Roughly 75% of the guests attending our wedding are traveling from 200+ miles away. My mother and I decided creating welcome baskets with some Tennessee favorites would be a great way to welcome our out-of-town guests. We plan to leave them at the hotel(s) and have the hotel staff either place them in the guest rooms or hand them to them at check in. I did a little research and located several sweets that would work well in our Southern-themed basket. Here are the items we decided on including in our basket:
- Local guides and tourist attraction information (I stopped at the Tennessee welcome center and picked up several stacks of these for free)
- Bottled Water
- Coke
- Jack Daniels Tennessee Whiskey or Jack Daniels Gentleman's Jack
- Moon Pie
- GooGoo Cluster
- Peppermint
- Tissues
I also created a pamphlet that lists the contact information for immediate family members and the wedding planner as well as driving directions from the hotel to the ceremony and reception site. I also listed several nearby restaurants and fun information about the items we placed in the basket.
We purchased the materials to make 17 baskets.
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17 Wicker baskets
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$17
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16 Bottled Cokes
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$8
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24 Pack of Bottled
Water
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$4
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24 Moon Pies
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$9
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18 GooGoo Clusters
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$9
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1 pkg peppermints
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$2
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18 pack tissues
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$2
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17 Bottles of Jack
Daniels
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$50
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Tourist Guides
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FREE
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The total price per basket was less that $6! This is an excellent way to welcome out of town guests and thank them for attending our wedding.
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