30 Bachelor Party Favors and Gift Ideas, Sorted by What You Are Actually Buying

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Tropical print rope caps with a leather patch showing a groom caricature and the words if you see this groom buy him a beer.

Favors, gifts, and everything around them

The cheap per head favors, the personalized gear, and the one gift for the groom, split by price tier so you can see where the budget goes. Plus where to go, what to play and how to plan the rest of it.

Favors and gifts are two different budgets, and mixing them is the usual mistake. A favor is bought one per head, costs a few dollars and gets used that weekend. A gift is bought once, costs more and is meant to last. Most bachelor party gift lists blur the two. For a group of twelve, a five dollar bag per person plus one proper gift for the groom lands the whole thing under a hundred dollars, and it will land better than spending the same money on twelve mid priced things nobody remembers.

Planning the rest of it

Favors are the last decision, not the first. If the weekend itself is still being argued about, start with these instead. They are on Groovy Groomsmen, our sister site.

Where to actually goThirty destinations ranked, which is the decision that has to happen before anything else does. Twenty five party ideasFor when the group cannot agree on what the weekend is even supposed to be. Fifteen gamesThe part that fills the gap between dinner and whatever happens next. DecorationsTwenty five ideas covering the room, the table and the favors that go with them. If it is a golf tripNineteen golf destinations, for the bachelor party that is really a golf weekend. Traditions and rulesHow to plan one properly, and the unwritten rules worth knowing before you do.
Under $5 a head

The favor bag, bought one per person

This is the tier a bachelor party favor actually lives in, well below what a gift costs. Everything here is ours, most of it takes a printed or engraved name, and none of it costs enough to think twice about when you are buying fourteen.

Two white square coaster favors with a bottle opener notch, printed with sample names and celebration text, beside a bottle cap.
$1.50

Bottle Opener Coasters

A coaster and a bottle opener in one, which is two jobs for a dollar fifty a head.

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Personalized playing card favor boxes including a suits design deck, fanned cards beside them on a pale marble surface.
$3.59

We’re All In Suits Playing Cards

A deck with a suits design, for the poker night that always breaks out at some point.

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Three silver personalized bottle openers with printed monogram and wreath designs, arranged on a wooden serving board.
$1.99

Personalized Bottle Openers - Silver

A classic silver opener, personalized. The workhorse favor, and the one people actually keep in a drawer.

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Three pairs of party favor sunglasses, tortoise shell with dark lenses beside clear frames with blue and rainbow mirrored lenses.
$3.99

Fun In The Sun Personalized Sunglass Favors

Tortoise shell frames with brown lenses, printed with whatever you want on the arm. For a pool day or a boat.

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Three credit card shaped metal bottle openers in white, black and gold, each printed with a sample monogram and year.
$3.39

Personalized Metal Credit Card Bottle Opener

Card shaped, so it lives in a wallet instead of a junk drawer. Personalized on the face.

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Silver antler shaped bottle opener party favor photographed on its own against a plain white studio background.
$3.99

Silver Antler Bottle Opener

An antler shaped opener in silver, for the trip that involves a cabin rather than a casino. The printed tag shown is bought separately.

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The bar

Shot glasses and koozies, which is what the weekend runs on

Two things get used more than anything else on a bachelor party, and this is both of them. The printed tier below is the bulk option. If you want the groom's glass to outlast the hangover, the engraved versions further down do that job instead.

Two hands clinking clear printed shot glasses, each carrying a sample script message and personalized names.
$1.79

Custom Printed Clear Shot Glass

The cheapest way to put the groom's name on something at the bar. Under two dollars a glass.

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Three tall printed shot glasses filled with a pink drink and topped with cream, printed with sample gold lettering.
$1.79

Custom Printed Tall Shot Glass Wedding Favor

The narrower pour at the same price, which is the one to buy if the night involves a lot of them.

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Two frosted shot glasses printed with sample names and a date, styled in front of pale roses on a soft background.
$2.09

Custom Printed Frosted Shot Glass

Frosted finish, so the print reads better against a dark bar.

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Two laser engraved shot glasses filled with bourbon, carrying sample initials and a date, whiskey bottle behind.
$3.99

Personalized Shot Glasses

The engraved one in the cheap tier rather than printed, at 1.5 ounces. Up to 15 characters, dishwasher safe.

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Two mint green can koozies printed with a cheers to many years and cold beers design and sample names and date.
$4.69

Cold Beers Koozie

A can cooler for the cooler run, personalized. Buy one per person and expect to lose a few.

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Two navy can koozies, one printed twenty one and legally drunk, the other with a sample name and twenty first birthday date.
$4.69

21 & Legally Drunk Koozie

Sold as a 21st birthday koozie, which is exactly why it works if the groom is the youngest one there. Same price.

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Ten dollars up

Personalized bachelor gear from our sister site

Forever Wedding Favors covers the cheap end properly. For personalized bachelor party gift ideas, these come from Groovy Groomsmen, our sister store, so they check out separately.

Square whiskey glass engraved with a sample bachelor party name, city and dates, sitting in a golf cart cup holder.
$6.99Groovy Groomsmen

Bachelor Party Shot Glass

Made for this exact occasion rather than adapted from a wedding favor, and it says so on the glass.

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Square shot glass engraved with a last swing before the ring design and crossed golf clubs, filled and set on a cart.
$6.99Groovy Groomsmen

Last Single Swing Shot Glass

The golf version, for the bachelor party that is really a golf trip with a wedding attached.

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Engraved shot glass carrying a pin up figure silhouette beside a sample bachelor party weekend name and date, on wood.
$9.99Groovy Groomsmen

Custom Bachelor Party Shot Glass

Engraved rather than printed, in three styles, one of which is the pin up design shown. The one that survives the weekend.

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Several personalized can koozies in brown, wood grain tan and black on a picnic table, each holding a chilled can.
$9.99Groovy Groomsmen

Custom Bachelor Party Koozies, Personalized for Groomsmen

The personalized version of the koozie, with the groom's name and the crew's on it.

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Black credit card bottle opener engraved with a last swing before the ring design, resting on turf beside golf balls.
$9.99Groovy Groomsmen

Bachelor Party Bottle Opener

A last swing before the ring opener, which is the sort of line that ends up quoted all weekend.

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Hand holding a white can cooler printed with a caricature golfer and a sample last swing single date on a course.
$12.99Groovy Groomsmen

Bachelor Birdie Can Cooler

A can cooler built for the golf day, in two sizes, personalized for the group.

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The uniform

Shirts, socks and sunglasses for the whole crew

The photos from the weekend all have the same thing in common, which is that everybody is wearing the same thing in them. Sizes need collecting before you order, so start this one first.

Man in a bar holding a beer and wearing a black tee printed buy me a beer my wedding is near with a sample date.
$14.99Groovy Groomsmen

Personalized Bachelor Beer Shirt

The shirt everyone wears bar to bar, personalized. Six sizes, so collect them before you order.

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Two dark dress socks lettered the groom and grooms crew laid flat on wood, beside a folded pair of sunglasses.
$12.99Groovy Groomsmen

Grooms Crew Socks

Socks are the gift nobody asks for and everybody keeps. Two styles.

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Several pairs of wood framed sunglasses fanned on a plank, each engraved with a wedding party role such as best man.
$16.99Groovy Groomsmen

Stylin Personalized Wood Sunglasses

Wood grain frames with UV400 lenses, personalized by role. Ten role options.

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Groomsman gift sets of wrapped socks labeled suit up beside personalized can koozies and a pair of dress shoes.
$12.99Groovy Groomsmen

Groomsman Socks & Can Cooler Set

Socks and a can cooler as one set, which covers two of the bag slots in a single line item.

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Gray socks patterned with whiskey glasses and cigars, wrapped in a label asking the wearer to be the best man.
$16.99Groovy Groomsmen

Best Man Socks

The best man is doing most of the work. This is the cheap way to acknowledge that in front of everyone.

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Group of men outdoors wearing navy grooms squad tee shirts with the groom in a white tee, all holding glasses of beer.
$24.99Groovy Groomsmen

The Groom's Squad Shirts

Matching shirts for the whole crew, so the bar knows exactly what is happening. Check the sizing on the product page before ordering.

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For him

The one gift that is not bought in bulk

The group gets the bag. The groom gets one heavier thing with his name on it, and the best man usually gets something too. This is the part most groups underspend on and the one he still has a decade later.

Dark metal card shaped bottle opener engraved man card with sample name and date of birth, on weathered wood.
$14.99Groovy Groomsmen

Man Card

A metal card engraved with his name and date of birth, plus an instruction to destroy it if found. A running joke he keeps.

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Whiskey glass filled on a bar beside a second glass turned to show a sample best man name and date engraved on the base.
From $14.99Groovy Groomsmen

Last Call Groomsmen Whiskey Glass

A heavier whiskey glass for the toast, available in sets, engraved for the crew.

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Shot glass of whiskey engraved with an ornate shield containing a sample initial and name, lime wedge alongside.
$16.00Groovy Groomsmen

The Shielded Shot Personalized Shot Glass

Sand carved with an armor shield and his name, on a heavy 2.25 ounce base.

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Shot glass of whiskey engraved with a sample name and best man title, styled with limes and a whiskey bottle behind.
$16.00Groovy Groomsmen

Modern Man Personalized Shot Glass

The plainer sand carved option, if a shield is not his thing. Same heavy base.

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Engraved shot glass of whiskey beside a wooden card asking a sample name to take a shot and be the best man.
From $11.99Groovy Groomsmen

Suit Up Shot Proposal

The one here bought per groomsman rather than for the groom, if the weekend doubles as the moment you ask them.

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Round wooden golf ball marker engraved with a sample monogram, clipped onto the brim of a white golf cap.
From $14.99Groovy Groomsmen

Hat Clip Ball Marker

A wooden ball marker that clips to a cap brim, engraved with his monogram. Four designs, two materials.

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What a bachelor party actually costs in favors

Per head What it buys For a group of 12
$2 to $5 One good item per person from the tier below, a printed glass at $1.79 or an opener at $1.50. $24 to $60
$10 to $15 Personalized bachelor specific gear rather than adapted wedding favors. Engraved instead of printed. $120 to $180
$13 to $25 Adding the uniform, which is the shirt or the socks everybody is wearing in the photos. $156 to $300
Bought once The groom's own gift. Everything in that section starts between $11.99 and $16, and the sets run higher. One line item

The split most groups get right is a cheap bag for everybody and one proper thing for the groom. The split most groups get wrong is spending fifteen dollars a head on something forgettable and then having nothing left for him.

Four things worth knowing before you order

  1. Settle the headcount before the design. Every group loses or gains two people. Ordering twice costs more than waiting a week.
  2. Buy for the actual weekend. A pool, a boat and a golf course all want different things. Generic favors are what you buy when nobody has decided what the weekend is.
  3. Printed and engraved are different products. Printed is cheap and right for fourteen of something. Engraved is the one the groom keeps. Do not pay engraved prices for the bulk tier.
  4. Do not match the wedding. The bachelor party is the one part of the process where the tone gets to be entirely his.

Bachelor party favor questions

What is the difference between a bachelor party favor and a bachelor party gift?

Mostly price and how many you buy. A favor is bought one per head, costs a few dollars, and is meant to be used that weekend. A shot glass at $1.79 or a bottle opener at $1.99 is a favor. A gift is bought once or twice, costs more, and is meant to last. An engraved whiskey glass for the groom is a gift. Most good bachelor parties have both, and the mistake is spending the whole budget on one of them.

How much should I spend per person on bachelor party favors?

Two to five dollars a head buys one good item per person from the printed tier, which is where most of the Forever Wedding Favors range sits. A full bag of three things lands closer to eight dollars a head. Ten to fifteen dollars a head gets you personalized bachelor specific gear instead. The groom's own gift starts around twelve to sixteen dollars and goes up from there, so a group of twelve can do a proper bag plus a real gift for him and still stay near a hundred and thirty dollars.

What should actually go in a bachelor party bag?

Something to drink from, something to open a drink with, and one thing that makes people laugh. A shot glass at $1.79, a bottle opener at $1.50 and a koozie at $4.69 covers the first two for under eight dollars a head. Sunglasses or a deck of cards covers the third. If the weekend involves a pool, a boat or a golf course, buy for that specifically rather than buying generic and hoping.

When should I order bachelor party favors?

Four weeks before the trip is comfortable and two is tight. Printed and engraved items both need production time, and the thing that actually delays orders is not the factory, it is waiting on a final headcount and on whatever wording you decide to put on things. Settle the names and the count first, then order once.

Do bachelor party favors need to match the wedding?

No, and they usually should not. The wedding favors are for the wedding. The bachelor party is the one part of the whole process where the tone can be entirely the groom's, so let it be. The only thing worth carrying across is his name or the date, if you want the weekend to feel connected to the rest of it.

What do you get the groom himself, rather than the group?

One thing, heavier than what everyone else gets, and engraved. A whiskey glass, a sand carved shot glass or a keepsake he will still have in ten years. The group gets the bag. The groom gets the one object that marks the weekend. Buying him the same koozie as everybody else is the most common miss.

Keep going

More on our own site, and the bachelor specific ranges on Groovy Groomsmen.

Planning a poker night? Our personalized playing card favors put the groom's name and the date on each deck, so the table stakes double as the keepsake.