Getting ready at a hotel?

When I was a bridesmaid the ceremony was in a church and all got married in a room at the hotel. I think the MOB had a suite we got ready in. That is common to get ready at the hotel and then drive to the venue. I would just factor out with your HMUA time for everyone to get ready and time to get to your venue on time.

View Quoted Comment That makes sense. I think I’m overthinking because I passed on a venue that had an awesome suite & doing everything in one place seemed easier.

So my bridesmaids (and moms) and I are getting ready in the hotel suite. I have a party bus bringing us to the venue that will then go get my fiancé. I plan on putting on my dress at the venue. I figure if weather is bad or something strange happens on the way there it will be fine. My girls can all decide if they want to change there too. Probably help prevent wrinkles from the shuttle if they wait.

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It is okay to over think ha ha. I did. But if the hotel is a nice place to get ready that is cool. You had your reasons for passing and I am sure your new venue will be awesome.

We’re (except 1) doing hair & makeup at my parents house. Plan on changing into our dresses at the venue so we don’t get wrinkled.

My husband, the groomsmen (4 of them), the bride's man, my dad and one of my husband's other friends who wasn't in the wedding, but was there with them at the time got ready in a hotel room and from the photos it looked pretty cramped. So unless you get a large hotel suite it might be cramped depending on how many people you will have getting ready.

We have the same issue. Our VIP suites were nice but they were definitely smaller and darker than I would have liked, so we booked a room to get ready in. It's only a 9 minute drive

We got ready in a large suite at our hotel block (hair, makeup, and dress) and used a trolley rental company to get to our venue. Our bridal party stopped at another site beforehand to take pictures anyway so the transportation worked out well. My DOC recommended a trolley instead of a limo because I had a large ballgown dress.

I think that getting ready in a hotel sounds like a great idea. I would still get dressed at the venue though. Unless you have a simple sheath dress, wedding dresses and cars can make for some interesting (and uncomfortable) logistics. Plus, as another poster mentioned, the weather may be bad. Or your dress can get wrinkled in the car ride. The bridesmaids dresses to. The actual putting on of the gowns took like 5 minutes (mine took a bit longer because it had a corset on the inside that needed to be done) so you don't need to spend that much time in the smaller bridal suite to get everyone dressed.

Hair and makeup at the hotel sounds like a good idea so you are not cramped and hot. However, I would change at the venue. You don't want everyone's dresses getting wrinkled on the trip over.

So we're getting hair and makeup done at a hotel as well since our bridal suite is pretty small. We'll then be getting dressed at the venue, mostly because it is prettier for pictures than the hotel.

So I'm also getting ready at the hotel and dressed at the venue and I'm wondering what to wear on the way from the hotel to the venue? I can't figure out if you just wear a robe or actual real clothes...

View Quoted Comment Honestly whatever you’re comfortable in. I would personally do a robe. Because it’s what I’ll already have on & I wouldn’t want to change into something else just to change again & potentially mess up hair/makeup.