The vast majority of my family and friends are local and will be coming to my wedding and then driving back home that night.
For the few people coming from out of town, I did set up a block of hotel rooms for them so they could get a discounted rate at a hotel near the wedding. I have maybe 7 rooms of guests staying at that hotel and then maybe 3 friends that are staying at other hotels due to having some type of points thing there.
My questions are:
1. I have seen that some people do gift bags at the hotels for out of town guests. Are these required by ettiquette or are they just a nicety?
2. If I do gift bags, do I just need to do them for the hotel where I set up the block of rooms or am I supposed to drop them off at the other hotels as well?
3. Would it be considered poor ettiquette not to have a shuttle back to the hotel for after the reception? My feelings on this one is that 90+% of the guests are going to be driving themselves home and it doesn't seem worth the hassle to set up a shuttle for the few people staying at the hotel. If I'm out of line, just let me know on this one.