Theres plenty of room for camping in Nigel's yard on Saturday night, and he's even offering to cook us an English breakfast on Sunday morning. Please let us know if you are planning on camping.

Posted by Peter at 12:28 PM | Permalink

Vacation Rentals in the area are plentiful and often comparible to hotel rates, especially for small groups. Here's a list of rentals in the Kenwood/Glen Ellen/Sonoma area. Here's a list of rentals closer to our house on the Russian River. Some of them have week minimums this time of year and are popular -so book sooner than later!

Posted by Peter at 12:33 PM | Permalink

Below are a handful of hotels, inns, and B&B's that we thought would be good choices for our guests. These are just suggestions - if there is something you are looking for that you don't see, feel free to contact us or go to www.sonoma.com/lodging for a very long list of lodging possibilities!

Our wedding is competing for rooms with the demolition derby and the Elvis impersonation contest at the Sonoma County Fair, as well as Lazy Bear weekend in Guerneville. Some of the hotels we have listed are already booked and some have a higher rate than listed.

We've been calling around and found rooms in Sebastopol, which is about halfway between our house and the wedding site. We have gone ahead and booked a block of rooms at the Holiday Inn Express there. It is newer and quite nice and even passing on a locals discount for these rooms! However, it is about a 30-40 minute drive to the wedding site.There are options closer to the wedding site in Santa Rosa available as well. The link above will show a lot of the possibilities.

Holiday Inn Express in Sebastopol:707.829.6677 The magic words are "Baker Wiggin wedding"

For those of you who are coming out for our wedding from a distance and will perhaps be here for a few days, know that you may also want to explore lodging on the coast and just drive over for the wedding. There are many beautiful areas of Sonoma County, from the coast, to the redwoods, the Russian River area (where we live) and the warmer inland areas near Sonoma and Kenwood. There is, of course, wine tasting and related wine country type activities to be had throughout. This wine road website is one of many that can guide the wine inspired traveler.

Posted by Emma at 12:35 PM | Permalink

Birmingham Bed & Breakfast - Kenwood
1.800.819.1388
www.birminghambb.com
Walking distance (if you don't mind running across hwy 12) to the wedding.
3 room historic inn
$$

Beltane Ranch - Glen Ellen
1.707.996.6501
www.beltaneranch.com
5 room historic inn on hwy 12 near Glen Ellen and Kenwood.
$$

Gaige House Inn & Spa - Glen Ellen
1.800.935.0237
High-class place with Asian and European aesthetics and a spa. A good deal for the degree of luxury.
www.gaige.com
$$+

Kenwood Inn & Spa - Kenwood
1.800.353.6966
www.kenwoodinn.com
For those looking to use our wedding as an excuse for some opulence and romantic architecture - this would be a place to consider.
$$$

Posted by Emma at 7:30 PM | Permalink

Best Western Sonoma Valley Inn
1.800.334.5784
www.sonomavalleyinn.com
Handicap accessible and good all around hotel with many amenities.
Peter once lived here for a month....
$+

Cottage Inn & Spa
1.800.944.1490
www.cottageinnandspa.com
An 8 room B&B walking distance from the Sonoma plaza
$$

Posted by Emma at 7:20 PM | Permalink

Flamingo Resort Hotel & Conference Center
1.800.848.8300
www.flamingoresort.com
Handicap accessible
Olympic sized swimming pool and spa.
$

Posted by Emma at 7:17 PM | Permalink