Entry fees at the venue???

Can you work with the park to have vouchers available? Tell them in advance how many cars you expect, and pay the fees in advance?

Typically your guest will just tell the ranger at the gate that they are there for the last name and last name wedding. Be prepared to pay before the event, however, even if the number of people you pay for don't show up.

Ask if you can pay up front for your guests and leave a guest list with whomever collects the entrance fee so they can verify the guests are paid for.

When I was a volunteer with an organization that did camping in state parks, we would tell the parks that anyone coming in that says they are with us to just mark them down and we would pay it at the end.

I agree with almost a Mr's. Maybe trying to get the passes or voucher before hand may be a bit much as you won't know who's coming until you get back your RSVPs so then that's an added cost to mail them the passes.

You could have a guest list at the door if they would allow, where you would have paid for your guests prior to the day.

I have the same situation only for our rehearsal dinner. We are staying at a cabin but didn't want the family to pay the park entry fee. I called and their event person told me what they do is a deal where I would provide a clip board where people sign in before entering the park and after the event, the park bills me for the number of cars entered. Just got this info from them on Friday. It's a state park. Yours should have some sort of deal like that.

I have been to weddings at venues with entrance fees typically paid at a gate house. We just told the attendant we were there for the lastname wedding and they gave us a parking pass like they usually do. I had the invitation handy in case they asked to see it, but I wasn't asked. I'm sure the hosts gave them a guest count and paid all at once. You can also have a guest list and have them check off names as people arrive, paying for them in advance.

Can you work it out to cover it?

Thanks for all the wonderful suggestions!!

When we go visit the park this week I will make sure to ask if any of these options will work!

I like the idea of paying ahead of time and leaving a list with the park attendant and having my guests just mention the wedding. Hopefully that will work!

Oh wow, I'm so jealous, we love Palo Duro!!! We were going to get married at Bastrop State Park, and our plan with the rangers was to give them a list of guests, have them check in at the gate, and then pay afterwards. I'm sure they will work out a similar situation for you!

Oh, and don't forget to include your vendors in your list!

I am so glad this is what this post was about. I saw the headline and thought you were going to say "we want to charge an entry fee for our wedding" and I was just going to read the comments all day long.

But alas, you are a reasonable bride and an excellent hostess....

The list and pay after is a good suggestion as well!! And thanks for reminding me about the vendors! I currently have them in our "guest list" so that I don't forget them in the count, but since we haven't actually hired anyone yet I just have them listed as "photographer" and "officiant" and whatnot. But once we actually make the hires I'll get their names and how many people each will actually have with them.

Haha sorry Chrises, wish I could've provided you with some entertainment. I thought for a minute when I posted the thread that some people might think that, which is why I added "at the venue," but I couldn't think of a way to word it that would make it completely obvious ha.

My venue is an Arboretum so we are going to have to do something similar. I plan on hiring someone or getting one of my wonderful family members to stand out front with an envelope full of prepurchased parking passes. The venue was nice enough to say that they would refund us for any unused ones we had leftover when the wedding is over though, which is awesome. They had also said that some people just buy the parking passes early and mail them with the invites, but I feel like that could get pretty wasteful, and people might forget them.