Whenever I travel to a wedding and stay in one of the suggested room blocks, its always a pleasant surprise to receive a special gift bag from the couple to welcome me to their city, and to their wedding weekend. I decided to do the same thing when I got married to make sure that our guests arrived with something personal from us, letting them know we were glad they were in town. We made one per room, and added enough items for two people. If we knew more people were staying in a room, then we’d send along two boxes. Most hotels are willing to accept your gift boxes to distribute to your guests, without a fee.
I ordered some craft boxes online and printed some tags to decorate the box with our little logo that I created on my computer. I also went to costco and various other stores to buy items to add to the box.
In each box we added:
- 2 of those 100 calorie snack bags
- A pack of trident gum
- 2 mini bowls of instant ramen with forks
- 2 tea bags
- Maps to our wedding venue and the surrounding areas with recommendations
Some other good additions would be:
- Invitations to any weekend activities
- Bottled water
- City maps or magazines
- List of restaurant recommendations and activities to do
- Cereal or granola bars
- Non chocolate candies
- Personal messages written by you to welcome your guests
Type A Planning always highly recommend these out of town gift boxes to my clients whenever you are hosting guests from out of town. However big or small, it is a nice gesture, and really makes people feel glad they made the trip to your city.
1 Comment
August 21, 2008 at 6:31 am
I like this idea it makes people feel special since they came from so far- I never did this because I did not have an event planner at my wedding – wish I had an event planner