Night before accommodations?

You could rent a house and invite the girls to stay if they choose, but I wouldn't expect them to ditch their spouses or dates to stay with you.

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No, I don't at all! I've spoken to a few of the girls who said they'd like to do this. The town we're getting married in is having a football game that weekend so hotel prices are surging $300-$400/night. This was just a more inexpensive route to take. There are nice Airbnb's for $600 for two nights that accommodate 11 people. Of course they're welcome to do as they please!

We are having to travel for our wedding as well so my bridesmaids and I got a hotel room to share and FH will stay at his Dads house. As far as spouses my brother in law has his own hotel room at the same hotel as us that he will stay in that night with the baby and my sister can go back and forth between the room as she wishes.

Most of our bridal party is from out of town. They all will have their own hotels. I will be staying at my FH and I's house the night of and his family is getting an Air B-N-B, so he will staying with them! The morning of, all the ladies will be coming over to the house for hair/makeup!

I’m going to stay with my parents, and he is going to stay at our apartment. The bridesmaids/groomsmen will be with their spouses/SO

I almost made a post just like this earlier! Following for ideas.

I don’t think it’d be weird as long as there’s enough space for every couple to have their own room! For my friend’s wedding, the whole wedding party got an Airbnb near the venue. The couple stayed with us for the night before the wedding since they lived about 45 minutes from the venue. No one was obligated to stay at the Airbnb, but the couple paid for it and invited us to, and we all took them up on it.

I shared a room with the other solo member of the bridal party (the wedding was across the country and my partner couldn’t come with me). My friend’s sister had her own room, my friend’s now-wife’s brother and his wife had a room, and the two other members of the party (who happened to be dating each other) shared a room. There wasn’t anything awkward about it—we actually all had a ton of fun together! Especially after the reception—we had a midnight gas station run for more drinks and hung out on the back porch of the Airbnb for a few more hours. It was a really great experience for us!

There's a string of hotels just 5 minutes down the road from our venue. So, I'm thinking we'll get rooms there for the night before. I think we'll be able to get in to our venue to decorate the day before, then we can have the rehearsal there, and then after the rehearsal dinner, everyone can go to the hotels down the street for the night. Just about everyone in the wedding party is local, but they all live near me, which is about an hour from the venue. So, they can choose to stay at home the night before, and just drive out the morning of, but we'll also have some hotel blocks so they can get a good rate if they decide to get a room.

For me, I'm still on the fence. I will get a room for FH to get ready in, and a separate one for me to get ready. At first I was thinking we would spend the night before separately, but the closer it gets, the more I don't want to spend the night without him. So, we'll see..........

My MOH stayed with me and honestly I wish I had spent the night alone to decompress and just enjoy some quiet.

I am planning to stay in the wedding night hotel room we have the night before, with him staying at our house. It’ll be much easier for getting ready since all my bridesmaids will be staying in close by hotels and the hotel gave us a deal on their largest room they have. It’ll have plenty of room for all the women to get ready.

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My FH and I didn't plan on spending the night before our wedding together. There are only a handful of members in the bridal party that are in relationships. The part that I thought would be weird is one guy staying with an entire house of us girls or vice versa. Luckily, the ones that are in a relationship or married, graduated from High School with us so we know their SO very well. I don't think it would be weird for their girlfriend to stay with us, as we've vacationed together many times.

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Even though we live together, I'd like to spend the night before separately. I think it will build up the anticipation. lol

We haven't 110% decided yet, but I think I'll be staying in the hotel the night prior, and he'll be staying at our apartment.

I do like the idea of the two houses!

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If we lived closer, we'd totally do this for financial purposes but we're the closest to the town we're getting married in and that's still an hour and a half drive. We don't get access to the venue until 8:00am the morning of so it'll be crunch time when we wake up. I'm low key a control freak so you better believe I'll be in the middle of it all. Yes, I know it's my wedding day and I need to relax but I'm the "It can't be screwed up if I do it myself" kind of person. lol Also with us doing the florals ourselves, I'll want to make sure everything is placed where I want it.

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Haha I don't blame you! I'm usually pretty laid back, but I feel like you can never be too prepared for a wedding. I've seen so many people say to not worry about the details, and while I'm not really going to stress too much over them, that doesn't mean I'm not going to spend a ton of time on them. Like, it relaxes me to have control over things lol.

I have a day-of coordinator that will be doing the setup along with the rest of the venue staff, but we're doing everything at one place (getting ready, ceremony, cocktail hour, reception, pictures), so I'll be able to poke around and make sure everything looks good!

My husband and I lived together prior to getting married too. We didn't have to travel too far for our wedding though. But, I just stayed in the hotel him and I were staying in the night after our wedding for the night before. My MOH and I stayed there the night before the wedding and my husband stayed at our house.

I think your idea is great and will work out well! Maybe the plus ones can either get their own hotel rooms for that night, maybe the guys that know each other can share a room to save on costs? Or they can stay in the house with your husband and his groomsmen.

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Yes, this was my thought too!! We could just do hotels but with the prices surging due to the game, I was trying to find a more inexpensive alternative. I don't want to make my wedding party pay $600+ for two nights at a hotel!

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Well I don't blame you there. That is a lot of money for a hotel for 2 nights and you don't want your guests to have to pay that. if there's like a basement area that the men could hang out in, you could allow your bridesmaids to bring their dates. It would be awkward for them to be there while you're getting ready though.

My FH and I are spending the night before together because I love the idea of waking up the day of our wedding and getting butterflies when looking at each other knowing that today is the day! We originally thought we would do a big lodge nearby and have our whole wedding party together, but decided not to because that'll cause excitement and a late night which we don't need right before the wedding. We are getting a room just for the two of us and letting our wedding party know of nearby lodges that everyone can either share (the largest one fits up to 16 people and we only have 8 bridesmaids/groomsmen total so they could bring their plus ones as well) and then they can all just split the cost. They'll all need a place for the night of the wedding anyways so whatever they do for the night before is likely what they will do for the night of.