Updated with Edmund's answers
May, four to five nights, up to $2,000, a house if the numbers allow, mild weather. The picture shifts.
Edmund answered the questionnaire on October 8. Dapo's answers are still to come, so treat this as half the brief. Re-scored with weather and lodging weighted up and a $2,000 ceiling, three plans stand out.
If the house is the priority
Orlando, then Austin
Orlando's 10 bedroom ChampionsGate pool homes sleep 22 to 30 with enough bedrooms for the guys who need their own, golf is three minutes away, and mid May is 86 degrees before the daily storms start. About $1,300 to $1,630 for four nights. Austin's Lake Travis houses sleep 20 with a dock and the Dallas guys drive; about $1,790 to $1,915. Vegas, Nashville, New Orleans, Tampa and Myrtle Beach all cap or ban big rental houses.
Orlando→ Austin→If a resort counts as together
Vegas midweek, then Scottsdale
With a $2,000 ceiling Vegas midweek clears comfortably even for the own room guys, and Scottsdale in May (95 and dry, not the 106 of July) comes back in at Talking Stick or Grand Hyatt with the best summer golf deals in the country. Neither is mild.
Las Vegas→ Scottsdale→If mild weather is a must
San Diego, then Myrtle Beach in May
Only San Diego (low 70s), Myrtle Beach in May (78), Nashville in May (78) and Tahoe in June (72) are mild. With $2,000 San Diego's lean plan ($1,705 for four nights, cheap munis, Torrey Pines North for the grooms) is back on the table, though Detroit fares run $550 and the big Mission Beach houses carry one week minimums.
San Diego→ Run the dials→
Headcount: Edmund's list has 19 names once the duplicates come out (Edmund and Jordan were listed twice): Oba, Joseph, Adom, Tolu, Tomi, John, Mayowa, Demi, Folarin, Ejiro DD, Anam, Chuka, Edmund, Jordan, Ade, Ejiro O, Dapo, Tayo, Jazib. The roster page has them preloaded. Each guy who needs his own room adds roughly $75 to $190 a night at a hotel; in a house it is just claiming a bedroom, which is the strongest argument for the house.
