Bride squad party favors

A favour is bought to be used up, and that is the standard to judge this page by rather than by how good it looks in the photograph. The hangover kits are the clearest example of the type: a small box, a sachet of electrolytes, a plaster, a pair of earplugs, handed out on the Friday and empty by the Sunday. They are also the favour people thank you for, which few favours are. Where a pack on this page gives a number, ten is the middle of it.

The mistake this page invites is buying the favour that is a keepsake in disguise. A boxed candle or an engraved trinket costs several times what a consumable costs, and it goes into a case that is already full, which is how it ends up in a hotel bin. If the money is there for something that lasts, it belongs on the tote or the makeup bag rather than here. Spend this budget on the first evening instead, when everybody has just arrived and nobody has unpacked, because that is the moment a small useful thing is worth the most.

This page is one slice of the Bride Squad selection, cut by the job rather than by the shelf the pieces sit on.