Wedding Blog

It was a huge challenge to suggest hotels, because his family and my family tend to function in completely different price ranges. The stuff my people could afford, his people would find appalling. Ultimately, we just supplied a massive list of everything in the area, and let people figure it out themselves. A little more work for the guests, and they lose out on any potential discount, but we knew everyone would have a better chance of staying in their comfort zone.

I chose my hotel based on A) proximity to reception B) shuttle service C) who had a bar/lounge most conducive to a rip roaring afterparty!?
I put safety first, but my focus was the afterparty. I ended up with a Courtyard Marriott with a big lobby lounge and bar that stayed open until 2am. It was great.

i stayed at hotel preston once before i moved to nashville…. and i wasn’t that blown away by it (the rooms looked nothing like the pics on the website, although maybe they’ve made some changes in the past few years). there’s another really cool hotel in cool springs now - aloft by w hotels - that i’ve been meaning to check out.

for my wedding, i blocked out rooms at a hotel that was within walking distance of our reception location and central to both the church and the rehearsal dinner… and also in downtown nashville for all of my out of town/out of country guests who turned coming to nashville for my wedding into a little mini holiday

Hotels will be an interesting aspect to our guests travels. My FH and I went to school together since elementary but are from two neighboring small towns and are getting married back home. The nearest (decent) hotel to the reception is a 30 miles away, across the Mississippi, in another state. Otherwise there are tons of B&Bs and cabins in our area but are $$$. Luckily since we’re from the same area, most of our family lives there, too, so we don’t really have to worry about relatives finding places. And we don’t have many other guests who will have to find hotel space!