Dear potential wedding guests,

	We are making block reservations at several different hotels for our wedding guests.  Please let us know (within the next week) your plans and preferences for where you will stay each night of your trip. (The wedding is the afternoon of Sunday July 15th).  The block reservations cover arriving as early as Friday 7/13/07 and departing as late as Monday 7/16/07.  For other days, you are on your own!  These block reservations don't actually reserve you a room, they just make sure there will be rooms for you to reserve yourself.  You should book rooms as soon as you know your plans, as things can fill up quickly for the summer months.  All of these places give you a discount for being part of a block reservation; ask for rooms under the "Auerbach/Seater Wedding".  Transportation information is also listed below, please let us know what you plan to do for transportation as well (e.g. Do you plan to rent a car or use shuttle services?  Do you need help finding a ride to share?).  If know you will not be able to attend or if you are still unsure whether or not you will be coming, please let us know that as well.  We need to start getting a more exact idea of numbers for the ceremony and meals.

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HOTELS:
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(A)
BEECHWOOD HOTEL: in Worcester, full-service five star hotel, includes continental breakfast
surprisingly cheap for how amazingly nice it is
45 minute drive to Harding-Allen Estate
60-90 minutes by car to Boston and Logan Airport
363 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605
(508) 754-5789
1 King Bed + foldout couch for 2 - $139/night (good for a family with small children)
2 Queen Beds + foldout couch for 2 - $149/night
Executive Jr Suite + foldout couch for 2 - $189/night

(B)
WORCESTER COURTYARD: in Worcester, more modest hotel, limited dining and service
45 minute drive to Harding-Allen Estate
60-90 minutes by car to Boston and Logan Airport
72 Grove Street, Worcester, MA 01605
(508) 363-0300
1 king bed - $99.00 plus tax 
2 queen beds - $109.00 plus tax.

(C)
BROOKLINE COURTYARD: in Boston
90-120 minute drive to Harding-Allen Estate
subway access to Boston and Logan Airport
40 Webster Street, Brookline, MA 02446
(617) 734-1393
1 King or 2 Queen Beds - $189/night

(D)
Susan Mason Picture Perfect Photography / Bed and Breakfast
(our wedding photographer, who lives just across the street from the Harding Allen Estate)
1 minute walk to Harding-Allen Estate
90-120 minutes by car to Boston and Logan Airport
queen beds, shared rooms, shared kitchen, shared bathrooms
limited number of rooms available
SUNDAY NIGHT ONLY
roughly $50 per night

(E)
Harding Allen Estate proper, inside the estate itself
0 minute walk to Harding-Allen Estate
90-120 minutes by car to Boston and Logan Airport
shared bathrooms, fancy décor, king/queen beds
limited number of rooms available
SUNDAY NIGHT ONLY, BRIDAL PARTY ONLY (until further notice)
free

(F)
Harding Allen Estate extra building, right behind the estate
1 minute walk to Harding-Allen Estate
90-120 minutes by car to Boston and Logan Airport
mostly queen beds, mostly one per room, rooms connect through each other
shared kitchen, shared bathrooms, steep stairs
SUNDAY NIGHT ONLY
free

(G)
Somewhere else (e.g. friends or family or your own favorite secret hotel)

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TRANSPORTATION:
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Knight’s Airport Limousine Services runs shuttles from the airport to a destination of your choice in Worcester for $48 for one person or $69 for two people.  There is a limo from the airport to Worcester for $131 for several people.  You can contact them at (508) 839-6252 or www.knightslimo.com

Through Enterprise cars can be rented from Worcester ($15 and up/day – We managed to find a quote of $50 for the entire weekend), the Boston airport ($65 and up/day), or Malden ($30 and up/day).  There is an Enterprise right across the street from the Beechwood hotel.  If you are planning on staying in Worcester and renting a car, we recommend that you take the shuttle out to Worcester and renting the car out there, as it is significantly cheaper.  

We are expecting people to fly into Logan Airport in Boston, but you may also want to consider flying into T.F. Green in Providence, Rhode Island or Bradley in Hartford, Connecticut, as they are about the same distance from Worcester.  Knight’s will also provide transportation to and from those airports.

We are going to try to arrange transportation between the Worcester hotel and the Wedding location.  If we are unable to have transportation for people, we recommend that people rent a car for the day and carpool with each other.

Stuff is far away; don’t take taxis.

For directions to the Harding Allen Estate itself, see their website:
 http://www.harding-allen.com/howto.htm

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PROCEDURE:
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Here is the procedure:
 This week:			Tell us which location and form of transportation you plan to use 
				for each night of your stay.

 Next week:			We make/adjust block reservations based on your replies.

 As soon as you know your plans:
				Book your rooms at the hotel of your choice.  Don’t wait too long 
				to book, as things can fill up quickly in July.  We recommend 
				reserving rooms by May.  If the rooms are not taken by June, 	
				they will start giving them away to other people.  Ask for rooms 	
				under the "Auerbach/Seater Wedding".

 In a few months:		We send out official invitations and you send us official replies.
 
 July				You come to our wedding (hopefully).

Hope you can make it!
-Robert & Jessica