Wedding Favors?

Question

should I give them out 1 per person or 1 per couple? Should there be some held in reserve in case I run out. Any suggestions about how and where to put them so people will take them.

Answer 1

definitley 1 per person, if you have the reception in a banquet hall the wait staff puts them down for you guys and they're not going to know who has a date and who doesn't so if you say to them every other person then chances are someone without a date isn't going to get one which is a little unfair. Definitley have some extra it's always better safe than sorry, I'd say about 5-10 extra and we always put the favors right in the middle of the place settings unless specified otherwise where I work, again we put them down for you guys.

Answer 2

By etiquette standard you should offer Wedding favors, and they should be per person.  

If your budget allows, I would order extras and have them in a basket near the exit.  The easiest thing to do would be to leave a favor at each place setting on the table.  If the favor doesn't really work with the overall decor, then leave it on each seat, so people can grab it as they sit down.  For a last resort, I would have the bridesmaids give them out during dinner service when everyone is seated, but this is asking a lot of them!

Good Luck

Z.

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Answer 3

Most people put them at the place settings but if you ask me that just clutters up the table when you have food/drinks.  I put mine by the enterance/exit by the guest book so they could grab it on the way in or out if they wanted and of course had extras.  I had a small wedding and made chocolate covered pretzel rods with white chocolate drizzle on them.

Answer 4

Hi, I think it would be good if you can per person. ;) But 1 per couple is fine too.

I would suggest you to put them on their table. You might want to find out some of the item here for great wedding favors idea.

Answer 5

I per person is a must.  Just make sure you have as many as people respond plus some for extras.  (for mine it is easy because I am getting as many as the place holds 230) I would put them at each place setting at the table and include the word "thanks" and people will know they are to take them.

Answer 6

We are giving one wine and cheese basket per couple because our favors are meant to be shared (it has a bottle of wine, a few kinds of gourmet cheese, crackers, and some chocolates along with a bunch of blown-glass grapes). We are also doing one basket per single person and have non-alcoholic snack baskets for everyone under 21. Each basket has a name tag to avoid confusion. We went through the decision of doing per-person or per-couple and apparently with "large" or "shared" favors its okay to do one per couple.

However, if you're doing a standard favor like candy or candles or a frame or something of that nature, you should do one per-person.

I also like the idea of keeping them form cluttering the tables. Ours will also be in the foyer for pick-up on the way in/out as the guests prefer, like someone above me said.

Good luck!

Answer 7

Usually it's per person, and you put them at the place setting at the dinner.

However, if it's something very extravagant, you can give one per couple. We were at a wedding where the couple gave a gorgeous ceramic stylized statue of a couple embracing, and they gave one per family when we went up for presentations.

Answer 8

1 per person.  My favors (PVC cones filled with SnoCaps) also served as table cards.  They were laid out on a table in the cocktail reception so each guest picked one up in order to know where there seat was.  2 birds with 1 stone!  They cost me less than $1 each (would have been cheaper, but I fell in love with expensive ribbon).  The cone is from durapak.net.  

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Answer 9

We're doing one per person, and they're doubling as place cards. There will be a sleeve over the package with a name, it takes care of distribution and place cards together. However we're giving seed packets, which are fairly small and won't clutter the way a cheese basket etc. would.

Answer 10

1 per person-its better to be safe then sorry-and put them on the tables by each place setting