Getting-ready suite
A suite or space for getting ready on the morning of.
Also called: getting ready suite, bridal suite, hotel room, green room, rental house.
When couples book this
Usually booked about 12 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.
What kind of space are you picturing?
The wishlist mirror of location_type (the space's own type, below) — compare the two per candidate.
How many people need to get ready here?
A shopping estimate — the derived party_headcount below follows your wedding-party and family roles.
What do you want the room to have?
The wishlist mirror of amenities (what the space actually has, below) — compare the two per candidate.
What to ask each candidate
Facts that differ from one vendor to the next — worth writing down while you shop.
What kind of space is it?
Address of the suite
PUBLISHED. Hair, makeup, attire delivery, prep photos, and the departure ride all read this address.
When can you get into the space?
PUBLISHED as venue_space.getting_ready_suite.access_start — the bound the whole morning works inside.
When must the space be cleared?
Hotel checkout or hand-back time. Advisory only — flags the schedule, never blocks it.
How many people does the space comfortably hold?
ADVISORY ONLY — flags, never blocks.
What does the space have?
What settles once booked
The working details you and your vendor pin down together.
How many people getting ready here?
DERIVED from party roles — the couple is never asked what the plan already knows.
When does the suite open?
DERIVED from the beauty schedule, advisory throughout. Sets the day-of timeline block for the suite.
Food and drinks in the suite
What time do they arrive?
The time you agreed together, not an estimate worked back from the ceremony.
What time do they finish?
Who do you call on the day?
The name and cell number of whoever is on site — not the office line.
Where do they come in, and where do they park?
The load-in door or dock, where the vehicles go, and who opens up.
Do they need a meal?
Counts toward your caterer's vendor-meal number.
What balance is due on the day?
Your own figure, from your contract — what is still owed when they arrive.
What gratuity are you planning?
Your own figure. It rides beside the balance on the day-of money sheet.
How it lands on your day
Getting ready
Leave for the ceremony
Default 30m ahead of the ceremony; widen it for real travel time between the suite and the site.
How it’s usually priced
Usually priced as one flat amount.
Lines that sometimes ride along: Early check-in / early-access fee, Security / damage deposit.
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 space, the morning, contacts.
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Plan your getting-ready suite — 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.