Welcome Bags?

If it's not too late, I would do room blocks for the convenience, especially if you are having guests from so far away. Personally I think welcome bags are not necessary, but a nice touch.

I think it would be nice if you have the extra money in your budget, but it definitely doesn’t seem like an absolutely necessary thing to do, especially if you’d have to hunt down where everyone is staying. That would be an enormous hassle at a time when you’re already stressed.

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A lot of those guests are either staying with our family here or with us. I am not 100% sure how many will even be in a hotel. I didn’t want to be on the hook for rooms that didn’t book.

I definitely don't think they are necessary. Our venue was a hotel so I knew where most people are staying, but I felt they were an unnecessary expense. I think money can be spent better than on little bags.

I don't think its necessary, especially if your guests are not staying in the same place. A popular thing now is to have a basket in each bathroom at venue with supplies like hairspray, makeup wipes, deodorant, etc. Maybe you could do that and have a little sign letting guests know they are welcome to take home anything they need?

View Quoted Comment We are planning on doing that!

It’s definitely not necessary but a nice to have. Most hotels will give you a room block for a period of time and you’re not responsible for anything. You just have to release the rooms when they tell you based on the contract. If people use them great and if not you’re not paying for anything. It’s good to have someplace where people can easily call and already have a guaranteed room.

Welcome bags aren't necessary at all. I personally think they are a super nice touch & love when weddings have them, but they aren't a requirement in any way. We always were going to do them, and my mom actually assembled them which was super helpful and gave her an easy job. We only did them at our main hotel block.

I really like them. When I've traveled all over, I love coming to the room and having a bag with treats and an itinerary sent to me, or pick it up at the front desk. I have two hotels with blocks, and two without blocks. I'll leave them in the blocked hotels. I'm not sure how to get to OOT guests at the other two. I have heard to leave them at Welcome Party with a sign "For OOT Guests" I am trying to figure out an easy way to get to everyone who has traveled. For me, it sets the tone of hospitality, especially in my hometown.

The hotel our ceremony is at is pretty expensive to stay at (though comparable or lower than a lot in the immediate area). There will be about 40-45 guests. Half of us are traveling to the wedding city and about half live within an hour or so of the venues. As of last time I checked, there were about 12 or so rooms booked which is a good chunk of the guest list. I am going to do some Fiji waters, tylenol, some mints or gum and some salty and sweet snack and maybe some kind of electrolyte powder. I think our wedding coordinator is going to also give us a piece of hotel swag to include as it's a fun trendy hotel. I wanted to do something but not go overboard, I don't want people to have to pack stuff to take home. ETA: i am only doing bags for those staying at the ceremony hotel, I am not going to hunt down everyone. So I would say if you end up with a room block somewhere, that would be the place to do the bags if you decide to.

I think they are part of hospitality. For those who travel it’s nice to have bottled water and a couple snacks. I’m in process of ordering items and will soon assemble. Since no wedding blocks for you maybe set them out at any party before wedding? If not then I’d not do them. You do not want to be running around delivering. Just my thoughts!

Hi there!

I don't think they are necessary at all, but it seems like a cute touch. I'm just starting to gather ideas to put mine together. Mine are going to include simple things: pepto, advil, chapstick, gum, stain remover, bottled water, maybe some snacks, etc.

My plan is to keep it inexpensive and I only need about 25 (most of our guests are travelling about 2 hours to get to our wedding).

If you didn't want to do bags you could always do a basket in the ladies/men's restrooms of items they might need: pantyhose, nailpolish/remover, nail file, etc.

They aren't necessary. We didn't do welcome backs. Our venue was a hotel so a lot of our guests stayed there if they decided to stay the night. Most of our guests traveled only 1.5 hours for our wedding so a lot of them went home after our reception. We also had a good number of guests that stayed at Airbnbs. There was no way I was going to travel to where each guest decided to stay to do welcome bags. I would definitely eliminate them based on everything you have said.