Past Brides - Guestbook

For those of you who had a guestbook, was it worth it? For those of you who did not, do you regret it?

If I get one I want to do the photo guestbook or sign in board, but I just don't know if it is worth the extra $$$

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Posted by SuzBride

For those of you who had a guestbook, was it worth it? For those of you who did not, do you regret it?

If I get one I want to do the photo guestbook or sign in board, but I just don't know if it is worth the extra $$$

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My $50 guestbook was not worth it. I just HAD TO HAVE the extra space for guests to write their 'message'.

Water was spilled on it, and it had to be aired out for a few hours. I'd say that only 40% of my guests got to sign it. Out of those, only VERY FEW wrote a message- most just signed their names.

I would recommend getting an inexpensive set. I saw a guest book with matching pen set at the Hallmark store for $20.

Didn't use one, don't regret it. I have kept all the cards and those are what I will use to remember the day. I think if people were going to write personal notes, they did it in the cards for just our eyes.

Just a thing to remember, if you do the photo guestbook, you will have to assign someone to do the job of getting people to take photos. Those of us in the midst of wedding planning hear about all these wonderful things, but the average person has no idea that you want them to take a photo for the guestbook - some people don't even know what to do with the table cameras unless they are told explicitly.

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Posted by dpli

Didn't use one, don't regret it. I have kept all the cards and those are what I will use to remember the day. I think if people were going to write personal notes, they did it in the cards for just our eyes.

Just a thing to remember, if you do the photo guestbook, you will have to assign someone to do the job of getting people to take photos. Those of us in the midst of wedding planning hear about all these wonderful things, but the average person has no idea that you want them to take a photo for the guestbook - some people don't even know what to do with the table cameras unless they are told explicitly.

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same for me.