Traveling Bridal Party

I paid for lodging for my wedding party. I booked both floors of a bed & breakfast.

We got married in Scranton, Pennsylvania and our bridal party consisted of people from several different states including California, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania (about 2 hours from where our wedding was). We didn't pay for any of their accommodations nor did they expect us to. We got married at a hotel so they automatically blocked off so many rooms at a special discounted rate so we provided that information to all of our guests including our bridal party. Some people choose to stay at the hotel where our wedding was, some stayed at other hotels, some rented Airbnbs, and others drove back home to either New Jersey or Pennsylvania since it was about 1.5-2 hour drive and they didn't want to pay to stay overnight anywhere. I think accommodations are something the bridal party knows in advance they are going to be expected to cover. The only exception I would say is if you are specifically telling them where they need to stay. If that's the case then I would say you'd be responsible for covering that cost.

We got married where we live but I would say 98% of our guest list had to get a hotel for at least one night. We let everyone handle accommodations on their own.

We are having a destination wedding where every guest and member of the wedding party will have to travel (I live in St. Louis, FH lives in Chicago, my family is in Iowa, his in Illinois, and we have friends in states from the East Coast to the West Coast- so we decided if some people would have to travel, we might as well have our wedding someplace cool and have everybody travel!) We will not be paying for anybody’s accommodations other than our own. We will be getting married at a hotel, so we have rooms blocked off for us at a discounted rate, which they can take advantage of. Because we are having a destination wedding, we will be more accommodating to our guests than if we weren’t though- we will be leaving welcome bags in everybody’s hotel rooms, the first evening there we will be having a welcome dinner for everybody; rehearsal dinner will just be for parents, siblings, and the wedding party (because it was pointed out if we had everybody to the rehearsal dinner, our wedding reception would just feel like a repeat of the night before), but we will be doing a local drinking tour after the rehearsal dinner to which everybody will be invited (and we will be paying for their tickets). Of course we will be hosting the reception dinner and bar after the wedding. And the morning after the wedding, we will be hosting a brunch.

I was a Bridesmaid able the night before the room at the hotel was covered and we all stayed. The next night myself and the MOH split the cost of a room.

My fiance and I are doing a semi destination wedding in our state, where everyone has to travel at least 2 hours (though most people will have to travel more), and some people are flying in from around the country. Before we postponed, we had setup a room block as an option, but everyone was on their own for booking accommodations for themselves. I hadn't thought about booking an Airbnb for wedding party - now that we postponed to 2022, I might look into this! Great idea!

We got married a little over an put away from where we live. Our bridal party stayed together in an Airbnb.

We got married in Colorado so 8/9 bridesmaids had to fly there and over 50% of our guests. We didn't pay for anyone's hotel rooms but we all stayed in the same blocked hotel. We had two blocked hotel so guests could have a cheaper option if needed. If I was a bridesmaid, I'd be fine staying in an airbnb as long a there was adequate beds/bathrooms and my husband was also staying there.

View Quoted Comment Yeah that makes a lot of sense. We have been communicating with the bridal party about options and those with a SO are planning on getting their own set ups while the single ones want to get a AirBnb so we can all hang out and party to celebrate. I figured it’s not a bad idea either because we all kid of get ready together anyways

View Quoted Comment Sorry to hear about the postponed wedding! Glad y’all got a date, definitely tough getting one with what the world is going through right now but glad this idea helped with your bridal party accommodations. It’s definitely something I think would be the easiest!