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When planning a destination wedding, one of the biggest decisions you'll face is whether or not to secure a room block for your guests. While it might seem like a minor detail at first, it can actually have a significant impact on your wedding experience, your guests' comfort, and even your budget. So, room block or not? Here’s why we say: ABSOLUTELY YES!
A room block is a set of hotel rooms reserved for your wedding guests. These rooms are usually held for a specific period of time, and offer wedding couples either cash back rebates and/or discounted wedding events. Room blocks make it easier for your guests to stay together and enjoy the festivities, while also locking in preferred rates.
Destination weddings often take place at popular resorts, especially during peak travel seasons. Securing a room block ensures your guests won’t be scrambling for last-minute accommodations or end up at different properties.
Hotels often offer discounted group rates for room blocks, which can help your guests save money. In many cases, the more rooms you book, the more perks you receive. These might include cash back rebates, discounted room for the wedding couple, room upgrades, free or discounted private wedding events, spa credits, or even flight credits for the couple.
With a room block, you remove a lot of the guesswork for your guests. They’ll know exactly where to stay, how much it will cost, and they won’t need to research hotels or worry about availability. Plus, everyone staying at the same resort means your guests can enjoy more time together — from pool days to post-wedding brunch. After all - the best part of destination weddings is time spent together with your guests.
From welcome parties to farewell breakfasts, hosting wedding events is much easier when guests are all staying at the same place. You’ll also know how many people to expect for various events, which helps with headcounts and logistics. All guests booked within the room block will receive streamlined communications.
Planning a wedding is stressful enough. Securing a room block gives you and your guests peace of mind knowing accommodations are taken care of. There’s no last-minute panic or confusion, just a smooth and enjoyable stay.
Truth: Guests booking separately might pay more, miss out on availability, or stay at different resorts. Room blocks create a streamlined, more affordable experience.
Another truth: Many resorts charge fees for guests that come just for the wedding, and fees for guests that book separately from the room block.
Another truth: Guests that book separately are not counted towards cash back rebates and other room block perks.
Truth: When you work with a destination wedding agency like ours, we help negotiate flexible terms that don’t leave you on the hook for unbooked rooms.
Truth: That’s what we’re here for! We handle all the room block logistics, guest bookings, communications and even send reminders.
Another truth: We tell all of our couples that if they’re spending more than 5 minutes working on any one task, that’s just too much time. Allow us to do the heavy lifting!
We specialize in destination weddings in Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica, and we make the room block process seamless. Here’s how we help:
Booking a room block isn’t just a smart move—it’s one of the best ways to keep your wedding organized, fun, and stress-free.
Let us make it easy. Contact us today and we’ll help you secure the perfect resort and room block for your dream destination wedding!
