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yeah another Chicago girl having a "destination" wedding! 
We had something similar happen to us with a few people not staying in the hotel we had rooms booked in. We had a welcome party the night before the wedding and everyone who was not staying at the main hotel came to that and were able to pick up their bags. We got lucky there.
Let your parents, his parents and your bridal party know that you need to find out where everyone is staying in order to get the baskets to them. If they all know this, they can keep their ears open and let you know. If you can't find out the others, contact them and let them know you have a gift for them when they arrive. They will be happy to tell you then! Good luck!
Thanks, LittleBear! We wanted to keep the welcome baskets a surprise, but I don't see that happening now. I would much rather tell everyone ahead of time than a few people not receiving a basket.
Thanks again!
Honestly, I handled it by some people just not getting welcome baskets. It sounds like you've put the notice out there that people should let you know where they're staying, and I wouldn't put a ton of extra effort into tracking them down if they chose to stay outside your room blocks. Harsh, maybe, but I remember what a giant P.I.T.A. the OOT bags were for us and how little I wanted to worry about it two days before the wedding, so I'd minimize the stress as much as you can.
I'm with amysue on this one, I'm running into a similar problem of people not letting us know where they are staying. Its just one of those things you can't control and have to let go or it would drive me nuts trying to get them to everyone! I love out OOT baskets, and would love for everyone to get one, but I can only go so far! I hope thats not terrible of me!
I would love to do OOT baskets, but it didn't work out for us. We have about 50+ rooms for OOT guests and the hotel charges for each basket/bag they deliver.
Thats a touch situation. I would maybe make a list of all the OOT guests and if you don't know were they are staying simply call or email them and find out. Then make sure you know where everyone on your list is staying and go from there. Good Luck!
I would love to do OOT baskets, but it didn't work out for us. We have about 50+ rooms for OOT guests and the hotel charges for each basket/bag they deliver.
Thats a touch situation. I would maybe make a list of all the OOT guests and if you don't know were they are staying simply call or email them and find out. Then make sure you know where everyone on your list is staying and go from there. Good Luck!
I am having my mother (bless her) and FMIL (bless her too) call anyone NOT staying in the 3 hotels we reserved rooms at and then having my brother-in-law to be and a few other relatives drop them off :)
Good luck!
sulli301 probably has the best method. id imagine you couldnt get the hotel to show you their roster so you could tell them who are your guests (aunt milly in room 306!), but that would be the other way i would suggest. doesnt seem likely theyd allow that tho.
could you leave a few extra baskets with the front desks at each hotel and if guests find out, dont have a basket and ask, the desk could then say "oh aunt milly, youre basket is right here. happy wedding!" ???
big conundrum, will be interested to hear how you solve it.
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Okay, so I have a problem that didn't pop into my head until just now. We're doing welcome baskets for all our OOT guests. We're dropping of the baskets to each hotel that we blocked rooms at (three total) and the hotel will place them in the rooms before the guests' arrival.
My concern is this: A good amount of our guests are staying at other hotels (or booking online for a cheaper rate at our chosen hotels, which is fine - kudos to them!). But now we're having a hard time keep track of how many baskets we need to deliver to each hotel. We included an enclosure in our invitations that said, "Please notify us via e-mail if you'll be staying at another hotel, or booked online without using our wedding code." But I'm almost positive a few people will forget.
Did anyone run into this problem? How did you handle it? Just delivery extra baskets to each hotel and hope it's enough, and have family members pick up the extras the day after the wedding? Yikes, I need help!