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Out of town guests?

Bonnie&Clyde77Bonnie&Clyde77
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I have been searching the etiquette board for an answer and can't find one! So I have a questions for you ladies...What is proper when you are having a wedding an hour away and your guests are all driving from out of town? We are having our wedding in South Jersey so we have to drive as well as our guests. Do we reserve a hotel block? Do we give guests that are driving (the same amount as us) a gift bag for their hotel room?   Our ceremony is at 330pm on a Sunday so everyone has enough time to get there and still enough time to go home if they choose. We are already paying for the bridal partys suites and rooms..I'm just clueless
Thanks!!
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Re: Out of town guests?

  • dibsontopdibsontop member
    Knottie Warrior 1000 Comments 5 Love Its
    edited December 2011
    None of that is required, but it's all a very nice gesture.

    1) A hotel block is a great idea because it costs you NOTHING.  Essentially, a hotel agrees to hold a certain number of rooms, at a discounted rate, for a predetermined amount of time.  If you think people would like to also come in to town Saturday night, ask the hotel to block some that night as well.

    2) OOT bags are absolutely optional.  They're a newer idea that's becoming very popular.  They can be as simple as a bottle of water and a bag of pretzels in a brown sandwich bag embellished with a ribbon.  And of course the ideas go up from there!  Unless every wedding (in your social circle) you've ever gone to has given them out, there absolutely not required.

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  • miguelhilary2010miguelhilary2010
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    edited December 2011
    Definitely block rooms and make your guests aware that they are available.  Its not going to cost you anything, and its not mandatory for them to get a room.  I had guests who were less than an hour away get rooms because they planned on drinking!

    I saved the hotel bags for a last minute DIY project (mostly because I wanted to see if we had any $$ left in our budget) and ended up nixing it.  The hotel only had like 10 rooms booked as of 3 weeks before the wedding, and 7 of them were for me, DH and our parents!  It wasn't worth the effort for just a handful of people.
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]
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    edited December 2011
    I am facing the same thing. My FI and I are planning on doing a hotel block only. We dont have it in the budget to do the OOT bag idea, but if you are able, it would be a nice gesture.
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