Accommodating long distance guests

No, you are not responsible for their lodging or feeding them outside of the reception. If you would like to host a brunch or something similar the day after the wedding to say thank you to your guests, that would be really kind of you, but it’s definitely not required. We’re having a slight destination wedding in Wyoming. All of my FHs family is from Florida and they plan on renting a big AirBnb cabin together and splitting the costs and making a vacation out of it.

I don't think you're responsible for covering the cost of lodging for your guests, but I would keep in mind that they may not want to stay 4-5 days. They may only stay 1 or 2, in which case if you've rented the cabins for that long, you'll have to cover the extra days if no one is there.

View Quoted Comment Thank you for your response. I couldn't get off that fence of do I have to rent out the campground and pay for it or do they pay their own cabins. That's what I was hoping they would do is make a vacation out of it because who wants to travel far for just a day or two.

View Quoted Comment Thank you for your response. I think in the announcement letter I'll ask for feedback from key guests and see how long they may plan to stay.

I agree with Theresa. You are not responsible for covering the cost of lodging, but you'd also want to make sure that there are some cabins available without a nightly minimum. Some guests may not want to stay for more than one night. A strategy to consider if you really want people to stay for at least 2 nights is hosting a welcome party the night before your wedding. My cousin did this for a destination wedding and almost everyone stayed an extra night because we all wanted to partake in the pre-wedding events.