Skipping favors??

Amerbutt81 · October 2009

I'm really trying my best to keep my budget under control and something I thought of was to completely 86 the favors.What do you ladies think? Will anyone notice? Or is this completely tacky?My thought is, honestly- who keeps the favors anyway? I know I usually forget mine or end up throwing it out.Ironically, the only favor I have ever kept was for my brother's wedding, and the total cost of his was $3K.LB

LaRositaMonita · October 2009

We donated to a charity in lieu of giving out favors. We were able to spend what we had in the budget on the donation, and no one seemed to care about not being able to bring home personalized M&Ms or coasters with our photo on them or whatever

c&d4eva · October 2009

Skip em. No one will care, nor will they notice.

CleverEuphemism · October 2009

If you want to do favors cheaply, you can't go wrong with candy. But I agree with PP--you can totally skip them, no one will care!

[Deleted User] · October 2009

Cut!

DLLadybug · October 2009

I think not having favors is a little tacky. Favors are a way to show your appreciation to your guests for coming to your wedding. Something edible is the best way to go.

kagkiki11 · October 2009

I would say skip. The only cool thing I ate at the end of a wedding, which was not the favor was fresh baked philly pretzels. They were delicious and were to help everyone soak up the alcohol! Whata great idea.

jessica0602 · October 2009

we're also doing donations. i think you can skip them though.

jessica0602 · October 2009

oh and ftr, i'd hardly call it tacky to skip them.

j&p2009 · October 2009

The Philly Phun Phood buffet is our "in lieu of favors." My friends have told me they can't wait to eat the pretzels and chocolate at the end of the night. Food works well. But favors aren't necessary, most are cheesy. Although one of the last weddings I went to I received a bottle opener and that's totally practical since I use it all the time.

tracyd21 · October 2009

We did a candy buffet as a favor. Guests loved it. At the last minute, DH decided he wanted to give a $1 lottery scratch-off tickets to each guest, so we put each in a little envelope with a penny. It was a big hit!It's not tacky, IMO, to skip favors altogether. If you need to cut someone - favors should be the first! You can always put a little thank-you note at each table if you're worried that guests don't feel appreciated for spending the day with you. Or thank them in person!

[Deleted User] · October 2009

We're incorporating a candy buffet so it doubles as a treat + favor. It'll be fairly inexpensive only because our venue provides the jars.\, which is super helpful.If you skip them, I honestly do not think anyone would notice. I have yet to receive a favor at a wedding that I've actually used or even kept - and I can't remember if I even received one at all the weddings I've been to.

bkallen · October 2009

We're donating to charity in lieu of as well. I think you can skip it. Yes, it's a great way to thank guests for coming- but isn't the free alcohol, food, music...etc. also a great way to thank them?

Just don't forget the thank you cards then!

LadyJ10 · October 2009

Totally agree with PP that favors can totally be skipped! FI and I have already decided that we're dontating to charity in leiu of some kind of knicknack that will more likely than not end up in the trash! I don't think it's in the least bit tacky, especially if you have the opportunity to thank each guest individually. In this case, YOUR presence is the present!

[Deleted User] · October 2009

"oh and ftr, i'd hardly call it tacky to skip them. " I 10000% agree. The reception is a TY/ favor for attending the ceremony.

icebunie · October 2009

I think not having favors is a little tacky. Favors are a way to show your appreciation to your guests for coming to your wedding. Something edible is the best way to go. Errr - I would rather be shown appreciation by a "thank you for coming to my wedding" rather than some trinket or food.

taccoten · October 2009

Agree with the majority. Waste of $ - no one cares or will even realize!

tlc828 · October 2009

I was thinking of something very cheap for favors, so I got a bunch of tiny chinese take out boxes from papermart.com and they are only 9 cents each!! So just fill em with some kind of candy, close them up, put a pretty ribbon around them in your wedding color, and then either get favor stickers made or just write on some stickers, and theres a favor! Simple, cute, fun and tasty! Everyone loves candy! I will be posting pics on my page, but not yet, its too early LOL Good luck to u!

CA2PABride2Be · October 2009

My reception venue already comes with a huge dessert bar. So I think I'm just going to have that open after dinner and bag the slices of wedding cake that that guests can take home with them - there's my favor.

tlc828 · October 2009

Yea I am sending them home with the cake too, I forgot about that! But I am still doing the take out boxes cuz they are super cute! And it adds to the look on the table. I am doing a crepes station at the wedding (venue comes with an extra dessert station) So I figured people wouldnt want to eat crepes and cake, so I will just bag it up! I am going to get plain cake bags and then favor stickers to put on the bags, cheaper than getting custom made cake bags

bigjajapoof · October 2009

Kagkiki the pretzel thing is a GREAT idea. I never would've thought about that. I wonder how you would keep them fresh for so long.

shanno1676 · October 2009

Edible favors are the only ones I ever want, we're going ot the philly soft pretzel thing to! Although - the lotto tickets is a cool idea also, imagine if someone won a hundred bucks or something!

larrysdarling · October 2009

We skipped them. More out of sheer laziness on my part. I don't think anyone noticed. Their 'thank you' for coming to our wedding, well, was the 'Thank you for coming to our wedding' note that they received several weeks afterward!Also, I think there should be a limit of, say, 2 tickers/sig pix. It's getting a little ridic, no?

laurak43 · October 2009

We're skipping favors but might do a donation and put a little sign on each table with a little note of the charity chosen and why. We;re all about our dogs and want to start a rescue of our own one day so its a no brainer. If you can only afford cheap favors don't waste the money because no one really likes that crap. We're also skipping the cake because I think its a waste of money when no one eats it. really the last wedding I went to I saw a room full of table with plates of cake that were never touched - including the bridal party head table. I opted for the mini dessert buffet instead. more variety to meet different tastes. love the pretzel idea, I might have to steal it!

kpenne01 · October 2009

Our favors will be ornaments on the dwarf Alberta spruce centerpieces.The only favor I think i still have is a wine stopper. I don't even remember half the favors I've gotten.I still think it's nice to have favors. I would only skip the favors if you have to. ...come to think of it, I don't think I got a favor from the last wedding I went to

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