Tinkerbell
Wishes do come true
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- Jan 30, 2005
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Hello Ladies,
I went trough so many discussion with my wedding coordinator and her assisstant and research on this board to make sense of the room block, that I decided to give all of you who this is stressing ( probably not as much as it did to me but I did see some pretty desperate post lol) a step by step way of seeing clearly in the fog of room block.
First Step.
They will ask you to choose 3 resorts. Unless you have guest that you KNOW FOR SURE will all want to stay at a deluxe resort, book one of each category. (ea 1 value, 1 moderate, 1 deluxe) It will make the guest who wanna spend less still feel like a part of it all, while giving those pickier one other options.
Second Step.
How many rooms???? Before you start having headaches just count your guest....tell yourself they will probably stay 2-3 nights on average...then give the count to your coordinator and she will add 20%. Again do not pull the hair of your head saying you'll end up paying at the end. The coordinator adds 20% because they know us, brides to be, rather be on the safe side and usually book less rooms then we should.
Third step
But how do I know where they'll want to stay??????
Talk you friends and familly. ( after all why would they be your friends if you can't share your toughts with them) You might dread it at first, but beleive me, they will thank you for the guidance, and they will call you anyway when they receive the save the date about which resort they should choose lol
I did that and everyone was glad that I pointed to them the positive and negative points of each one. My fiance's grand mother wanted to stay at the moderate resort we chose, which was the Port Orleans French Quarter, but when I told her she would probably have to walk more since it is a more spread out resort, she went with the value, which is All Star Movies.
Fourth Step
Back to your coordinator with the numbers. They will be aproximate, but just be aware that if all your blocked room are taken at a resort, the guest can still get the discount price if there's availability AND the total night required is of any room booked. With that I mean if you have 10 nights at value 10 in mod and 10 in deluxe...you can have guest choosing 30 nights at value and it won't cost you anything.
Also one trick I got from a friend is to book the rooms of our bridal party last. That way if there's still rooms left you have to book to achieve you minimum, you will fill them with those. And if there's no more room.....you can pick another resort and tell them you wanted to have them together somewhere special
Now you can breathe and relax
I hope this helps
Have a great day and to those of us who are getting married soon remember.....stress gives wrinkles
Tinkerbell
I went trough so many discussion with my wedding coordinator and her assisstant and research on this board to make sense of the room block, that I decided to give all of you who this is stressing ( probably not as much as it did to me but I did see some pretty desperate post lol) a step by step way of seeing clearly in the fog of room block.
First Step.
They will ask you to choose 3 resorts. Unless you have guest that you KNOW FOR SURE will all want to stay at a deluxe resort, book one of each category. (ea 1 value, 1 moderate, 1 deluxe) It will make the guest who wanna spend less still feel like a part of it all, while giving those pickier one other options.
Second Step.
How many rooms???? Before you start having headaches just count your guest....tell yourself they will probably stay 2-3 nights on average...then give the count to your coordinator and she will add 20%. Again do not pull the hair of your head saying you'll end up paying at the end. The coordinator adds 20% because they know us, brides to be, rather be on the safe side and usually book less rooms then we should.
Third step
But how do I know where they'll want to stay??????
Talk you friends and familly. ( after all why would they be your friends if you can't share your toughts with them) You might dread it at first, but beleive me, they will thank you for the guidance, and they will call you anyway when they receive the save the date about which resort they should choose lol I did that and everyone was glad that I pointed to them the positive and negative points of each one. My fiance's grand mother wanted to stay at the moderate resort we chose, which was the Port Orleans French Quarter, but when I told her she would probably have to walk more since it is a more spread out resort, she went with the value, which is All Star Movies.
Fourth Step
Back to your coordinator with the numbers. They will be aproximate, but just be aware that if all your blocked room are taken at a resort, the guest can still get the discount price if there's availability AND the total night required is of any room booked. With that I mean if you have 10 nights at value 10 in mod and 10 in deluxe...you can have guest choosing 30 nights at value and it won't cost you anything.
Also one trick I got from a friend is to book the rooms of our bridal party last. That way if there's still rooms left you have to book to achieve you minimum, you will fill them with those. And if there's no more room.....you can pick another resort and tell them you wanted to have them together somewhere special
Now you can breathe and relax
I hope this helps
Have a great day and to those of us who are getting married soon remember.....stress gives wrinkles
Tinkerbell
