Wedding favors - yes or no?

We are doing the "kill 2 birds with one stone" kind of thing. What were using to show guests their table assignments is doubling as their favor if they want to take it home but is not mandatory at all! So no favors are needed but some people still count on them where as others don't.

I’d rather put my money elsewhere too!! I think wedding favors are usually cheap and thrown out or not even taken by guests. I don’t have the money to buy nice favors that people would like so I’d rather save the money for nicer wedding things, maybe like more food or decor?

I plan on having a table of perhaps 3 or 4 different favors guests can choose from. Nothing expensive.
Recently I went to an extremely expensive wedding. A massive amount of money and time went into it. But when it came down to the favors I went "whoa, even I can do better than this". And my total wedding budget is probably what the bride spent on her dress.
Favors are completely optional and can be done up nicely without spending big dollars. Even reusable cups with name and date and maybe some candy inside will cost less than $2 a piece.

What about food favors for an after wedding snack?

Only if you want to have them. A lot of the time i've seen them left behind. If I do them it'll be something edible. If not i'd rather use the money on other things like food and drinks anyway

I really doubt people care. I’m only doing them if I can hire my SIL to make Texas shaped cookies (and I wouldn’t care everyone leaves them cuz I will happily eat them myself 😜). She makes the most delicious sugar cookies and they’re always decorated beautifully.

We're skipping them. Most people don't take them. And edible ones are more likely to be taken, but most people won't notice that they didn't get the extra bag of m&ms or Hershey kisses or whatever it is. I think they are one of those things that are cute if they're there, but not missed if they're not.

Optional. I know some people are skipping them because they either get left at the venue or are never used.

Totally unnecessary in my opinion. We have a drawer full of koozies, keychains, etc. from weddings. We don't need them. We don't use them. But we would feel guilty if we tossed them. If you're set on giving favors, pick something useful or edible.

I'd say optional and I agree with you. Everyone is different, not everyone will like the same favor. So why spend the money?

Yes as of right now. But they are on the bottom of the list so I won't be ordering them until everything else is paid for.

My FH's niece did a candy bar and the self-made candy was the favor. It went over great. We are doing a little candle and pre-prepared beach theme candy mixture favor. If you don't want to do a favor than don't, it is your wedding.

I definitely do not think they are necessary! We are doing them but only because my parents insist they are a thing and should be done so we are doing candy.

IMO, favors (unless edible) are generally not viewed positively here on WW. We're doing favors, little seed packets, because we're having a garden wedding and the majority of our guests are earthy and rural. We'll see if people take them, I feel like they will.

Our wedding favors are actually serving duplicate purposes. Our escort cards will be attached to bottle openers that look like vintage keys. And our centerpieces will actually be candy buffets so anyone can take candy home with them. I've been to a ton of weddings where they have koozies. I'm so over koozies, I have WAY too many. My cousin did a photo booth that gives you a flip book, that was by far the best 'favor' I've ever had from a wedding.

Hey Emily! Have you made a final decision on whether you want to have wedding favors for your guests?

Favors are always optional. If you have them, great. If you don't, no one will miss them.

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That's exactly what I did for my favors! What keys did you use?

They are completely optional. And in my opinion and waste of money. I have never been to a wedding where I was excited to take my favor home. I also usually end up losing my favor, or throwing it away, by the following weekend. I have also been to several weddings where most guests didn't even take their favors home and they were left at the venue for the B & G to deal with. I'd say skip them and put your money somewhere else. As a guest, I'd rather have great food and drinks than some cheesy favor I will never use.

All that to say, we are having a photo booth at our wedding which will be our guest book. So, we are having unlimited prints for our guests and saying those are our guests favors. If we had not decided on the photo booth guest book, we would not have done favors.

Not necessary. There are a lot of cute favor options, but I've always heard that most of the time guests don't end up taking them home. That's why we decided to not have any.