How wedding hotel room blocks work
A practical guide to wedding hotel room blocks: courtesy vs contracted, release dates, group minimums and how 224 catalogue resorts publish their terms.
What a room block is
A wedding room block is a set of guest rooms a hotel holds for your group, usually at a negotiated rate, with a booking link or code and a release (cut-off) date. Unbooked rooms typically return to general sale after that date. The block is about guest lodging — it is separate from the ceremony package, though many resorts tie free or discounted wedding packages to a minimum number of booked room nights.
Courtesy vs contracted in one sentence
A courtesy (non-contracted) block lets unused rooms fall back to the hotel with no bill to you; a contracted block commits you to a number of room nights and can charge attrition if guests book fewer nights than the contract allows after any attrition cushion.
What the catalogue shows today
224 resorts are listed on Wedding Hotelist; 125 have a complete, indexable wedding profile. 8 publish a group minimum room count; 0 publish that a courtesy block is offered; 0 publish contracted-block terms. Unknown facts stay “Not published” — we never invent a minimum or attrition percentage.
How to use a block without over-committing
Start from your guest list and likely travel party, then ask for a courtesy block or a contracted block with a clear attrition allowance and a review date. Match the release date to your RSVP deadline. If a free wedding package requires room nights, read that rule on the resort profile before you sign — it behaves like a commitment even when the ceremony fee is $0.
Where to go next
See the room-block hub for checklists and brand-specific pages, and open each resort profile for the dated quote of its own terms.
How wedding hotel room blocks work: FAQ
Is a wedding room block free?
A courtesy block costs nothing for rooms that go unused. A contracted block can bill you for shortfalls beyond the attrition allowance. Package prices and room rates are separate.
How many rooms do I need?
Each hotel sets its own minimum. In our catalogue, 8 resorts publish a figure — for example Jade Mountain lists 5 rooms (checked Oct 27, 2026). If a resort does not publish a minimum, ask its group desk; we do not estimate.
Where do these numbers come from?
From each resort’s own wedding or group pages, stored with a checked-on date in our open catalogue (data as of the profile’s check date; catalogue build tracks 125 complete profiles).