The Sending of Cards
Over the past couple of days we've been busy addressing and mailing those save-the-date cards that we had printed over a month ago. For the handful of people who read this blog already I would have liked to have kept this some kind of surprise, but the cards refer recipients to this site, and we need to put some more information up.
There are two important things to tell our intended guests right now, so I'll start with those.
For everyone who doesn't live in or near Seattle—most of our guests, in other words—I would strongly recommend taking a week or two of holiday and spending it in the Pacific Northwest. This is a really cool area, with interesting cities, beautiful countryside, and no shortage of things to do, and typical end-of-August weather here is comfortably warm and not as rainy as Seattle's reputation would imply. Also, even if you're only coming from the Great Lakes it's already quite a long journey, and London is 9½ hours away. Doing a trip like that for just a couple of days is plain silly. I should know; I did exactly that last week.
Anyway, whether you just want to come for a couple of days or make a long trip of it, it would probably help you to know some of our plans. There will be a bachelor/bachelorette/stag/hen/whateveryouwanttocallit party on Wednesday the 30th of August, to which all of our friends will be invited. Then on the Thursday night there will be a rehearsal dinner, to which all of our relatives will be invited. We haven't yet made any arrangements for these; just decided on the dates so everyone who would like to be there can be. After the wedding we'll have a day to chill and pack, and then be leaving for our honeymoon at a painful hour of Sunday morning; the 3rd of September. And finally, I haven't made up my mind yet, but I will probably 'officially' take the last 4 days of August off work, because I know that realistically I won't be able to get much done that week anyway.
What this means for our guests is that you'd be better off arriving earlier rather than leaving later. If you're around for the week before the wedding, we'll be able to spend a lot of time together, and you'll be over the jetlag by the wedding night. Meanwhile, there's no reason why you shouldn't stick around for another week after the wedding, but just be warned that we won't be around to spend time with you.
For those who live outside the US, I would advise booking the flights relatively soon. There is only one flight between London and Seattle each day (BA 48/49), and being a holiday weekend there is a risk that the return trip will sell out early, not to mention that last-minute tickets can get seriously expensive.
Hopefully by doing block bookings we can negotiate some sort of discount for the two hotels, and if we organise for as many of our guests as possible to stay in the same few hotels near us [which also happens to be near the venue] it will make logistics easier for everyone.
Obviously we need to know how many people want to stay in what sort of place, before we can make the arrangements. To that end, please let us know as soon as possible if you'd like to be included in this, and what sort of place would suit you. We will probably start talking to hotels about a month from now; hopefully that gives people time to reply. Booking hotels later shouldn't be a problem, and we'll be happy to give recommendations for places that are nearby, but I think if we want a block of rooms all in one place we'll need to reserve that relatively early.
The best way to contact us about anything wedding-related is the email address on the cards, because that goes to both of us simultaneously.
There are two important things to tell our intended guests right now, so I'll start with those.
Dates
The wedding itself is on the 1st of September next year. This is a Friday; don't worry, you aren't getting confused. The venue was already booked for the 2nd, and we couldn't think of any over-riding reason why it had to be on the Saturday, so we went for the Friday. It is also the Labor Day weekend (clarification for non-Americans: Labor Day is a public holiday that falls on Monday the 4th of September next year)For everyone who doesn't live in or near Seattle—most of our guests, in other words—I would strongly recommend taking a week or two of holiday and spending it in the Pacific Northwest. This is a really cool area, with interesting cities, beautiful countryside, and no shortage of things to do, and typical end-of-August weather here is comfortably warm and not as rainy as Seattle's reputation would imply. Also, even if you're only coming from the Great Lakes it's already quite a long journey, and London is 9½ hours away. Doing a trip like that for just a couple of days is plain silly. I should know; I did exactly that last week.
Anyway, whether you just want to come for a couple of days or make a long trip of it, it would probably help you to know some of our plans. There will be a bachelor/bachelorette/stag/hen/whateveryouwanttocallit party on Wednesday the 30th of August, to which all of our friends will be invited. Then on the Thursday night there will be a rehearsal dinner, to which all of our relatives will be invited. We haven't yet made any arrangements for these; just decided on the dates so everyone who would like to be there can be. After the wedding we'll have a day to chill and pack, and then be leaving for our honeymoon at a painful hour of Sunday morning; the 3rd of September. And finally, I haven't made up my mind yet, but I will probably 'officially' take the last 4 days of August off work, because I know that realistically I won't be able to get much done that week anyway.
What this means for our guests is that you'd be better off arriving earlier rather than leaving later. If you're around for the week before the wedding, we'll be able to spend a lot of time together, and you'll be over the jetlag by the wedding night. Meanwhile, there's no reason why you shouldn't stick around for another week after the wedding, but just be warned that we won't be around to spend time with you.
For those who live outside the US, I would advise booking the flights relatively soon. There is only one flight between London and Seattle each day (BA 48/49), and being a holiday weekend there is a risk that the return trip will sell out early, not to mention that last-minute tickets can get seriously expensive.
Hotels
We would like to make some block-bookings for hotels. We're looking at probably making a block booking at 3 places: the Edgewater (the reception and possibly wedding venue, and quite an expensive place to stay), a hostel if we can book an entire dorm for our guests, and a mid-range hotel where you can have private rooms without breaking the bank.Hopefully by doing block bookings we can negotiate some sort of discount for the two hotels, and if we organise for as many of our guests as possible to stay in the same few hotels near us [which also happens to be near the venue] it will make logistics easier for everyone.
Obviously we need to know how many people want to stay in what sort of place, before we can make the arrangements. To that end, please let us know as soon as possible if you'd like to be included in this, and what sort of place would suit you. We will probably start talking to hotels about a month from now; hopefully that gives people time to reply. Booking hotels later shouldn't be a problem, and we'll be happy to give recommendations for places that are nearby, but I think if we want a block of rooms all in one place we'll need to reserve that relatively early.
The best way to contact us about anything wedding-related is the email address on the cards, because that goes to both of us simultaneously.
posted by eldan at 12:51 AM
3 Comments:
I guess I'm going to go with mid-range. I want to spend a decent week out there, so the Edgewater is out, and I like having a private bathroom, so the hostel is out. Hopefully the midrange can be downtown near everything or at least on a bus line? I won't have a car for travelling around doing wedding related errands (which I'm ever so good at so don't hesitate to ask me to do anything).
Hopefully we'll be able to find a place in Belltown, so it will be very near the Edgewater, downtown and where we live. There are several small hotels within a few blocks of us that look promising, but we haven't actually been inside them yet, so it's possible that they will either be dives or super-expensive boutique type places.
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