Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Step1
Prioritize your wedding expenses. You and your spouse-to-be should have a wedding budget in the works. Decide if you want to stay in a hotel, what kind of hotel you want to stay in, and what kind of hotel you can afford.
Step2
Log on to the Internet. Any search engine will allow you to browse for hotels located near the site of your wedding.
Step3
Check travel Web sites. Even if you’re not traveling for your wedding, a number of travel Web sites will search for the lowest hotel prices in an area by entering a zip code. Other travel Web sites will require you to enter the names of hotels you’d like to stay at and locate the cheapest rooms offered at these hotels.
Step4
Book your hotel room where you’ve reserved blocks of rooms for your wedding guests. If you block rooms at a hotel, the management will typically offer the bride and groom a room for a discount, or even for free, depending on how many rooms you’ve reserved.
Step5
Have your reception at a hotel. Here again, the bride and groom are often offered a discounted or free hotel room by the management if the reception is being held at a hotel.
Step6
Ask the hotel receptionist about standing discounts. If you were a member of the military, a teacher, a business or a club member, they may have several discounts available.
Step7
Skip the hotel room altogether. Sometimes the best place to escape from everyone is to simply go home.
Comments
Polara said
on 3/23/2008 The warning to avoid haggling with the manager or desk attendant is completely valid; however DO mention that you will be enjoying your wedding night, as hotel staff is usually able to give you a perk or two (a bottle of champagne or an upgrade to concierge level, for example) especially to guests who might return for anniversary celebrations. How do I know? I work at a hotel ;).