How much would you spend on wedding favours?

[newmummylucy]

Hi everyone!

How much would you be happy to spend on beautiful handmade wedding favours for your guests?

Thanks!

I suppose it depends on what they are. As a guest I’ve noticed a trend towards not having favours. Unless they are lovely food then they tend to get left behind.

Nothing. Honestly.

Nothing.

Not much! Best ones I have had have been seeds, jam and pick and mix. Anything that needs to be kept as a trim key is a bit of a waste to me.
I’m also keen on reducing stuff going to the tip which is where I feel most favours end up I’m afraid.
I think the trend is definitely away from them

Zero pounds. Zilth. Nothing. I'd rather buy everyone another drink.

I spent about 120

My MiL offered to make some lovely lemon shortbread for ours, so we bought the bags and ribbons (she insisted on buying ingredients). So, not much.

I don't think I'd have bothered at all otherwise tbh - and i suspect they're something people are moving away from as well.

Nothing. They are generally just left behind. They are an added expense that nobody is bothered about, in my experience.

When I got married I picked a few different charities, made a donation, and just had a little note on place settings stating that a charity donation had been made in their name.

They are food items to clarify

And yes, environmentally they are not great. A lot of unnecessary packaging, ribbons, glitter etc.

We got everyone a £1 scratch card - at least they got used and not scooped in the rubbish. We had 80 guests and the won £35 together

I wouldn't. We didn't have any last year - we viewed six venues and all but one recommended saving the cost, as they tend to get left behind. We were unsure, but of all the weddings we went to between 2019 and our wedding in August, only three had favours and most of them did get left behind, even the thoughtful ones.

I think it's a dying trend, so I wouldn't stress much about them.

@newmummylucy

Hi everyone!

How much would you be happy to spend on beautiful handmade wedding favours for your guests?

Thanks!

Just to clarify they are food

They are food items to clarify

Definitely nothing for additional food. Everyone had a two-course meal, plus cakes, there were additional cupcakes and the venue put on a sweet stand and popcorn, plus there were bar snacks available at the bar. Some of the food we provided didn't get eaten, I wouldn't put more on.

Depends what it is. I went to a local distillery and bought bottles of fancy gin to pour into cute little tiny jars and that cost me about £100 for £100 people (then bought the kiddies personalised colouring in packs).

So probably about £1-£1.50 per item if I was bulk buying.

£0. Seriously, it's one of the first things we decided to prune from our wedding budget, and absolutely no one noticed there were no sugared almonds/tiny jams/pebbles with the date lovingly carved on them.

@newmummylucy- Are you trying to sell them, or inquiring about your own wedding???

Depends how many guests? 100 guests, even £1 per favour, is an extra £100!

I made my own for less than half that which were chocolates in various flavours. The favour containers were cardboard in the shape of a bride and groom from poundland and only 10p each!

It’s difficult because an individual lovely food item is going to be a few £, and maybe spending £4 on 10 people would be completely fine, but I was never going to spend £480 on favours for 120 people. It would have been a big chunk of our wedding budget for something that isn’t as important as other expensive things on a wedding list. We spent something like 50p each on small jars with guest names on and flowers in to mark places and that was it.

We didn't do favours - but we did have a large box of crisps for when guests arrived (or for after the service) which went down well, and got 2 big boxes of Ferrero Rocher to be shared after the meal. (We didn't have seating plans or time to dress the tables as the reception was the same place as the ceremony - but I would have put them on the tables if I could.) Must have cost less than £15/20 all in.... I took 1 box of chocolates home as they weren't eaten.

£1.50 for a charity pin and a little bag for it.

Nothing, especially not food.

We're having the option for people to take their name holders from tables home with them if they want (tiny plants).

Agree to no favours for adult guests, but I liked the time there were sort of party bags for the kids at their place settings. It was colouring book and pencils type of thing and I think some paper craft thing (where you make a little model out of cardboard ) for the older ones. This was useful while waiting for the food,

Nothing for food. Though best favours I had were foil covered chocolate hearts that decorated the table. They could be eaten there and then.

Nothing, because I don't think anybody cares about them.

You have just paid for a day or evening's entertainment for them including food and (some or all) drinks. I don't think after all that they need a little biscuit or whatever to take away.

We'll do little goodie bags for kids, maybe £5 each kid, but that's it (and that will be mainly games/ colouring activities to keep them entertained in the day!)

We spent nada and that was 2003, so looks like we set the trend there. Nobody missed them. I've been to too many weddings where lovely, thoughtful favours were left on the tables. If they are food I will personally rescue as many as possible, but my wee handbag can only prevent a fraction of the waste.