Smart Budgeting for Wedding Favors

Your wedding favors may take a considerablewedding, many online favor stores have minimum
amount in your total wedding budget. While these mayquantities when ordering wedding favors, so be aware
just be small items, the quantity and other addedof these restrictions.
expenses will take a bite out of the budget. Before- Packaging - Add to your budget the cost of your
you finalize your wedding favor, or your wedding favorpackaging. Depending on your favor, your packaging
budget, whichever you think should come first, here arecan either be a favor box or a favor bag. You may
some things you have to put into consideration.also want to add ribbons, laces and other
- Number of wedding favors - Determine first whetherembellishments to accessorize your favor. If so, add
you will be giving favors to all guests, or to couplesthe necessary cost to your budget.
only, or to families only. This is not just simply according- Favor Labels - To make your favors truly
to your preference. It is also dependent on the type ofpersonalized, add favor labels. This can either be a mini
favor you will be giving. For larger more expensivecard, a hang tag or a sticker label. For mini cards, you
favors, like miniature gift baskets, you may want towill just be needing the card itself and adhesive tapes.
just give out one per family. Also, alcoholic favors forFor hang tags, you will need tags and a special string
instance, will not be suitable for minors and should onlyor use the ribbons itself. For sticker labels, you just
be given to adults. Finally, if you get edible favors, likeneed the sticker label itself. Add to the total the cost of
cupcakes, you may want to get some extra in caseprinting the wedding details. Add a small percentage to
some people decide to eat extra.your total cost as well if you want the prints to be
- Where to buy - When buying from a local store,colored or if you want photos to be incorporated into
make sure they offer delivery even if they are nearthe design.
your area. Especially for favors that needs to beRemember that wedding favors are not just simple
delivered on the wedding day itself (such as edibletokens that guests get to take home and remember
favors), delivery is important as you may not be ableyour wedding. More importantly, wedding favors are
to arrange pick-up for them. When buying online, checkone of the tangible ways you get to say thank you
the shipping rates and the taxes that may be applied(apart from the thank you notes) to your guests for
to your purchase. If you are planning an intimate smallmaking your wedding extra special.