Wedding Website Wording - Airbnb

To be honest if there are only 4 out of the 12 attending that have to find their own accommodation, I wouldn't even put it on the website as your guests will probably assume they'd have to find their own accommodation anyway and may just be something better to be discussed with them directly.

Though I will say this - are you sure you want 8 other people staying with you pre/post wedding?

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It's just tough because the ceremony and reception are going to be held at the rental property. Just 4 people won't be able to stay... But I want them to be able to come back and have all meals and fun with us. It's going to be a low-key long-weekend wedding celebration. Me and the hubbs have an entire wing to ourselves, we want everyone to stay with us who can.

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Are you at all able to change the rental to something bigger?

I ask because if the 4 people who can't stay with the group are aware that everyone else is staying at the house, they may feel quite excluded that they were the odd ones out who didn't make the cut to stay at the house.

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I agree with this - I would either try to find something bigger to rent so you can offer everyone the option of staying at the same place, or not invite anyone to stay on site and instead have everyone book a room at the hotel (but still invite everyone over to the rental property for ceremony and reception and for meals and to hang out). Otherwise, those few people who are not invited to stay will likely feel excluded once they realize that everyone else was included except for them.

It kinda feels weird that 4 people are left out of the arrangements. Maybe that's why you're having trouble wording this?

View Quoted Comment I agree with this. No one wants to be the outcast.


Find a larger venue and skip the house rental entirely. Everyone should be treated equally.

I should mention that the 4 people not staying are friends and the people who are staying are family. I purposely found a venue that wouldn’t have room to host friends overnight (I figured they wanted their own space and privacy).

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I still wouldn’t necessarily put it on the website but instead just communicate to them generally in person or via telephone.

Since youre having such a small wedding to begin with I would just communicate this privately. If the distinction is friend v family Im sure they wont mind. Are there potentially other vacation rentals in the area they could rent together that would be closer than the hotel? I would at least provide them with a few targeted suggestions if the hotel is far away and you want them to participate in all the events but not stay with you.