Wedding Party- Who Stays Where For Night 1 and Night 2?

I'm located in metro Atlanta but my wedding is in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Know your crowd. Don't assume everyone is going to be up for the "slumber party." Traditionally, you don't have to pay for accommodations for BP. It's a nice to do thing, not a must do. If they have family or SO, let them stay together.

Personally, I'm staying with my parents the night before. BP and moms/gmas will be welcome to gather there in the morning.

To my practical experience why don't you go for all inclusive wedding venue? If you go for it, you'll get all these arrangements there without any headache. At the time of my marriage at Houston, we booked House Plantation wedding venue. It was all inclusive wedding venue and there was also proper room arrangements for staying of guests.

Thank you for the advice BecomingMrsOz! I guess I just feel bad about them paying for 2 hotel nights :/ That's not a bad idea to stay with parents. It would be really nice to stay with my mom the night before!

Peter- I did look into venues that were all inclusive, I loved the idea! We weren't able to find a venue that offered this that was best for us, but we did book a wonderful venue with lots of accommodations nearby. Thanks for your help!

We're having a DW. We rented a 7 bedroom house for my fils, my mom, and the bridal party. This might not be the best idea for everyone, but it worked out well for our party. We looked on VRBO.

Therightlane- Ah that's a great idea! I haven't heard of VRBO before, I'll certainly look into that one as well. Did you all stay in the house together both nights? Or did you have different arrangements for the wedding night?

If your wedding party will be traveling with partners who are not part of the wedding party, this can get awkward if you expect everyone to stay together. Don't feel bad about people having to pay for accommodations but do expect some people to not be able to come, that's one of the trade offs with a DW.

MrsFH- You're right about that. Thank you for your help on this one!

I stayed with my best friend the night before- and then we moved my stuff up to our suit after I left- but before groom/bestie left for venue.

Granted he was able to stay at home- but otherwise I'm assuming he would have either shared a room with a friend or slept by himself.

The rest of your bridal party can arrange for their own arrangements.

Thank you for the advice everyone, this helps me out A LOT!!!

I'm actually having a similar dilemma.... FH and I are having a DW-ish wedding (we live in Raleigh, the wedding is 2hrs away at Wrightsville Beach). We want to rent a HUGE beach house to hold the entire wedding party, including their significant others, but I'm having a hard time figuring out how the wedding eve night and actual wedding night will work as far as FH and I. I REALLY don't want him to see me.... Plus, should we just get a hotel for wedding night? Ugh... Decisions.

As far as the BP, we're all pretty close... even with their SOs.... so I'm not worried about having them there.... And everyone was cool about splitting the price of the beach house because it ended up being cheaper than them getting a hotel room for the whole weekend, believe it or not. FH and I are just gonna take care of the deposit and then we'll split the remaining cost between everyone.

I guess maybe try to find a large duplex where you can rent both sides... That way, you and hubby are separated and everyone gets their own room.... That's what we're thinking about doing.... Idk much about Kentucky or if they have those tho.

Sorry, I'm pretty sure I'm no help.... But good luck! haha

Alecia- I'm glad I'm not the only one struggling to figure this out! A large duplex, that's a great idea! I might just look into that. Thanks for the advice!