Hotel room block
A reserved set of rooms for your traveling guests.
Also called: hotel block, room block, hotel rooms, guest lodging, accommodations, courtesy block, guest hotel, hotel reservations, places to stay.
When couples book this
Usually booked about 9 months out. It moves with your date.
Your wishlist, before you talk to anyone
Questions you can answer early — they become the yardstick you compare candidates against.
How close to the venue would you like the block?
What nightly-rate tier suits your guests?
Anything you'd love the hotel to offer?
Which kind of block are you comfortable with?
Wishlist mirror of the block_terms fact — courtesy blocks carry no commitment; attrition blocks commit you to fill a stated share.
What to ask each candidate
Facts that differ from one vendor to the next — worth writing down while you shop.
Courtesy block or attrition block?
A fact about the hotel's contract, stated factually: a courtesy block releases unbooked rooms at the cutoff with no commitment; an attrition block commits the couple to fill a stated percentage, with unfilled rooms billable. Compare per hotel.
Attrition percentage (if any)
How do guests book into the block?
What settles once booked
The working details you and your vendor pin down together.
How many rooms?
DERIVED per household — one room per household, the number the hotel asks for first.
How close to the venue?
What nightly-rate tier suits your guests?
A mix often means two instances — one budget-friendly block and one upscale — each with its own count.
Anything the hotel should offer?
How do guests learn about the block?
Will welcome bags land at this hotel?
How it’s usually priced
Usually priced as one flat amount.
Lines that sometimes ride along: Attrition shortfall (unfilled rooms), Hospitality suite.
What your vendor reads from your plan
Book on or off Beetrothed — either way the plan assembles a brief your vendor can work from: the event, the block, contract terms, contacts.
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Plan your hotel room block — and everything around it
These questions live as one cell of a connected plan: your budget, guest list, checklist and timeline all read from the same answers. See the whole board work, or join the waitlist and we’ll write when it’s your turn.
We will write when there is something worth telling you.