29 Destination Wedding Favors Inspired by Travel

Destination weddings are like mini vacations for traveling guests—and don't the best vacations involve souvenirs? When it comes to faraway celebrations, guests probably have to put in extra work to attend. In turn, they deserve a reward for their troubles. Thematic, standout thank-you gifts are a great way to show your gratitude. If you're in the market for ideas, we've got the gallery for you. Whether you're marrying out-of-state, out-of-country, or out-of-continent, these destination wedding favor ideas are here to inspire.

For truly memorable favors, choose items that are related to your wedding's location, whether they were made there, represent the destination's culture or scenery, or help celebrants enjoy the locale while in town. That might mean handcrafted Mexican blankets, potted cacti for a desert wedding, or sunglasses for a beachside event—all of which are on the slides ahead. Alternatively, you can opt for goods that are related to travel more broadly. These blue luggage tags are the perfect example. The bride and groom packaged them in muslin bags tied with Froufrou Chic ribbon for their Bali event by the sea.

For more unique and useful ideas, click through the rest of our slideshow. We're here to show you exactly how to nod to your location with your goodbye (or welcome!) gifts. Whether you're city-hopping stateside to tie the knot or bringing your nuptials abroad, you can't go wrong with destination-themed wedding favors like these. They're bound to be the best vacation memorabilia your attendees have ever taken home.

Throwing an event in the middle of the desert? Hand out adorable potted cacti, like these Dish Wish ones.

For their Mexico wedding, these grooms gave guests local blankets, which they tied with custom Ashwood Avenue tassels.

When marrying in Capri, lemon details are basically a must. This couple chose to celebrate their destination's fruit with lemon-inspired soap favors. They gave them as welcome gifts alongside a welcome note designed by Ema Giangreco Weddings.

These Colorado wedding guests received Poste and Co. welcome booklets, plus water bottles customized with mountain illustrations. 

Consider offering maracas at a Latin America celebration—they make for excellent exit noisemakers. These ones came from Amol's.

This couple sent celebrants home from their vineyard wedding with mini bottles of Freixenet wine.

Give guests something to keep them occupied on their plane ride home. For this California wedding, that meant burlap sacks holding newspapers. "Oh bye" luggage tags (in honor of the destination, Ojai), finished off each present.

Help attendees enjoy their poolside stay with thematic wedding favors. This couple handed out Custom Ink totes filled with Custom Ink koozies, Discount Mugs sunglasses, and Urban Outfitters drink floats. Many of the items were adorned with their Alison R. Banks Designs monogram.

At this wedding in France, guests received olive oil and vinegar produced by the venue, Château d'Estoublon. They also went home with sachets of French lavender.

This Germany celebration's wedding favors were customized German beer mugs.

Nothing says "nautical seaside wedding" like compass favors. These ones doubled as escort cards and featured Atelier Invitations calligraphy.

Eleanor's Custom Cookies baked these Nantucket-inspired treats. The sweets were given alongside custom Cheree Berry Paper paddleball sets and decks of cards.

Guests invited to this New Zealand event got two festive favors: soap and a chocolate bar. The former was made from Mānuka honey and placed in muslin bags stamped with a Māori greeting. The latter were locally crafted and engraved with a map of the country. The packaging was designed by Peanut Press Creative.

These France-themed totes held Staub cocettes, Ladurée macarons, and a Penguin book of French phrases. They were designed using the couple's Kara Anne Paper logo.

These personalized napkins weren't just part of this Africa wedding's place settings—guests took them home as favors. They were locally hand-embroidered with each person's name, plus an image of a lion.

At this multi-day beach wedding in the Maldives, guests were welcomed with essentials—sunscreen, flip-flops, and snacks—for their stay. The favors came in nautical totes, which served as reusable takeaways from the memorable trip. 

Guests at this Mexico destination wedding were gifted with airplane-shaped bottle openers that symbolized new adventures (and their wedding-related travels).

This French wine crate (from a wedding in the French countryside) was filled with a number of location-based picnic goodies. Alongside the edible treats (including wine, cheese, baguettes, jam, pears, and disposable wooden plates and utensils) sat an illustration of the venue—a piece of artwork created by the mother of the bride.

Each guest at this Hawaiian wedding received a traditional pu'olo, known in English as a bundle. Inside the Ti leaves were baskets of local treats.  

These postcards were made from stills of classic movies set in Italy, and were given to attendees at an Italian destination wedding.

As a nod to the Nantucket location's biking culture, guests at this wedding received customized bike bells, which they were encouraged to ring as the newlyweds departed the church.

 At this destination wedding in Mexico, colorfully-wrapped bottles of Mexican tequila were left on the reception tables for guests. 

For their Rocky Mountain destination wedding, this couple gifted attendees with locally-made Cloud Nine (now Aspen Brownie Works) brownies.

This summer camp-inspired wedding took place in Lake Tahoe, and each guest received a sweatshirt with a graphic of the venue scenery.

Guests convened for this wedding in the Catskills, and they all received on-theme Maptote bags. The tote design featured a mountain map, while trail mix gave a nod to hiking. There were other treats inside too, including water, gummies, and hangover aids.

These fun custom sunglasses were given to attendees at a Hawaiian wedding, alongside Hawaiian phrase booklets and edible gifts sourced from the islands.

A bridesmaid who works at Hatch Show Print created these custom poster favors for her friend's seaside wedding in Croatia.

Muslin pouches containing ingredients for a "Canarian" Manhattan went home with guests at this Canary Islands destination wedding. Instead of bourbon, the kit contained local Arehucas rum.