The answer to the question “when to order wedding favors?” depends entirely on what you want as your favor. Personalized favors generally take more time to make, so give yourself at least four months. Once you have decided, prepare to either make the favors or place your orders.

If you are ordering, you want extra lead time in case of shipping problems, ordering issues, or any number of errors that could go on.

If you are making the favors, you need time to plan the basic design, find materials, buy the materials, and plan your schedule for the actual making of the favors.

If you do not know whether to make or order, research both options. Often, with so much to do before the wedding, making favors may be one thing you wish to avoid.

What to Budget:

Because money can be spent very quickly when it comes to wedding costs, a budget is critical. Every detail including wedding favors should be listed in the budget.
The easiest way to determine the cost per person and how much can be allocated to wedding favors is by first determining how many people receive a favor. Then, determine how much you want to spend as a total on the wedding favors.

For example, you choose to put $500 towards favors. Then take the $500 budget, and divide this by the number of people. So, if you require 100 favors, then $500/100 will be the amount you spend per favor — $5.

How much you spend per favor will depend on your overall budget. But, you can purchase thoughtful favors and tokens from fifty cents to fifty dollars apiece, so select your budget before you select your favors or you may end up disappointed.