is everyone blocking rooms?

Junebride62108 Posted: Feb 18, 2008 07:52 PM

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Jenise we're not..the places we looked into said we needed a min of 10..i was upset about it but we are just letting people know verbally and giving them the hotel's info if they want to do this

ILOVEBRIAN2008 Posted: Feb 18, 2008 07:54 PM

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Posted by Junebride62108

Jenise we're not..the places we looked into said we needed a min of 10..i was upset about it but we are just letting people know verbally and giving them the hotel's info if they want to do this

oh thats a good idea..i think ill call tomorrow to see if i need a guarentee and if i dont ill block them off...otherwise ill just send info on a few surrounding hotels

Luvbsb4eva Posted: Feb 18, 2008 08:02 PM

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Date twin... you should definately call tomorrow or do it soon, our weekend might be busy... look how many date twins we have! If you're thinking about it, you should... you don't want everything to be booked up!

angl2001 Posted: Feb 18, 2008 08:03 PM

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i did for oot guest and the BP so they dont have to drive home!

Tori9299 Posted: Feb 18, 2008 08:13 PM

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I will block them, it's a holiday weekend.

kimandvin Posted: Feb 19, 2008 12:28 AM

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yes both of our families are .. our RH is 45 minutes from my house on LI and they are all from Queens

Annoulak Posted: Feb 19, 2008 01:21 AM

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FH and I spent most of the day looking at hotels for our OOT guests...2 of the 3 hotels we went to allowed us to reserve a bunch of rooms, and if they don't all get booked by a certain date, we can cancel and not be charged.

So, we did this at both hotels since they each offer something slightly different (e.g., lower rate but no free breakfast and no free parking vs. higher rate but free breakfast and free parking). We also saw a cheaper motel, but the manager wasn't there to speak to about a better rate.

This way, we'll be able to offer our guests a choice of where they want to stay, and let them figure out what's best for their budget.

ilovehimso1029 Posted: Feb 23, 2008 05:24 PM

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I think Wingate Inn by Wyndam provides a free shuttle to & from Larkfield if you book 10 rooms. I'm not sure if I'm using them because they are a lil far from the hall, etc!

msflesch Posted: Feb 23, 2008 05:45 PM

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we did, the hyatt is right by our RH plus we have few OOT guests and we new our BP would want to stay over and we wanted to do a brunch the next day at the hotel.

kimandvin Posted: Feb 23, 2008 06:29 PM

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yes.. we kind of have the same stituation. but we are all blocking rooms.. noone wants to go driving home the night of and we are doing bruncht he next morning!

JoeJo Posted: Feb 23, 2008 06:30 PM

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I didnt block off any rooms bc since it was aholidy weekend it was hard to even find any hotels not booked...Ones i called i had to guarantee 10 rooms in order to block them...So i just gave all the info to my friends and family and they have to book on there own if they want a room..there is only one hotel close by that actually has available rooms!!!

Munchkn16 Posted: Feb 23, 2008 06:58 PM

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we are for 3 reasons: 1) discount for groups and 2) lots of out of town guests 3) wedding is at night on a holiday weekend.

if your guests are mostly locals you might ot need a block.

Shelly9697 Posted: Feb 23, 2008 07:12 PM

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we did too!!

LauraD419 Posted: Feb 23, 2008 08:20 PM

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We blocked because we have a lot of OOTers. However, a lot of people who live locally have been telling us they are going to stay over so they don't have to worry about not drinking. I would feel people out and block if you see it necessary.

ac1101 Posted: Feb 23, 2008 08:51 PM

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I have not done this yet
how far in advance do you have to do this? Do you have to go to the hotels to talk to someone or can you do it over the phone?

lookitscassie Posted: Feb 23, 2008 09:02 PM

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im not. most of my bridal party live in lindenhurst where the hall is. and we dont have any out of town guests

lovebear7800 Posted: Feb 23, 2008 10:25 PM

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i blocked room for oot guests only.

Cutechef729 Posted: Feb 23, 2008 10:28 PM

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I would do it, like someone said for the bridal party and sometimes you get to stay in the honeymoon suite for free if you block enough rooms. I would definitely consider it since you're getting married on a really popular date/weekend. It will guarantee that your guests will have some place to stay if they decide.