Thank you gifts?yes or No? Explain why

The reception is the thank you. Some people still do favors, but those have become less common. If you go with favors, something edible is usually the way to go. People prefer taking some chocolate home versus a slot glass they'll never use.

Favors aren't necessary, no. We're doing them, but only because it's a nice touch that ties in something unique about us. We also have very traditional families, so this is one tradition we chose to keep. But it is 100% NOT necessary at all.

We are probably skipping favors. Many get left behind and it seems like an unnecessary expense. We'd rather invest more into the experience for our guests.

We are doing gifts, but only because it’s a DW. Otherwise the reception dinner should be enough. It’s always nice to have something small. I enjoy the little bag of candy, or little papers with a seed to grow ect. Definitely not necessary though

Favors aren’t necessary anymore. You’re right, guests are thanked with good food & drinks. Most favors are left behind anyway, unless edible.

Not really doing "thank you" gifts, - we're combining our Welcome, Thank you and favors into one. We're planning on a destination wedding and thought a Tote bag with some "essentials" would be a great idea.

Each couple would receive 1 - bag

Custom Tote - still deciding if just the name of the town or make it more personable.

Thank you card / itinerary of events

Bottle water with custom labels

Tylenol / Ibuprofen packets

Chapstick with SPF

Sunscreen

Mints (thinking mini Tic Tacs)

Handsanitzer

Keurig coffee pods (locally made coffee to the area)

Face masks (Only if required by the venue)

I had a candy buffet table as my thank you. you're kinda right though because honestly they maybe ate half the candy we bought so in the end it didn't really feel like i needed it there

We are skipping favors, budgets is not allowing, our wedding will be out of state and if anything only our small bridal party will receive a gift.

Yeah no, I'm not giving any gifts except for the cake, and a lollipop. I completely agree with not buying a wedding gift thank yous. I paid a lot of money just for people to be able to come in the first place, so to me, the thank you should be a piece of cake (literally). I will, however, be sending out thank you cards to those who gave a gift.

The reception is a thank you gift enough without the expense of favors.


Unless they're edible, they get tossed or left behind. Depending on the favor, some foods (jars of jam or hot sauce, etc) probably won't be allowed on the plane when people head home.

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Thanks all of my people are locals no out of towners im having a micro wedding.

We did favors but they are totally optional, we've been to tons of weddings without them. I'd rather attend a wedding and have good food and good alcohol (both hosted) rather than favors.

The reception is the thank you.

We skipped favors, because we couldn't think of anything we liked that wasn't just a thing people wouldn't necessarily want/be able to eat.

There's no need, if you don't have the budget.

We've been talking about doing either tiny fifty cent candles or candy take home boxes, only because my grandmother offered to pay for the favors. Otherwise i say they're a waste of tine and money. If you're providing food, something to drink-doesn't even have to be alcohol, and a reception as a whole there is no point in doing favors on top of that! I find that if the favor isn't immediately usable it either gets left or it's in the trash in less than a week, unless it's edible then it's eaten.

Nope. The weddings I've been to with favors I either forgot them or they were "meh". Others didn't have them and I was completely OK with that. The food and drink is thank you enough.

The only reason we are doing "favors" is because they are part of the decor. We are providing our own alcohol so the venue does not provide glasses for the alcohol. So we are providing wine glasses as favors for our guests.