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   Reply by jenijoyk · December 2014 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› Favors

   I loved doing welcome bags and got a ton of compliments on them. For some reason, putting them together calmed my nerves the days before the wedding. I included homemade sugar cookies shaped like California (you can make them a week or two ahead and freeze them), a bottle of California beer, a mini-bottle of California…

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   Reply by jenijoyk · December 2014 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› Favors

   Also, one thing that made my homemade stuff and the candy I purchased in bulk look more swanky were the little cellophane bags they sell at baking and craft stores. You can get a bag of 100 for a few bucks, and then I got some metallic twist ties and whatever ribbon was on clearance. This way I could buy a giant bulk bag…

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   Reply by MandyMost · March 2015 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› Favors

   I think our bags ended up costing just a couple bucks per bag, one bag per room. We just bought bulk packages of water bottles, individual sized bags of chips/pretzels/popcorn, and funsize candy. A bag was totally full with 2 water bottles, 2 bags of chips, and a handful of candy. We also included a one-page print-out with…

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   Reply by tcnoble · November 2014 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› Favors

   We are making one bag per room booked under our room block. We are including.. - 2 bottles of water- one bag of gourmet popcorn from a local place- one bag of chocolate covered pretzels - a "do not disturb" sign from Etsy- Vegas guide from the convention center We originally were going to include some "Vegas" touch like…

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   Reply by labro · November 2014 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› Favors

   An additional tip on welcome bags - you may be able to get free ones from your local Convention and Visitor's Bureau. We did that. We received one free bag per blocked room already pre-stuffed with local "things to do", coupons etc. We hit up Costco and added two water bottles per bag, granola bars, a welcome letter with…

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   Discussion by charcoalandblush · November 2014 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› Favors

   I'm thinking about making welcome bags for our out-of-town guests. Those of you who made welcome bags - what did you include? A lot of our guests are from very far away (halfway across the country). Many are also from 30-90 minutes away and will be staying in the hotel. Who did you give them to? Everyone, everyone who…

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   Reply by peachy13 · November 2014 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› Favors

   I'm a big fan of welcome bags, whether I'm coming from 15 minutes away or 4 hours away. It's a nice gesture and I'm definitely making them for my wedding... but I know it's not required and if you don't do them, it's totally fine. I'm going to buy most items in bulk (water bottles, bags of pretzels, individual packets of…

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   Reply by txbandwife · December 2014 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› Favors

   Thanks for the thread - I, too, am doing a welcome bag as the hotel we are in (beach ceremony) has no restaurants on site. I will be combining ideas from the bags above. Thanks! BTW, AddieCake and LaPeanut1018 love your wedding pix!

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   Reply by pennydl · May 2015 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› Favors

   Wow, this was super helpful. I too was thinking about Welcome bags, but wasn't sure what to include. Question to clarify, did you make up enough bags for per person or 1 per room? If 1 per room, how did you handle if friends or relatives were sharing rooms? Or guests with children?

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    Reply by Knottie42973859 · December 2014 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› Favors

    I am getting Married in March 2015 in St. Augustine, FL I am having welcome bags. Dollar Tree has light canvas bags (multiply colors).$1.00 a pieces. online if you can't find in store) I plan on two bottles of water, popcorn, CD of our favorite songs, candy, and brochures about activities, tours, etc. St. Augustine has to…