Is it ok if I don't have favors at my wedding?

[disneysteve]

I don't think there have been favors at all receptions I went to.

Absolutely. In fact, I'd say very few have had favors. We were at a wedding last month - no favors there. And I'm 99% sure we had none at ours, though it was 16 years ago and my memory is a little fuzzy.

[PrincessPerky]

M mother insisted we had to have some, they were candles wrapped in tulle with a card of some sort.

two years later I insisted mom take the box of most of the candles with her to dispose of.

IMO unless it is food, no one takes em (though the card with info, is a good idea)

[disneysteve]

I recall one wedding where everyone got a nice photo of the bride and groom. This was years ago, but today, you can print digital photos for less than 20 cents each. Put them in a magnetic sleeve like these (BOX OF MAGNETIC PHOTO SLEEVES,4X5 IN,144 TOTAL,HTF,NEW - eBay (item 180271542395 end time Sep-28-08 04:51:15 PDT)) and you've got a nice favor for less than 40 cents each.

[FrugalFish]

I also don't think your guests will miss having a favor. OTOH, it is inexpensive and easy to wrap up a few pieces of candy in a square of tulle, and people do enjoy that sort of thing. My brother and his wife bundled up a couple of the Hershey Nuggets for their wedding guests. When our DD was born, we gave out something similar, but with the Nestle Treasures (BIG bags at Target).

[jIM_Ohio]

No favors and no booze. Nice, simple, cheap wedding.

The two best words in the english language are "open bar".

No booze. That's funny.

[plumpossum]

I got married on a Friday morning in a courthouse, and then we went out to lunch at a nice restaurant-- so no favors for us

But I've been to quite a few weddings, most had favors, and I have never taken them home. I've never really found myself just dying for an embossed champagne flute, jordan almonds, or any other small dust-gathering item from a wedding. Once everything is said and done, the favors are not going to be what is important to your guests. I thought the business card with contact info that a previous poster mentioned was a great idea. I also thought of the idea mentioned above about taking a photo with each guest at the wedding, and include the photo with your thank you card after the wedding madness calms down.

One of my friends' divorce was final in February (they married July of 2004), and they still haven't decided who gets stuck with the leftover candles and bud vases...

[Hot dog]

I got pens with our names and dates and a saying on them for less than .50 I think they got them when they signed in. The best thing was that for years after the company kept sending me samples of calculators pens paper with the same names on them and people said they used them some took more than one. Also did the candle wraped in tulle that said whenever you light this candle remember our special day for we enjoyed your presence more than words can say. Also inexpensive for a favor

[Gruntina]

Nah! Only you probably would notice that there were no favors at your wedding.

It is possible that a friend or two might volunteer to want to make favors for your wedding as a way to be a part of it. I see this happening with most weddings I gone to where the favors were from a friend or relative.

For my wedding, I actually baked chunky chocolate chip cookies and wrapped them up pretty. I had kept my wedding plans so simple that the decoration/floral and coordinator work came in the package deal at a vendor where I held my ceremony/reception at. I wanted to do something fun and that was the work of my own hands but it was totally optional and not needed.

Worry about the basic main stuff first and everything will fall to place.

[marierox]

Wedding favors are usually just bookmarks and candies. Sure, some people use them, but miscellaneous things like these, they usually buy for themselves. They're not so important at all, and I think no one would care that much.

But then, just as someone said here, they don't need to be costly anyway, just a sack of little candies would do...

[Snave]

I had a friend that did a donation for there wedding. I believe his grandfather had passed away and might have been the only parent/grandparent that had passed and would not have been in attendance. At the reception, they made an announcement that while they were fortunate to have most of their family present at the wedding, one person was missing that they wished could be there. They announced a donation was made to a cause he believed in, in his honor on behalf of the wedding party and all in attendance. This was years ago and it is the ONLY wedding favor I remember in all the weddings I attended. I just thought it was a really cool.