- Blog
- Bios
- Boards
- Classifieds
- DIY
- Gallery
- Vendor Reviews
- Shop Weddingbee
Weddingbee boards
yeah. i am trying to look into this now. you should get a discount if you block rooms. did you speak with managers? always ask for the manager :D a lot of times the front desk staff dont know
yes, mine had a special person who did "blocks" and they told me it was the cheapest rate they ever give...I think I had tried to negotiate them down from their first price, hehe
room blocks sometimes get you a discount - it helps ifyou do research online to see what their online lowest rate is and ask them to beat it since you will be guaranteeing them business.
We got a courtesy block at a Westin hotel in Dallas. A courtesy block means that we don't get charged if all the rooms are not booked and our guests get a discount on the rooms. We also negotiated a discount on breakfast.
I used hotelplanner.com to help reserve a hotel block, and it was VERY easy to negotiate the price down. You could give it a try. :-)
wow! for vt that sounds a little more than i would expect. i used to live in nj and we've stayed in vt a few times. ok but anyway! you can def get a discount, did you ask the hotel people? tell them you have a lot of out of town guests and you are looking for nice but affordable hotels and ask if they can work with that. the hotel i blocked for all my guests is typically $147 a night and I got the lady down to $116. make sure that you don't get charged for any unclaimed rooms though. some hotels will charge you for that.
Also, see if your venue is affiliated with a certain hotel. My venue is a country club but they are "affiliated" with a downtown hotel and therefore you get discounted rates when you hold your wedding at the CC. Worth a try.
i second what pp's have said - ask for a room block (and pull the wedding card!). we got a room block at the doubletree downtown. rooms typically go for ~$240/night there, but with the discount, our guests are able to stay for $80! granted, we are also having the reception in the ballroom of that hotel, so they're already scoring major bucks off of us, lol, but still - $80 compared to $240 is a major steal! so, yes, look into room blocks, tell them it's for your wedding guests, and if you're having your reception at a hotel definitely start there first! good luck!
You must log in to post.
| Visit our sister sites | eHarmony Online Dating |
eHarmony Advice Dating Advice |
Project Wedding Wedding Songs |
JustMommies Pregnancy Calendar |
Create the honeymoon of your dreams.
| User | Posts Today |
|---|---|
| Lyndzo | 46 |
| funkymunky85 | 26 |
| AshleyR83 | 24 |
| rebwana | 24 |
| mypinkshoes | 23 |
| his chippymunk | 23 |
| Ms. Salamander | 23 |
| Brielle | 22 |
| beargoose | 22 |
| kat2014 | 22 |
| User | Posts Today |
|---|---|
| funkymunky85 | 14 |
| Brielle | 7 |
| ShutterbugCait | 7 |
| mypinkshoes | 6 |
| Lyndzo | 6 |
| worden2be | 6 |
| Jenlon | 5 |
 Robin_Sparkles |
5 |
| rebwana | 5 |
| Ms Flamenco | 5 |
Hey ladies! So my FI and I just started looking into prices for hotels for our guests in the area and our avg price for a standard room is anywhere from $150-$300. We feel super uneasy about this since we have a lot of out of town guests aka my entire family. We figured that rates for hotels in VT would be reasonable but we were clearly mistaken :(
Were any of you able to get lower rates?