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Out of Town Welcome Bags

shrades77shrades77 member
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in Michigan-Grand Rapids
Have any of you done these / plan on doing these?  If so, what kinds of items are you going to put in the bags?  We would like a couple MI or GR based products if possible, as well as some other practical items, but I am having a hard time coming up with inexpensive yet good ideas!!
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Re: Out of Town Welcome Bags

  • clmcnicholasclmcnicholas member
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    edited December 2011
    We wanted to do michigan based products but everything i could think of was too expensive. Ours will have a variety of snacks, bottled water (which comes from MI springs :) ), advil packets, and downtown maps.
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  • nicholettekingnicholetteking member
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    edited December 2011
    What about wine?  there are some inexpensive wine from local wineries like Robinette. or local honey, bread, produce... lol can you tell I'm hungry?
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  • trickytricky
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    edited December 2011
    you can get maps and directory books at the city hall downtown for free that you could throw in.. All so how about apples, wine, fudge....  bottled water or candy bars with your monogram on them. 

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  • heather_rae90heather_rae90 member
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    edited December 2011
    How about some Faygo? :) Better Made Potato Chips are also made in Michigan.
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  • racystacey07racystacey07 member
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    edited December 2011
    we tried to do a michigan theme with our bags and put in meijer bottled water, dutch krakelingen, michigan dried cherries, downtown holland magazine and map, etc.
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  • phill369phill369
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    edited December 2011
    I'm thinking about doing GR popcorn bags as our favors....they are only $2-3 per 4 oz. bag.
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  • KtotheOKtotheO
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    edited December 2011
    I ended up bagging this idea (har har har) to save money, but I did do the GR popcorn company caramel corn for our favors which everyone absolutely loved, so that might be a good addition to your bags. If you buy them in bulk, it's only $27.50 for 40 bags, which I thought was a really great deal.Otherwise, I was just going to put in maps/brochures, maybe some dried Michigan cherries or something, water, trail mix, little hand sanitizers...etc. Things you could buy in bulk at Costco or Sams would be good or at the travel sized aisle at Target.
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  • jamm2019jamm2019 member
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    edited December 2011
    I did this for my wedding back in April.  We put in Water, advil packets, pretzels, some nuts (almonds, Cashews)some candy, and a welcoming packet with a map of things to do in the area, restraunts, and a little bit of history of where we got married.  I think we put some other things in there to, but I cant remember it all...
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