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Wedding Favours

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ReadyForSeason · 26/02/2024 22:18

Are the still a must have? Seems like a waste of money and unsustainable but I would not want to disappoint my guests. Probably, just chocolate that will be eaten is best.?

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QueSyrahSyrah · 26/02/2024 22:22

They are both a waste of money and unsustainable. We put a tiny bag of haribo at each place setting (it's well known I love haribo) and they were either eaten on the day, taken away for later or left behind and eaten by me another day.

RufustheFactualReindeer · 26/02/2024 22:25

My son is getting Married this year and they are not doing wedding favours my niece last year did little packets of seeds but it was also a very small wedding

elm26 · 26/02/2024 22:26

We donated £100 to cancer research and had the pin badges, they put "in loving memory of "my Grandads name". He died of cancer 7 months before we got married.

I look back at photos and see our guests with them on their suits etc and it makes me really proud, like a nod to him on our big day.

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elm26 · 26/02/2024 22:27

For the kids we did like a party bag with colouring pencils, bubbles etc.

Tarkan · 26/02/2024 22:27

We did charity pin badges in memory of my late MIL and every single one was taken. We would have been fine if any had been left because the money still went to the charity for them. We got little seed planting paper things for the few children that were there instead of badges, from the same charity.

MrsMoastyToasty · 26/02/2024 22:31

The only ones I've ever liked were large biscuits iced with the guests names. They doubled as place markers....and kept us fed while waited to be fed (our table was last to be served).

Lyricallie · 26/02/2024 22:31

We went with a little shot of local gin. So got some money into the local area and got in a cheeky extra drink into the venue. All of them were taken/snaffled at the end for the after party.

StarlightLime · 26/02/2024 22:34

elm26 · 26/02/2024 22:26

We donated £100 to cancer research and had the pin badges, they put "in loving memory of "my Grandads name". He died of cancer 7 months before we got married.

I look back at photos and see our guests with them on their suits etc and it makes me really proud, like a nod to him on our big day.

That's lovely.

Yerroblemom1923 · 26/02/2024 22:34

I wouldn't bother. We didn't. Extra expense and no one really likes sugared almonds etc so it's just a waste. Spend the money on flowers or the cake.

SgtJuneAckland · 26/02/2024 22:36

I went to a wedding recently with really pretty hand decorated biscuits with guests names on them, served as a favour/edible place card

royaloris · 26/02/2024 22:37

We are doing a Krispy Kreme in a Krispy Kreme style box with our names on etc because after our date nights we always get a Krispy Kreme 😂 it's worked out fairly cheap tbh as the boxes weren't expensive and we are getting the large boxes of their original glazed. Only 60 guests though!

Sconeswithnutella · 26/02/2024 22:37

I agree that edible is best but I don’t think anyone would notice if you didn’t have them.

MaraScottie · 26/02/2024 22:37

It's a waste, save your money or spend it on something else. IMO they're not worth the cost.

Cavewomansue · 26/02/2024 22:40

Children got party bags which were v personalised. Calligraphers were doing the place settings so we used envelopes and wrote adults short thank you letters rather than give favours. We only had 70 people and all were close friends and family so wasn’t difficult to do.

elm26 · 26/02/2024 22:42

Thank you @StarlightLime x

Linnet · 27/02/2024 00:17

I was at a wedding last year where everyone got a little bottle of gin with the bride and grooms name on it. We’re in Scotland and I had to explain to the rest of the table, who were all English, that they were the wedding favours and they seemed confused by the concept. I always thought that wedding favours were a thing up and down the UK.

The wedding I’d been to before that we got little forget me not badges for Alzheimer’s and another one which was a silver heart with a little green bit on it but I’m not sure what charity that was for.

Bluewallss · 27/02/2024 00:20

I’m getting married next year. I’m not doing favours. I’ve never been to a wedding which has given out favours either.

Danikm151 · 27/02/2024 00:21

mini booze or food related is best.
nobody likes sugared almonds

Talipesmum · 27/02/2024 00:28

I love sugared almonds. And not many other people do apart from my family so I will happily eat all of yours if anyone is unfashionable and gives them out.

Agree a little box with a couple of nice chocolates is always welcome. But nobody would mind at all if there weren’t any. Though I do think some sort of party bag thing is really nice for kids.

Starzinsky · 27/02/2024 00:29

No one ever misses them, as usually unnecessary tat. The budget is better spent elsewhere.

SleepingStandingUp · 27/02/2024 00:30

We did charity pin badges like others on here, took them off the card and made our own card with our wedding colours etc.

TheCraicDealer · 27/02/2024 00:35

My sister didn’t bother with any at hers and no one seemed to notice- certainly didn’t pass comment to me or my parents. And we have some very pass-remarkable family members. I was going to do the same when I saw a place online which could make fake royal wedding tea towels with our faces on them (we got married at a Historic Royal Palace property) and my plans for economy went out the window in favour of laughs.

I did go to one last year with the sugared almonds in a little polyester net bag and just thought, “….why?”. Most people don’t like them, the plastic bag is hardly sustainable, and unless the couple’s eyes met over a jar of sugared almonds at another wedding (because when else do you see them?!) it’s not exactly personal is it?

In short you can easily skip them. If you stumble across an idea that makes you smile and you have the budget go for it, but they’re definitely something that can be easily cut.

novocaine4thesoul · 27/02/2024 00:37

Charity pin badges are fine as mentioned by others, but also OK to do nothing, people do not expect it. Something for kids might keep them entertained. xx

FabFebHalfTerm · 27/02/2024 00:54

elm26 · 26/02/2024 22:26

We donated £100 to cancer research and had the pin badges, they put "in loving memory of "my Grandads name". He died of cancer 7 months before we got married.

I look back at photos and see our guests with them on their suits etc and it makes me really proud, like a nod to him on our big day.

@elm26

im sorry about your Grandad xx

thst was a lovely idea, I've never heard of it before

youmustrememberthis · 27/02/2024 01:30

Danikm151 · 27/02/2024 00:21

mini booze or food related is best.
nobody likes sugared almonds

I'm one of those people who actually do, but the very best are chocolate sugared almonds and that would cost a bomb so probs not a good cost effective option