When you think about how many wedding favors to buy, you may first decide how much you would like to spend and how many guests on your list. You can start doing research any time, but wait until you get your R.S.V.P. list. Now you have a rough idea of head count, you can then add 5-10% to your head count (just in case someone didn’t response to your R.S.V.P shows up, some may change their minds or in case of damage and double dipping). It is time to see how much you can spend on each favor. Let’s do some simple math. Let’s say you have $400 for the favors and 200 estimated head count. Then, you got $2 to spend on each head count. When you search for wedding favors online, you have to consider shipping & handling cost as well (which usually costs around 10% of the product value). So, you better search for something below $1.8 in order to stay within the budget. In fact, you have many choices if you have $1.8 for each wedding favors.
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But what if you couldn’t find anything that you like or you want to give out something higher in value? You still have another choice. Instead of giving out wedding favors per guest, you can give one wedding favors per couple / family (please keep in mind that single guests and young adults get their own favors. You may consider buy some age appropriate favors for children).
To avoid any embarrassing scenes, it is better to have a few leftover favors than to seat guests without favors. After the wedding is over, you can send them to those who were invited but couldn’t come, along with the thank you note. Including some candid photos from the ceremony and reception will give them a glimpse of what they missed.
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