I think their name is cool but I’d leave off your names and wedding date

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Maybe a line from your first dance song (if you’re having one!) would be a nice touch?

I went to a wedding where the flavor was a little box of chocolates. Everyone loved it, and I loved taking the few that were left behind 😂

We didn't do favors. We just couldn't see how a cheap favor would make the difference in our guests' experience after we wined and dined them all evening. Unless it's important culturally, I would put the money toward your general budget. No one wants anything with your initials and date.

Seconding, by far my favorite wedding wedding favor to receive has been chocolate. Makes a great snack on the ride home.

We did a popcorn and candy bar with a bunch of different candies and five different types of gourmet popcorn and the bags said “thanks for popping by!” And “All because he popped the question”. People seemed to really like it!

We did balsamic vinegar from the winery we got married at, and little “rescue” (aspirin, makeup remover pads, etc) bag

Also, edible favors will decompose even if your guests take them home and change their minds about eating them! Whereas many guests will take wedding favors like cheap coozies or keychains and send them to Goodwill, or the trash, and then in a landfill. And the ones your guests don't take? Most wedding hosts dump them in the trash themselves.

Don't put your names and wedding date on ANYTHING. It's a waste of money and no one wants it.

My fiancé and I are writing letters to each one of our guests (46 letters in total).

Our favours are provided in our wedding package. They’re just chocolates in little bags. We are also planning a donation to charity in celebration of our marriage.

We're getting married the weekend before Halloween and are doing "trick or treat" bags.

We're getting bags and will have bowls of candy for guests to put together. We also figured whatever doesn't get used we'll just give out on Halloween.

Consumables! We’re doing packs of tea and biscuits. My friends who did a garden wedding gave away small jars of honey from their family’s apiary. I’ve seen donuts too (individually wrapped).

I usually see on here that the most appreciated item is some kind of food! And I am inclined to agree. I have never been to a wedding that did favors but I don't really imagine myself using items that have someone else's names and event date on them (like mugs, fancy napkins, picture frames, whatever). I'd go with some kind of snack food that can be taken to go or tiny desserts or something. I think those "his and hers" favorite snacks are cute.

Oooh i love the personalized wine glasses or even champagne and they can use them day of wedding too. Would be very cute pictures and could also double as placecards. Just have a place for people to wash them and box them safely to take home.

very niche and has to be specific, but you said backyard wedding in june and i think bugs.

mini bugspray with the name of the guest engraved/drawn/painted. in my mind im thinking some leather case, like a lighter case if you will, but i have no idea if such a thing exists, but i can think of something like a portable bugspray with my name on it on a litttle hook i can put on my backpack? i'd have it for y ears.

This is a "know your crowd" thing. I personally hate getting anything with my name or initials on it. Glasses, mugs, etc. are also objects that I have so many of and zero desire for more. However, I'm not your wedding guest and your people could love these things. If these are the types of things you've seen them use before, go for it!

If it’s colder you could do nice blankets or mugs. The wine glasses are cute.

The only favor I’ve actually kept is a thank you card. At each place setting (and this was a large wedding), the bride or the groom hand-wrote individual letters on a 5x7 card. My cousin surprised me with his great penmanship! The letters were personalized, and I thought it was so loving.

I was one bag traveling and couldn’t take home their other favor, a glass bottle of soda pop.

We did his and her candy boxes. We got the clear plastic boxes and custom labels with our initials from shein. Then we just got a bunch of bulk candy from Loblaws.

Cost was less than $100 for 90 favours

I promise you that nobody other than your parents and old family members wants some crap with your name and wedding date on it.

Consumable wedding favours are the way to go - candy (ain't love sweet?), small jars of honey ("sweet of you to Bee here!"), jam ("thank you Berry much!") Etc etc.

Here’s some ideas i’m considering

accessory bar, each guest can pick a set of bangles, bindis, earrings.

mini jars of honey with a sticker with our wedding date on it.

some other condiment with the sticker

reusable shopping bags with our wedding date on it

bottle/ can opener ( received this at a wedding and we literally use it at minimum once a week)

photo booth with take home photo strips

No one wants a shot glass with your names and wedding date on it.

In the whole big picture of your wedding, will that 100 dollars for shipping those cards really make a difference?

We just had our wedding and our favours were his and hers recipe cards (everybody got one of each). The card explained why the recipe was meaningful to us. We designed them on Canva and had them printed locally on nice textured paper. Total cost was $100 for 150 or something like that. Some loved it and have already made the recipes; others didn't take the cards with them at all, of course, but we weren't bothered because we had not spent much.

We did personalized notes telling everyone why we loved them and how much they meant to us. They doubled as our seating chart and favors. I’ve had everyone tell us how amazing it was that we did them for everyone (97 people).

I would skip the favors and use the budget elsewhere. No one really needs another magnet, coaster, etc. and I don’t feel like they really add anything to the experience.

We had a winter wedding with hot drinks and sent people home with their mugs as favors. Most of my friends and family have them and use them regularly since they were plain navy blue (our wedding color). No tacky Bride & Groom branded anything, just a nice mug.

(Little did our guests know, the mugs were $1.25 each at the dollar store, cheaper than they would have been to rent)

We are beekeepers - harvesting honey and dropping a small honeycomb cube in each jar and making a little label sticker with our dog on it.

We gave out succulents as our favors!

It's actually been a fun game now, 6 months after, whose plants are still alive and which ones were not given to a green thumb lol!

I’ve only ever kept one wedding favor. It was a handwritten note from my cousin, the groom. The couple wrote personalized cards to every person in attendance and had it at their dinner place setting. I thought it was touching and very sincere.

You don’t need wedding favors at all. Save your money. Spend it on something you’d rather have at your wedding. Nobody cares about favors anymore, I promise.

We didn’t do favors. We had a photobooth and the photos they got from that was a “favor” and everyone had fun using it

OK…I take back what I said earlier about favors being a waste of money. I would be DELIGHTED to get a transformer. Especially if it was Hot Shot (original).

As long as it’s edible or usable, personalize away.

M&M, popcorn bags, matches, whatever with your name on it is great. Coasters, bottle openers, statuettes, or commemorative coins (all of which I’ve seen) will be trashed or maybe sold for material.

ETA: Personally, I didn't have traditional favors. My husband and I were traveling home to family in the US from our home in Japan, so we brought nearly an entire suitcase of Japanese snacks, which we put out in bowls for people to take as they please. Smash hit all around.

I completely understand that wedding favors can often be overlooked, no matter how thoughtful they are. It can be disheartening to think about them being tossed aside. I think choosing chocolate as a favor is a great idea, as it holds the potential to be enjoyed, whether it ends up in someone's purse or, even better, in their mouth! It feels nice to offer something that can be appreciated in some way.

If someone doesn't want their chocolate square, you know another guest will happily take it.

If someone doesn't want a keyring, that's just getting left as people won't need or want a second.

Also I know people think of keychains as something small and used by everyone, but people already own them and don't really need more.

If you like them why don't you just make some for yourselves to use?

You definitely don’t need to do one at all; the only ones we’re doing are matchboxes that people are free to take or leave, as well as a “goodbye treat.”

That said, the chocolate makes more sense. I’m personally a huge keychain person but most adults are not lol

Chocolate. Most people already have keychains and car fobs are already so big, surely do not need something else to add to my keys.

I am team consumable favors (the chocolate) 100%.

I personally hate clutter AND I feel tremendous guilt when I get rid of things like the keychain. In comparison, I went to a wedding where we got locally made sea salt caramel as favors three years ago and I’m still thinking about it. The chocolate squares are good for guests, good for travel, and good for waste reduction!

Guests really wouldn’t miss favors. At most, about half the guests will take them, the other half will leave them. Save time, money, and mental health and just skip these. If you really, really want to, make them the small size. If people want more they can take them from the folks that leave them behind.

Favors aren't necessary, but if you are going to do them, you are on the right track with something edible. No one needs more crap that will end up cluttering their junk drawers. Shot glasses, coasters, koozies, water bottles, keychains, magnets, etc.

Just one cranky senior lady's opinion but . . . I really don't think favors are needed or wanted. Please: give yourself and your budget a break and skip them. Or donate the money you might have spent on favors to a deserving charity.

Snacky favors are the only way to go! People will take cookies or candy or something but won’t necessarily remember to take a physical item.

I did a double take over the word "edibles". Oh, it's that kind of wedding. lol