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I’ve been working hard over here in Champ land on our invitations. My gocco and I are both tired, but we’re finally almost done!
One of the most important parts of our invitation will be to inform out of town guests where to stay. You might remember I had a really hard time finding accommodations that would be reasonable because our wedding falls on one of Vail’s busiest weekends during the ski season. I was getting hotel quotes for $1000 a night, and let’s face it- nobody in their right mind would be paying that for one night. I even considered changing the date of our wedding, things got so bad. That’s when I started looking at options that weren’t necessarily in the heart of the Vail Village. Sure guests would have to take a shuttle to get into town, but for the price of these rooms, it was totally worth it!
I searched around the Internet for wording for an accommodations card. It was kind of tough because I wanted to give guests enough information, but I really want them to visit our website where I’ve done SO MUCH RESEARCH on affordable condo rentals and hotels. I also really want our out of town guests (almost 70% of our guest list!) to see the many options for activities in Vail that I’ve posted on the website. So how to tell guests in a semi-formal way that we’ve reserved a block of rooms and they should take a serious look at our website before they come? Here’s my wording:
Not too stuffy, but it gets to the point. And here’s the gocco’d version and a little sneak peak into our invitations:
Today is my day off at work so I’m a busy bee over here trying to get our invitations assembled, but I can’t wait to show you the final product!
With many of us doing online RSVP’s and wedding websites, how did you inform your guests that all they need to know about your wedding is online?! I’m curious- do you think that wedding websites are actually visited by the majority of your guests?
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The Invite: Accommodations Insert
Just a head’s up about the Holiday Inn Apex. I also had my guests stay there at my wedding in July of this year and they were great for the most part. However, they were terrible at giving out welcome bags unless the guest specifically asked for them. A little frustrating!
We put it on our STD and the magnet inside, and still I think maybe 3 people looked at the website. So annoying. On the invite, we’re going to make it more obvious. Your invites look great, btw!
We put them on the save the dates as well…but i’m late in sending them out! yipes!
You didn’t blur out your actual website or names on the invite pic. Just a heads up!
Yes, I’m still amazed at how many of our guests visited our wedding website. We put the address at the bottom of our invitations, and that was enough.
@Becky:
thanks for the heads up!
@Mrs. Sea Breeze: I’m hoping that’s what happens with ours 
ooh, love the sneak peek! The invitations look amazing! Thanks for posting this, we are just starting to think about wording and this is very helpful!
Great wording Thanks for sharing, this was really helpful for me since we just booked on of our room blocks.
sounds inviting. I’m lookinf forward for mor pictures. thanks for sharing this. I remember our wedding in Santa Barbara.
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Miss Champagne, DC/Vail/Colorado Age and Occupation: 26, Eye Doctor Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, Attorney Engagement Date: March 13, 2006 Wedding Date: February 2009 Blogging Since: July 30, 2008 Venue: Small church ceremony with mountain-view log cabin reception About Me: I'm a small town mountain girl with a city heart. Found my way to the east coast, and Mr. Champagne kept me here so we're planning a wedding from afar in my hometown Vail, Colorado. I'm secretly obsessed with reality TV, Wii games where I can shoot a gun, country music, and Caesar: Dog Whisperer. I also spend time pretending to golf, backseat driving, having one way conversations with our MinPin Maxwell, loving champagne, and wedding perfecting… I mean, planning. I use way too many repeated symbols and letters when I write, and I'll love Mr. Champagne endlessly…
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