Suggestions for: Out of Town hotel bags and bathroom baskets PLEASE

btrflygrl Posted: Feb 19, 2004 09:10 AM

Suggestions for: Out of Town hotel bags and bathroom baskets PLEASE

just need ideas for what to put in them...nothing major...just the basics.....Thank Ya!

tanbride Posted: Feb 19, 2004 09:13 AM

Re: Suggestions for: Out of Town hotel bags and bathroom baskets PLEASE

Hi Shana! We made hotel bags with a white shopping bag and I ordered cute labels from www.myweddinglabels.com and used red tissue paper (since that was my color theme)

We went to price club and bought bottled water, soda, breakfest bars, hershey kisses, chips, asprin packets, etc. We also included LI guides that I had got for free from my Town Hall and the LI tourist bureau. I also ordered free subway maps and NYC guides from the City tourist web site as well. ALL FREE! I also included a list of nearby restuarants that I recomended to my guests to eat.
Good luck!

tourist Posted: Feb 19, 2004 09:14 AM

Re: Suggestions for: Out of Town hotel bags and bathroom baskets PLEASE

For the hotel bags, I would just use colored paper gift bags.

& for the bathroom, a wicker basket.

oops- i read that as, what to put them in, not what to put in them.

M&M2004 Posted: Feb 19, 2004 09:28 AM

Re: Suggestions for: Out of Town hotel bags and bathroom baskets PLEASE

Don't go nuts buying a ton of stuff for your bathroom baskets. I bought a lot of things for the two baskets I made and not ONE thing was used.

I'd just get the bare minimum of...

hairspray
mints
hand lotion
pads/tampons
bandaids
saftey pins

franksbride Posted: Feb 19, 2004 09:30 AM

Re: Suggestions for: Out of Town hotel bags and bathroom baskets PLEASE

Posted by kidlibny

Don't go nuts buying a ton of stuff for your bathroom baskets. I bought a lot of things for the two baskets I made and not ONE thing was used.

I'd just get the bare minimum of...

hairspray
mints
hand lotion
pads/tampons
bandaids
saftey pins

I totally agree...don't go too crazy. I had baskets made for me and neither one of them were used. We took both home with full bottles of everything and nothing was opened...my Mom has them in her bathrooms now.

StepherG Posted: Feb 19, 2004 09:33 AM

Re: Suggestions for: Out of Town hotel bags and bathroom baskets PLEASE

So far for my OOT bags I have:

Bottle water (2 minis)
Exedrin
Small bag of Doritos ($.25 a piece!)
Peanut Butter crackers (prepackaged)
Hershey's Kisses
Gum
Maps
2 Nips of Sky Vodka flavored kind (Vanilla & Berry)

btrflygrl Posted: Feb 19, 2004 09:35 AM

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Thank you ladies & Dina...thanks for the list and where to get the info...several guests are coming in and have never been to NY!!! Do you still have those websites handy????

I already have mini bottles of hairspray that I got for a $1 at Bath and Body Works (WOW!) and 2 tins of Burt's Beeswax lip balm (same place $2.50) and I have a ton of baskets at home and I know a Dollar Store that had them!!

CantWaitMay04 Posted: Feb 19, 2004 10:01 AM

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I am starting to get a list together of what I am going to put in the hotel rooms...thanks for the ideas. I am going to use gable boxes wrapped with ribbon and a bow to put everything in. Gable boxes are those boxes that D&D munchkins come in...in case you don't know...I didn't that's what they were called. I found them at www.bagsboxestissue.com