Weddingbee Blog

I feel your pain!! I near about cried when my mother in law told me that my then-fiance’s aunt and uncle couldnt leave their dog home and i needed to find them a pet-friendly hotel. Seriously people? Cant you have someone watch it for you???

Glad it worked out for you!

When my family traveled with our golden retriever back in the day, we also found that there were a number of places that would outwardly say no to pets, but would allow our dog when they learned the breed, since the breed has a reputation of being well behaved. And then we would find ourselves on a ground floor (for easy coming and going without letting other guests know there were pets in the place) dedicated to people with pets that had been screened in some quick-and-dirty (but obviously effective, since nobody disturbed each other) method for deciding which pets would not cause a ruckus.

I’ve decided that having a wedding website was the best thing we could have done — people wonder why there’s a dragonfly on the invitation? Put an explanation on the website. Someone wonders whether the welcome party is a formal 5pm - 9pm event or they can come late/leave early? Put it on the website. Someone asks about attire for the wedding? Put it on the website. Even if almost no one looks - at least I’ll feel like I’ve done my best to inform our guests!

I also have created a website with every detail I could imagine… when I still received calls requesting the same information that was on the website, I mailed out a newsletter to all of my OOT guests.

In spite of all of this information, I’ve become the personal travel agent for many of my FI’s family members who don’t travel very often…. Anything to get them there I guess *sigh*

I think simply providing your guests with a list of hotels in the area is sufficient. Arranging discounts or hotel blocks is going above and beyond.

But finding accomodations for pets? Not your problem!

This was too much! Alas, there’s always someone who thinks you are their personal travel agent.

A friend of mine called me 24 hours before the wedding to ask for directions. Nevermind that it was on our website, nevermind that the wedding was at a major federal landmark that anyone could find anywhere in town, nevermind that the internet exists today, and nevermind that we grew up just 15 minutes from there.

Um, I bring my dog EVERYWHERE, to work and school, and I would never think of insisting that the dog come to a wedding. A person with a dog should know about all the research tools available that specialize in helping people travel with their furry companions. Do not worry another second!