Welcome Bags

Re: Welcome Bags

• OBX2011 member

  

  February 2011 edited December 2011

  Visitors guides are a great idea!  Make sure it also includes a large map of the Outer Banks as well as the Sundy Day Coupon Book, which are also free and provided by the chamber of commerce or either the welcome center.  You could add chapstick, obx koozies, obx sitckers and mini-bottles of sunblock...if those even exist, ohh and mini anti-bacterial stuff too.  Im not sure how many welcome bags you are doing, but I am only doing mine for the out of town family that is actually staying the whole week with us.  I have already sweet talked the mgmt company into letting me in the house while the cleaners are there to put the welcome bags on their beds so they will see them as soon as they walk into their room.  If you arent doing a lot of bags, then you will only need a couple of obx koozies & stickers in order to keep costs down.
  
  Im not sure what else to add, but I will definitely let you know if I think of anything else.  Hope this helps!
  
  Happy Planning!

   

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• HStafford member

  

  February 2011 edited December 2011

  Those are great ideas, thanks so much!!!!

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• carlafinn

  

  February 2011 edited December 2011

  I have been to a few weddings where we have received welcome bags and they had stuff from water bottles, snack items, sunscreen, gum, etc. Also, the last one I went to, they gave bottles of wine and they had included a starfish bottle opener and a starfish wine stopper. Flip flops are cute...Old Navy has a sale where they are like $1 a pair at some season...just can't remember when. The goldfish crackers are a cute idea!

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• sarahebrown member

  

  February 2011 edited December 2011

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_north-carolina-outer-banks_welcome-bags-2?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:598Discussion:473e68ca-0b8f-4249-b1e9-c3b4ab26a616Post:05701e64-b44d-4f70-8e55-80a3969c98ed">Re: Welcome Bags</a>:
  [QUOTE]I have been to a few weddings where we have received welcome bags and they had stuff from water bottles, snack items, sunscreen, gum, etc. Also, the last one I went to, they gave bottles of wine and they had included a starfish bottle opener and a starfish wine stopper.<strong> Flip flops are cute...Old Navy has a sale where they are like $1 a pair at some season</strong>...just can't remember when. The goldfish crackers are a cute idea!
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  These are all great ideas. Just wanted to add that I'm planning on buy a bunch of the $1 Old Navy flip-flops and they are on sale in October, just before our weddings!

  

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• ftdr2b member

  

  February 2011 edited December 2011

  i went to a wedding and on top of the above that people put in welcome kits they also added mini tylenol to go packs (crucial for the next morning!). A map and a list of things to do would be helpful too

  Mrs. Lauren Barry

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• lgorm893 member

  

  March 2011 edited December 2011

  Hi! I saw some place that you could get personalized little bottles of sunscreen that i thought would be great for a welcome bag! I'll have to try and find the website again! Flip flops are a great idea! My friend had them at her wedding for all guests, it wasn't a beach wedding, but just in case anyones feet were hurting from their shoes during the reception and it was a big hit! Putting them in a welcome bag could get a bit difficult though because you would really need to have an idea of what size everyone is.

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• boderboo

  

  June 2011 edited December 2011

  lgorm893 - Did you find the personalized sunscreen bottles?
  
  Thanks

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