Meghan Coyle

The next best thing you can do if you're going to a wedding over the weekend is to extend the trip. So the second cheapest days to fly are Tuesdays and Wednesdays. So if it's the kind of destination that you can make a trip out of it, I'd recommend extending your stay a few days if you can.

Of course, you have to calculate whether your savings on the airfare by flying midweek will be washed out by paying for extra nights of lodging. But if you have free lodging, this might work out.

Of course, you have to calculate whether your savings on the airfare by flying midweek will be washed out by paying for extra nights of lodging. But if you have free lodging, this might work out.

Of course, you have to calculate whether your savings on the airfare by flying midweek will be washed out by paying for extra nights of lodging. But if you have free lodging, this might work out.

And then the single most expensive day to fly is Sunday, usually the day after the wedding.

And then the single most expensive day to fly is Sunday, usually the day after the wedding.

And then the single most expensive day to fly is Sunday, usually the day after the wedding.

You're such a travel planner, and I think this makes you good at planning parties, too.

You're such a travel planner, and I think this makes you good at planning parties, too.

You're such a travel planner, and I think this makes you good at planning parties, too.

All right, let's talk lodging. Sometimes couples offer room blocks at a hotel, meaning they ask the hotel to set aside a group of rooms specifically for wedding guests so guests can book those rooms at a reduced rate. But those don't always guarantee big savings.

All right, let's talk lodging. Sometimes couples offer room blocks at a hotel, meaning they ask the hotel to set aside a group of rooms specifically for wedding guests so guests can book those rooms at a reduced rate. But those don't always guarantee big savings.

All right, let's talk lodging. Sometimes couples offer room blocks at a hotel, meaning they ask the hotel to set aside a group of rooms specifically for wedding guests so guests can book those rooms at a reduced rate. But those don't always guarantee big savings.

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My boyfriend and I use that to determine whether we should use Marriott points instead of booking a room with the room block at a wedding hotel. Oh, nice. I have to say, we love the convenience of being able to stay at the wedding hotel and just walk upstairs to your room at the end of the night. But if the cost is too high, the points might make more sense.

My boyfriend and I use that to determine whether we should use Marriott points instead of booking a room with the room block at a wedding hotel. Oh, nice. I have to say, we love the convenience of being able to stay at the wedding hotel and just walk upstairs to your room at the end of the night. But if the cost is too high, the points might make more sense.

My boyfriend and I use that to determine whether we should use Marriott points instead of booking a room with the room block at a wedding hotel. Oh, nice. I have to say, we love the convenience of being able to stay at the wedding hotel and just walk upstairs to your room at the end of the night. But if the cost is too high, the points might make more sense.

For you, Sally, you're not getting married at a hotel and you don't seem too concerned about guests using the hotel room block. So should guests stay at your wedding hotel anyway?