Hotel Gift Bags-Yes or No?

We aren't planning on leaving any, I don't really see the point.

I personally consider this to be another invention by the wedding industry. No, you don't need them, obviously it costs to make them, and most hotels charge to deliver them.

I'd skip them.

I've only ever received a gift bag when I attended a DW. Even then, I thought it was a nice gesture but completely unnecessary.

I'm skipping them...just one more thing to pay for/add to the list that I feel is pretty unnecessary.

We are leaving one only because the FMIL insisted. She's very into etiquette. Surprisingly, I had fun thinking of things to put in them.

Every wedding I have been to has had gift bags for people staying at the hotel. I think I am in the minority here. I wouldn't be upset, but I would notice if there wasn't one. I will be having them cause I feel weird not.

Making me second guess if I should do this or not. I had planned not to, but wondering about that.

No we aren't planning on doing this. they will have plenty of food and drinks at the wedding and favors as well.

Thanks everyone. I think I will probably end up doing them. All the other DW I've been to had them. Just maybe some water, brochures of local stuff to do, and snacks

If you have shuttle information or after party plans that would be a great place to include them. You can also put that on your website but it's nice to have printed out as well. Also little waters and snacks, and if you can order little packs of Advil they're appreciated. I usually pack my own overnight bag of these things but they're nice to include!

@MrsFall-Good call on the info cards. We do have a shuttle and I don't want anyone missing it! lol. How did you do them? Did you just print them yourselves or order them somewhere?

I wouldn't side eye someone for not providing welcome bags, but I love to receive them and think they are a really fun touch! It definitely kicks off the wedding weekend excitement when it's the first thing you receive when you check in to your hotel!

Great things to include are: event information for the weekend and any transportation tips or schedule, a welcome / thank you note, bottled water, something sweet, something salty, mints, and a little advil pack! I love when the snacks are personalized either to your local area or to the bride and groom's tastes

https://www.weddingwire.com/wedding-ideas/10-awesome-things-to-include-in-your-wedding-welcome-bag

I think they are a waste of money. i usually end up throwing out most of the stuff.

We did them. Waste of time, $ and effort. Thumbs down.

Well, not EVERYTHING, but I do think that the media tells you all that so much is necessary, and it's really not. All these details cost money, time, and they add to the ever growing 'to do' lists....

End of day? You do whatever YOU think is important, but I don't think anyone is going to think your wedding wasn't a 'nice' one because they didn't get a bottle of water.

I think they are a nice gesture. We did one bag per room. Each had 2 bottles of water ( with personalized labels) PB crackers, mints, cookies, chips, and a couple lindor truffles and info about the shuttle. Our hotel gave them out for free.

I went the Etsy template, FedEx printing route for the transportation and wedding events schedule. I combined the transportation info with the weekend's schedule of events!

@MrsFall-I agree. I think it's always nice and I don't know why @Ella would throw the stuff out. I mean, it's food and water. If you don't eat it that day, why throw it away? So weird.

I'm definitely going to be getting out items from BJ's Wholesale for the snacks. Just need to decide from where. Once I have a set timeline, I will order our info cards. Thank you for the suggestions!

With your guests relatively local, I could see how you skip them.

If you wanted to do something that's "in between", maybe you put together a stack of generic thank you cards for the hotel to hand out at check in. A nice gesture and wayyyyy cheaper.

No, they're totally unnecessary. Most people don't even care about them anyways.