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OOT bags

mmattoonmmattoon member
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in Maryland-Baltimore
We are going to have a decent number of people spending the night at the hotel; however, only about 5 rooms will be for true OOT people. The rest are just for our friends and family that don't want to drive home. So do we make these bags for everyone staying at the hotel? Or just the OOT people? Or is it ok not to do these at all? I just don't know what to include since the typical local stuff isn't really applicable here.
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Re: OOT bags

  • budgetmamabudgetmama member
    Seventh Anniversary 100 Comments
    edited December 2011
    We made bags for everyone staying at the hotel, even if they were local.In the bag was.....2 bottles of water (w/ personalized labels which everyone loved)Alka Seltzer tablets1 bag of crab chips2 pk. Berger cookiesHershey's kisseschocolate covered pretzelscouple of Jolly RanchersWurther's (Lainie's favorite treat)welcome letter from the bride and groom with ceremony time, directions to the church and then to the reception.
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  • smange10.10smange10.10
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    edited December 2011
    It is perfectly okay not to do OOT bags.  They're a nice perk, but by no means necessary.  If you do happen to decide to do them, I would think that you'd have to put them together for everyone staying at the hotel.  Most of our hotel guests are still from the area but it's going to put more of a burden on the hotel staff to pick and choose who to give them to rather than just everyone in the room block.
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  • JVeauxJVeaux
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    edited December 2011
    You certainly don't have to have them. No one will be the wiser if they're not there.  But, if you do want to do them, maybe you could just do something really simple like a late night snack...something for them to eat after partying like chips, cookies, water, etc.
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  • mmattoonmmattoon member
    100 Comments
    edited December 2011
    All great ideas/advice. Thanks ladies!
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  • fakename120fakename120
    10 Comments
    edited December 2011
    We are having the same "issue." So I have one set of bags for the true out of town people and then another for those staying at the hotel because they do not want to drive home.
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  • tracy_ktracy_k member
    Seventh Anniversary 500 Comments
    edited December 2011
    I'm not doing them at all, and I'm perfectly comfortable with that decision. :)
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