Have wedding favors gone out of style????

I have always thought that favors are a mandatory part of a wedding until WW. Now, I'm not sure if we are having them or not.

I've never been to a wedding without favours (western Canada). We're doing a macaron and an oreo: our favourite cookies.

I might be in the minority here, but I LOVE favors. I always look forward to what the couple came up with and I've used everything (or ate it!) that I've ever gotten. I'm still coming up with ideas but I would like to incorporate things that FH and I love (me-cooking, him-cars). It may be one or the other or I may do male/female favors (and have extras of both so people can take what they want anyway) and if we end up with extras, we can still use it (or again, eat it)

We are doing favors! I am combining a traditional family favor with a fun favor that is so us. We are doing 5 Jordan almonds (with a little note about their significance) in a little pouch that will be inside a koozie.

Yeah I think they are going out of style somewhat because people don't like having left over items that no one took behind. It is somewhat what the favor though is...and knowing your audience.

Wow, I'm glad that I'm not the only one who wants to NOT do them lol My parents have a boutique store so can buy things wholesale and they bought or are planning on buying glassware (champagne flute) with our names and wedding date on it. I also was going to put together a little chocolate truffle bag. I was hoping to have a "Wine and Chocolate are signs of love, thank you for showing up to celebrate ours" or something like that. Won't cost more than $100

@ Kristine I think that will be an awesome favor!

I think well thought out favors can be a nice touch. If you are just throwing something together to have something then it can be a waste. As a guest, if favors are not part of the wedding, I wouldn't miss them, however, I do like to get them. Always good for a smile. A lot of people say they are a waste because half of them were left behind. Well what about the 1/2 that were taken, 50% of your guests liked them. Sad to think that we always talk about what some guests don't like but forget to talk about what some guests do like.

We're torn. We have a few favor ideas that we like, but we don't want to spend a couple hundred dollars if people are going to leave them behind. Right now we're leaning towards making a donation to our favorite charity in our guests' honor in lieu of a gift and having a note at each table letting them know. That way we know exactly what the money will be used for and it won't be left wasted sitting on a table after the reception.

I don't think favors are mandatory any more. We went to a wedding earlier this year and to be honest I didn't even notice there were no favors. I didn't notice until my fh and I were talking about our wedding a few weeks later and if we would have favors.

If I do favors it will be something handmade and most likely edible. I love to make so I have been thinking about making cookies or cupcakes or something.

I think that favors are nice, but it is hard to find something everyone will like. For example I personally would love a pint glass, we have several from different breweries. But I know a lot of people that wouldn't use it and even my fh and I wouldn't take two because we live together and would only need one. I think if you can, think about your specific guests and what they would like most.

The last few weddings I've been to there were no wedding favors, no photobooths, no candy bars. However, I did go to a baby shower in the Fall some years ago and there was pumpkin butter (YUM!) as favors and the host put little labels on them like "little pumpkin" referring to the baby. They were so cute. If there is room in my budget, having a Fall wedding, I would like to have little mason jars with preserves in them and decorate the jars pretty. For me, I would love to go home from a wedding, feeling a little bit of a hangover from the night before, and having toast and preserves with a cup of tea the next morning. I think it is useful. I also saw old fashioned keys that serve as bottle openers. I am ALWAYS searching for bottle openers in my kitchen drawers, a few extra ones in there would actually be useful. Other than that, I know candy bars are trendy, but I can't see having one, I wouldn't want to offend anyone who couldn't partake because of dietary issues, as much as they look so cool on a table all decorated and colorful. I have some diabetics in my family, people on strict diets, older people who can't tolerate sweets, for us I don't think it would go over well. I plan on having a photobooth if I can get a good groupon deal on it. It wouldn't be the end of the world if I didn't have these things either. If there is time and money left toward the end of this planning, I will do them.

I have not been to a wedding where there were no favors. We are making little wooden crates and filling them with Hershey Kisses and Hugs.

If I do them it will be something edible. My mom went to a wedding recently that had favors and they looked horrible it was a piece of cloth with candy inside tied with a bow, it looked cheap I wouldn't have bothered and the only reason my mom got it was because I asked her to bring it home so I could see it.

I have never been to a wedding that didn't have a favor. The most useless favor I received was an ugly clothes pin that looked like a bride and groom kissing....Not sure what I as supposed to do with it other than chuck it in the garbage...We will actually have four favors at our wedding because my mother is insane. We are giving out eithr a magnet strip or frame to go with our photobooth, we will have a gourmet candy bar, glass maple leaf shaped bottles filled with maple syrup and our escort 'cards' will be little boxes full of delish truffles.

I'm not doing favors. I feel like they're always left behind and wasted.

Well I would notice and I also just think it's a nice touch. You know an appreciation. We did stemless wine glasses.

Wack favors where you know, no thought has gone into them has went out of style, or should have anyway.The last few weddings I've been to, I have taken the favors with me, because they were special. Before that I have left their crappy favors on the table.