Wedding Etiquette Forum

Are welcome bags necessary?

We both have A LOT of out of town family and friends since neither of us is originally from the area we live in now. This being said, I think welcome bags would be very nice to do, yet with how many we would need I think it could get very costly, so are they necessary? If we do them, this is what I was thinking of going with-
A welcome letter thanking them for coming and listing the time and place of ceremony in case they forgot their invite
A list of contacts in case they have any problems or questions (myself, fiance, and a couple other people who know what's going on)
A list of a few nice restaurants
I'm a baker, so I was also going to include mini loaves of banana bread and some cookies
Bottled water

Is this enough to include in the welcome bag? This is something that would be within our budget to do. Also, we have people with a lot of kids coming in, should we have the hotel hand out one bag per family or one bag per so many people? How much of each thing (water, bread, cookies) should I include in each bag?

Thank you for your help and advice!!!
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