July 2012 Weddings

Hotel room rant

My fi family asked me multiple times to get everyone out of the city a hotel room. After I had the offical numbers of the amount of rooms we needed to get we went and spoke to a hotel. They offered us a discount rate for guests and are even going to comp our room because we needed 10 rooms. 

Well after I emailed everyone the special link for the hotel the one person who was asking the most responded and said that the rooms arent big enough for them. That they need 2 king suites! I can understand needing 1 which we reserved but the 2nd room is for their 17yr old daughter. She wants her own room and it just happens to need to be a king of reasons I have NO IDEA why. 

Well because of this another one of FI aunts is backing out of it too. She needs 2 rooms. 2 suites. The suits come with a queen bed and a couch that turns into a queen. They are a party of 6. But because of the other aunt not staying their they dont want to stay their also. and becuase of that FI gma and papa wont be staying their either because org. aunt is their ride up! 

I am beyond annoyed with these people right now! Tomorrow morning FMIL is going to another hotel to find out if they can host us all. if we cant get in there, we need to fill 3 rooms by friday otherwise our room wont be comped. The other hotel we are looking at is also $40 more expensive then this place. Its not like the first hotel is a motel 6 or anything either! 
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Re: Hotel room rant

  • Are you paying for these people to stay there? Normally you set a block up and the guests pay. I went with the least expensive option but made it clear we were not paying. Does the hotel not have extra rooms to add to the block? Most hotels will be happy to add another room to your block for someone willing to reserve it.
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  • Wow... that sounds sooooo stressful!!! I thought my family was hard... I wish people would take into consideration how much their decisions affect the bride and groom. 
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  • If your paying for your family to be there, then they should be grateful for that and take what is given to them.  And if not, it totally sucks that your room won't be comped but that's better than having to find people to fill rooms that you are paying for.  I would call the hotel and ask to put in the extra rooms that people want and tell them to cough up the money.

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  • Dude, if it's not good enough for them, they should have figured something out for themselves instead of having you do it.  And if they wanted specific room specifications, why didn't they tell you in the first place?  You have every right to be mad.

    We went through this too and it drove me nuts until the block expired and I said screw you to the rest of the people contacting me about it basically.

    Are there any friends you could talk to about taking the room?  Like people who might not want to travel after the wedding if they plan on drinking?

    GL Melissa!
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  • My hotel still gave a discount on the suite rooms too, I had to ask for it but they gave it to me...
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  • No i am NOT paying for them. We blocked the 10 rooms. We are getting the discount on the suites too, thats not the problem. The problem is the hotel doesnt have another King suite available that day so getting them the room they want isnt possible. There is only 1 available for the 1 night they would be staying. We have asked everyone from out of town, to in town and nobody needs a room. So hopefully FMIL can work something out with the other hotel this morning. Otherwise they are grown ass adults and if they dont want to be together F them. The whole reason we are doing the block together is because we were able to all be on the same floor so we can all hang out after the wedding. I personally NEVER wanted this hotel room either. I was completly ok with going home and sleeping in my own bed. But now this whole thing has turned into a crazy mess. 
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  • Where are you and the girls getting ready? Could you take that last room to get ready in and have all the girls pitch some money in, or talk to the hotel and work something out?
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  • We are getting ready at the venue, not the hotel room. I dont need a hotel room to get ready.The hotel was strictly for after the wedding.  FMIL just left to go speak with the other hotel. Fingers crossed but like i said this hotel is $40 more without discount so I dont see them getting anywhere near the rate at the other hotel. If she cant then we arent going to bend over backwards for these people and just figure something out. 

    FI is more upset that his family wants to stay elsewhere and not hang out after the wedding. We all did it for his brothers wedding so he was expecting his family to want to do that with us. 
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  • Update from FMIL. She went and spoke to the other hotel and their rooms are the same exact lay out as the other one. So its up to FI family to do with what they want with that information! 
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  • Oh boy Melissa.  Sounds like a load.  I hope they stop being turds and realize you did your best!
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