Wedding Favors

jmuao62 · January 2014

Are wedding favors for the guests still being given out at weddings? I haven't been to one in a long long time but I remembered they were always cheap little trinkets. Would it be rude to not give out favors? If so, then does anyone have any great ideas other than the usual chocolate covered almonds netted in a plastic champagne glass?

tjones1224 · January 2014

The last 2 weddings I went to (I was a BM in one of them) gave cellophane bags with graham crackers, a marshmallow, and about half a Hershey's bar. Another one gave mason jars (that we drank out of that night). Another that I was in gave can huggies (with their date and names). And finally one my FI went to, but I was unable to attend, had bags for people to take candy from their candy buffet home. We were invited to 7 weddings all June-Aug last summer, and those were the ones we went to. He didn't partake in the candy buffet, but I would have if I were there. The favors were all fun but I probably would not have missed them if we didn't get them. Personally, I haven't decided if we are going to do favors or not. Kind of seems like a little bit of a waste of money. We picked up probably 100 out of the 200 huggies at the end of the night that people didn't take home.

oliviaester1991 · January 2014

I'm doing favors, we got cheap little tins with our names and wedding date on them and i'm filling them with some red and black chocolate candies. I don't think it is rude to not include favors though. The last 2 weddings I went to didn't have them and I only noticed because I started paying attention to things like that after getting engaged and while planning my wedding. Most wedding guests probably didn't notice or didn't care. I certainly didn't mind not getting a favor, come to think of it, most of the favors I have gotten from weddings end up sitting in a drawer in my house for a while before getting thrown out, unless of course it is edible.

Maggie0829 · January 2014

Favors are completely optional. And unless the favor being given is edible or drinkable I will typically just leave it behind.

Cookie Pusher · January 2014

Most of the weddings I've been to had favors, but honestly, I never paid much attention unless the favors were attached to the escort cards so they'd know if I left it behind. I have so many pictures frames, photo albums, and pretty notepads from different weddings that are just collecting dust. Candies/food, mini bottles of alcohol, wine bottle stoppers, and candles are really the only favors I got any real use out of.

CJandRyan · January 2014

I've been to weddings that did and ones that didn't so I think it's completely up to you. I think unless you have a really fun, unique idea people probably won't care to take home a keepsake so I wouldn't spend a lot of money on something just to have them. The last wedding I went to had little mesh bags tied with ribbon that had personalized m&ms in them. I ate them before I even left the reception!

Jen4948 · January 2014

Favors are totally optional and can be eliminated if you have budget concerns.

You don't have to do edible favors, but those seem to go over with guests better than any other type of favor. They don't have to be almonds wrapped in netting.

The one thing I would recommend in regard to favors is not to use charitable contributions as favors or announcing that you are donating to charity "in lieu of" favors. They come across as too AWish, it doesn't come across as gracious to announce that you're doing anything "in lieu of" giving your guests anything (especially because favors are optional and they had no right to expect it in the first place), and you're taking it for granted that the guests support your cause when they may not. By all means feel free to donate to a charity if you are so inclined, but don't link it to your wedding or announce that you are making the contribution to your guests in any way.

sarahod2 · January 2014

I had shot glasses with a cute logo that said I sirvived Sara and Tom's Wedding and the date - everyone took theeirs with them or used them that night

MyNameIsNot · January 2014

Favors are totally optional. You can usually get more bang for your buck using that money elsewhere. (We used the money we would have spent on favors to upgrade our bar package.)

If you do decide to do something, go with something edible. No one needs an engraved anything with your wedding date on it. Even if people take them, they'll end up getting tossed or shoved in a drawer.

wandajune6 · January 2014

We're doing favors because they're expected by both of our families. However, we're going with something edible. We're still negotiating between muffins (breakfast for the next morning) and heart-shaped sugar cookies.

Regardless, simple and edible so that people will actually take them home!

climbingsingle · January 2014

It seems like the last few weddings I attended, they did not give out favors.

We're not giving out favors - we've opted for a photo booth, so the pictures everyone gets to take home will be in the place of a favor.

rubycollins · January 2014

Thank god! I got this thread finally.

Which would be the place to purchase wedding favors ? I am really not gonna go for edible ones.

Maggie0829 · January 2014

rubycollins said:

Thank god! I got this thread finally.
Which would be the place to purchase wedding favors ? I am really not gonna go for edible ones.

Well what kind of favors do you want because that would be helpful information.

rubycollins · February 2014

Hi Maggie

I wanted to buy something materialistic like wine bottles for some close friends and something cute for my relatives and now I have got one.

Maggie0829 · February 2014

@rubycollins - so you are doing different favors for different people? Probably not the best idea. People could view that as you favoring some people over others depending upon what you give them.

And when you say wine bottles do you mean that they will be filled with wine or are they empty wine bottles?

missmo14 · February 2014

I'm having favors just to add a bit more decor to our tables. We have bought cheap favor boxes, ribbon and will be filling them with m&ms in our wedding colours.

Any that are left behind will be coming home with me! I love m&m's. We also have a relatively small wedding (45 guests) so the cost of favors is pretty low. If I was having 100 - 200 guests I probably wouldnt bother with favors.

rubycollins · February 2014

Maggie0829 said:

@rubycollins - so you are doing different favors for different people? Probably not the best idea. People could view that as you favoring some people over others depending upon what you give them.

And when you say wine bottles do you mean that they will be filled with wine or are they empty wine bottles?

Yeah you are right. This will not be a right treatment.Yeah filled wine bottles. What do you suggest me ? I was searching for gifts and I got this http://www.graciousbridal.com/wedding-favors.html. what do you suggest ?

I kind a liked the gifts there. Just let me know if it interests you as well, then I will probably buy some.

Thanks a ton Maggie. You really are a great wedding friend

Viczaesar · February 2014

Something's rotten in the state of Denmark.

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