Host gifts for bridal shower?

I haven't heard of this either. If you're getting gifts for your girls and parents already, I wouldn't get another gift.

I just wrote them personal thank you cards.

My shower wasn’t hosted by my girls or parents. So I got them earrings.

I got my hosts a gift card to their favorite restaurant or a bottle of wine. Just like if someone invites you over for a dinner party it’s good etiquette to bring a small gift.

I wrote thank you notes only. I have seen people give small things like a bottle of wine or nail polish or something, but it's not required.

This is not new. It’s very traditional to give a small gift when someone hosts any kind of event for you. A bottle of wine, a gift card, it doesn’t have to be something extravagant.

I got my FH's aunts who are hosting my shower a mug with a pound of gourmet coffee, since they're all coffee drinkers. It does NOT have to be big, but a token is definitely nice.

It's pretty normal to give host gifts! Anything from a bottle of wine or gift cards is fine

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Thanks Amber! This is the side I'm erring on as well. If it was someone else besides my mom/girls, I would def get a thank you gift.

I never received a gift for hosting a bridal shower. I never heard of that before WW. I wrote my hosts a nice thank you and gave them flowers.

My shower was at my aunts house and I got her and her husband a gift card to their favorite restaurant.

The hosts of my bridal shower are my bridesmaids and mom, so it's not different hosts than who is already in my bridal party and am giving them gifts at the rehearsal dinner if that makes any difference. Just seems silly to me to provide gifts twice to the same people.

Totally normal. My mom's friends are throwing my bridal shower. I plan to get them nice chocolates or something.

I think it'd be nice to thank whomever hosted the shower. I gave my bridesmaids who hosted some bath salts and a gift card

I think if anyone hosts any type of party for you (birthday, shower, rehearsal dinner, etc.), the host should receive a gift.

Have your FH bring flowers for them too at the end of the shower. I gave my aunts who hosted engraved picture frames from things remembered and put a pic of us in them. But anything that you know they’d enjoy is good. A bath and body works gift basket, gift card to a favorite store or restaurant, or spa/nail salon is good too!

I did a bottle of champagne and a thank you card for anyone who contributed. My mom paid for the shower so I gave her a stacking bracelet set extra. My sister did all the planning and coordinating with the venue so I gave her perfume extra. I felt bad that my FMIL was there and wouldn't get anything, she has been such a help to this whole wedding planning process so I gave her champagne and a note too. My FH's aunt "surprised" me with a cake from the same place our wedding cake is from (FH told me in advance so I could get her a thank you gift) and extra bite sized desserts so I got her a gift and a note (she doesn't drink so no champagne).

I only got my mom and my sister (MOH) a ghirardelli bag of chocolates and a handwritten thank you note. I never knew they were a thing either and opted not to really do so for the rest of the bridal party/MIL. Because it's just gift after gift after gift when does the chain reaction stop. In my social circle and all the weddings I have been in, I never received a gift for hosting only a thank you card.

I got most of my bridesmaids bath sugar scrub & an exfoliating brush, a card & a tag on the bag that read “from my shower to yours”. One of my BM loved it & sent me a text the next day saying how good it smelled, one of my bridesmaids yelled at me for spending money on something that wasn’t needed & one of them didn’t say anything.

My MOH honestly really threw the shower (everyone said so), she coordinated everything w/ the BM giving them small tasks (they all wanted to help a bit), paid for the entire event (and I know that it wasn’t cheap) bought the decorations etc. I got her an Alex & Ani MOH bracelet & custom wine glasses. She LOVED the bracelet so much.