Hotels in the Area

Super 8:

1510 N Bridge St, Yorkville, IL

http://www.mapquest.com/#a5d50e6316c0e2c3073a1234

Hampton Inn:

310 E Countryside Pkwy, Yorkville, IL,

http://www.mapquest.com/#eaf4d69e65604537971bd187

The Homestead Bed & Breakfast

611 E Main St, Plano, IL

http://www.mapquest.com/#e10d11754f15ced3f8ff4b49

Best Western Plus Timber Creek Inn & Suites

3300 Drew St, Sandwich, IL

http://www.mapquest.com/#d50a90e733ed90341e2e59a3


They're all about 5-10 minutes away, and are the closest to the place where everything will be held. Beyond that will probably be a cruise. Super 8 is the cheapest. The maps are from Blackberry Creek to the hotels, but you can reverse the directions easily.

I'm not exactly sure how hotel deals for wedding guests works, but if there are discounts or whatever that any of these hotels do I'll look into it closer to summer.

Alcohol

By law Blackberry Creek is required to buy and serve the liquor. They are also required to have an off duty cop on the premises.

So please DO NOT bring any alcohol of any kind. Do not try and sneak it in. There will be basic alcohol and wine provided. If you must have a certain alcohol there let us know and we can ask them to provide it.

If you do bring liquor you will be asked to leave as Shaun and I won't tolerate anyone breaching the contract we had to sign. This is going to be a special day and we want everyone to enjoy it but we also want everyone to be responsible.

The bar will be a cash bar. At this time I don't know what drinks will cost, but I will try to find out what to expect closer to the date.

RSVPs

Please send your RSVP cards back no later than July 30th 2015.
We need the final count by then not only to give Blackberry Creek a final count number so they can order the proper number of chairs and tables, but also so that we and the other people bringing food know how many people need to be fed.

So on the card:

• Circle yes or no to indicate if you are coming or not
• Please put your name just so we know who is actually RSVPing! At least put one name so I know which person/family it is that is responding, but if you'd like to put everyone's name on the card so it'll help make seating easier to figure out later down the road we'd really appreciate.  
• Then let us know how many adults are coming and how many kids are coming. 
• Also put down a song request! We'd like to give the DJ a range of music that he or she should play so that everyone gets to hear music they like. Please no songs with excessive dirty messages or explicit language. Kids may not always understand what songs mean but I'd like to keep it family friendly. 

OR you can comment on this blog as an RSVP. Just list the same things mentioned above in a comment. 

If you have any questions on who is invited (guests, kids, etc.) please ask. I tried to label the invitations as clearly as I could, but if there's any confusion just double check with me or Shaun. 

So apparently having a wedding website is a thing now, but since making a website sounds almost impossible here's a blog instead! Really it's just meant to put information that goes on an invitation as a second form of communication, and to post extra information as it comes our way, and we need to get it out to our guests! 

I'm going to try and keep permanent information (where it will be held, time, date, etc.) on the sides of the blog, and make newer posts when information isn't necessary just helpful (hotels, maps etc.)