Wedding Out Of State?

We had our wedding in Massachusetts. We live in Maryland, and guests were coming from as far away as the southern tip of Mexico. We actually rented a house where everyone could stay the night before the wedding and the wedding night. However, if that's not in your budget, it's certainly not required. Just recognize and be understanding about the fact that some relatives may not be able to attend due to distance and cost.

We live in Massachusetts. Were getting married in Connecticut. FH is from Mississippi. We booked 2 different room blocks so it will help guests save some money and theyll have places of where to stay

We also had our wedding in Massachusetts, but live in Pennsylvania. Mass is where we both grew up though, so it worked out with both sets of parents and all the siblings except my sister being local, plus my uncle and one set of grandparents. A lot of our high school friends are also in the Mass area, and most who don't live in the area have parents who do, so we actually had a better turnout than I was expecting. I did a room block so guests got the group rate and told everyone in advance when they needed to book by. Hubby's 2 best men drove up from PA and shared a hotel room, we had another group who wanted a cheaper hotel so they stayed somewhere else. This wasn't planned, but because we had a lot of friends who'd driven so far, we texted some of them really late at night and decided to all go out together for breakfast the next day. Unfortunately IHOP doesn't take reservations, even when it's for 30 people, so we had to wait an hour, but it was a good time anyway.

Our wedding will be in Napa CA. We currently live in Chicago and guests will be coming from a few different states along the east coast. We are providing guests with hotel suggestions but we will not be contributing any money towards their accommodations. We will be planning 1-2 events with everyone while we are out there prior to the wedding to make it seem like they didn't go all of the way out there to just see us for a little bit at the ceremony and reception.

We live in London but are getting married in my home state (Wyoming) which is out of state for FHs family as well (New York)

We are block booking hotels and B&Bs and some family will be putting people up.

I Guess I am opposite, We live in Utah but nobody else does so everyone who is invited has to make some hotel and campsite reservations. We have people coming in from all over the place, Washington, Idaho, Georgia, Japan, California and some other places I think. We are going to block off rooms at some hotels, but the nice thing is that our venue has a deal with the Hampton Inn that is in town for a nice discount on the rooms making them about $80 a night. other than that My cousin already booked her campsite at a near by park for her to stay at while they are here.

You could block out rooms in local hotels so people have an idea of where to stay. Send them the information on a Save the Date or as an insert with your invitations. I'm having an out of state wedding and the local visitor's center is giving me welcome booklets for my guests to see what's around the area, maybe you could do something like that too since they will be in town likely a few days and will have things to do!

We live in Massachusetts and our wedding is in Austin, Tx. We have a room block for 2 nights (most will make it a mini vacation), transportation to and from the wedding (came with the room block), and anyone that is interested and is already in town can come to our rehearsal lunch.

We live in the southern US and got married in Key West. We had 24 guests and everyone had to travel - half of them from overseas. We got a hotel room block, paid for transportation to and from Church and the dinner reception and got to spend a lot of time with our guests. Ease the costs where you can if you can. If not, I agree with the premise that you'll just have to accept that some of your guests may not be able to attend. Good luck and congratulations!

We're stationed in Norfolk, VA and having our wedding back in Chicago, where I'm from. Tyler's family is from Michigan, with some relatives living as far as Minnesota. But, being military, we have friends all over the country & the world. We sent Save the Dates 9 months early to let people know of the upcoming date & the location, so they could start to make travel plans. We're putting up a hotel block to give them discounted room rates as well.

Expect that people won't be able to make it. We've only sent out STDs and are already getting word back from some people that they won't be able to come. If the venue means more to you then the security of having all your guests attend, then go for it. But, if it's going to upset you when a family member can't make it, reconsider. After all, you're going to remember who was there for your wedding more than you'll care about where the ceremony took place.

Thanks for the help ladies, I think I'm going to approach both families and ask if they'd be willing to travel that far, as my family being there is DEFINITELY more important than my venue. If the majority seems good with it then blocking off room sounds like a plan!

I know my wedding is about four hours away and all my guests are going to be staying at a hotel near the venue. I am getting married in my husbands hometown so his guests don't need hotel rooms but some of them are getting them as well just to avoid having to drive home that night.

And if you are getting a room block, give http://grouptravel.org a try. My best friend used them and told me about them. I got a room block done in one day. Mine is still over a year away, but we already have three people booking rooms at the hotel.... As I get more stuff done on my checklist, I am getting more excited (and scared....).

We are getting married in Texas (where I'm from), but we live in Nebraska where he is from. We reserved a block of rooms at the hotels closest to the venue, but that was really all we can afford to do... We decided that once we had a final head count for Texas we would have a reception type thing back in Nebraska for those who weren't able to make it all the way to Texas.

My fiance and i live in Seattle, but our wedding will be taking place in New York where my immediate family is. But the majority of our guests will have to travel to get there. It won't be in our budget to pay for a hotel for everyone or to rent an estate or anything, but we will be blocking rooms at a couple different hotels that is ten minutes away from the airport and our venue. Maybe we will pay a portion of it if we can, but if not, then no.

We will definitely be making "welcome bags" for overnight guests with different travel stuff they might need, maps and brochures too.