Bathroom basket

Why is the venue asking this? They should provide these things. As a guest, I have never seen nor needed bathroom basket items. Nor has anyone we know at other weddings.

Individual items are very expensive. There is no tactful way to say that..and you are going to be out alot of money.

These are fine to do if you WANT to but your venue should not be asking that you provide this. My MIL was super interested in little details like this that I didn't care about, so she took it upon herself to provide a basket or two with dental floss picks, hand lotion, etc. which was totally fine. I have never used these at a wedding because i typically pack things i might need (bobby pins, dental floss, lotion, compact) in my purse when i go out like that.

Main things to include (in my opinion): hair spray, Band-aids, antacids, Advil/Tylenol, bobby pins, stain remover, breath mints.

If you're going to include pads/tampons then I recommend getting the packs where they're individually wrapped. Then you can take them out of the box and just have them loose in the basket but it's still sanitary because they're individually wrapped. Same would apply for Band-aids - just take them out of the box!

If you're able to get the individually packaged Tylenol/Advil packs, that would also eliminate the possibility of multiple people touching the same bottle.

You could also include a bottle of hand sanitizer next to the basket and a sign requesting people sanitize before taking anything from the basket? Something along the lines of "To help prevent the spread of COVID-19, this is a kind reminder to sanitize."

Talk to the venue and say you are unable to provide them and what they suggest. Everyone woman I know carries essentials she needs in her purse or uses high quality products to not need touchups.

People will not take them. No need to worry about that. If you do decide to do this (I wouldn't), have sanitizer or Lysol spray on hand. Most people are more intelligent as guests than they are given credit for.

Same here - I just can't think of anything I would need like that. Again, totally fine if you want to provide something like this, but seriously no one will even notice, let alone miss it if you don't have anything.

If you must buy these (do what you need to get out of it), go to Costco. Typically if there is a business center warehouse in your area they will have individually wrapped items. You can keep leftovers.

Again, the venue needs to supply this.

That is what a coordinator does. You won't have time to track them down when you're eating dinner or on the dance floor.