Wedding Night

[maniach]

I was wondering where everyone was planning to stay on their wedding night (if not at their house). My FI and I are getting married in Toledo OH, and it's not really a sprawling metropolis with really nice hotels or anything. We aren't going on a honeymoon right away because it's his busy season at work, so we will just need a place for one night. I am thinking about a B&B, but I always hate to spend like $200 for a night someplace where (a) they might hear you getting it on through the walls (b) you're only going to be to sleep (i.e. not really have time to enjoy the ambience).

Does anyone have any creative suggestions?

[KrissyCat7]

I just did a quick search on travelocity.com and there are a few hotels in your area. How about the wyndham or the hilton?

[jesseybell]

I would definitely want to spend it in a hotel versus a B&B. I just find a hotel is more relaxing and you are right, you have more privacy and would be quieter and believe me, you'll want sleep - the wedding day is pretty exhausting!

[tlew12778]

We are staying in the hotel portion of the villa where our reception will be held.

I would stay in a hotel over a B&B.

[KeliAnn]

We're getting married on the beach on Jekyll Island, GA, so we are staying at the Beachview Club on the island.

Here's our suite:

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[maplekitty]

We stayed in a B&B, but we had our own private cottage, and it was soooo cute and romantic!! If you want to go the B&B route, look for ones that have "suites" with your own private entrance, they are usually a little more private than just a bedroom in someones house.

Otherwise, splurge and stay in a nice hotel - it's one night and should be a very special night! :)

[Chimichanga]

DH and I found a nice hotel in a small city and spent one night (in a different state than where we live).

It was nice and relaxing - and trust me; you do more than just sleep ;)

[lisainpink]

We were living for our honeymoon at 7 a.m. So we stayed at the hotel attached to the local airport. We ended up loving it. First- it was a hotel- so we didn't feel bad if things got...um...romantic;) . Second, they had special honeymoon suites. Our room was lovely- and we had a hot tub in the bathroom. It was worth every penny (even if we hadn't been leaving so early in the a.m.)

A good friend of mine spent her wedding night in their house. They already lived together- but her DH had done the whole rose petals on the bed thing. She refuses to move to a bigger home because she is so attached to their first night memories in this house.

[GeekGirl]

A good friend of mine spent her wedding night in their house. They already lived together- but her DH had done the whole rose petals on the bed thing. She refuses to move to a bigger home because she is so attached to their first night memories in this house.

*wistful sigh*

Should I email this to Kroy as a hint? :p ;)

[lawyerlee]

We didn't take a honeymoon right away either, as I was just about to start law school finals. We stayed one night (the wedding night) at the Fairmont, and it was so worth it. Even though we were both tired, it was amazing to have such a nice room all to ourselves, order room service, eat cake, just be together after the amazing day, etc. I would definitely recommend you get the nicest room you can afford at a hotel and do it up right. You'll want the memory, regardless of how tired you are. ;) :)

[kindermom]

We stayed at our home for the evening before we left for our honeymoon the next day. We purchased really nice sheets (1000 TC) for the bed. It was really nice to sit on the couch, drink champagne, and talk about the day with my new hubby.

Looking back, if we were going to be someplace for more than 1 night, I would have liked to not be at home. But it just seemed like too much work for 1 night. Instead we spent some serious quality time together and that was really nice.

[maniach]

KeliAnn, that's right up the road from where we actually live (in Jax). I have heard that Jekyll is GORGEOUS. I am sure that you will have a beautiful wedding there. I looked into it (for about 2 seconds) before we decided to have the wedding in Toledo.

[irish74]

We were married at a B&B so we spent the night there afterwards. There are 15 rooms so we didn't feel any different than being in a hotel as far as privacy.

[Tonysweetie]

DH and I left on our honeymoon (4 day cruise) 2 days after our wedding. So our wedding night and the night after were spent at the Hilton on Cocoa Beach, FL (we live 15 minutes from there) and the cruise terminals were 5 minutes down the road. We had an AMAZING night with cancles, rose pedals and a hot bath together. It was worth the money for sure. We almost stayed in our aparment the first 2 nights bu tI knew I would unpack or something and do house things so we opted to stay in a hotel. It was AWESOME!

[tenofcups]

For various reasons, we decided not to take a honeymoon right away. Our wedding was in the afternoon, a very small wedding with just immediate family. Afterwards, our parents and my sister and her family came back to our house for a while and then we went to the Hilton downtown.

We also live in a small city (Harrisburg) and while there isn't anything like a Four Seasons here, we did opt to spend the night in the nicest hotel in the area in one of their nicer rooms. We could have gone to the Hershey Hotel, which is very upscale and only about 1/2 hour away, but truthfully, it was soooo nice to go to a hotel that was only 5 minutes from our house, but still be *away* for the night. For us, it would have been a little anti-climactic to get married and then come home and sleep in the same bed in the same house where we always sleep, especially because we weren't going on a honeymoon right away.

It was just kind of "special" to be away for the night. DH scattered rose petals all over the place and lit candles while I changed into special wedding night lingerie ;) and then we sat and sipped champagne and just enjoyed being married.

[lawyergirl25]

maniach, we got married in the Toledo area too (lived there for 7 years until we moved to Columbus in August, too). :) We stayed at the Hilton on MCO's campus after our wedding and reception at Oak Openings Lodge in Whitehouse. Looking back, I'm glad we didn't spend a ton of money on a fancy hotel room for the night. We were so exhausted when we got back to the hotel that we had just enough energy to get undressed, take a hot shower, and get into bed. Plus, we arrived around 10:00 p.m. and were out of there by 9:00 a.m. so we could have breakfast with some relatives, so we were there for less than 12 hours, 10 of which we were sleeping. (Sometimes I wonder why we got a hotel room at all, but then I remember how trashed my house was in the weeks leading up to the wedding and I remember. :) )

Anyway, I too would probably choose a hotel. We like staying at the HI-French Quarter in Perrysburg and the Wyndham downtown, and the Hilton MCO where we spent our wedding night was nice. There's a new pool suites hotel opening in Perrysburg that you could look into (sorry, I can't remember the name). If you're willing to drive, Maumee Bay State Park has a beautiful lodge (and cabins too, if you're worried about the noise ;)). DH and I also spend a lot of time in Marblehead and Put-in-Bay, although that is a really long drive from Toledo when you're exhausted, so I don't know if I'd try to go there for my wedding night.

I'll try and think of some other ideas. :)

[maniach]

Thanks, Lawyergirl25. Our reception is going to be in the Ward Pavilion in Wildwood. I love the idea of having it in one of the parks. They don't have any good parks down here like they have in Ohio!!

[ShamrockBride]

I live in Michigan, but only about a half an hour from Toledo :)
Our wedding night was a gift from my future SIL, she booked us a jaccuzzi room at the local hotel (the nicest one in the area, but still decently priced because we are from a small town), It was a nice room, and a great thought, but I honestly wish we would have been given the night after, so we wouldn't have slept instead of taken advantage of the nice room.

[coquelicot]

We stayed in a B&B our first night, too, but it was in a room (a suite, really) with its own entrance. It was separated enough from the rest of the house that it was really private. I loved doing it that way. We were also there the two nights after that.

[akacharlotte]

We are leaving for our honeymoon two weeks after the wedding. On our wedding night we are just going to come back to our house. A friend has mentioned decorating our room for us so I would love it if she was still willing to do that. If I hint to my FH he may go ahead and do it for us.

I would like to stay in a B&B but I haven't found any around here that appear private enough.

coquelicot-What B&B did you stay in? I see you are in Nashville. Did you marry here as well?

[coquelicot]

akacharlotte--nope, we got married in my hometown in Kentucky, and went to a B&B in Bardstown. It's not terribly far from Nashville (2.5 hours, maybe?), but probably farther than what you might want to go the night of your wedding.

[jennylou]

Since I'm not terribly far from you - I'd suggest you go to one of the islands.