Paper bags?

[SCzhen]

Hi everyone,

I have regular beach totes as my OOT welcome bags for my guests. But they are huge! 20" by 13"! My wedding is next month so I have decided to stick with them. I also have the regular OOT items (advil, cards, band-aids, etc) and I'm planning on buying some snacks when I get to Mexico. But the thing is, when I put everything in, it doesn't even cover the entire bottom of the bag. I think the whole set up just looks really bad now. So I'm thinking of folding up the tote and putting all the contents into a paper bag instead and presenting it to the guests that way? What do you guys think? And would you know where I can get a good deal on paper bags? (the tote folds up to a 10 x 10)

 

Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

[Anna83]

A lot of our guests used their tote bags all week to carry stuff around the resort. I think your guests might appreciate getting the bag and not care so much what is in them.

 

Could you add a little larger item such as a beach towel or mug or bottle of some sort?

 

You can find cheap paper bags at Hobby Lobby, Walmart, or Michaels.

[A2Bride]

That is similar to an OOT bag we received a few years ago, they put the larger bag in a solid color gift bag. They looked great and were very useful. Dollar stores have really cheap solid color gift bags, like 10-25 cents per...good luck!

[SCzhen]

Thanks guys for your thoughts! Maybe I'm thinking its a bigger deal than it really is! Off to the discount stores I go!

[khomac]

Ya, I wouldn't worry about it too much. When you give it to them, you can say "I wanted to get you guys a little something and I thought Beach Bags would be appropriate. Then as I started shopping, I found a few extra things that I thought you might need so I decided to add them"

 

This way, they are told that the bag is their gift and the things inside are extra's. I bet your guests aren't even expecting you to get them anything

[zethers]

I ended up putting all the really small items like the individual motrin, alka seltzer, pepto, chapstick, hand sanitzer, etc., items into a white lunch bag and then just put a sticker on the lunch bag. That way all the small items weren't just laying on the bottom. I also put a tag on the actual OOT bag, mine were also large beach totes, so that you could clearly tell that the bag itself was the gift. Although it wasn't necessary.

[britsytoll]

I say use the beach totes and stuff them with tissue paper! That is what I will probably end up doing. I know it might be a waste but I think tissue paper in fun colors always makes gift bags look better!

[SCzhen]

thanks guys! yea i think i m going to drop the gift bag idea. i feel like at this point it'll be another item to bring and added weight to the luggage - as if i don't have enough things to bring already!!