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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Doing it at a hotel is good since people are coming from out of town. You can get a room block so people can stay at the same place you are having the event. Easier than driving somewhere else (especially if people will drink and/or there's bad weather). [/quote]

Plus this allows people to hang out beyond the party time. I would pick something along the silver line (so people can fly into Dulles and take metro if they want). With 10 kids, get something with an indoor pool. And ideally a place that offers breakfast so people can spend time together in the morning too.[/quote]

That seems even more expensive.

I think OP can do this at home, but she needs to do her research and look online at blogs and videos.
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If people are coming from out of town as op said, they will need to stay somewhere anyway. Getting a room block so they all have the option of staying in the same place is courteous. And if many of them are staying in one place, hosting there is easy. The hotel has the equipment appropriate for that size group and staff used to working there. Yes it's possible to have dinner for 60 in a 5000 square foot house. It's just not necessarily cheaper or easier than having it elsewhere. [/quote]

In theory, yes, a room block should work. But you know how people are: they will have different levels of income, so some may not want that hotel (they'll want more expensive, less expensive, not that location, etc). Family is herding cats, it's not a corporate retreat where employees have to toe the line!

And I don't think renting a room in a hotel for multiple hours, with catering, is less expensive than being in someone's house. If the host is stressed out and harried, the cost of a hotel catering and dining room might be worth it. But it's also really impersonal. I'd prefer having a family gathering at an actual home.[/quote]

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