Blocking Hotel Rooms

I only have a few out of town guests and would only need like 3 rooms.
How do I go about doing this?

Is this possible?
Do I have to guarentee the rooms will be used?

Hi Jenn,
You just call & say you'd like to block 3 or 4 rooms(they may ask you to block more to get a group rate)usually they hold the rooms at the reduced rate for 30 days prior to your wedding. Nobody gets charged if they don't get booked.

The hotel gave a group rate card with all important info on it. It was really ugly so I only included it in the invites that i knew would need it. I'm sure you could print up something nice if you have time.

Be careful with this...only some hotels are flexible with room block minimums. If you only need 3-4 rooms, they may not grant you a group rate. Also, some hotels will charge your guests a regular rate if less than 10 total rooms end up being booked. Lastly, some larger hotel chains (like Marriott, Hyatt or Sheraton) do require you to be responsible for a percentage of the cost of rooms that are not booked, regardless of whether they are 'released' from the room block 30 days prior.

Ask a lot of questions and call several hotels to be sure that you are getting the best deal. I used the Hampton Inn in Commack for my out of town guests and they were great.

We booked 15 rooms from Radisson, but we were not responsible for anything if guests didn't book them. Good thing, because only 8 rooms were booked! The guests had to book rooms by a certain date, and afterwards they were released to the public again.

We had our printer type up a note explaining this, 'For your convenience, we have reserved a block of rooms at blah, blah, blah' Just be sure to tell them to refer to the Smith and Jone wedding, and call by their response date.