Welcome bags for Guests- reviews?

KrisLSmiley · May 2014

Hi All- thanks for all the awesome reviews lately. I've learned so much! I know that some of you have given welcome bags to your guests with Vegas info and other goodies but I haven't seen these mentioned in any of the reviews.

If you did welcome gift bags, what worked? What did you guests love? What would you not do next time? I want to do something really cool for our guests but I also really want to avoid wasting money on stuff no one will use or care about.

Thanks!

tcnoble · May 2014

I'll be following this post for sure. Would love to hear from those of you who did the bags!!

ssteele04 · May 2014

we are doing welcome/survivor bags, i called the convention center and they are sending me stuff next month, im not all sure what i am getting from them, but i have travel packs of tissue, hand sanitizer, tylenol, im getting mini liquor bottles, chapstick, and a deck of cards that has our info on it

Valeriecruz82 · May 2014

We did welcome bags. I used Stella Rosa and put on personalized wine labels. We also attached the free key chains we got from the Las Vegas convention center. We also threw in the Las Vegas travel guides too in case our guests wanted to see some shows or get ideas on some good restaurants. I personally delivered all the bags before our guests checked in. We went to 3 different hotels. It was a little time consuming but I think it was worth it! All of our guests loved their welcome bags.

bdoughty324 · May 2014

I love your welcome bags @valeriecruz82! I'm considering delivering welcome bags to the hotels my guests will be staying in as well. Were the hotels easy to work with? Did they require a charge for this service?

Valeriecruz82 · May 2014

@bdoughty324‌ thank you! The hotels were all easy to work with. One of our guests stayed at LVH and I initially went to the check in to leav the bag but they had me go get a ticket from the baggage check then I had to leave the bag with them so my guest had to pick it up there instead of picking up at check in. But the other hotels were easy.

Valeriecruz82 · May 2014

@bdoughty324‌ ghty324‌ thank you! The hotels were all easy to work with. One of our guests stayed at LVH and I initially went to the check in to leave the bag but they had me go get a ticket from the baggage check then I had to leave the bag with them so my guest had to pick it up there instead of picking up at check in. But the other hotels were easy. There was no charge to leave the welcome bags, they mentioned to me if I had wanted then to deliver the bags up to the rooms there would of been a charge of I think 4$ per bag. But I just left them to give the guests the bags at check in.

KrisLSmiley · May 2014

What did you include in your welcome bags?

I know some of you included Vegas info from the convention and visitors bureau (I'm waiting until closer to get those) but what else? Vegas souvenirs? Info about the weekends activities? Hangover kits(what was in them?)

Just looking for suggestions. Thanks in advance everyone!

ssteele04 · May 2014

there a few ideas on pinterest for the hangover kits! i followed advice from here, asked on facebook what people would suggest and went from there!

kschay · May 2014

What do you need to do to get the bags from the convention center?

Rosebubbly · May 2014

Hi @KrisLSmiley‌ the Scheme events girls also have a Welcome Bag Shoppe on their website where you can buy them premade. They look a little pricey but just in case you are looking for convenience. I obviously havent used them so cant offer a review. :-)

shoebunnie · May 2014

I used nice canvas bags and included: water, koozie, playing cards, door hangers, Bloody Mary kit, Tylenol, pepto tablets, alka seltzer tabs, tide stain pens, wet ones, hand sanitizer, mints, a map of the strip, pins, Starbucks via latte mix, toblerone bars and chex mix. I think that's it. They were big hits, especially the Bloody Mary kits and snacks the day after the wedding.

nyvegaslove · May 2014

@shoebunnie‌ - where'd you find the Bloody Mary kits?

AustralianSam · May 2014

how do you organise stuff from the convention centre? most of our guests are coming from AUstralia, so I really wanted to include a visitors guide in our bags.

shoebunnie · May 2014

@jjandmr we purchased tiny Tabasco bottles at World Market at home and small vodkas and Bloody Mary mix in Vegas. @AustralianSam‌ we just put the postcards, mints, pins, and maps in the bags along with everything else. They sent visitors guides but they were too heavy to ship to back Vegas so we omitted them from the welcome bags.

jayjaay · May 2014

These are my welcome bags: In them will be the Las Vegas Tour Guide Book, Coupons, Itinerary, Do Not Disturb Door Hanger, Waters, Hangover Bag, Candle, Snacks (nuts/chips), etc. In the dice box is the candle. My Hangover bag includes: V8, Vodka, Mini Hot Sauce, Red Bull, Alka Seltzer,Tylenol, Saltines, Kind Bar and a mini gator-aid.

DixeChik19 · May 2014

@jayjaay, where did you get the door hanger signs?

DixeChik19 · May 2014

So far, this is my plan for my welcome bags:

I got the Vegas casino played cards from the dollar tree...

I'm also creating the stickers we'll put on the bags to personalize them... they'll match the invitations (not that anyone will remember when they see these bags!)

Red or White gift bags

playing cards

lip balm

water

snacks

sunscreen

to do list

Red and silver hershey kisses

Personalized Cookies

jayjaay · May 2014

DixeChik19 Etsy!!

jayjaay · May 2014

AustralianSam When you get to Vegas you can get as many guide books you want from the vegas tourism center :-)

dbacksgirl · May 2014

For those of you who did gift/welcome bags, did you give one per PERSON or one per COUPLE?

jayjaay · June 2014

I'm doing one per couple, person

DixeChik19 · June 2014

I'm thinking one per couple, but with like 2 bottles of water, snacks for two, etc.

nyvegaslove · June 2014

@jayjaay‌ - where'd you find the cute dice boxes?
I love the door hangers too..... Very cute gift bag ideas.

jayjaay · June 2014

@nyvegaslove I made them :-)

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