Spa Items

• To make your wedding guests feel pampered after their trip into town, include luxury spa items in your arrival bags. Choose items that are designed to encourage rest and relaxation: a sleeping mask, scented lotion, exfoliating scrub and facial cream. You can also include lavender items to encourage sleep, a loofah for scrubbing or bubble bath for a relaxing soak before the wedding events begin. Personalize the spa items based on the gender of the guest so that the scents and items are useful and appropriate.
  
  

Wedding Information

• Help your guests feel part of the wedding events by including things that will help them get where they need to go. Type up a detailed itinerary listing the details of the rehearsal dinner, bachelor and bachelorette parties and wedding day events. Put in maps, any necessary tickets or invitations and contact information in case they get lost. By letting your guests know in advance what they can expect, you can help them plan their time.
  
  

Activity Options

• When your guests are not involved in wedding events, they will be left to themselves in an unfamiliar town. Help them find things to do by putting information about tourist activities and options around town. Include tickets to a movie or a play, brochures for museums or personal notes about your favorite spots in town. To keep the theme of the wedding, list places that have been special to you as a couple so that guests can feel like a part of your story.
  
  

Food

• For guests who are coming from out of town, it can be nice to arrive to a set of homemade snacks. Bake batches of cookies, make snack mixes, cut up vegetables and put in a few drinks. Other possible items include a bottle of wine, chips and salsa or pre-made sandwiches. Homemade items will add a personal touch, and your guests will appreciate that you took the time to think of them even during your busy wedding planning. If you have the time, pick up local specialties to add to the arrival bag.