Accommodation Plans for Guests?

Hmmm... well we got 10 rooms set aside for guests on a 1st come first serve basis but if I had been in your situation I might have

a) given the invitations and details early enough for them to book somewhere in the area

b) given a list of hotels. B&Bs etc in the area for them to try.

infact regardless of which - do it early!!

All of our guests who have to travel had their invitations with a local hotel and b&b list 3 months before the wedding

and I've left them to get on with it lol hth!

Our venue is in the middle of nowhere too with no accomm. so we put details of 5 hotels in the invite which are all near my parents house. The bus is leaving from the main hotel to take them all to the venue and back

Our venue has rooms allocated and if guests want them, then they can book them.

If I was you, give them a list of local hotels, b&b's and let them sort it out themselves.

We are getting married at a hotel were there will more than likely be more than just our wedding going on so I am adding the telephone number onto the STD's for the guests to book their own room if they want to...it's not really out in the middle of nowhere but they still have to travel a good bit to it so they option is there and that is all the organising for guests I am doing ?

Hi

i would say just give them phone numbers and let them sort it out themselves. i say this as when we booked our venue it only had a few rooms and we started booking rooms for people which turned out to be a nightmare. unfortunately our venue went bump and when we booked the new one we just gave people the number to book rooms themselves

We have pretty much the same situation as you in that our venue is out of town - and the added problem that other than a handful no guests live anywhere nearby!

We have arranged a block booking of 25 rooms at the hotel we are staying at in town and allocated them to the wedding party and close family and friends. I allocated them all and advised guest names to the hotel but had the guests call and pay their deposits themselves. 25 was the maximum we could book and we allocated them all before we send the invites out.

For other guests we suggested on the info sheet 2 B&Bs in town - I called these and pre-warned them that they may get a few calls for that weekend but did no more than that. I also listed the tel and web address of the tourist office incase they were full (which apparently happened very quickly!). I haven't had any calls asking for more info yet but guess I may do nearer the time.

The hotel and B&Bs we suggested are all walking distance of each other as we are arranging coaches back after the reception to drop people off at the main hotel and others can walk to the B&Bs that way.

FWIW I don't think you are thinking about this too early. We booked our hotel last April for this July and were surprised how quickly places filled up. Many of the B&Bs I wanted to suggest were already full in Feb when I called to check so had to find others.

Good luck - hope this helps.

BTW - I didn't get an email from you about Suffolk suggestions, can you give me your email address and I'll send them over. In the meantime have you looked at www.bemybride.co.uk? Might be a help.

Hi

We too are getting married where there is no accomodation...I will be sending details of local hotels and bnbs to guest that are travelling from afar...let them get on withit is my moto..you'll have enough to worry about without organising everyones accom..

Thanks guys very helpful as usual! I have now made up my mind that:

• It isn't too early to be sorting this out (more of a reassurance for H2B!)
• It is OK to list some suggestions and let the guests get on with it! But I will probably do this earlier rather than wait for invites (I need a wedding website!)
• But I might try to be more involved making sure the bridal party are in the same place / close together
• I also want people to stay in a similar area because the taxi situation can be a bit hit & miss (apparently) and I want to provide transport
• Also that means if people want to get together for a post wedding drink up (reception finishes at 12am) they can

I just need to figure out whether I direct people towards staying in Sudbury or Lavenham!!!!

And thanks for that website Laura_Lee - I did come across it when looking for cakemakers but its nice to know that it is helpful? Will have more of a look tonight!

Laura_Lee - wasn't sure how to email you but you can get me at: ***************@**********.*** - please, please, please - I need some local knowledge help!

? all!

Hi,

I would give the info and let them sort it out for themselves.

We block booked the hotel opposite to our venue for all the family and half of them have said that they're not going to even stay over. Then had all our friends asking if they could stay there. Very stressful and something I could of done without.

Our venue was also in the middle of nowhere with no accommodation, although we were about 10-15 mins taxi drive to the city centre.

We blocked booked rooms at a discounted rate at the hotel H & I would be staying at, and reserved several of those in advance for family. We then just put details of local travelodges/B&Bs etc on our wedding website. We sent our invitations out 3 months in advance which gave plenty of time for people to book.

Our venue has 14 rooms plus the Bridal Suite, and we get priority for reserving those rooms up until something like 6 months before our wedding. We will probably need all of them so we've split them between my family and his and said there are 7 rooms each, for the more immediate family and/or close friends if they want one.

With everyone else, we are going to send out nearby B&B, hotel and taxi firm details on the info sheets with our invitations. That way they can sort it themselves - I think this is probably the easiest way.

Hi Amethyst - I am getting married in Suffolk too. Where are you getting married? I did a list of accomodation options that went out with our invites for Lavenham, Sudbury and Long Melford. Happy to share it with you. Mail me if you want it.

Yes please! That is the area I am getting married in! Where are you getting married? Not sure how to mail you but my email address is: ***************@**********.***

Thank you!!!

Same here although only 8 rooms including 2 bridal suites (only one wedding a day) we've given the other bridal suite to my CBM as it's her 1st anniversary the day we get married and split the other 6 between our immediate family.

I'm sending out details on local b&b's and hotels with invitations for the rest. I think that's enough, I don't want to get in to arranging people accomodation, most are from the same county and are all capable of sorting themselves.