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, I saw roaches and holes in the walls. When I visited another, it was clean and nice, but they won't hold rooms. They'll just give a first-come, first-served discount code. Other hotels are $300 a night.
The only other affordable options are to book rooms 15-50 miles away and ask guests to drive into the city during rush hour traffic, as I'm getting married on a Friday afternoon.
My sister says to book the expensive rooms along with the el cheapo rooms and let the guests decide what they want to do. Is it rude to ask guests to drive a long distance after having flown in for the wedding? Conversely, is the selection of a hotel a reflection on the taste of the bride?
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Weddings by Shayna
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Feb 22, 2008, 10:51 PM
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Providing your guests with the information and resources they need to make their own financial and comfort decisions reflects on the bride far more than the actual hotel selection. Book rooms at the different levels - choosing the safest and cleanest of the local, lower-end ones as well as a comparable option farther afield (along with whichever local, convenient and higher end hotel you recommend). Provide access to information (for example, on a personal wedding website) that will clarify these choices for your guests so they may make their own informed choices. You will be acting considerately without making judgment calls that are theirs to make. Shayna Walker, Williamsburg Wedding Design http://www.williamsburgweddingdesign.com
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Feb 23, 2008, 4:16 PM
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I agree. Just provide all of the info for your guests so they may decide. Plus, unfortunately you may have quite a few who won't be able to attend due to the day of the week. So, please be prepared. Rebecca Black, Etiquette Now
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