Activity for Shannon

So our wedding is not at a hotel but there are hotels near by. Most of my family won’t be getting a hotel, but my friends and his family will be. Pros and cons of hotel blocks? I’m not sure I understand them?

So, we’re very non traditional and my MIL can be. She doesn’t think we should get married by my BIL (the officiant). She has a problem with “online licenses”. She also doesn’t want it to be a short ceremony, and I do. I’m Irish, and he’s Portuguese....