she’ll be one of the enduring memories of the day. We just need to think of another occasion to borrow her now. Thanks again. James and Jo

You can read and see more about their day through our ‘latest news blog’ on this website!

Email and facebook comments from Jazmin and Antony on their incredible day with all three of our gorgeous girls on May 5th 2012

“Thank you so much for making our wedding day so special. We will share some photos with you as we have some gorgeous ones of the campers! They were fantastic and may I add that the chauffeurs were so friendly and helpful.

It was amazing…. The campers made everyone’s day! I absolutely love the blog on your website! Brought a tear to my eye! Again…. Ha ha! Xxx”

You can read and see more about their day through our ‘latest news blog’ on this website! 

Just arrived is a lovely message from Natasha and Stephen following their wedding involving Lola on March 8th 2012…

Hi Bob, We would just like to say a really big thankyou for you and Lola being part of our wedding day, it was an amazing day and we had some fantastic pictures too. The ride with Lola was great. The picture you put up on your web site of us with Lola infront of Carbis bay hotel was a lovely picture, it really captured the moment. We’ve got some more that we would like to send you from Pervaiz, so when we get the ordered ones we will email them across. Hope everythings ok with you all. Many thanks again.

All the best, Steve and Tash Veasey

Here is the fab photo Tash and Steve were referring to…

A wonderful ‘Thank You’ card arrived today (3rd March 2012) from Kirsty and Dan’s wedding back in May last year…

It reads:

Lily – The most beautiful wedding car ever!

To Bob and Kate, We would like to say a big thank you to you both for providing us with wonderful, wonderful Lily!

Bob, you were so fantastic on the day, and you looked so super and were so professional you made us all feel wonderful! We cannot thank you enough for turning up and getting us all to the church on time! Lily is just exquisite and there are very few words to describe her! She fitted in so well with our “beside the seaside” theme and the detail you have put into her is just amazing. When you are sat in the back sipping on your champagne, she just makes you feel so special and yet so cool! It all really is a memory we will never forget! Our wedding day really was the best day of our lives! We both had so much fun and we have the most amazing memories. Thank you so much for turning up and making our day so special!

Love Kirsty and Dan xx

  

Natalie and Ross’s wedding at Perranzabuloe Church, Penhallow on 27th August 2011

Received yesterday (10th December) a fab ‘Thank You’ card from Natalie and Ross featuring Lola and Lulu!

“To Bob and all at Strawberry Leisure - A little note to show our appreciation to you for such an amazing sevice – the vans made our day! Love Ross and Natalie XX”

 Nicola and Darran’s wedding on Friday 2nd December 2011

Another lovely card arrived this morning (8th December) from Nicola and Darran…

” Dear Bob & Kate, Just a little card to say a ‘BIG THANK YOU’ for your fantastic services on Friday – we had the most amazing day and it got off to the best start possible with Lola! We’ve bought the Michael Buble Christmas Album and it will always remind us of our time with Lola! With Love Nicola, Darran, Finley and Daniel”

You can read more about Nicola and Darran’s fab day on our latest news blog.

Joy and Adam’s wedding on Saturday 19th November 2011

“Hi Bob and Kate,  Thank you so much for Lily and her driver on our wedding day.  We had a lovely day and the van really was the icing on the
cake.  I will most definitely send you a photo when we get our professional ones through from Christian Michael.  Thank you once again!  Joy and Adam (aka Mr & Mrs Martin) x”

Photo’s to follow.

Annie and Tom’s wedding in Lola

The first day of December got off to a great start with a lovely ’Thank You’ card arriving in the post from Annie and Tom…

To Bob and Kate, Thank you for your lovely car Lola which we used on our wedding day 10th September 2011. It was a great van to use, something a bit different and very clean and tidy, in an amazing condition. Alan was a great driver, very patient and very willing to hang around and to take us where ever we wanted to go. Many thanks. Annie + Tom Miller 

Ed and Julia’s lovely comments after seeing Lola and Chauffeur Bob on National TV

Hi, my wife and I were watching 4 in a bed this week and who should be on the show? Lola!  We married at st winwaloe in gunwalloe in may of 2009 and had Lola as our wedding car.What a lovely surprise to see you and Lola in the show and brought back some lovely memories to us.  We thought it would be nice to take the opportunity to say thanks again for the wonderful journey in Lola on our special day, nothing else would have compared to what we had.Hope you and yours are all well and wish you all the best for your business (plus we’re jealous of your passion being your work too! Haha!) Take care, Ed and Julia Edwards

Lulu and Lola, stars of Four in a Bed attracting the crowds in St Ives

Emma and Daniel’s wedding at Pendennis Castle on Saturday 18th June 2011:

Today, 5th November, we received this lovely testimonial and set of pictures from Emma and Daniel…

 “Thank you so much to everyone at strawberry leisure!! You truly made our day special back in June by letting us hire Lola! She is fantastic and really made our day unique! We loved having Lola as our wedding car and I think all our guests were just as impressed with her!  Thank you so
much!! Emma and Daniel Burrows”

Annie and Tom’s Wedding on September 10th 2011, at St John The Baptist Church, Pendeen 

Chauffeur Alan was in attendance with Lola for Annie and Tom’s day and we have just received this testimonial and snaps from Annie’s mum and dad Sally and Eric…

“Dear Kate and Bob, we are finally getting round to sorting our photos but here are a few of Annie and Tom’s special day with Lola. (we have lots). Everyone was so impressed with Lola, your sevice was excellent. Our very best wishes, Sally and Eric.”

We may have some professional pictures taken on the day ny Kirstin Prisk soon to add.