Necessary or Not: Welcome Bags?

We are doing welcome bags. Would you give them out at the opening cocktail hour or have them at hotel check in ? Almost all of our guests are staying on the property where we are having the wedding.

Not necessary. Though we have out of town guests (Philly and a few other scattered states) Most people have been to NYC and our wedding is out in the suburbs, so there really isn't much to do other than party at the wedding. My mom thinks they may be a good idea and I need to give her projects, so we shall see.

Nope, I wish we could but it's not going to happen. If it was a destination wedding I would expect these

Nope, not necessary at all in my opinion.

Not necessary. We're just putting a card in each guest's room that has the schedule of events, wedding party info and a thank you note.

They're nice but too much work. I just want everyone to enjoy the free food and booze at the reception. Also having worked at a hotel handing them out when there were 5 weddings in house if extremely difficult and frustrating. It's why I see more and more hotels add a fee for it in the contract. If you are making the bags and having the front desk hand them out please don't individually name them (or at least ask the desk staff in addition to sales about it). It's just a mad house if you're in a downtown location.

Not necessary just a waste of money

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If I were doing welcome bags, I would do them at check in. Some hotels will put the bags in the rooms for a price, so if that's the case, it might be a little iffy of a situation, but I think having them at your opening cocktail hour would be a bit more messy.

Not necessary. I don't have many wedding guests coming from out of town and even if I did I still wouldn't. If I was having a small destination wedding then that'd be the only time i'd consider it

Not necessary, but SO cute and thoughtful. I'm considering this, but it would probablyput us over budget.

If everyone is staying at the same hotel they are great. We opted not to do this because literally all of our guests were staying in different hotels

About 95% of my guests will be coming out of town. I plan on designing a packet of information of things to do in the area. The last wedding I went to, they provided welcome bags and I heard most of them weren't even picked up at the front desk. I think they are a nice gesture but not needed. I think providing out of town guests with recommendations of things to do is something I would personally appreciate most.

Not necessary in my opinion. I think whatever is being given out as a gift/souvenir is enough.

For destination weddings, yes

Not, but thoughtful. Depends on budget IMO.

Honestly I was not planning to do welcome bags but decided to do these instead of a wedding favor - 99% of my guests are from out of town, and I figured a small favor wasn’t enough to show my gratitude for the efforts they took to attend our wedding.

Not necessary. If I had the budget I would consider but I don't

I'm getting married in my hometown. All my out of towners have lived here and moved away. Not sure what I'd even give them. They probably could tell me what to do honestly.

I honestly didn't even know this was a thing! We aren't planning on doing them. It just seems like an added cost...

I really want to, my fiancé thinks I’m crazy. It’s a destination wedding, so I was thinking some water bottles, a couple snacks, nothing crazy. My issue is not everyone is staying at the same hotel and I also hate the delivery fees. They are insane!