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Gift Bags - Out of Towners!

maggiemeyermaggiemeyer member
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Hi!

My FI and I are getting married in the city in October.  We have over 30 guests coming from overseas.  Does anyone have ideas for the arrival gift bags? Does anyone have a cute Chicago/Wedding poems to go with it?

Thanks!
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Re: Gift Bags - Out of Towners!

  • agape1cor813agape1cor813
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    edited December 2011
    Some things you could do would be to include a CD with some songs about Chicago, a map of the city with some landmarks and history they might be interested in seeing during the down time, maybe include some essentials like bottled water, granola bars (or something locally made to snack on, if you want the full Chicago theme) and samples of Advil or Tylenol (in case there are some hungover people the morning after).

    Also, I would highly recommend they go eat at Epic Burger. 
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  • maggiemeyermaggiemeyer member
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    edited December 2011
    Thanks for the tips!
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  • LindseyMusLindseyMus member
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    edited December 2011
    Also, if you contact the Chicago Convention and Visitors Bureau, they might give you some city magazines, maps, etc that you could include. These are typically free.
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  • Bimbi284Bimbi284 member
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    edited December 2011
    Yes, you also want to see if there are any visitors discounts anywhere. If I remember correctly, Macy's has a 10% coupon for out-of-towners. We gathered some of those for our OOT guests, or if you include a leaflet of info in their bags, you could explain to them that all they need to do is go to customer service, show their out of state ID, and get the coupon/discount.
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  • verdesiempre14verdesiempre14
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    edited December 2011
    It might be cute to include some Chicago food treats too.... Wrigley gum, Fannie May candy (they have mini boxes for 1-2 pieces, bars, etc), little bags of Garretts popcorn ..sure there's plenty others I'm forgetting now. 
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  • jaimechristenajaimechristena
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    edited December 2011
    Maybe this might help, my FI and I have been discussing ideas for our bags (since we too have a lot of out of towner).  

    We wanted staples like water and some treats.
    We also wanted somethings Chicago, Garrett's Popcorn, maybe Fanny May Chocolates, we did discuss doing Goose Island Beer.  
    Then of course we wanted to get stuff about Chicago that the guest could use to in order to find things to do.

    We have been debating about doing something extra for the guest that stay a week, like tickets to a museum or something like that.  
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