Selecting hotels for wedding guests

I have the random luck of having decided to wed during the city's busiest convention season. Every single halfway decent/$200 and under hotel in downtown Chicago and surrounding suburbs is completely booked.

Lower end hotels are available for about $170 a night, but when I did site visits to one,.... [Read more]

Including hotel and directions in wedding invitation

I would like to include in my wedding invitation information regarding hotels in the area, directions to the church, directions from the church to the reception hall, and a map of the general area.(Many of our guests are from out of town.) Is it tacky to include this on a separate type-written note.... [Read more]

Letting guests know about lodging options in the wedding invitation

We will be having an outdoor ceremony & reception BOTH at my Father's house on 40 beautiful acres. This is a semi-formal event. However most of the guests will be driving 3 hours. It is a fairly small & spread out town. When talking to a couple people about the drive & lodging options a.... [Read more]

Bride won't pay for wedding party's lodging

I am the maid of honor in a destination wedding being held outside the country. I have looked through many wedding etiquette websites, and they all say that the hotel rooms for the members of the wedding party should be paid for by the bride and groom (or their parents). However the bride has not.... [Read more]

Hotel rooms for guests

Our daughter reserved a block of hotel rooms near the wedding ceremony and reception site for out of town guests. Ten rooms were reserved for the wedding party for both Friday (rehearsal) and Saturday (ceremony) nights. Additional rooms were reserved for Saturday night for other guests..... [Read more]