*** Long story short, we got a discount and are further covering some of the room costs for Friday and Saturday so folks don’t need to shop around for hotels to find a good price since we’ve already done all that work for you. You also don’t need to worry about a car or uber because we got a hotel that’s right off the train. ***

We recognize that a lot of folks have to travel and that can be pricey. We don’t want to put too much of a burden on anyone coming and celebrating with us. Because of that, we reserved a block of rooms at the Renaissance Seattle Hotel. We have locked in a discounted price for the rooms and our families are putting some money in to help reduce the price of a standard room to $200 a night. If interested, please contact the hotel and tell them you are booking for the Maruska/Sandler wedding. The hotel will be the hub of the weekend with events and transportation, so we hope everyone takes advantage of these rooms! (We also negotiated that upgrading a room is about $50/night instead of the standard $210/night, especially helpful for those traveling with kiddos.)

There is some weirdness when you book because of the way we’re covering some of the room expenses. When you check out it will show $260 a night (or a bit more if you upgrade). You won’t actually be charged $260, though. The $60+tax a night credit will be added to Friday and Saturday night stays. For example, if you stay in the basic room those two nights, at checkout it will say $520+tax, but when you are actually charged at the end of your stay you will only be charged $400+tax. We tried to make this easier, but this is the only way we could get it to work. Your credit card will only be charged after check out in July. Please see the link below or call the hotel to book!

COMING FROM THE AIRPORT
When you fly into SeaTac Airport (we don’t recommend flying into any of the smaller ones in the area), you will be able to take the train right to the hotel. You will get on the light rail and take the north line, going towards Lynwood, and then get off at the Symphony stop. You’ll be just a few blocks from the hotel and that should save you a $50+ cab ride each way.


The bus and train system in Seattle is also good enough that if you want to do city sightseeing you can just walk or bus or train around. And if you want to gamble with you life, feel free to use one of those electric scooters. You would only need to rent a car if you were planning on taking a trip to go hiking or something like that.