Hotels for guests

Providing suggestions is nice but ultimately people should be prepared to have their own transportation unless otherwise stated. I've never been to an OOT wedding where I expected transportation to be provided.

Are any B&Bs in the area that can be rented out for the time of your wedding guests to stay near by close to the venue. Try to reach out to the inns or anything nearby and see if they can do anything for your guests.

If not, then your guests will understand they will need to make arrangements to stay near by or at a hotel if they are renting cars at the airport.

We're having a similarly sized wedding.

We got discount rates with 3 hotels in the area, and posted them as options on our website. If you do this, maybe aim for hotels near the airport, or downtown in an easily accessible area for public transit/taxis.

We included a "things to do" section on our site which includes some our favourite spots. We're getting married in Victoria, but if you do this maybe you can include your favourite Vancouver neighbourhoods.

We even included links to tourist pages (Explore BC etc).

We addressed the transportation issue by including a question in our FAQ section about the best ways to get around the city, and whether or not there'd be parking at our welcome dinner and wedding venues.

I believe that we live in an age where many want to secure their own accommodations (Air BnB and other vacation home rental site, loyalty points with a hotel chain, and the host of other discount travel sites etc). I think you can give your guests options, but ultimately let them figure it out.

As a guest, I wouldn't necessarily want to stay in a hotel where everyone else is staying, which is what happens when you do hotel blocks.

So I guess my answer is: I don't think you should fuss must about it, but there are ways that you can provide options/information to your guests and then just let it go and walk away.

Good luck with your decision!

I feel like if you don't have a lot of out of towners or having your wedding at a hotel, you don't need to set up a block, although it is a nice gesture. You could give the out of towners you do have a list of hotels/various price ranges, and Airbnb recommendations, that's all you'd really need to do.

Whenever I've been to a wedding in town, I just went home afterwards lol

For our wedding we have a hotel block and very few people have taken advantage of that. Most people have either booked a hotel desperately or an airbnb.

I would give suggestions of the Air bnb and few others like you mentioned. If people know the area you are having your venue they will more likely realize about hotels. When I have went and traveled to different weddings. I researched this and booked accordingly, I wouldn't fuss over it but at least you realized now and not a week before! This still gives you time if they ask to have suggestions.