Favors?

AVBarto

Who is or is not doing favors?  We are definitely not as I can not think of one thing that people would want and we are already having an abundance of food.  My debation is between what we are providing guests being enough?  Cigar bar, photo booth with pics to take home ...or should we donate some $ to the shelter that I work at and use that.  I honestly feel as though no one will even care either way.
Aren't favors out dated? Yes? No?

cronin85

hmmm I feel the opposite. I think favors should be a necessity.  Your guests will be there to celebrate with you and be giving you gifts.  They take time our of their weekend to come, some spending money on new outfits, maybe having to travel etc;  I am doing mini wine bottle as my favors and sparkling cider for the younger ones.  I will also be having a small candy buffet.

But.... I think the cigar bar and the photo booth may be enough.  If anything maybe you could add a small candy buffet, there are ways to do it cheap.

sundayrose

I think the photobooth with pics to take home could definitely be considered your wedding favors

MoonlightSilver

Favors are not necessary. The whole reception is a thank you to your guests. You could definitely count your photobooth pictures as the favors, since they can take those home. 

If you want to donate to your org, go ahead and do so, but I wouldn't do it as a favor. Even if all of your guests agree with the cause, they might not support that particular organization (For instance, I am in favor of autism support and research, but there are certain orgs I wouldn't give money to). It's not a gift TO them anyway, so it would be the same as them walking out with nothing. 

Good luck! 

boomboom1243

I went to a wedding this past may and there were no favors.. I was a little disappointed. but they didnt have a photo or cigar bar so that might be enough but most people dont use those as favors photo booths most people use as a guest book so when the strip comes out they glue it in a book and write soemthing, cigar bar is for smoking there most people wont take them home. its not that you have to but it's nice coming from an italian family they are expected. we are actually having two favors. I am having a small candy buffet with the wedding colors and bags that say thank you for sharing our day. But my family and fiancee said not everyone would want this so we decided to also give coffee!!! there are going to be small bags of french vanilla coffe ( my fi fav) and on the bag it will say the perfect blend. and our wedding date. you can do something as simple as candles, playing cards, beer coozies(i would love this but my family wouldnt) , lil tins of mints anything you thing might work and that can be personalized. Its fun once you start looking at what you can do! they can be really cheap too.

DiLynn83

I've been to tons of weddings - tons - and I have never, ever noticed or remembered whether or not I received a little trinket.  Maybe I think about things a little differently, but I figure I'm being treated to a great dinner, probably a few drinks, and a fun party.  I really don't need a favor on top of that.

Amanda1443994

I don't think favors are always necessary, but I do think that the photobooth and cigar bar will suffice for favors. We are doing 3 favors; we're giving wine bottles, Jordan Almonds, and a box full of assorted Italian chocolates.

stefpet22

Over the past 3 months I have gone to 7 weddings and I have noticed if there were favors or not. I think that there needs to be a little something. For example, one wedding we went to they donated to different cancer organizations and put together little bags of M&M and provided sheet explaining which M&M represented which organization.

We are doing little bottles of olive oil infused with a spice ( probably rosemary). We figured it is something that everyone could use. 

cdbishop

I think if people are taking home photos from a photobooth, that can be considered a favor.  My guests were surprised we had a favor in addition to the photobooth. 

whitneyf1

I don't think favors are outdated. We giving our guests little mason jars filled with honey that we got from a farm in VT. My family spends a lot of time in VT, we have a house there so it is something that is special to us. I personally think edible favors are better because they will be used more than non-edible favors but that's just my personal opinion. 

All the weddings I have been to recently had favors except for one. The one that didn't also had a 5 month engagement so I'm not sure that was high on their priority list.

BeabullMom

We are doing a photobooth and we got some frames (on ebay...they aren't expensive) to go along with them.  We ended up using the frames to hold their escort cards, so it worked out great for a duel purpose.  Then we wanted something with our colors, so we got blue and orange rock candy and tied a little tag on it "It was sweet of you to join us" and are placing them at each setting.

SecondTimeAround714

We are having a candy bar and we are also doing a favor.
I am giving scratch lotto tickets in an envelope with a sticker that says "Lucky in Love"- who doesn't love lotto tickets, Hopefully people will win $$$