Hotel Block. Did you remind people?

I have no intention of reminding people, not because I want to be a jerk but because like you said I just can’t be responsible for that. Our RSVPs are due before the hotel cut off to try to get people to book ahead of time and I will follow up if I don’t get an rsvp from someone.

I have a block of 10 rooms, I have no idea how many people used the block. I know a group of my friends went through a different hotel because of work discount. I know one couple used the block. Some people have loyalties to other chains or travel websites so they are on their own.

I did for immediate family or the wedding party, but not for guests. Our save the dates, invites, and website all listed the hotel blocks & cut off dates so I didn't really care after that. I sent out 1 reminder text to wedding party & immediate family a few days before the cut off date.

I did for the wedding party but not for regular guests. Our hotel block deadline is Sept 27th & I receive a bi-weekly email from the coordinator showing who has booked. Today there were 4x ppl from the wedding party (who I believe is staying at the hotel) and I sent them a text with the link & book by Sept. 27th lol.

If you're on the hook for the rooms you blocked, then I'd try to get them filled. If they did a courtesy block for you, then I'd just run through my list and give a heads up to maybe family or bridal party that I know would need a room. Other than that I wouldn't worry about it as you did your part and offered a block in the first place.

I had a destination wedding so I did remind people because I knew everyone would need rooms but I think you don’t need to.

I did. There were people who told us they planned on attending or RSVPed- but hadn't booked a room- so I sent a text. I just let them know we received reminder from hotel- if they wanted to use our negotiated rate book by XX/XX. If they wanted to make other arrangements nbd.

I think people wait for the last minute because I am experiencing that issue as well. In fact just this morning I was talking to my dad over the phone and had to say "Hey dad, book your room!" That being said, I am not reminding everyone but if I happen to be talking to someone who is coming I do mention it.

I was tired of feeling like I was nagging people about it, so I just let it go. We had a room block for almost a year, and most of the rooms got booked the last 2 days of the block. Of course we still had those that said "we tried booking a room but it must've been full" like 3 weeks after the block was closed, but there's always going to be those people.

Did you warn them in advance about the cutoff date? If the information is out there already, it’s not your responsibility (though you are welcome to remind people if you so choose!). If the hotel has a cut off date that wasn’t included in your accommodation issue though, I’d probably go out of my way to alert people, since not everyone knows to expect that. I’d also be more inclined to send a reminder if the whole hotel was at risk of selling out and there aren’t other reasonable options. When our block was filling up we tried to add more rooms and the hotel told us they only had X number of rooms left altogether — so I spread the word to a few people I knew that were planning to stay there so they got on it ASAP! But I knew there was a hotel with availability across the street so I didn’t sweat it too much

I will say we did have a handful of guests that booked our hotel outside of the block as they got a better rate, so, that may happen too.

I had set up a private Facebook group for only people invited to the wedding, so I used that for reminders...about the room block and the RSVPs

I reminded bridal party and immediate family since I knew they would most likely want to. Everyone else I left that to them to remember

I made a Facebook status update (you can set who sees it, so I limited it to invited guests). I also had parents reach out to their friends who we thought may have been interested in booking the room.