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We are planning on booking our hotel room at the same hotel as the block is booked.
Well my first instinct would have been to book in a separate hotel.
We were, however in the same hotel as our guests, but separate from them. We joined people for dinner the day after and it was fun to spend that time with them before they really left and we could enjoy our honeymoon..
If you saw what I look like when I wake up you woudn't want me in the same hotel as you. I am DEFINITELY staying in a different hotel than my block. I do not want to wake up on my wedding day (or the day after) and see my guests at breakfast!
A friend of mine booked their wedding night hotel at the same hotel that most of their guests were staying at. We were all outside the hotel drinking and chatting and literally saw them walk in and check in. She later said that she wished she would of stayed somewhere else b/c seeing all of us kinda ruined their private romantic moment. Plus several of the grooms friends wanted to run by their room and bang on their door & just mess with them....
For our wedding night I found a great room at a bed & breakfast, very private. In fact we didn't even "check in" b/c they left the door unlocked for us, so we saw nobody. The room had a fireplace and a private deck with a spa! So needless to say I was very happy with our choice!
We stayed in a different hotel than the rest of our party!! It just seemed weird to stay in the same place my parents and family were staying on our wedding nite!!
@VirginiaMarie - - you crack me up! Every single one of your posts makes me laugh or brings a smile to my face - - I love having you around...You're marrying before me so you better stay here after your married, haahaahaa
FH and I are staying at the same hotel as all of our guests. Well we have blocked rooms at 3 hotels and we're staying at our 'preferred' hotel....
We're staying in the hotel block the night before the wedding, but switching to a different hotel for the wedding night...privacy, please!
We are definitely staying in a different hotel than our guests. We are expecting that our wedding reception will eventually lead into an after-party but we want to be able to leave when we want and start the romantic, unwinding part and not have to run tinto anyone. The way I see it, we will have earned it!
I've wondered this too. My guests will be at two hotels in the city and I'm not sure where we should stay. I think we might go with a b&b.
I am a perpetual worrier. And knowing me, I would have told my DH "hands off" on the wedding night just because of the slim chance that somehow my parents could have had to change rooms and end up next to ours. Ewwww...LOL We definitely stayed at a different hotel.
I'm in the different-hotel-than-block boat. I just prefer the idea all-around, more romantic, less interruptions, less distractions, et cetera. :)
I guess it matters what you want for your wedding night. Do you want to be alone just the two of you and wake up in the morning and start your honeymoon? Or do you want to have an after party with friends and family and wake up in the morning and have every together for breakfast?
I went to three wedding over the past couple of months and each couple wanted the after party and breakfast the following morning. I personally want to be alone. We are reserving a room block at a hotel down the street and will be getting a shuttle for our guests, but FI and I are having a car service take us to a hotel right by the airport.
We are staying at a seperate hotel. It's literally just down the street but is a boutique hotel compared to a chain hotel that the guest are staying at.
The next morning we are having people over to our hotel for brunch and say farewell.
We're staying at the same hotel as everyone else. We have a trolley going back there and we're getting a great rate for the top floor suite because we have so many people staying there!
Plus our after party is in the hotel bar so it makes the most sense.
I'm not worried about interuptions! We live together so its not like its something new! :) Plus, not many people will be staying at our hotel becuase most of them will stay at my families house, in the same town. It will be more our friends and we plan to party some more with them when we go back to the hotel! The next moring we are all going to my IL's house for brunch
We reserved a hotel block at the hyatt and they gave us a free room for our wedding night, it was great a great room with a nice view and when we came in there were chocolates and champagne, though we were definately not in the mood for champagne after the wedding, too much imbibing as it was. But it was nice to wake up in the morning and see some people, we weren't on the same floor as them so we had a nice mix of privacy without hiding away too much.
We're doing the whole kit and kaboodle at the Bellagio in Vegas. So we're DEFINITELY going to be staying in the same hotel - albeit we'll have one of those fancy suites and they'll be on a different floor. LOL. We're doing the after reception party in our suite with food and drinks and the cake!
I don't think there's anything wrrong with it if the hotel is big enough, but if it's small you might want to go to a resort or somewhere with better accomodations for newlyweds.
We're staying in the same hotel as our block. It's not a big deal to us.
Honestly I think on the wedding night we'll most likely just crash. We're just looking at it more like a place to crash for the night. ;)
We are staying at a different hotel. After the wedding festivities, we really don't want to see anyone until after we get back from our honeymoon!
We thought about switching hotels, but we got such an amazing deal on their huge jacuzzi suite because of our blocked off rooms that we decided to stay. Plus, it is a block away from our venue! Who can argue with that?
Thank you for all the comments!!
I think my main concern WOULD be seeing everyone the next morning as most of our out-of-town guests are those that don't believe in pre-marital relations .. So enduring probable comments the next morning if we run into them would NOT be something I want to deal with.
I may decide to go with a different hotel just for MY comfortability, but I'll think more on it.
Thanks all!
We're staying at one of the hotels we booked a block in - more time with friends. We booked blocks at 2 hotels at different price points so people had a choice.
I think it also depends on the size of the hotel; we're staying in the same hotel as everyone, but it's a relatively big hotel and we're leaving the next morning for our honeymoon, so chances are we won't run in to anyone... if it were more of a B&B style though, we would probably stay elsewhere.
We're staying at a different hotel. As far as I'm concerned, our honeymoon starts when we leave the reception and I don't want to see family or friends on my honeymoon!
We had a wedding in a small town that is close to most of our friends and family, but across the country from us. We were staying in a 7 bedroom cabin with some of the wedding party the week before the wedding, with our parents in the big cabin next door, and we just stayed there the wedding night! We actually originally planned to get a hotel room to have some privacy, but we had a week long honeymoon on the beach to be alone. We don't get to see friends and family too often and we wanted to relish every minute with them. It was really fun coming back from the wedding that night and sitting there in our sweats, reliving the evening with our best friends. And the next morning, we got to enjoy breakfast with our families, which was a great treat for us. Its not for everyone but there was nothing awkward about it, everyone knows we lived together and we just wanted to squeeze every last minute out of our time with everyone!
We are staying at the same hotel along with our other guests. We blocked rooms at two hotels, and having the bridal party stay at one and that'll be the one we will be at too.
different from guests, but same as maid of honour and best man and their partners........the B and B has 3 rooms
We are staying at a different hotel than our block because we want to stay at the Ritz Carlton instead of the normal hotel the guests are staying at. The blocked hotel is nice and everything, but it's not the Ritz! If a lot of people were staying at the Ritz we would stay there regardless. I dont think its a big deal to stay where your guests are staying!
We're staying at a different hotel. One, we want our privacy. Two, although our hotel block is at a nice hotel we're staying at a much nicer hotel than the block (we know that our guests don't want to pay that much).
Yeah we chose to not get a room at the same hotel as the wedding blocks. It actually worked out to where I just found a better rate for a suite at a hotel down the road so that's why we went with a different one. However, now that I'm thinking about it I don't think I would want to have the possibility of running into family members the next morning. I don't know why, but I picture a conversation like an aunt and uncle saying, "So... what did you guys do last night??" Which I know would never happen, but still... lol
We have three blocks. I chose one of the blocks because that is where I wanted to stay. I did the block there, including our suite, specifically to get a cheaper rate for our suite. I don't foresee many of our guests staying there because it is significantly more expensive than the other two options we are suggesting.
I'm going to agree with a comment Ms. Sewing made on one of her posts: I don't want my guests to see me after my wedding night. My FI and I are waiting to have sex for marriage and we do not want to be teased! :)
That being said, we decided to book a hotel near the airport since we'll be leaving for the honeymoon the morning after.
I've been debating this one too - we are getting married in an area with a bunch of 'ok' options, but no 'great' options. This is ok for our guests, but we were sort of hoping to have a place where we could book ourselves a 'honeymoon suite' type of thing!
We got married in Palm Beach Gardens and spent the night at a hotel in Ft. Lauderdale (about an hour away) because we were flying out of Ft. Lauderdale the next day for our honeymoon.
Before leaving for our hotel we had to stop at the hotel that our guests were blocked at to change out of our wedding clothes and grab our bags. We ran into our tipsy friends who had paired up, and other friends came banging on the door to say hi. If we'd stayed at the hotel with everyone else, who knows how long that would've gone on.
We wanted privacy, so we left :) Plus, if your parents are staying in the block hotel, you definitely don't want them interrupting anything 
we are staying in the same hotel for a couple of reasons...
we're having a post wedding brunch in one of the hotel's banquet rooms the following morning so we'll need to be up early-ish and dressed and this eliminates having to commute there. we have the biggest suite (which i'm actually getting ready in that morning) lastly, i live in nyc where hotels are a fortune and we figured, we got a great deal on a beautiful room...why waste $600 just to stay somewhere else.
go with a different one! the way i see it, and maybe im being selfish but i dont really care...you and your new hubby need to be alone, the night of your wedding and the following week is your honeymoon nobody expects you to hang out with them!
I am staying at the same hotel as my block. They gave us a free room and its just so much more convient for us distance wise. Plus I wanna party with my friends after the reception, aka when I can actually start drinking that night :)
We stayed at the same place as our guests. I'm not sure if the hotel did it on purpose, but they gave us a corner room (free surprise upgrade) and put our friends down the hall on the same floor, and my parents and family a few floors away. It worked out really well! We spent some extra time with friends in one of their suites and then went down the hall to our room at the end of the night, without running into any aunts, uncles, or grandparents.
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Ok, our reception is NOT at a hotel.
I want to book a room at a hotel for our wedding night and was wondering if any non-hotel bees did this, and if so - did you stay at the same hotel as the one you reserved a block for, or did you stay somewhere else?
The hotel we reserved the block at is just around the corner, but since the reception site is close to the airport, there are other good hotels around there also.
So I'm just debating where to book OUR room - at the same hotel as our guests, or somewhere else. There are obvious pros and cons to each, but wondering what you did and if you would do any different if you did it all over again!