Can the wedding party stay overnight at the venue?

Yes. Melrose Hotel occupies the suites on the upper floor of the same building your wedding happens in, and sleeps 24 guests. The wedding party wakes up here, gets ready upstairs, walks down for the ceremony, celebrates one floor away, and climbs the stairs at the end of the night instead of finding a car. Very few Kansas City wedding venues can offer this at all — most pair with a partner hotel and shuttle guests between two buildings.

How many people can stay at Melrose Abbey?

The suites sleep 24 in total. That is the inner circle — the wedding party, the parents, the people who are there before the first photo and after the last song. Your remaining guests stay at hotels downtown or on the Country Club Plaza, both minutes away.

What does it change to have everyone in one building?

The morning is the biggest difference. Getting-ready photographs happen where you slept, so nobody is carrying dresses through a hotel lobby or watching the clock for a shuttle. There is no transport gap between the ceremony and the reception, because they are one floor apart. And at the end of the night, the people closest to you are still there.

Where do our other guests stay?

Downtown Kansas City and the Country Club Plaza are both a short drive, and both have a wide range of hotels. Melrose Abbey is at 3931 Washington Street in midtown, minutes from downtown, the Plaza and the Crossroads Arts District.

How do we book the suites?

Ask us when you book your date. The suites are reserved separately from the venue rental, and your own wedding night is always guaranteed to you. Booking and current nightly rates are handled at melrosehotelkc.com.

Boutique hotel suite inside Melrose Abbey, Kansas City — the wedding party stays on site Second suite at Melrose Abbey, part of the on-site lodging sleeping 24 Suite living space at Melrose Abbey, upstairs from the ceremony floor Getting-ready suite at Melrose Abbey, where the wedding party prepares on the morning of the wedding Groom's quarters at Melrose Abbey Kansas City The balcony overlooking the sanctuary at Melrose Abbey, used for cocktail hour
The Weekend

One building, start to finish

The night before. The wedding party checks into the suites. Nobody is coordinating arrivals across three hotels.
Saturday morning. Hair and makeup in the getting-ready suites, upstairs from the ceremony.
The ceremony. Downstairs, beneath the 35-foot suspended dome and the original 1922 stained glass.
Cocktail hour. On the balcony overlooking the sanctuary, while the room below is turned over.
The reception. One floor away. No drive, no shuttle, no gap where guests drift off.
The end of the night. The people closest to you climb the stairs instead of ordering rides.

See the suites in person

Tours cover the sanctuary, the reception floor and the suites upstairs, so you can picture the whole weekend at once.

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