Wedding favours Yes or No

[Laineymc7]

Hi all
I was wondering what you think of wedding favours? Are they still a thing? Would you expect them at a wedding?
Also if you did have them what did you have? Also if you were a wedding guest what would you like to receive? Or would you not be bothered.
Thank you x

Big no from me. Never expect or want them, didn't do them for mine. Waste of time and money.

I had them, little wooden names that doubled up as place names. And hand made crackers filled with chocolates (it was a couple of days after Christmas)

Everyone took the names and ate the chocolates

I’m not going to bother with them. Easy saving for something that few, if any, people notice/remember. Most weddings I’ve been too they just get left on the tables at the end of the night.

Never had one I've been really impressed with, and I wouldn't notice if I didn't get one, tbh. In fact, the only one I can actually remember from all the weddings I've attended was a tulip bulb at a wedding in Amsterdam which I thought was a chocolate and tried to eat... (in my defence, it was dark, it was wrapped in a chocolate-y way, and it was my first night away from toddler ds so I was quite hammered!)

We had a bowl with retro sweets/love hearts that came out onto each table with/after coffees instead, but I wouldn't even bother with that if I got married now

Nope. Pointless tat. (Sorry to those who put a lot of thought in to it).

I wouldn't bother with keepsakes, candles, bottles of perfume etc, they invariably get left behind in the venue or take home and put in a cupboard until someone decides to declutter and throw them out. A few nice chocolates or a nice wooden place name usually go down well though.

We didn't bother. We just had a big plate of chocolates for people to help themselves to, evening guests included. As a guest, I never keep favours unless they're edible/drinkable!

Food or drink, yes. Random named objects - no. Save your money and they'll mostly be in landfill in a week!

Save the money, they very often get left behind.

Sugared almonds?

Mumsnet always says no but everyone I know likes them. Don’t expect them but they are nice.
We had homemade jam. It was made for us by a family member with their home grown fruit and the label was also the place name. They were popular and the feedback afterwards was good.
I think food and drink ones are usually more popular than things to keep.

I don't expect them and aren't fussed if there aren't any. However, some good ones I've had recently include:-

• macaron matching the colour scheme
• small bottles of olive oil (Italian couple, came from groom parent's home town)
• miniature shower gel & body lotion (expensive brand that I'd never buy)

I'm getting married next year, I'm probably going to copy the macaron idea as they are tasty, will be eaten straight away, small and don't need to be carried around.

We had Lego mini figures. They were fun and prior enjoyed building them. I have no idea how many were left behind and I don't really care.

So wasteful. All this tat just ends up in landfill or the ocean.

The only good types of favours are food that will get eaten straightaway and even then they’re not needed.

I've been to two weddings recently where the couples didn't bother and there were no guests wandering around shouting "Where are the favours?!".

If you can't be arsed arranging them or spending money on them don't bother, it'll be fine- very easy thing to cut. I wasn't going to bother until I found a company that did wedding teatowels and then it was like my wedding wouldn't be complete without DH and I's faces printed on a bit of cotton.

I did them at our wedding because it was the done thing 10 yrs ago, and my DM said I should. However, the last 3 weddings I've been to this year didn't have them. One gave a donation to a charity close to their heart (children's charity that helps their unwell child) instead.

We had mini jars of jam and honey with labels attached to double as place names. A few were left behind but we just gathered them up and used them ourselves

At a wedding last weekend there was little plastic made lucky six pence and a scratch card for all guests. Must of cost a fortune. Oh and chocolate nom nom

“Big no from me. Never expect or want them, didn't do them for mine. Waste of time and money”

This ^^
Put the money behind the bar instead. I agree with PPs that they are an easy saving and usually pointless tat, as are matching chair covers.

IMO people won’t remember the fripperies, but they will remember shite food and not enough to drink. Prioritise these and your wedding will go with a swing.

We didn’t bother. In my experience they either get left or binned. We just had a huge trolley with jars of sweets and gave everyone a sweetie bag to help themselves. Some people used their bags multiple times and some didn’t have any.

I personally think they’re a waste of money; I didn’t do them and I can’t recall what any of the favours were when I’ve been to weddings in the past.

We did a charity donation in memory of DH's mum. We had an explanation of this on the back of the place cards.

Ones I've liked: chocolates, homemade sloe gin in mini bottles
Ones I haven't liked: hand painted glass tea light holders (must have taken hours but not actually very nice), jars of jam (lovely but such a pain when you've only got a clutch bag)

I made charity donations as favours. Each guest got a keyring or badge from the charity, with a little thank you card.

Two cancer charities, as we'd just lost two relatives to cancer just a few months before the wedding.

I was worried the guests may think it was cheeky, but I got such a positive response. They loved the idea and said they much preferred that to some tat they'd just throw away.

Didn't have and wouldn't expect. I've been to weddings where there have been favours, but I can't now remember what they were; which says something about them not being a very important part of the day.