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One of the best things about getting married is having the opportunity to declare your love for your one and only in front of your nearest and dearest. Of course, you want to thank everyone who took time out of their busy schedules to witness your “I do’s.” A thoughtful wedding favor is the perfect way to send family and friends off with a little something to show your appreciation for their participation in your big day. Choosing a wedding favor also allows you to be creative and share more about yourselves as a couple. Don’t get overwhelmed! Because, yes, there are so many choices for favors, from functional to just-for-fun. Read on for ideas we love to show your gratitude to guests who are part of the first day of the rest of your lives.
The 21 Best Wedding Favors Your Guests Will Love
- Best Customized Wedding Favors: Photo Wine Bottle Label
- Best Affordable Wedding Favors: Skeleton Key Bottle Openers
- Best Nautical Wedding Favors: Glass Votive
- Trendiest Wedding Favors: LOVE Gem Chocolates
- Most Useful Wedding Favors: Customized Mints
- Best Favor That Doubles as Table Decor: Succulents
- Best Eco-Conscious Wedding Favors: Personalized Seed Packets
- Best Elegant Wedding Favor: LOVE Wine Stopper
- Most Practical Wedding Favors: Coffee Bags
- Best Homemade Favor Idea: Wedding Survival Kit
- Best Destination Wedding Favors: Luggage Tags
- Classiest Wedding Favor: Martini Glasses
- Best Sentimental Wedding Favor: Picture Frames
- Sweetest Wedding Favors: Candy Bag
- Luckiest Wedding Favor: Lottery Ticket Holder
- Best Holiday Wedding Favor: Thank You Ornament
- Best Favor Bag: Dip-Dyed Canvas Tote
- Best Kids Favor: Personalized Crayons
- Best Personal Care Gift: Mini Soaps
- Best Backyard Wedding Favor: Can Coolers
- Best Foodie Favor: Hot Sauce
Shopping for Wedding Favors
Tips:
You’ll want your favor to play into the theme of your wedding. As a starting point, think about the overall feel of your reception. If it’s elegant and sophisticated, go with a modern and polished favor, like a wine stopper. Your wedding’s all about fun? How about a candy bag guests can fill with yummy sweets. Perhaps you’re planning a sustainable wedding; selecting an eco-conscious favor is a no-brainer. A wedding favor can reflect something unique about you and your new spouse. If you love coffee, gift guests with beans in a personalized bag. More ideas ahead! Just keep scrolling for wedding favor inspiration for all.
Wedding Favor Shopping Considerations
Cost:
As you consider your wedding favor budget, look at how many items come in each set. Our roundup includes favors for as low as $1 per item.
Color:
Many favor options are customizable and you can tie the color into your wedding theme.
Style:
From practical and personalized to favors that pull double duty, wedding favors have come a long way since, um, your grandmother’s nuptials. Gift your guests with succulents or martini glasses with a special surprise. Read on for tons of options from decor to DIY that will make your guests say, “Thank you. Seriously.”
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Best Customized Wedding Favors
Photo Wine Bottle Label
Send guests home with a favorite bottle of wine adorned with a customized label that features a photo of the happy couple -- you! Just customize, order, peel, stick, and wed!
Specifications:
6 labels
3.5 x 4 inches
What Reviewers Are Saying:
The label came out great! I was a little worried about the quality of the photo but it turned out better than I expected!
2 of 21 Image Credits: Amazon
Best Affordable Wedding Favors
Skeleton Key Bottle Openers
We love these functional and affordable vintage-style key bottle openers. Each key comes with an escort card on high-quality craft paper that says, “Thank you for being a key ingredient.”
Specifications:
50 pieces
Key 3-1/4 inch
What Reviewers Are Saying:
Each key came individually packaged, with its own key ring. The cards that are included are a thick nice quality. The keys themselves are beautiful. I was kind of skeptical at how functional they would be, but my fiance has opened a bunch of bottles with his key and it has held up perfectly fine. I am very happy that I found these, and I am excited to give them out at my wedding!
3 of 21 Image Credits: Amazon
Best Nautical Wedding Favors
Glass Votive
We saw a lot of nautical and beach themed favors but these caught our eye. Each frosted glass votive holder is adorned with a rope and anchor decoration and comes with a tea light, as well as a decorative gift band in nautical blue and white stripes. No assembly required. Easy. Done.
Specifications:
Set of 4
2.75 x 2 inches
What Reviewers Are Saying:
The rope that’s wrapped around each votive is very nice and well made. The anchors are nice as well. I highly recommend these for any nautical theme.
4 of 21 Image Credits: Etsy
Most Useful Wedding Favors
Customized Mints
People can always use a mint! These attractive cases come with mints (so you don't have to buy separately, yay!), and you can customize the style and background color to match your wedding theme.
Specifications:
12 pieces
Mints included
What Reviewers Are Saying:
The mints will be a great addition to my wedding!
5 of 21 Image Credits: Etsy
Best Favor That Doubles as Table Decor
Succulents
Kill two birds with one stone and incorporate favors into your table decor. Tell guests to grab a few of these sweet succulents on the way out!
Specifications:
2 inches
10, 20 or 30 succulents
Soil, succulent, plastic wrap included
What Reviewers Are Saying:
These are SO CUTE and arrived perfectly!!
6 of 21 Image Credits: Amazon
Best Eco-Conscious Wedding Favors
Personalized Seed Packets
If you’re striving to have a green wedding, these sun or wildflower seed packets featuring rustic lace and burlap are the perfect wedding favor. Each says “Let love grow.”
Specifications:
50 packets
4 x 2-3/4 inches
What Reviewers Are Saying:
They did a great job! This is a perfect little favor for our wedding.
7 of 21 Image Credits: Amazon
Best Elegant Wedding Favor
LOVE Wine Stopper
This polished and on-message wine stopper makes a useful favor guests can employ long after you say “I do.” Cheers!
Specifications:
24 pieces
Zinc alloy
3.9 x 0.9 inches
What Reviewers Are Saying:
These were perfect for our reception gift bags!
8 of 21 Image Credits: Etsy
Most Practical Wedding Favors
Coffee Bags
Brighten guests’ mornings once they return home by gifting them with the world’s most useful wedding favor: coffee! These bags can be personalized and come with java so there's no work on your end to make this idea come together.
Specifications:
6 bags
2.5 ounces for 2 pots of coffee
What Reviewers Are Saying:
These bags are fantastic. The seller provided great feedback and options. Can't wait to use them!!!
9 of 21 Image Credits: Amazon
Best Homemade Favor Idea
Wedding Survival Kit
Arm guests with everything they’ll need to thrive this wedding weekend. Fill bags with tissues, water, Tylenol and a sleep mask. This cute mask is highly-rated by customers who, well, clearly needed to get some uninterrupted zzz’s.
Specifications:
2 pieces
100 percent Mulberry silk both sides
What Reviewers Are Saying:
This is a quality basic sleep mask.
10 of 21 Image Credits: Etsy
Best Destination Wedding Favors
Luggage Tags
We love these useful luggage tags you can customize to match your wedding colors. Each leather tag says “So the adventure begins.”
Specifications:
15 tags
Bonded leather
Foil stamps
What Reviewers Are Saying:
Everyone LOVES these! They make a great gift with fabulous colors and quality!
11 of 21 Image Credits: Amazon
Classiest Wedding Favor
Martini Glasses
Gift each guest with a martini glass, and slip in a card with your wedding’s signature drink recipe on it. Here’s to you!
Specifications:
8 glasses
6 ounces
What Reviewers Are Saying:
These are just what we needed to serve a great martini to guests. They are well constructed and will stand up to repeated use and washing.
12 of 21 Image Credits: Amazon
Best Sentimental Wedding Favor
Picture Frames
This is a wedding favor that does double duty. First, use the sweet little photo frames as place card holders. Then, guests take them home to fill with a photo of someone they love. Maybe it’s you two!
Specifications:
20 pieces
Natural wood
3 x 3 inches
Holds photo 2-1/8 x 2-1/8 inches
What Reviewers Are Saying:
I ordered these to use at my wedding. I plan to put various pictures of my fiancé and me in them and display them throughout our reception. They are cute, tiny little frames that would also make excellent favors.
13 of 21 Image Credits: Zazzle
Sweetest Wedding Favors
Candy Bag
Instruct guests to fill up their candy bags to indulge their sweet tooth on the way home from the wedding. Each bag, which says “Sweet ending to a new beginning,” can also be personalized with your name and wedding date.
Specifications:
50 bags
5 x 8 inches
What Reviewers Are Saying:
This is a nice quality bag. I purchased these for our wedding candy table, and they were exactly the size we were looking for.
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Trendiest Wedding Favors
LOVE Gem Chocolates (CBD + THC)
Want to indulge guests with something a bit edgier than your typical wedding favor? These dark chocolates contain cannabis and are recommended to increase arousal. Partake at the party, but be sure to save some to bring back to your room! (Starts at $18 + tax.)
Specifications:
5 mg THC to 5 mg CBD
15 of 21 Image Credits: Etsy
Luckiest Wedding Favor
Lottery Ticket Holder
You may not be the only one getting lucky tonight. Gift guests with scratch-off tickets and tuck them into these cute bags with stickers that say, “For richer or for poorer.” Add your names and wedding date if you wish. Who knows? Someone could go home a winner!
Specifications:
20 stickers and bags
Lottery tickets not included
What Reviewers Are Saying:
I love, love, love these favor stickers and can’t wait for my guest to get them at my upcoming wedding.
16 of 21 Image Credits: Etsy
Best Holiday Wedding Favor
Thank You Ornament
If you’re planning a holiday wedding, these solid beech wood, laser-engraved ornaments are the perfect themed favor. Each one says, “Thank you for sharing our special day!” Add your names and wedding date so guests fondly remember the occasion each year.
Specifications:
25 pieces
2.5 x 2.75 inches
Ribbon not included
Available in other woods
What Reviewers Are Saying:
They are very well made and true to size. They are of a good thickness and feel like the perfect touch as a wedding favor.
17 of 21 Image Credits: Minted
Best Favor Bag
Dip-Dyed Canvas Tote
We love these muslin dip-dyed totes that can be customized to match a variety of wedding colors. Why not employ these attractive bags to create your survival kit? Don’t forget the headache meds, sleep mask, and mints!
Specifications:
8 pieces
12 x 7 inches
18 of 21 Image Credits: Etsy
Best Kids Favor
Personalized Crayons
Don’t forget the small guests at the wedding! These adorable rainbow crayons that say their name and come in a special box will also keep them busy during speeches, and during the ride home (if they're still awake).
Specifications:
1 to 1-1/2 inches
5/8 inches thick
What Reviewers Are Saying:
This is such a cute gift! I got this as a ring bearer gift for our wedding. He loved it!
19 of 21 Image Credits: Amazon
Best Personal Care Gift
Mini Soaps
Add handmade vegan soaps to your wedding survival kit. These highly-rated mini-bars come in assorted scents and colors like peppermint and lemongrass, plus they're wrapped with a sentiment of gratitude.
Specifications:
24 pieces
Vegan
1 ounce
2.5 x 1.5 inches
Individually wrapped
What Reviewers Are Saying:
These soaps are adorable and smell great!
20 of 21 Image Credits: Amazon
Best Backyard Wedding Favor
Can Coolers
Your backyard wedding requires personalized can coolers. Obviously! Guests can use ‘em in the future and fondly recall when you got hitched.
Specifications:
50 pieces
Neoprene
What Reviewers Are Saying:
They are very nicely made. The colors they offer worked perfectly with the colors we picked for our wedding and I just can't rave enough about these!
21 of 21 Image Credits: Etsy
Best Foodie Favor
Hot Sauce
If your wedding is all about enjoying the cuisine you carefully curated, send guests home with a tasty reminder of the experience in the form of personalized bottles of hot sauce!
Specifications:
100 bottles
2 ounces
Glass
What Reviewers Are Saying:
I would leave 10 stars if possible! These are absolutely addictive.
