Questions to Ask When Booking a Hotel

There are some simple questions that everyone asks when booking a hotel for their wedding or event like... what is your room rate?... and what type of amenities does your hotel have?... but what about the more complicated questions? Here are a few helpful questions that you may not have thought of...

• What is the name and phone number of your contact person?

• How long have you been providing rooms for weddings?

• How many rooms does your hotel have?

• What amenities are included in your regular rooms?

• Do you have any suites? If so, how many?

• What amenities are included in your suites?

• Do you have handicapped accessible rooms? If so, how many?

• What is your check-in time?

• What is your check-out time?

• Do you have a parking deck? If so, how much is parking?

• Does your hotel have a restaurant?

• Is breakfast included with an overnight stay?

• Do you provide the bride and groom with a complimentary bridal suite?

• Do you provide room blocks? How many rooms are required for a block?

• Do you provide a contract for room blocks?

• Do you charge an attrition fee if rooms in a block are not reserved?

• What is your room cancellation policy?

• Do you provide guests with roll away beds? Is there an additional fee?

• Do you provide cribs if guests request them? Is there an additional fee?

• Do you provide babysitting service?

• What are your fees for babysitting service?

• Do you provide welcome notes to your hotel guests?

• Will you deliver welcome gifts for the wedding guests? Is there an additional fee?

• Do you provide free cable?

• Do you provide free Wi-Fi ?

• Do you have a business center?

• Do you have a fitness center?

• Do you have a pool? Is it heated? Indoors? Depth?

• Do you have a beauty salon?

• Do you provide laundry service?

• Does your hotel have any boutiques, gift shops, or salons?

• Do you provide transportation to the local airport?

Hotel Welcome Baskets

Hello Brides and Grooms!

As we mentioned in last week's posting we will be highliting a new vendor each month and September is dedicated to all of the magnificent hotels and hotelliers out there!

A wedding is a time you share with all your closest family members and friends and when they are coming from out of town, state or even the country, you want to make them feel as welcome as possible. So what do you do!? It is both proper etiquette and an opportunity to show off your creative side by leaving a "hotel welcome basket" in each room or for each visiting guest.

Welcome baskets come in many shapes and forms from actual baskets filled with the best treats your locality has to offer, to bags that hang on the door, to adorable folded towels to match your wedding theme, and directions to the closest local attractions. Be creative! The goal is to let your guests get a taste of how amazing your wedding weekend will be from the moment they step foot in the city.

Here are some neat ideas we found on the internet! Enjoy!!... If you find inspiration in something you see, feel free to use it! And oh, "You're Welcome!"

~*The lovely ladies of R&P*~