We love your kids—we really do. But we want our wedding to be your night off! We have added a couple of our favorite babysitting sites to help you find the perfect sitter: Care.com Zum Urbansitter Sitting Around
With Chicago having such a variety of hotels with different prices and amenities, we decided not to block one particular hotel for the wedding. We have listed a number of our favorite hotels in the travel section. Just make sure to book early as the wedding falls on the day of the Chicago Marathon! Don't worry though, it's usually over with in the early afternoon but do make sure to plan for extra travel time.
The marathon starts around 7am and goes till roughly 1-2pm so plan accordingly for extra travel time. Here is a map of the race which clears up very quickly once the runners have passed. https://assets-chicagomarathon-com.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/18-CM-Course-Map-Final-1.pdf