Wondering if i should distribute masks at Sept. wedding

I think I will encourage it beforehand on a note with the invitation about Covid and guidelines. I plan to buy disposable white masks if I can find them.

I'm not distributing masks, but I did just send an announcement to our few guests for our wedding in a couple weeks that we are encouraging everyone to wear masks for our wedding unless they are eating or drinking, and to try to practice social distancing as much as possible. I also noted that we fully understand if anyone decides they're not comfortable attending at the last minute (we only have 14 guests), and that anyone who feels the slightest bit sick the day of, or even with a few days of, the wedding should stay home and not risk passing anything to other guests.

View Quoted Comment That’s what we were thinking. We’ll try amazon. Our venue opened a few weeks ago and no wedding guests so far have worn them yet. Thanks for your response!

View Quoted Comment We were thinking of putting masks and mini sanitizers in favor bags to be given out when guests arrive.

View Quoted Comment Where will you buy sanitizer? Many places restrict the amount you can buy. Lol I was looking to relabel “spread love not germs”.

View Quoted Comment I have seen them on Etsy. Yes, let’s spread love not germs! 😊

View Quoted Comment Have you found a place to buy sanitizer in bulk?

I'm not sure if I should distribute masks, or just let my guests bring their own? But for sure I will be providing small hand sanitizers as favors. Love "spread love not germs" super cute! I will also have sanitizer stations at each high traffic area like guest book table, cards & gifts table, the bar, dessert, and buffet table.

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Found these super cute white disposable masks on etsy, and you can customize them!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/813446723/personalized-face-masks-quarantined-for?ref=user_profile&frs=1

Our guests will be required to wear masks while indoors at the reception, and can choose to do so outside at the ceremony and social hour. We don’t intend to distribute masks, I have a note about it on my website and many places in CO are already requiring masks so most of our guests already have and wear them regularly.

I think it would be a good idea to just have them on hand in case they do want them

View Quoted Comment I would have a box in case someone forgets but most people have masks of their own now.

View Quoted Comment Thanks, very cute!

View Quoted Comment I just bought 160 1oz. Bottles on Amazon. We bought them with enough time to have them arrive before the wedding. There was no restrictions on how many we could buy. They came in a pack of 40. We plan on handing them out with ceremony programs and individual pens for signing our guest book. We are still considering the masks but not sure yet.

View Quoted Comment Thank you, I’ll try amazon as well.

View Quoted Comment That’s a great idea to add the pens! Are you personalizing them?

View Quoted Comment Yes we are!!

View Quoted Comment Where did you find them?

View Quoted Comment FH is researching the best place now. Not exactly sure yet.

Sourcing medical and sanitation supplies is very difficult right now. I oversee a gym at a college and we are unable to source gloves for first aid kits, masks, hand sanitizer, disinfectant, etc in the same bulk orders we have in the past.

You could consider doing custom masks as a wedding favor (they're not quite at the price point I would pay though), or if you can source them, using the disposable paper/filter medical masks. The Etsy link a PP put above is a cute idea!

I think most guests who would feel more comfortable wearing masks will have and bring their own. I think people who don't think masks are necessary probably don't have them and wouldn't wear them if it was optional even if you provided masks.

If you want guests to wear masks, then you should require it and it would be good for you to provide them. But optional mask wearing at a mass gathering isn't really effective. Remember that masks primarily protect others from the person wearing the mask. So the people who are going to be most concerned for the own safety are going to wear masks when in reality what they need is for OTHERS to wear masks, and the people who don't care won't wear them and it will be the vulnerable/concerned ones that will get put at risk.