Wedding favors are small gifts that are given to wedding guests by the bride and groom as a token of thanks for joining them on their special day. The tradition of giving favors goes back to the 13th century when the bride would give small boxes of sugar cubes to the female guests at her wedding.
Today wedding favors have become far more sophisticated and with that comes additional expense and strain on the wedding budget. Many couples do consider whether or not they should give them and if by not giving them would their guests mind.
Wedding etiquette would say that it is unforgivable not to give favors and by not doing so you are appearing to be too stingy to thank your guests in the traditional way. I am not sure that many wedding guests would be too bothered if they received them or not, although there will always be those 'traditionalist' guests who will expect them.
Some couples may also consider that the sending of thank you notes does exactly the same job. Actually they don't. Thank you notes are generally sent only to those guests who have given you a wedding gift and although probably all your guests will have given something, thank you notes only really say 'thanks for the pressie!'
Wedding favors can be expensive. There is the cost of the favor itself, the packaging, decorations and the cost of shipping and taxes to be added in. Even if you are buying in bulk quantities the total cost can still amount to a few hundred dollars. It is possible to give favors for less than $1 each but this can require some creativity on your part and if you are not that way inclined or simply don't have the time, you will have to spend at least twice this amount.
Basically, if you don't give wedding favors then you could appear to be too tight to spend a little extra on something to thank your guests. Favors do not need to be extravagant gestures, a few candy coated chocolate hearts in a voile bag is better than nothing at all and wedding guests usually appreciate something edible as a favor over yet another miniature photograph frame or bag of flower seeds!
Another reason why you should give favors at your wedding is that if you don't then you the onus will be on the two of you to go to each guest and to personally thank them for coming. If your wedding has a couple of hundred guests then thanking them all individually could see you missing most of the reception!
Mae Andrea is a professional writer who collects wedding favors and wedding related articles. She is working with a wedding social networking company that caters to all the wedding needs of brides in almost every major center in America.
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