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Lish
Newbie September 2021 Ontario

The big day - room accommodations....

Lish, on December 4, 2019 at 22:21 Posted in Plan a wedding 0 4
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Help! I feel like this isn't even that big of a deal but at the same time... maybe it is.


The venue we're booking our wedding at showed us this amazingly beautiful room that my partner and I could stay in the night before and the night of the wedding. We were also offered the option of another room - which is lovely but you know just not the same. We're in the process of finalizing the contract and the wedding coordinator says that Room 1 isn't available the night before but is going to be available the day of and would it be okay to go into Room 2 for the night before and then be moved into Room 1 the next day? My response is no problem - So long as I have time to get ready and get some pics taken before the reception I'm good. She comes back and says well there's no guarantee on the time we'd be able to get into the Room because of clean up, but we should be in by 3 or 4pm.

So here's my issue. We're hosting our wedding a bit out of the city and on a Sunday - so we are hoping to start the reception cocktail hour at 4pm, host some after marriage ceremonies from 5-6pm and then dinner and dancing from 6pm - 11pm.

Ladies, I'm trying to be reasonable with the resort but I feel like I'm pulling at teeth here, so maybe I'm just overthinking this whole thing. Would an hour maybe 2 hours if I don't show up for the cocktail hour, be enough time to get dressed, get some pics in around the resort, the beautiful room and then show up at 5pm? Should I just tell the resort that I'm fine being moved, not have anywhere to get ready until crunch time?

One option the resort gave us was to have one of our guests book Room 2 for the night of and then we wouldn't be stuck without a room... the cost of the room is almost $100 more per night than the regular guest rooms. Today's response was - well we can always move the wedding day .... -_- I don't take well to snarky answers. We've been pretty laid back with everything that the resort has told us they unable to do for us. I'm just frustrated about the whole situation and wondering am I being completely unreasonable here or is there a way to get the resort to try and get me into the room sooner?

Thanks! I really hope what I typed made sense...

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Latest activity by Cliodhna, on December 10, 2019 at 05:22
  • Cliodhna
    WeddingWire Admin January 2030 Galway
    Cliodhna ·
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    Welcome to the WeddingWire community, Lish.
    This is very frustrating for sure, I'm sorry you have to deal with it.

    I think Tori's advice is very clever and definitely something to explore with the venue, especially number one. If there was an upgrade option for whoever had the room the night before that you could cover the cost of, this could resolve the issue.

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  • Ashley
    VIP August 2020 Ontario
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    I would ask if i could pay $20 or something to have the room made up first for the day or if they cant do that ask them for a room beside the room youll be staying in the next night so that way its close by and you dont have to walk around with your stuff or anything

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  • Vinod
    Top August 2017 Ontario
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    Room you want to have for the wedding day or the day before and not confirmed to book is frustrating. Given the choices of waiting to get transferred room to room or waiting until its cleaned isn't giving you enough time to get ready and pictures worthy.

    If I were in your shoes, the option of having your family taking the room you like and then switching over to that room seems fair as you don't have to wait and you can get ready and get the pictures done right away. It seems fair and not have to wait since its family.

    Its difficult for resorts and hotels to sometimes confirm as they get busy when booked. I know when we attended our cousins, the rooms weren't ready until the afternoon even when checking in early for our parents room. Even the brides family was the same and it was frustrating for them since there was a lot of do and arrange.

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  • Tori
    Top October 2019 Manitoba
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    Hmmm... Well I for sure think that 2 hours wouldn't be enough time - but I would try to get it resolved one of two ways.

    1. Try and see if they would be willing to offer whoever booked that room an upgrade (are there any better rooms or is that the best one at the entire hotel?) at your cost.

    2. See about getting a late checkout of the second room so that you can go directly to the other room with your stuff? If they can't get you into the first room that you want until 3 or 4 then how much is it going to hurt them to let you stay in room two until 3 or 4. I know they would still have to have that room cleaned since you would have stayed in it for a night, but maybe they can see that logic?

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