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Yes, we had to get an extension and still people didn't do it. One hotel was really flexible and didn't care so all the late people just went there, we had a few stragglers, who for whatever reason ended up somewhere diff (it wasn't cheaper), and they realized that if it wasn't one of the two then it was going to be harder to organize transport, we helped to make sure everything would work out but they were def a bit more on their own then.
Wait a minute - are we the same person? My (extended) deadline was yesterday and I was in your same boat, and I had to keep harassing my guests to go ahead and book their friggin' rooms already! We've hired a shuttle bus because almost all of them are from out of state and we don't have public transporation in my area - if they don't book it THEY WILL HAVE TO RENT CARS!!! Geez. Finally it looks like at least the WP and a few key guests got their rooms. I've decided I can't be bothered with the others - they are adults and if they want to pay twice the price well so be it or find somewhere else to stay and rent a car!
O man, just try to let it go, you said it yourself, they are adults they should be able to handle it. It sucks how people act. I know you want everyone to be taken care of, but there's really not anything else you can do, short of going to their house and taking their credit card and booking a room for them. You can only remind people so many times.
My fiance and I attended seven weddings this year, and we had to book a hotel room for the majority of them. We managed. If your guests cannot, let them rent a car. You've done everything within reason to make their lives easier.
People suck. They really do. You think that adults would be able to manage simple tasks of RSVPing to events and booking accommodations when everything has essentially been taken care of but it never fails that I hear these same stories from every bride. And don't tell me "people don't understand if they haven't planned a wedding" because that's total bulls**t. An adult does not need to have planned a wedding to return a freakin pre-postaged card on time or book themself a hotel room. GROW UP.
(I'm currently dealing with the RSVP situation for my engagement party, hence my rage.)
Honestly, I'm not going to hound people and if they return our RSVP cards and nothing is filled in on the "where are you staying" and "when are you getting in to town" lines I'm not going to call them. If they're coming, they'll figure it out and that goes for our bridal party.
that happens to everyone doing OOT stuff, and you know what ? let them pay more. Too bad they couldn't read your invitation, website, and listen to you on the phone. I don't feel bad if guests are all out of sorts, they're adults and should be able to read numbers off of a little plastic card to a receptionist at a hotel.
Thanks for the encouragement everybody. It's true. They're adults. They can figure it out. If they dare call to cry at me about paying more or having to stay elsewhere, I will laugh at them :)
@kitty, o just wait for the wedding RSVP's o you'll have great fun I promise
@Br1tSh1n1ngStar - OMG I know. The reason I'm so out of sorts about it right now is that I'm seeing my future. There will be three times the amount of RSVPs for the wedding than the party and we had 50% unconfirmed for the party as of the RSVP date. KILL.ME.
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Has anybody else just had a completely terrible time trying to make sure everybody gets their rooms booked? We got a room block at a hotel downtown, centrally located between the church and the reception (closest available hotel to the reception too!) and countless people have told me they want to stay there, blah blah blah, and we send out one week reminders to our wedding party and called up relatives that had mentioned it, it's listed on a website and EVERYTHING! We have a shuttle going from this hotel to all of the locations, so anybody staying there doesn't have to drive - which I think is a pretty big selling point for the OOTers!
and maybe 60% of the people who spoke to us about it have actually booked it. The deadline for the rooms is tomorrow! I'm getting so annoyed by having to remind so many people and I just don't get why they haven't done it? If they want to stay elsewhere, it's totally fine with me, I just wish they'd just tell us so that we can cross them off our list.
Geez! Has anybody else had problems with this? Part of me is just like, "Whatever, they'll adults, we told them, they can deal with it" but the other part really wants to make sure they get taken care of.