Out of my 150 (64 households), 12 households (20-30) are out of state. We're providing free accommodations for about half of those households since they're cousins, siblings, etc, and that's at our house and his and my parents houses (free lol).
But the other out of state guests are practically family since they knew my parents growing up and I am close with their kids. However, they won't be attending our rehearsal dinner (grooms fam paying and it's a very generous spot so I would never try to increase the list with my side's VIPs). Since it's a Saturday wedding, they'll likely have to come in on a Friday and my guess is leave on a Monday (or Sunday).
I want to know if I should book an airbnb that sleeps 15 for 3 nights (friday-monday). Our venue is about an hour from Houston, but there's plenty of things to do so I'm not worried about guests being bored Friday and Sunday. I've looked on Airbnb and I can find some places in the mid $2k range for all three nights regardless of if they stay the whole time. I have 4 of those VIPs who have already said yes to coming and there are 9 left (some may say no ofc, but I think they'll make every effort to attend barring covid/ personal events that may impede their arrival). Is it weird to have adults who kind of know each other share a place? It's much more cost effective to book a house than individually book airbnbs based on everyones itinerary. That way I can simply say, just FYI, I have a place booked for 3 nights that's open if you want to crash for one night or all 3, no need to decide until a few weeks out.
