Questions about invitations

Kmgreen2 · December 2009

Hi all, my name is Kristen and I am getting married in July. I was wondering two things. First-I am going to have a hotel block at at least one hotel, is it tacky to write out how much the discounted rate is for the hotel? Like for example-A block of rooms have been reserved for our guests at the Holiday Inn Express for $85 on July 30 and 31st. If I don't write it on the invite how will they know?

Second-I am having pocketfold invites and there won't be an inner envelope. Do I just write everybody who is invited on the outer envelope?

TIA
Kristen

tlv204 · December 2009

1. I don't think that's tacky, but it might look a little nicer just to say "mention the smith/jones wedding when booking your room for a discounted rate," then maybe put the actual rate on your wedding website. As far as the "how will they know?" thing, they'll call the hotel and ask. Not too hard.

2. Yes. Or if you want to I've seen people write the names on the pocketfold itself as if it is the envelope.

SwedishChick2011 · December 2009

I wouldn't put the price on the invitation. Your guests will know to call the hotel and ask. Putting the names of everyone invited on the outer envelope is fine. That's what we did since we didn't use inner envelopes either.

cengle · December 2009

I wouldn't put it on the actual invitation. We had an Information type card as an insert with the invitations that listed the hotel, the address, and phone number. We also referenced our website on the bottom of that card, and our website gave the more detailed information. I'm not sure if we actually put the rate on there or not, but we made sure to state that they needed to reference the wedding when booking the room. Good luck!

TurtlesAllTheWayDown · December 2009

I put the rate on my STDs because they're, well, STDs. They're more informal postcards. I won't be putting in on an insert in the invitations.

I said something like:

Rooms for our guests are being reserved at the following hotel:

Hotel Name
Address
City, State, ZIP
Phone Number

Please reference the first name/last name wedding block, RES ID: ###### to obtain the discounted rate of $x per night.

If you aren't having STDs or already sent them, I guess that doesn't help. If you have a wedding website, you can put it there.

But like PP said, guests can find out themselves.

I'm not having inner envelopes (I don't think), so yes, putting everyone's name on the outter envelope who is invited is what you need to do.

simply.me · December 2009

I was also thinking of blocking/pricing several hotels in the area in different price ranges so that guests could hopefully find a price point that works with their budget. I would say the website is best for this.

And perhaps tell key family members (mom,etc) in case someone who's not to tech savvy wants to know?

Kmgreen2 · December 2009

Thanks ladies! that's a good idea about putting our wedding website on the accomadations card in the pocketfold, that way they could have the hotel address on the card, and then look at the wedding website for more info.

opalsky007 · December 2009

I put the price on our info card--many of my older family members don't have computers, so a website would have been totally useless to them. Everyone seemed appreciative of the info.

BecW2be · December 2009

I had a little insert that gave information on things wedding-related, like parking, hotels and stuff. It was separate from my invitation, but went in the pocket with it.

mwhitson14 · December 2009

I wouldn't put the price. Even if they are not tech savvy and don't use the website, when they call the hotel to book they can ask, or I almost always tell the guest the discounted rate. Also, guests need to CALL the hotel to book, and don't need to try and book online, because then they won't get the discounted rate and you won't know they're staying there, if you're doing OOT baskets.

janedoe1113a · December 2009

I put the price of the hotel on the accomodations card.

squirrly · December 2009

I put the rate on the Accommodations insert. I wanted them to know for planning purposes, and just in case whomever answers the phone at the hotel doesn't look it up right or isn't as awesome as Whit, they'll know if they're getting hosed.

opalsky007 · December 2009

Yeah, Whit, I know the hotel should always have the correct rate when you call, and so on.

The reason I included the rate on ours was that FMIL was being all weird and wanted to distribute a list of every hotel in the city and their rates, for family to be able to choose where they wanted to stay. I freaked, because we'd already reserved a block, and didn't want her encouraging people to stay elsewhere. So I included the rate to show people it was affordable and that they needn't look elsewhere.

But really, to each their own--I don't think it's bad etiquette to include the rate. I don't like mentioning money when possible, but felt it would be helpful to my guests.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown · December 2009

Se, mine is a little on the high side (great deal for the hotel and area, but I'm not sure the guests from Iowa will feel that way), so I figured I'd list it so they can decide if they even want to bother with it, or if they want to book something else without wasting time calling.

mwhitson14 · December 2009

Yeah, talking money with guests is the only reason I said don't list it. Ha, just a weird thing for me.

tenofcups4me · December 2009

1. I put the price info on our accommodations card and I'm glad I did since several people were quoted the wrong price when they called to reserve. If I hadn't put the info, no one ever would have known they were being overcharged.

2. Yes, just put all the names on the outer.

jbll326 · December 2009

We're putting the discounted rate on the Accommodations insert. We have blocks at a few different hotels and want our guests to easily be able to tell which one is the appropriate price for them without having to call 3 hotels. My feeling is that the easier you can make it for your guests, the better. There's only so much redirecting to the wedding website that you can do without people being annoyed by it.

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