Discount Wedding Favors
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Discount wedding favors make it easy to express your thanks to your guests without blowing your budget. Low cost favors are available in a wide variety from casual to chic, so you can easily find the perfect favor for your wedding.
Feel free to post a great deal you found on wedding favors or other ideas pertaining to this article topic by posting your ideas in the comments section at the bottom of this page. If you have more questions on finding inexpensive favors, feel free to ask our wedding expert Sharon Naylor. Check out our wedding Question of the Week, too!
Cost Considerations
Discount wedding favors are available in a variety of forms. Consider your wedding location, season or time of year, your wedding theme, and the mood or atmosphere of your wedding. Also consider the total number of guests who will attend, and whether you want to send a favor to family and friends unable to attend the wedding before you determine your total favor cost.
When calculating costs, don't forget to include any applicable shipping charges, bags or boxes, wrapping materials, tags, and ribbons or other embellishments as these all add to the final cost of the favors.
Where to Find Discount Wedding Favors
Discount wedding favors can be found in a variety of places. The usual places to look are online wedding retailers and party stores. Look carefully -- some places are much more reasonable than others, and a place that includes wrapping or boxing may end up saving you money even if at first glance the cost is higher.
Oriental Trading Company, Favor Favor, and Wedding Favors Unlimited all have a big selection of discounted favor items.
Don't forget to check the sale or bargain pages of wedding Websites -- these can often add up to substantial savings. The sale pages of Wedding Things, for instance, offers good discounts on many of their high-quality items.
Other places to look for low cost favors are:
- Dollar stores
- General merchandise department stores
- Closeout stores
- Card and gift outlets
- Craft stores
- Bulk candy stores
When to Buy
If you have plenty of time before your wedding, you'll have a chance to browse many different stores and look for bargains. You'll often find the best deals when the seasons change or after holidays.
Creative Favors
Think of creative ways to use discounted items. For example, if you come across plastic ice cream sundae cups marked down to 25 cents at the end of summer, you can fill the cups with candy, wrap in tulle, and tie with a ribbon for a total of less than 50 cents per person.
Another idea is to create mixed bag favor discount wedding favors. Closeout stores often have small items for sale such as trinket boxes, picture frames, scented soaps, candles, kitchen accessories, and much more at very low prices, but only in a limited quantity.
If you purchase these bargain items as you come across them, you'll have a wide selection of various favor items you can put in small gift bags for your guests.
Classic Inexpensive Favor Ideas
Discount wedding favors come in a variety of forms. Some tried and true ideas include:
- Tea lites or votive candles
- Scented soaps
- Candy or cookies
- Key chains
- Mini magnet picture frames
- Mini photo albums
- Mints
- Potpourri
- Bookmarks
- Packets of flower seeds
- Bath salts or beads
- Pens or pencils
More Ideas
- Movie tickets or other event tickets can sometimes be purchased at a discount when bought in bulk. This would make a great favor for a couple of movie buffs.
- A piece of fresh fruit in season will look beautiful on the reception tables and can be a charming favor when accompanied with an appropriate favor tag. Think apples for autumn, peaches for summer, and citrus fruits for the winter months.
- For whimsical or playful theme weddings, consider using small children's toys as favors. These are often inexpensive and may work well for your wedding theme. For a beach wedding, for instance, a mini beach ball will be cute and colorful.
- Angel or other pins, either alone or affixed to a bookmark, are another idea for discount wedding favors. Check jewelry, accessory, and craft stores for discounted pins.
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