question about OOT Guest bags

Kara and Todd Posted: Oct 20, 2006 12:27 PM

question about OOT Guest bags

When you make OOT guest bags, do you have the hotel deliver them to the rooms ahead of time, or do you give them to the guests personally?

CalJoe0124 Posted: Oct 20, 2006 12:29 PM

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I am going to have the front desk give the guests the bags when they check in

Marly Posted: Oct 20, 2006 12:32 PM

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Posted by CalJoe0124

I am going to have the front desk give the guests the bags when they check in

Same here.

divabride Posted: Oct 20, 2006 12:33 PM

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Usually the hotel will take care of that for you. They usually give them out as guests check in.

ewickens Posted: Oct 20, 2006 12:36 PM

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The front desk handed them to my guests as they checked in.

Kara and Todd Posted: Oct 20, 2006 12:37 PM

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Ah! Okay, that makes sense!

Thanks for clearing that up!

Shmar Posted: Oct 20, 2006 12:48 PM

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You can have the front desk hand them out. I used to work the front desk at a hotel and that's what everyone did. Sometimes there are last minute changes in room #'s so the hotel prefers not to put them in the rooms ahead of time.

Kara and Todd Posted: Oct 20, 2006 12:51 PM

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I had never heard of these before this site, but it's SUCH a cute idea. We'll have a ton of OOT guests, so I'll definitely have to make a nice OOT bag for all of them!

(Boy am I getting ahead of myself or what!? )

EGreene79 Posted: Oct 20, 2006 12:56 PM

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It depends on the hotel ... some hotels hand them out at the desk, others will only deliver to the room.

libby2595 Posted: Oct 20, 2006 01:21 PM

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the hotel i used had them behind the front desk. they then put a 'note' in each guest's file.

it was cute, because they were all under a 'banner' that said 'Garcia Wedding'. i felt so important

FYI: lable each bag with the name of the person whose name the room is under. this makes for less chance of a guest not receiving the bag.

i must say, that my guests loved them

jessie32783 Posted: Oct 20, 2006 01:29 PM

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Hey guys--I know im jumping the gun here but I was wondering what you guys were putting in your bags???

Kara and Todd Posted: Oct 20, 2006 01:30 PM

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That was my next question!

ETA - I do know that mine will all have a good bottle of wine in them... but what else, I'm not sure!

EGreene79 Posted: Oct 20, 2006 01:38 PM

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Most that I have received have tylenol/advil, a bottle of water, gum/mints, granola/nutragrain bars, chips, gatorade, a note card with things to do in the area and directions to the reception. I'll probably do the same. I was going to get all creative, and then decided just to save the money

libby2595 Posted: Oct 20, 2006 01:57 PM

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Posted by jessie32783

Hey guys--I know im jumping the gun here but I was wondering what you guys were putting in your bags???

you can put anything you want in them. remember it's a token gift thanking them for making the trip.

that being said, this is what i included...

a day-of timeline.
map of area... many will leave the one you put in invite at home
thank you note
pretzels
personalized bottle of water
gold fish crackers
tylenol
alkaselzer
tictacs

this is how i 'personalized' ours
i did a little research (fm me if you want me to give you info on nys)(i live in nj) and found some info on foods that are 'local'
state fruit: blueberry... i included yogurt covered blueberries
nj is the country's third top 'producer' of cranberries... i included cranberry scones (homemade from scratch...mmmmm)
m&ms are manufactored in hacketstown, nj... i included a 'fun pack'

i also included a note letting people know about the 'state foods'

local folks, especially, got a kick out of the info they didn't know about our state

hth

eta: this is a great time of year to buy 'individual sized' foods b/c of halloween being around the corner

SN2BMRSBURTE Posted: Oct 20, 2006 02:45 PM

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I made fall themed ones (the outside of the bag). On the inside we are putting water, pretzels, trail mix, a couple apples, mini packets of tylenol, tums, and some kind of mints, and a card

I wasn't sure how they got to the rooms either