I have had such guilt over my friends spending money on my wedding! I got very nice gifts for my seven bridesmaids (spent around $120 per girl) and MoH (spent around $170) to thank them for the cost of being in the wedding and giving up time to celebrate with me.
However, I have a group of girls coming to my bachelorette, which is taking place the Thursday before my Saturday destination wedding. I paid for a hotel Wednesday and Thursday nights because I wanted all the girls to stay together and I wasn't comfortable with my MoH asking others if they'd want to split it. She has told me that that is enough of a thank you gift and incredibly generous. None of the girls said thank you or that they appreciated that when my MoH told them I was taking care of the hotel, even though tradition in this circle is for the bachelorette attendees to split the hotel costs (all other bachelorette parties in this group have been separate weekend getaways from the weddings, all of which were also destination events). So now I'm wondering if the hotel is not enough and I should do something else as a thank you for these girls for traveling and spending money on the bachelorette activities? (Probably between $175-$250 per girl depending on how much they want to eat and drink.)
My MoH has some surprise favors, which also complicates things. I wouldn't want to step on her toes by gifting something the same or similar. Ugh I just want everyone to know I appreciate them taking time and money out of their lives to celebrate with me!
Have other brides gifted their bachelorette attendees thank you gifts?!
