What is a good price for a hotel room for guests?

People do not have to stay in your room block if it is out of their budget. I think $150 is fantastic although that hotel is right by the freeway. If I was staying in Manhattan Beach I would rather get something closer to the beach. Perhaps two options?

I think $150 is pretty reasonable, especially because it includes a shuttle to the venue.

I would contact hotels in your area and see if any of them offer a group rate. Otherwise try going on hotwire, hotels.com, etc. and see what hotel is the cheapest.

ETA: Ours are around $130 for the rooms, forgot to put that earlier!

That seems really good for SoCal. I found room blocks for $180/night in the Bay Area. Where were you staying in Sacramento for $190?!?! That IS a lot.

I've heard of people blocking two hotels (if they have enough guests to justify it). One budget friendly and one upscale.

That sounds reasonable for Manhattan Beach, especially if you get the shuttle too. You could always block at a couple hotels to give some different options and if someone doesn't want to pay that much, they can always look at others themselves. Ours is $119 and $129 for just south of San Francisco.

We got a hotel block for our guests, it cost $70 a night, but only because my mom is friends with the manager. Because the wedding is on blue & white weekend & hotels will be full, a regular room would have cost guests $300 if they could even find one.

I booked two blocks one for $180 a night and one for $80 a night. To my knowledge no one has booked the less expensive hotel.

We're getting married back in our hometown (not really what we wanted, but important to our families who still live there), It's a pretty small town so our options were limited by the fact that there are only three hotels in there. We reserved block rooms in the "nicest" and 2nd "nicest" hotels. One is $104 and one is $70.

$150 for a larger city area seems really reasonable. What I would be willing to pay would depend where it is; I would be much more willing to pay $150+ in a large city centre than I would be willing to pay in the suburbs.

My wedding is in Long Beach and the cheapest I found was $139 at a marriott. Next was $159 at Hilton.

I agree $150 is a wonderful price. Our venue reserve a block for our guess at $148 in Long Beach CA.

$190 for Sacramento is a lot of money! Did you stay at the Sheraton downtown? I would try and give 2 options. If your guests feel its too much, they can find a place on their own.

I went with three blocks (cheap $65) to higher ($130). I think giving options is nice.

We are getting married in Newport Beach RI and I gave option of one oceanfront for $149 the other 11.5miles away $119 so far everyone has booked at the oceanfront with the exception of 2 couples. Just make sure you give them 2 options

We are getting married in Newport Beach RI and I gave option of one oceanfront for $149 the other 11.5miles away $119 so far everyone has booked at the oceanfront with the exception of 2 couples. Just make sure you give them 2 options

Im in centeral Pa and ours is 120 a night, with no shuttle. I think 150 is great. I hate paying for hotel rooms, even though we are in our 30s, we still bring an air mattress and put 6 in a room.

If you are worried about price, try getting group rates online instead of calling hotels directly. You can use http://grouptravel.org for this. In most cases, you'll get group rates from dozens of hotels in your desired city and you can pick and choose who you want to contact.

Alternately, have you considered renting a house for close family and friends. you can ask around to see who is interested in chipping in. In many cases, this works out to be cheaper than everyone paying on own. Homeaway.com, vrbo.com, flikey.com are websites that provide homes for rent on a short term basis.

I'm doing a Courtyard Marriott which is $89.00 per night. It offers a free shuttle transportation to and from the airport, and to and from the wedding venue.

I might get another hotel (a Holiday Inn) which costs the the same per night (also includes the shuttles) and also free breakfast.

$150 doesn't seem ridiculous to me. Spending close to $200 or more gets to be a lot in my opinion, unless it's for a special occasion we're celebrating (ie not celebrating for someone else).