Out of Town guests

Russo'sbride Posted: Jul 13, 2004 03:14 PM

Out of Town guests

Is the bride supposed to pay for out of town guests hotel rooms or just reserve them?

lorsin Posted: Jul 13, 2004 03:16 PM

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Just reserve them - I'd go even more broke otherwise!!

We are paying for a couple of rooms as 'tokens of appreciation' (grandma's room, one aunt I'm very close to) but everyone else is on their own.

BlondieBell Posted: Jul 13, 2004 03:23 PM

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No, they are responsible.

Also, check with your reception place, they might work with different hotels in the area and have special rates, transportation for guest at the end of the night - etc.

BCTM33 Posted: Jul 13, 2004 03:55 PM

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OMG!!! If I had to pay for my OOTG's hotel rooms I would be broke for sure. Yuo just block them off (so your guests will get a discount). Make sure to let your guests know where you blocked rooms.

Corduroy94 Posted: Jul 13, 2004 04:07 PM

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Haha - I'm just chuckling b/c someone TOLD me earlier that they'd be offended if they were an OOT guest at my wedding & I didn't pay for their room or at least their airfare!! I dont think the word broke even comes close to describing that!!

I read somehere that there's an old tradition that the bride/groom cover the cost of OOT lodging but it also said that it stems back to when people stayed with relatives & friends in their homes - not in a $130 night hotel!

If you block them off for the discount - maybe at 2 places (for dift. peoples budgets) - you'll be fine.

Janine24 Posted: Jul 13, 2004 06:09 PM

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we just reserved them...

Butterflybride Posted: Jul 13, 2004 07:02 PM

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yeah, thank god for just reserving them, lol. My wedding would be totally unaffordable otherwise (Lots of Florida, Cali, and Puerto Rican guests)

Russo'sbride Posted: Jul 13, 2004 07:10 PM

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How far in advance do I need to reserve room blocks??

janwinterbridejoy Posted: Jul 13, 2004 07:28 PM

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i have been to several out of town weddings and paid for my own room . i think thats pretty much the norm unless your rich

BlondeJD Posted: Jul 13, 2004 07:33 PM

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We're not paying for their hotel rooms, but we're going to fly them all in on FH's plane. Just kidding Over half our guests are OOT, so there's no way I'm paying for it. The most I would offer is to help out if a member of the bridal party needed money for airfare/hotel.

Russo'sbride Posted: Jul 13, 2004 07:38 PM

To Jenniesunshine

Is your reception at the Glen Island harbor Club?? My Fiance`s friend is having their wedding there also June of 2005

BlondeJD Posted: Jul 13, 2004 07:39 PM

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Posted by Russo'sbride

Is your reception at the Glen Island harbor Club?? My Fiance`s friend is having their wedding there also June of 2005

Yep! We're doing the ceremony and reception there. I'm really looking forward to it--the food from our tasting was so great!

bogiedmb41 Posted: Jul 13, 2004 07:59 PM

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We're just reserving them

Pattili Posted: Jul 13, 2004 11:00 PM

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No way, we'd go broke if we had to pay for the rooms. We just reserved a block of rooms (the hotel gave us a nice discount). I'm also going to put little goodie bags in the room.