Travel Note
We suggest renting a car because the area is not serviced by public transit. While it will likely work to do an Uber/Lyft from the hotel to the ceremony, it might get cumbersome to rely on one for your entire visit. We will have a shuttle that will take you from the Primary Hotel (about 30 min from the ceremony) to the ceremony and back. This is to help you out if you want to drink, but also to help us out as parking is somewhat limited at the ceremony (details of the shuttle will be updated closer to the wedding). There isn't technically a ton of parking in the neighborhood where the ceremony is, so we encourage you to take the shuttle from the hotel. If you don't want to, or you are coming from somewhere else, we recommend sharing vehicles and we advise that you leave 10-15 minutes to walk if you have to park farther away from the house.
Flight
We recommend flying into Tampa, the world's best* airport because it is larger with plenty of rental car options (and a real neat* shuttle to bring you from terminal to security) and is close to the site of the wedding. It is approximately a 25-30 minute drive to the Ward household and nearby hotels. St. Pete-Clearwater is slightly closer to Safety Harbor, where we will hold our after party, but it is a smaller airport with fewer flight options. *according to Lowrie
Hotel
We selected this hotel to stay at because it's close to the after-party. We expect people at the after party to have some drinks, so this way everyone can walk back to the hotel (or take a super short uber). Note that we will provide a shuttle from this hotel to the actual ceremony (about 30 minutes by car) - to reduce cars parked in the neighborhood of the wedding and to allow our guests to drink at the ceremony if you'd like. To reserve a room using our block rate you can try the link above, but it's a bit glitchy, so we recommend calling Wyndham at 888-237-8772, extension 7100 and asking for the Ward/Garvey Wedding Room Block. Rates vary from $179 a night to $279 a night depending on the type of suite. We know this is a bit more pricey than most hotels in the area, but it's quite lovely, and again it's closer to the after-party. If you'd prefer to find alternate accommodations, you are welcome to (we don't have a block minimum).
Discount Code - LDT8 (click "special rates" and then choose "rate code")
Hotel
If you plan to attend the ceremony (12pm-4pm), but not the after party (8pm-12am), we recommend you stay as close to the ceremony venue as possible. This hotel seems nice and is a short 10 minute drive to the ceremony.