Aibu.. Not to do a wedding favour for these reasons.

[MarmiteAndCheeseRolls]

So it's a while off yet.
But been collecting bits to spread the cost.

So was just going to do the little organza bags with maybe sugared almonds for adults and something diff for the kids.
The reception is at a pub.. The pub holds maybe 180 people but seating for 100. Some other seats at benches etc.
So would be difficult to lay them out.

Also we have a sweet cart so therws plenty for people to take home. Which there will be loads as doing wholesalers for them
Don't want to spend unnecessarily
But don't want to look tight

It's a current thread on the Weddings topic on Mumsnet Pretty much everyone says don't bother.

Retro sweets are also 60/40 divided....

(Weddings is under Fun and Games)

Favours are completely unnecessary! I like a sugared almond, but seriously, this stuff just doesn't matter.

We did chocolate frogs on the table near the guestbook as we had an informal buffet with no set seating plan. I like edible favours that people will actually eat.

We were once given a packet of seeds as favours but as we lived in a flat it was very difficult to plant them anywhere. The only favour I've kept was my cousin's Welsh love spoons but I was a bridesmaid so kept everything.

I like the charity pin idea.

My friend had an easter wedding so gave the guests a pair of small lindt bunnies. We took ours home for the kids! We also has a mutual friend who makes amazing things from wood. He made all the guests names out of wood. For his own wedding he made key rings.

If you want to have something, you can buy really cheap wedding chocs on Amazon. They went down great at my wedding as everyone loves chocolate! Think they were £15 for 100 or something

We went to a wedding and they just put dishes of celebrations/ hero's on the tables which was nice but a further in-necessary expense really.

We got candles at BIL & SIL' s wedding. Nice idea but loads were left behind.

Agree with everyone else, save your ££!

Actually most weddings I’ve been to have had favours: tea bag and biscuits, cross stitched bookmark, fudge, lottery ticket... however, I don’t expect it amd didn’t do it myself.

I have had favours at most weddings I have been to, and always thought they were a waste of money, even when I liked them. What guests care about is seeing a couple truly in love and being fed and watered. Save your money.

I had favours, but it was hard work! Putting those little sugared almonds into bags and we had Hersey's Chocolate kisses too. It looked cute but it was hard work and to be honest, if you do not want to do it, don't.

It's your day and should be things that are important to you.

If you’re doing a sweet Cart i definitely Wouldn’t worry about favours. I had Just the sweet cart and everyone made themselves up a bag and took those home instead. Most favours just eat left behind on the table anyway. Especially sugared almonds, i dont Think people actually choose to eat them. My mum had them at her wedding and almost all of them were still on the table at the end of the night.

Our favours were personalised shortbread biscuits which doubled as place names on the tables. They were very nice - some people ate them, others kept them. Not fussed either way, did several jobs at once!

I ate the sugared almonds because I love them. But they are not necessary.

They were single large biscuits in a nice wrapper, not packets, btw!

@KittyHawke80 that’s awful! Glad I didn’t bother.

My friend was really in to unusual green teas, and her wedding favours were small (and expensive) packets of different varieties which she then decorated with ribbons that matched the wedding colours. I thought it was lovely, but a huge number were left on the tables at the end. I felt really sorry for her.

The only other memorable one was hand made wooden tea light holders which I like so much they are on my mantle piece. It was a big wedding though so must have been a hell of an effort to make so many.

Sugared almonds are shite. YANBU. You do not need favours (unless it’s not sugared almond then that’s okay).

I didn't do favours. I put 4 bottles of wine on each table instead.

I just like a piece of cake for my breakfast the next day! Always too full to eat the wedding cake at the wedding itself.

Most weddings I've been to in the U.K. didn't have favours.

We did homemade (basic) choc truffles which my BIL was put in charge of as his "job" lol. Only cost a few £ for the ingredients and we got some really cheap mini boxes to put them in. Probabyl cost me £40 all in and gave the guests something to eat during the speeches.

My sis sister did the charity donation and guests were given the relevant charity pin as a favour. They picked two charities that were for late grandparents and included a wee message with the pins. Was really nice.

Saying that I really don't think people will notice if you don't do any. Most of the ones we get at wedding get thrown in the bin

We got married 20 years ago and favours were unheard of and everyone was ok...

I agree they are a waste of time and money. I really detest sugared almonds so DD has promised if she ever gets married she will do a bag of them just for me 😂😂

What's with all the sugared almond hate. I love em. My second reason for going to weddings is the quaffing of the sugared almonds. .......... And anybody else's

I love sugared almonds so I really clean up if someone has them has favours tho I haven’t actually seen them at a wedding for yonks - I think they’d be kind of retro.

Not that I’d bother doing them - I really don’t think anyone will notice/care if you leave them! Also my top tip (hospitality veteran) is to have the cake for pudding cos otherwise the staff will eat most of it once it’s cut (nom). Also we used to get loads of uncut cake just left behind and never collected.

They are rock-like and then once your teeth are broken, there is a horrid semi-sweet nut inside that is only fit for grinding up with its fellows and making into marzipan.

If you want a sweet you want a truffle. Or a Freddo bar. Or Ritter Sport Alpenmilch.