Welcome bags
Welcome bags for guests arriving from out of town.
Also called: welcome bags, hotel bags, guest bags.
When couples book this
Usually booked about 3 months out. It moves with your date.
Your wishlist, before you talk to anyone
Questions you can answer early — they become the yardstick you compare candidates against.
What are you picturing inside the bag?
Wishlist mirror of the contents recorded below.
How do you want the bags put together?
Wishlist mirror of the assembly candidate fact below.
Anything that matters in how they're sourced?
What to ask each candidate
Facts that differ from one vendor to the next — worth writing down while you shop.
Who assembles the bags?
What settles once booked
The working details you and your vendor pin down together.
How many bags?
DERIVED per household, not per guest — one bag per room. Overriding stops recomputation.
What goes in the bag?
Welcome note text
How do guests get their bag?
Bags per hotel
DERIVED — the drop-off list writes itself from the guest list's lodging details.
How it’s usually priced
Usually priced per household.
Lines that sometimes ride along: Assembly service, Hotel delivery (per location).
What your vendor reads from your plan
Book on or off Beetrothed — either way the plan assembles a brief your vendor can work from: the bags, distribution, contacts.
More in Guest care
Plan your welcome bags — and everything around it
These questions live as one cell of a connected plan: your budget, guest list, checklist and timeline all read from the same answers. See the whole board work, or join the waitlist and we’ll write when it’s your turn.
We will write when there is something worth telling you.