Parking costs on website?

psiloveyouu · February 2015

The hotel where we have our room block charges $3 per hour (up to $18 per day) for parking.

I've asked if we can pay this in advance for our guests and was told we could not as it is added to their room charge.

Is it inappropriate to include parking costs on the hotel page of our wedding website? I just want everyone to be fully aware of all charges prior to booking.

marie2785 · February 2015

As a guest, I'd appreciate this information under the details in the website, unless it's obvious on the hotel link. E.G. "We secured a reduced rate for our guests staying at XYZ hotel. If you use the PSILOVEYOU room block, the rate is $92 a night, and parking is $3 an hour or $18 a day".

This could change my choice on hotels if a nearby one has free parking.

Cookie Pusher · February 2015

We put the parking rate on our accommodations card and our wedding website. Our venue had free parking but cars had to be off property by 10pm, so we had the shuttle pickup/drop off at the hotel so guests could park their cars there if they knew they were going to drink a lot and/or wanted to go on the bar crawl with us. The city has very little free parking and our hotel offered the cheapest parking rate. You'd have to leave the city where we got married to get free parking.

blabla89 · February 2015

marie2785 said:

As a guest, I'd appreciate this information under the details in the website, unless it's obvious on the hotel link. E.G. "We secured a reduced rate for our guests staying at XYZ hotel. If you use the PSILOVEYOU room block, the rate is $92 a night, and parking is $3 an hour or $18 a day".

This could change my choice on hotels if a nearby one has free parking.

This. It's definitely not inappropriate to list the cost, and as a guest, I would definitely appreciate knowing this information before booking.

photokitty · February 2015

Is your reception at the hotel? What about guests who don't stay overnight? Can you pay for them? I would make it clear to them that they will have to pay to park during the wedding.

Personally, I would be frustrated to pay to park to attend the reception, but I would not be upset if I was staying overnight and it was part of my bill.

I would include other parking suggestion for guests who are not staying overnight.

flantastic · February 2015

I added the parking rate to our website primarily because we had negotiated a lower parking rate for our guests as part of our room block. I wanted to make sure they knew what the cost was supposed to be so no one got screwed out of it. But I think it would be helpful info in any case.

psiloveyouu · February 2015

photokitty said:
Is your reception at the hotel? What about guests who don't stay overnight? Can you pay for them? I would make it clear to them that they will have to pay to park during the wedding.

Personally, I would be frustrated to pay to park to attend the reception, but I would not be upset if I was staying overnight and it was part of my bill.

I would include other parking suggestion for guests who are not staying overnight.

Our ceremony/reception is at another location less than a mile from the hotel, and we will be paying for everyone's parking there in advance.

The hotel is just for OOT guests or guests who would like to stay close to the action.

I don't believe there is any free parking nearby in the area - we are getting married in downtown Tampa in a very busy area, otherwise I would totally be sure to let guests know.

photokitty · February 2015

If you are paying for everyone's parking at the ceremony/reception I think you re good.

I would just put the parking info on the website. I would not be surprised if I had to pay for parking at the hotel and and would not expect the B&G to cover it.

knottie9c5ed33df4bbd226 · February 2015

I would like to know; my cousin got married downtown Chicago in a high rise and we weren't told anything about parking so when we got there we had to pay for it. My dad was like, whatever, but I think we would have liked to know ahead of time.

cj3561 · February 2015

I agree with wanting to know ahead of time - I attended a wedding last year that had room blocks at a (still) very pricey hotel. I then found out parking was $20/day (we stayed 2) and on top of it we had to pay for transportation to the wedding venue. I was most certainly irked.

The worst part of it was that they did provide info to book a cheaper hotel, but it was 45 mins away from the venue, so I went with the more expensive one that was 10-15 mins away. When we pulled up to said hotel, there was literally a HoJo, Holiday Inn and one other CHEAP hotel back to back with ours. All of my friends made comments to eachother that we all wish we knew there was a plethora of cheap places literally RIGHT THERE.

Jen4948 · February 2015

Well, I'd prefer to not have to pay for parking, but as the next best way of dealing with it, I think that letting people know about parking charges up front is the best course of action.

psiloveyouu · February 2015

All of the hotels in the vicinity of my venue charge for parking, being that it's downtown in a college area (a lot of tourists/out of towners=city charges for everything).

As an alternative, I could also look into setting up a room block at a hotel that offers free parking, but then it would be around 25 minutes away and not likely to offer the shuttle service this hotel does.

photokitty · February 2015

psiloveyouu said:
All of the hotels in the vicinity of my venue charge for parking, being that it's downtown in a college area (a lot of tourists/out of towners=city charges for everything).

As an alternative, I could also look into setting up a room block at a hotel that offers free parking, but then it would be around 25 minutes away and not likely to offer the shuttle service this hotel does.

I would happily pay 18 in parking to have access to a shuttle. Way cheaper than a taxi or dui ~ not that I know personally!

Just list it on your website and your good. I listed the block rate on the website so people knew before they booked. I'd just put: king room $199, two double room $189, parking $18 per day. Then they know.

SP29 · February 2015

If you get a block at the hotel 25mins away that also creates the issue of getting to/from the wedding venue. Either people need a DD or they will pay for a taxi anyway.

Your guests are also not required to stay at the hotel you've got the block at. If they find the price too steep they can google other hotels in the area. It's not the B&G's responsibility to let guests know of every hotel around.

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