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I know there are a lot of threads about "the best favor you've ever received" or "which of these favors would you like best," but I want to know what your ideal favor would be (within reason). It doesn't have to be something you have seen or heard about before, but it should be within a reasonable favor budget- definitely less than $5.
Don't worry about what has mass appeal, I just want to get ideas for specific things that people would like (we might do a table of various favors or something along those lines). Thank you!
I have honestly only ever enjoyed edible favors. I can't think of anything else that would be budget-friendly that wouldn't get tossed in a drawer as soon as the wedding was over...
A friend of mine gave little boxes containing four gourmet truffles (from a local candy shop) as favors, and they were amazing. I loved that and so did everyone else. They were probably more than $5, but not by much.
I never go to a wedding thinking: oooh, I hope they have 'x' as a favor!
That said - I appreciate things I can use. Edible favors mostly, candy to snack on later, good chocolates, etc.
I like favors that have some signficance to the couple and not just a random 'x'. Like: taffy from her hometown, their favorite 'x'.
Favors I dislike or have never used: the single votive wrapped in cute twine, the mini photo frame that doubled as a place card, the mixed CD of the couples favorite songs, the bag of hard jordan almonds...
We didn't do favors - we had a photobooth with double prints and that was the unspoken favor. I was going to do a traditional wedding cake favor - but didn't get my act together in time to do it.
Also - my wedding coordinator at my venue told me it was good that I didn't have any favors because she said there are always tons left over at the end of the night after each wedding.
Definitely consumables! Jams, chocolates, soap. No more knick-nacks please.
I honestly don't even remember! I'm not a big fan of favors...I think they are such a waste. I just went to a wedding where the bride spent over $1,000 on these extravagant favors that she just had to have. More than half of them got left behind. They were begging FI and I to take a bunch more so that they weren't stuck with all of them.
We are most likely not even doing them. No one will even notice :)
I honestly don't care about the favors at a wedding so I guess I would agree with everyone that said something edible. I would not be upset with wine either..
@Legallyblondiebride: You are right that no one will notice!
Another friend of mine decided to skip the favors in order to invest more money into their open bar, and I guarantee that guests enjoyed that more than any knick-knack! 
I didn't hear even one person wonder, "Where is my favor?"
I think edible/useful favors are a nice gesture if the couple feels inspired to provide something - but if they run out of time, or are trying to cut corners for the sake of their budget, I say forget the favors.
Personally, I am planning on making sea salt caramels for our favors - but if I get overwhelmed leading up to the wedding & decide to skip it, I'm not worried.
Another vote for edible favors here! I'm pretty much good with anything though as long as it isn't something a couple would only need one of, but now has two. We got wine bottle openers at a wedding last summer. We don't drink wine and now have two openers. Yay!
I am a fan of the edible. My sister had personalized wine bottles. Those were cool but prolly expensive. We are doing shot glasses and potpouri bags that I am making from the roses in my garden. I wouldn't mind having a bunch of either left over. We are also having a candy dessert bar. I am making favor-like bags for guests to take candy home. I have a big sweet tooth so I wont mind having those left over either!
My favorite is something I still use...a silverplated spaghetti server. The guests got a mixture of different silver serving pieces....tongs, pie server, ladle....wrapped in acid free paper in long boxes. So nice!
We gave nice wine bottle stoppers too. None left on the tables!
I vote edible because I detest knick-knacky stuff that clutters up my house and doesn't go with anything I own. DH's mum made fudge that we put in cute little boxes, which was cheap, personal, and yummy. We also put little nametags on them so that they doubled as place cards. Score!
I didn't see the $5 limit at first, so I was definitely going to tell you that my dream favor would be a nice car. I'd be okay with a Mercedes or something. :-P
My dream favor within reason would be gourmet chocolates. You can't go wrong with chocolates. Also, I like chocolate. And om nom nom nom. And now I want chocolate. Please give me some chocolate.
Ive honestly never receieved a wedding favor that Ive used. So I'll agree with the others...either something edible or nothing at all!!
Anything edible and by edible I do NOT mean those little candies that break your teeth when eaten. We had friends give these as their favor and they went straight into the trash.
I loved our favor and there wasn’t a single one left behind. We gave each guest a 6” mini apple pie. They were made fresh (from a local orchard) the day before our wedding and packaged in individual pie boxes finished off with ribbon and a favor tag. Each pie was $5 so they were pricey but worth every cent!
I personally use all of the coozie's I have received from weddings. Most of them weren't favors per se- part of the welcome bag etc. They are something that I use all the time. And when the time comes to grab one, I ALWAYS pick the wedding ones. I even have one in my desk at work for my soda. It is not as elegant as some of the other posts but it's my favorite
Honestly, I would rather the bride and groom save their money or put it into making another aspect of the wedding exciting than spending money on favors :)
Home made jars of jam and salsa so far have been my favorite favors. I have never gone to a wedding thinking "I have they have ___" either, but I get especially excited when it is something I can eat, especially if they made it.
and I agree with the posts above, I am completely fine with the couple skipping favors to spend more on snacks, desserts, games, whatever.
A car. Like Oprah.
lol. Seriously though, anything consumable. We gave paper baggies to all our guests and had them take some of our candy buffet home with them! I enjoy getting bathroom things myself, soap, candles, etc. :P
The only wedding favour I didn't really enjoy was a tiny seedling of a pine tree - and not because I didn't think it was a good idea but because it was something that had specific care instructions and I'm a procrastinator. Especially when you're partying it up at a wedding and you might not wake up until noon the next day, thenit takes until 5 or so before you ever look in your purse, only to find the little brown (dead) tree...not only did the money get wasted on this favour, but now I feel some pretty huge environmental guilt for literally killing a tree....
We are doing shot glasses : )
We collect them from everywhere we travel so it's kind of an us thing and most of our friends are partiers!! : )
filled with edibles : )))
@Aisling10: and not everyone has space to plant one.... :/ I think that'd be cute if it were a very eco-friendly couple but admit I'd probably find it later in my purse just like you did.
I agree on the edible favors! We're going to have an over-abundance of food at our wedding so don't want to give out more. We've opted to make our photobooth pics the favor by default.
My dream wedding favor is for the bride and groom to not feel like they must give me one! You invited me to the wedding with food, cake, dancing and a bar. That's enough for me! I hate seeing people waste money on silly things. With how expensive weddings are and the cost of the favor, I'd rather the bride get her dream dress if it was $200 over her budget or something along those lines. But thats just me 
I never go to wedding expecting a certain favor, but I can tell you what was the worst and best gift I got. The worst one was a small heart shaped calculator, how lame is that. The best gift I've ever gotten was a wine glass with their initials. It wasnt just a regular wine glass, it was those big sniffer kinds, and really nice quality too.
I loathe favors. They are generally cheap crap that I have no use for and usually either leave at the venue for someone else to toss or I take it home and toss it then. Why would I want something with someone else's wedding date/info on it?
Edible favors are ok if they are good. Candy bars have to have good candy, whoopie pies need to be delicious and not dry or crumbly and jam needs to be tasty--not some Smuckers tossed in a mason jar and accented with burlap.
My favorites are when there is a donation made in the name of all the guests to a charitable cause and they just put a note up on each table or by the guestbook. No waste, no clutter and nothing for me to have to wrangle after I try to get to the cab wearing heels after a night of vodka diets.
Honestly, noting. No one wants to take home some random piece that they don't know what do with it (and end up tossing it). Wine is nice but no one wants a bottle of 2 buck chuck. Invest more into an open bar like another poster said. Or donate the funds to a charity.
i went to a wedding recently and they had beglium chocolate covered oreo cookies! omg i have never tasted something so delicious in my life and im not the biggest oreo fan. I didn't eat them that night as oreos and vodka cranberries don't really go together but they were such a treat on the plane home the next day!
I like creative things that are a little different... like bird seed favors, flower seeds, saplings (little trees.. just in case ;) ). Like this stuff:
I don't think I have ever used or eaten a favor I have received from a wedding. I would much rather be taken car of as a guest than have a favor. Splurge on some alcohol or a desert bar or something guests would enjoy. I just remember going to a wedding where we got these beautiful crystal shot glass sets that were pretty pricey, but yet I needed money even to buy a soda. To this day I have never opened the shot glasses, nothing against the bride and groom but I feel past the age of taking shots, lol it would be trouble.
The worst favors I've ever gotten:
a CD of cliched love songs that said nothing personal about the couple and are on everyone's ipod already
a plastic tumbler with the couple's names and wedding date - anything that has the couple's names and date that cannot be removed are a bad idea, no one but the couple and maybe their parents care to have something like that in their home
Best Favor:
Godiva Chocolate Mini-Assortment
a photobooth! I can keep a strip and you can use a copy for your guestbook or whatever.
or more alcohol.
I think the best favor you can give is a donation to a charity you believe in. Sounds kind of corny I know, but no one really wants another trinket, and most guests are already being fed and finding a chocolate or something everyone would eat is difficult really. And the allergies? You have to worry about those too.
If we do favors, it won't mean we skimp elsewhere on guest comfort. We're going to have a premium open bar all night, desserts, a late night snack, out-of-town bags, etc., with or without favors.
Also, it doesn't have to be something everyone is going to like. I just want to know, if I was picking out something small for you specifically, what would you want?
For me, I really love old books, so if a couple had a pile of cheap books from a used bookstore that we could pick from, I'd be in heaven. Maybe they could throw in personalized bookmarks. Also, we never have enough clip magnets for the fridge, so that would be useful. But that's just me :)
@MissBananaBread: I'm using old books as part of my centerpieces-- if you need another place to throw some books in!
Personally, I don't think clip magnets are fancy enough for a wedding favor-- I generally don't like those sort of favors. (If you can get it from a pharmaceutical company for free, I'm not sure it belongs at my fancy event?)
@MissBananaBread: A lot of people have moved to Stainless Steel and it doesn't stick. I'd shy away from magnets
@bookworm88: I agree, magnets are not fancy enough for a formal or semi-formal event. I love the book idea, but unfortunately it wouldn't really work with our overall wedding theme/ feel/ aesthetic. But, if I was at someone else's wedding and they had old books or magnets, I definitely would be pleased :)
The only favors I ever take are edible ones. We had cookies in cute little boxes as our favors, but I also made water bottles w/ custom labels and we had those set up on tables by the door. People raved about those. After a hot night of boozing I think a lot of people appreciated being able to rehydrate on the way home.
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