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Or out of town baskets as I know them as... Who gets them?

Did people make them for all the people staying the night at the hotel, or just the out of town guests.

I suppose if it is called a welcome basket everyone gets em and an OOT one then just out of towners?

I have several people flying in for the wedding from the east coasts, however I also have quite a few (10 couples or so) that are local but chosing to stay at the hotel because of drinking/late night driving issues.

I was planning to just make baskets/bags for those that traveled a great distance to attend (aka flew). Is this wrong?

I suppose when it comes to giving a gift nothing is really wrong. I jsut mean to say, will local guests feel slighted?

Truthfully, I was just planning to make these to kind of honor and show extra appreciation for the added inconvenince and cost that certain people experienced to attend. Now I am thinking it might be rude to exclude people that didnt have to fly but are still staying the night at the inn.

What do you all think? If you lived locally but got a room for a wedding because you didnt want to drive after, or whatever reason, and you saw welcome baskets for some guests or found out that some had them, would you feel slighted? (i think there were a few too many commas in that last sentence...)

Even if I had the baskets delivered to the rooms and not given to guests upon check in, I think other guests might find out about the.

Whats the consensus here? What did those offering baskets do when catering to both oot and local guests?
 
I''ve been questioning this myself..I got a bunch of VA is for lovers bumper stickers to put in my OOT bags..but then I realized like 70% of our guests are from VA. So is it still appropriate to give it to them? Most of them aren''t from my area..they''re from hours away, but they do live in the state.
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So far I''ve decided to give the VA themed welcome stuff to anyone that will have to stay in a hotel.
 
I''ll be very interested to read other''s opinions, but I believe that welcome baskets are for out of town guests who have traveled to come to the wedding, so that when they get there, there''ll be a little snack waiting for them, a map of how to get around, and then some regional specialties for fun. That just my .02. If you are a local, you don''t really need any of that stuff.
 
I have gotten welcome bags when I have stayed overnight at weddings regardless of if I was OOT or not. I think it depends on how you want to do it, but only once has the bag been in my room waiting for me, other times we got it upon check-in. I would ask your hotel how they can give the bags out, if they can put them in the rooms, then only give them to OOT guests, but if they have to give them out upon check-in I would give them to everyone so there are no hard feelings.
 
Since I'm having a "destination" wedding in Yosemite (slight off-track: when did "destination wedding" become synonymous with tropical beach vacation anyway?), everyone is traveling to come to my wedding. I'm not doing welcome baskets at all. I'm just not sure they're necessary for my location, since it's so well known, everyone has been sent a save the date with plenty of time to do their own research, and they give you all kinds of info at the entrance gate anyway. That said, we're recognizing the time and expense people are taking to coming to our wedding by letting it be known we don't want any gifts. We don't need anything, and would prefer that people spend their $$ on being able to come to our wedding.

Do them for your out of town guests who don't know their way around. And the people who already live in Virgnia will still like the stickers.
 
I have the option to have the baskets in the rooms or given out at check out (thought it cost money to have them in the rooms, free if given out at checkout).

I have only been to one wedding that even gave OOT baskets. In that wedding the baskets were in our room, however, FI attended the wedding with a ton of people we knew and everyone was in and out of each other rooms (how I imagine our wedding will be) and so even if i am discreet about the bags, non out of towners will likely end up seeing the OOt''s stuff.

I plan to fill the bag with local goodies and map type things which the local people really won''t need.

FI doesnt think that anyone local would be insulted (they are mostly his family and friends) i am just a lil worried.

Sounds like, so far, consensus is do them all or be discreet. Ill look up again the cost to have the baskets waiting in the room. I say baskets i think i will use bags since noone flying is really going to want to bring back a basket. I liked those lil take out boxes with the ribbon from the other thread...
 
I'm doing welcome bags for everyone that's booked a hotel room. They will be waiting for them when they check in. It costs extra to have them delivered to rooms. Since my wedding is in Carmel just about everyone has to drive or fly in from a distance and wil most likely stay overnight so everyone gets one! They'll be bags as well so easier to carry.
 
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