FI and I reserved a block of rooms and rented a shuttle to transport our guests to and from all events. Our wedding is 6/30 and RSVPs are due 5/30, but we've already had an overwhelming amount of guests RSVP to use transportation. I called the hotel to add more rooms to our block, but learned the hotel is completely sold out of rooms for the night, so we cannot add any more. There is still a large number of guests who do not have a room (including the MOH and my grandmother).
There are no other hotels this town. My dad thinks these guests are SOL (sorry out of luck) and they should have made accommodation arrangements sooner. I feel we offered rooms with transportation, and it is rude to not provide it to so many guests. Since the wedding at the beach the weekend before July 4th, most other hotels are completely full.
There is a motel with rooms available, but the reviews online are horrible. Also, there is another town (at the beach) with several hotels scattered. Each has a few rooms, so guests would have to stay at different places. The shuttle would stop at one hotel and everyone would have to meet there. Both options are in the opposite direction of the original hotel, and we probably do not have money to rent another shuttle, so it would leave guests waiting.
I am so frustrated with this whole thing. I realize it is poor planning on our part (although my parents thought we got too many rooms originally, and the hotel thought they would not sell out). I feel like I am not getting any help with this from FI or my family. Sorry for the long post, but any suggestions would be great!
