Out of Town Gift Bags

I've thought of that too!! cause we have family coming in staying WITH family and then we have some coming in staying at a hotel. I think im going to give them a welcome bag anyhow..cause they CAME... so considering its MY family im talking about, i'll be happy and SHOCKED at the same time, so i wanna thank them! LOL.... honestly tho, i was thinking of giving one to the families that hosted OTHER families too.. its nothing huge in the bags, just a hey, thanks for coming and i am thinking of you!!

Hm... people are making it confusing for you, aren't they. Is there any way that you can figure out how many people are OOT and staying in a hotel? Otherwise, I'd just do a welcome bag for anyone staying at the hotel. If people are staying at in-town relatives' houses, it's up to the relative to be a good host and have food and show them around and whatnot. We're having OOT buckets (plastic buckets with shovels on the handle!) that we're going to fill with a welcome letter, drinks, snacks, a schedule, directions to the other hotel (we got blocks at two hotels), directions to the church (we'll have directions to the reception at the church), and any important contact numbers. Possibly we'll throw in a deck of cards or activities for kids. We're giving out one per room. We have a max of 150 people coming (120 are travelling) and bought 60 buckets... we're hoping that'll be enough! 3 of our 4 parents work with young kids so they'll take any extra buckets off our hands.

I am only providing bags to those staying in the hotel we booked. I figured they would be the ones needing the information/treats. When staying at someones house you're typically very well taken care of and if they had any questions/ needed directions they could ask the person they're staying with.

Thats a good point Sarah! my family should be the good hosts to those at their house, LOL... yay take some ppl off THAT list! lol =)

All of my out of town guest are staying with people (my parents and grandparents opened there houses for them) For the people coming in from russia was thinking of giving a mix of toiletries and souvenirs (ice-wine and maple syrup) but the people coming from other parts of canada and the us have been here lots so i was thinking just some wine and chocolates as a welcome

Am i way off on what sould be given?

@sarah I like the bucket idea that could look really cute

I am only doing this for the people staying in the hotel. We are having an autumn wedding so they are little burlap sacs with the days itinerary, directions, funny factoids (the town we are getting married in is WAY out there and has its charm), snacks, bottled water, etc.

I did a post about this a while back. Here is the link if you want to take a read:

https://www.weddingwire.com/wedding-forums/wr-welcome-bag-help-please/df07eee7eb0d0d51.html?page=1

We did it for both.. I dropped the gift bags to the 3 different hotels and then gave them to family who had out of town guests staying with them and then put them in their rooms.. everyone was so appreciative, it was well worth the effort and we made ours for pretty cheap - though they did not look it.. here how we did ours and what we put in them.. http://www.celebrationideasonline.com/wedding-gift-bags-for-out-of-town-guests.html they were very easy to make.. the biggest thank you came from the wedding weekend itinerary.. everyone loved having that info handy.. hope it helps you out

Thanks for input everyone including the links shared. I think I will do for guests staying in hotel, helps keep my head clear and I don't think anyone will be offended.

I too, only did welcome baskets for my guests staying in my room block since the hotel was able to provide me with a list. My guests really appreciated the gesture, don't forget the hand written card in each of them.

I'm doing one per room (only for those staying in the hotel block) with 2 waters (w/personalizing labels), orange, apple, pretzels, crackers, maps, Advil packets, lysol wipes and a baggie for the remote control, possibly a pair of flipflops for the hotel room (the last 3 things because I'm a germaphobe), wedding weekend itinerary, maps, and most importantly a hand written note from me and FH thanking them for coming and sharing our day.