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JessAndTrav

Ok, wtf. That must have been a glitch before.

I TAKE AWAY YOUR 1/2 POINT!

That's okay, someone quoted you. Here it is!

As a Long Island/Bklyn bride getting married out of state I already dealt with the quintessential mother's woes. For example: "Who will you get to do your hair; they won't know how to do hair like they do in NY" and "ugh the food will be bad!", oh and the best "you won't make your money back from the wedding if people are paying for hotels..." this brings me to my current dilemma.

 I chose to have the wedding in Newport RI in the fall of 2011 (by the way my mother talks you would think I'd say Kentucky or something). I decided this because I wanted to go someplace with awesome fall foliage that was someplace everyone could drive to and most of all, keep the whole party contained in the same area for the whole weekend. I wanted the weekend wedding experience with activities, etc throughout the entire duration.  Though, with keeping up with this theme, I want everyone to stay at the same hotel. I understand that I can't ask everyone to shell out for the best hotels in the area which range from 300-500/night. Though, I did find a nice hotel, on the beach, that will have rooms for a little over 200/night. My mom thinks that I should offer a cheaper hotel option but all the hotels/ b&bs in the area are about 200-300/night with the exception of a Best Western. If people want to stay at a Best Western-fine, but I don't want to put this option on my wedding website or block rooms there. I want to choose one hotel to block rooms because, ideally, I do want everyone in the same place.

My mom is also worried that I will not get a decent wedding gift from people if they have to shell out a lot for a hotel. While I'd normally get $300 per couple, she says I may only get like $100. Would someone really come to a wedding and only give me $50 or $100 for them and their guest?  Opinions please!

NuggetBrain

For the record, I only called you a horrible twatwaffle after you spazzed out and started taking shots at people's clothing, hair and intelligence.  Prior to that I just thought you were...let's call it "misguided".  Which I guess translates to "only kind of a little bit of a twatwaffle."