What did you cover - Wedding party edition!

I'm covering hotel for the weekend for my bridesmaid that lives out of state. Also covering hair and makeup, day-of lunch, their getting ready outfit, and am considering buying them jewelry to wear that day. Plus a few gifts each because both of my ladies have gone above and beyond (I told them I just expected them to buy their dresses and show up...they're not having it).

For the groomsmen, FH is taking them all the morning of the wedding to his barber (he has closed the shop down that am for FH and the guys) to get a fresh cut, so he will be paying for that. For the bridesmaids, I am paying for their hair and makeup and this past weekend my mom surprised me and them and is paying for their dresses, which we were all shocked. The only thing they have to worry about really is their shoes

Wow that cabin is great! And such a nice gesture. We are only rooting the bill for gifts and my fiance is getting his guys a traditional hit towel shave the morning of. But we didnt really need them tonoay for anything other than their attire anyway so it's not like we asked them to spend a lot of money anyway. 🤷‍♀️

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Thats so retro I love it! and I love that flower girl matches! My son is our ring bearer and hes wearing same suit as all the guys!

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Yeah exactly. the gesture is what matters, its nice you guys are doing something considering you don't have too. If we did local I wouldn't have covered lodging it would have just been maybe their dresses or HMU but because its destination and between attire and travel are probably looking at at least 600-800 a pieces I figured the cabin would be a great gesture to show our appreciation. Plus we didn't want people stressing about leaving early day after the wedding because of the money so we covered it for 3 nights prior and 3 nights after so theres no urgency to travel.

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We got the guys pocket watches, and the girls got jewelry (what they got depended on their personality).

We are just covering the lodging. Food comes with the venue which we are obviously paying for but we aren’t covering their attire. We are paying so much anyways..

You are very sweet to do that for your bridal party! I bought the jewelry for my girls to wear and bought them other gifts.

Wow that cabin is really nice!!!! I'm having a destination wedding as well and now I feel like I'm not doing enough! I'm doing the hair and make-up fro the ladies and transportation for the wedding party from the airport to hotel in Jamaica which is about $40rd trip per person. In addition we got the guys personalized Jack Daniels bottles with their names on them.

Hope you guys enjoy the house looks like it will be fun!

I covered the cost of their gowns and a bunch of presents for the entire party and the parents. We're getting married at FH's parents' vacation house about 3 hours away, so the entire bridal party is getting to stay there with us and we're going to be providing the food for the 3 days we're all there. We're not having anyone do our make up or hair (It's very much so a DIY type situation), so we'll all be helping each other with that. Going for a mani-pedi a few days before and I will probably cover that, as my bridesmaid and mom are taking care of the bridal shower in a couple of weeks. Hopefully I'm not forgetting anything and don't offend anyone!

I am looking into doing this for a destination wedding in Hawaii since we would have the dinner/reception at the AirBnB house after the ceremony anyway. My concern was if people would feel too cramped? Some of the rooms in ours (and it looks like yours) have bunks or multiple beds in one room. I wasn't sure how people would feel about that, or if they wouldn't mind because they are getting to stay for free...

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We did this on purpose actually. So one of the groomsmen is bringing his brother as his plus one so they get a bunk bed room and then one bridesmaid is coming single and a friend of ours needed a room to stay in (broke 21 year old) and they opted to room together! So the two rooms with bunkbeds were planned that way. All the couples have their own king rooms and we placed the crazier couples upstairs away from the families(two couples with babies) that will be on the bottom floor. BUT if you are worried about it I would talk to your wedding party. All of our wedding party was grateful they were staying for free especially for 6 nights. The twin bunks on the top floor are actually in the game room and aren't for anyone they are just there incase we have drunk friends that need a place to crash for the night.