# Wedding Welcome Bags: What to Put in Them (and Who Makes Them)

**By VowsLink Team** · 2026-07-12

Welcome bags are the first thing out-of-town guests touch at your wedding — a small budget line with an outsized hospitality effect. Here's the formula that works.

## The five-item formula

-   **Something local** — the anchor item that says "you're here": local sweets, a small-batch snack, a regional drink.
-   **Something practical** — water bottles and a painkiller sachet. The most appreciated item in every bag, every time.
-   **Something salty + something sweet** — travel snacks disappear first.
-   **The info card** — weekend timeline, addresses, shuttle times, dress code, a phone number that answers. This card saves you thirty texts.

## Regional flavor, done for you

Local gift vendors have this down to a science — [New York](/pages/wedding-favors-new-york-ny) shops handle hotel delivery logistics across the city, [Washington](/pages/wedding-favors-washington-wa) vendors lean on coffee and Rainier cherries, [Georgia](/pages/wedding-favors-georgia-ga) does pralines and peach preserves, and [Tennessee](/pages/wedding-favors-tennessee-tn) makes whiskey minis feel inevitable.

## Numbers and timing

Count one bag per room, not per guest. Order four to six weeks ahead for custom labels; confirm hotel delivery or front-desk handoff a week out (some hotels charge a per-bag handling fee — ask). Budget-wise, most couples land between $15 and $40 per bag.

Browse [favor and gift vendors](/pages/vendors?category=Favors%20%26%20Gifts) on VowsLink to compare local options — contacting them is free.

**Tags:** favors, guests

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> Source: [vows.link](https://vows.link/blogs/guest-experience/wedding-welcome-bags-guide)