Aug 24
Out of Town Guest Bags
Written By Katie
Can I tell you a secret?
I absolutely love creating out of town bags for wedding guests. Why you ask? Because I LOVE sharing the great talents that come out of St. Louis, even in the shape of food! Your guests are traveling from all over to be a part of your special day, and it is an extremely nice touch to welcome each of them to our beautiful city with a bag that represents the best snack foods we have around!
I loved the above bag because they created a canvas tote bag that was imprinted with I heart STL, very much so like the famous NYC slogan. It shared information about St. Louis including maps and things to do, which we have PLENTY OF around here! I could spend an entire day at Forest Park if you let me.
Looking to create your own Out of Town Bags? If you have under 50 guests, look to find reusable grocery totes to hold your treats for your guests. They are reasonably priced for packages under 50, and your guests can carry them home with them as well. Then think about all of the fun city bakeries and shops you have. For example, most bakeries can do individual tins of a dessert (if you are here in St. Louis, think gooey butter cakes!) or can do smaller bags of their product (for example: mini popcorn bags, chocolates shaped like your skyline).
One last tip, don’t just stop at thinking about the food! Ask yourself: do I live in a town known for a certain drink or does a company bottle their products here? I promise that your out of town bags will be something that your guests will talk about as a reminder of your fabulous wedding weekend!
Happy Wedding Wednesday!
Katie
This post hit home for me. Considering I’m a Wedding Planner/Event Designer AND own a custom gift basket company! I’m making gift baskets all the time and often for out of town guests. It’s a great idea to have something to welcome them since they have traveled to celebrate your special day.
I cant wait to visit you 🙂 and get my bag!
Out of towner bags are always so fun.
This was my absolute favorite part about planning a destination wedding
Love this idea! I did something similar for my own wedding.
Sometimes gift baskets are hard to make up that are unique, so this is wonderful!
It is so nice to leave guests a welcome bag!
I love OOT town bags and I really love seeing what planners/couples in different cities put in them 🙂 So fun to give your guests a mini food + drink city tour!
So love this idea and you can fill it with cool stuff too
I love this idea too! It would work really well for destination weddings too 🙂
Do you know where those natural colored bags came from (pre-printing)? I love them and like to use them for my Texas wedding.
such a thoughtful idea! I did these and my guests loved them.
xoxo, chrissy
The Perfect Palette
I did my own DIY out of town bags too. Love yours!
LOVE those canvas bags! I, too, did my own bags – I had to do them for all of our guests though since it was a destination wedding 😉
I love the idea of cute bags that represent where the wedding is! Such a fun and thoughtful idea!