Bed and breakfast? Guests pay their own way?

View Quoted Comment Yes, that post was mine. Rosemont is beautiful, inside and out, with the most helpful staff. It comes out to $3,000 per night for lodging there, so it would be $6,000 for the weekend. That price only includes the manor house, not the additional guest houses. It's too expensive for us to bite that cost of lodging, but the venue is exactly how I've pictured my wedding. Do you have any other suggestions for B&Bs in the area?

If you’re requiring your guests stay there to participate in weekend activities, you need to pay for it. I personally would get another venue.

If you’re only doing one night, I’m confused what other activities you have planned that your guests wouldn’t be able to attend if they didn’t stay there. I assume the night everyone would be staying there is the night of the wedding so would it just be day after activities? If that’s the case, you may find a few of your guests are okay with not being able to attend that because they might need to travel home the day after the wedding.

Also, just to caution you, your wedding is over a year away. You said the B&B can sleep 80 people which is “exactly” what you need. How do you know your exact number already? Please don’t count on 100% attendance - you may end up covering the costs of some unused room anyways if people decline or no show.

If it was a resort or nice hotel I would pay that much but no way for a B&B.

View Quoted Comment The whole greater DC area is nuts. A lot of what I found in my research file for my wedding were in Maryland. I’ll look back at my list of places. I recall seeing a place near Luray that was not a bed and breakfast but was property with a house that you could rent out near the river...I’ll see what I can find. It’s just not a full service facility which creates more cost and work. Not sure where you live but there’s a really nice all inclusive package I considered at Savage Mill Manor in Savage, MD...it isn’t lodging, but the place looks very nice at least online! It’s owned by the catering company and so there’s a fairly good deal.

I don’t think I’ve ever paid $275 for a hotel room, let alone at a B&B. If I was told this was my only option, I would pass. Or the couple would be getting a significantly smaller cash gift than I would usually give. That’s probably not going to be in the budget for many guests. Factor in any other travel costs of your guests also.
I don’t think I would be comfortable booking an entire B&B if I wasn’t sure that every single person would book a room. If you have to cover the cost of any leftover rooms, that will add up. Plus if someone RSVPs and books a room but ends up having an emergency and has to cancel and not come to the wedding, you have to pay for those too probably. It seems too risky to me! For my wedding, we are having 2 hotel blocks because our venues rooms are a little pricey and I want people to have options.

I would not spend $275 to stay at someone's wedding location.

I’m sorry unless it’s a destination wedding I’m not paying to attend a wedding. If i am an out of town guest then yes but not for the rate of almost $300. I love the idea though.

Is it necessary that your guests stay there to afford the venue? It depends on the financial situation of your guests, I would think. $275 can be a lot for a hotel for some people. Our wedding website lists our blocked hotel for $130 a night, but then I listed 2 cheaper options nearby so people weren't forced to spend that much.