Originally Posted by Endor
Interestingly, he told me he's only getting something like 7,000 points for the block!
I'm wondering if he's set up as an SPG planner and getting a small % of the points, but is incorrect in thinking the guests won't get any. Is that possible? It is a very large wedding ~300 guests.
ETA - Analise - we crossposted. To be honest, at this point I think I might just stay with a local friend after all. It's $$$ as it's in another major city. To bad I just drained my SPG account in Iguazu! But I won't miss the wedding at all, and I didn't mean to imply that. I just....was surprised.
I'm having my wedding at a Westin in a few months and basically this is how it works (at least for me). We negotiated a block of rooms for a really cheap rate for our guests. They, of course, get their own starpoints, stay credit, whatever (unless I'm paying for it!). I get 2 points for every 3 dollars they spend on the rooms (double normal planner rates), in addition to 2 point for every 3 dollars I spend on the food/banquet facilities, etc. under the starwood preferred planner program. So I think there might just be some miscommunication, the guests definitely gets their own points, I just get some extra points for having it as part of my wedding. The amount the guests spend on their rooms just goes toward our "total spend".
Edited for grammer