EVENT GIFTING
Event Gifting
Return gifts, welcome hampers and corporate gifting, sourced and packed by our own team. The thing your guests keep, rather than the thing they leave behind.
Walk through a wedding hall at midnight, after the guests have gone, and look at what is left on the chairs. That is the return gift budget, spent and abandoned. It happens because the gift was chosen late, chosen in bulk, and chosen without much thought about whether anyone would actually want it.
Gifting is worth more attention than it usually gets. It is the last thing a guest touches and often the only physical thing they take home from your celebration.
Weddings
- Return gifts. Curated rather than bulk-bought, in a range that suits your guest list rather than one item for six hundred people. Silver, brass, dry fruit, artisanal food, plants, home and textile options.
- Welcome hampers. For guests staying in hotels, especially out-of-town and overseas families. Itinerary card, water, snacks, local sweets, a fan and a small keepsake — delivered to the rooms before they arrive.
- Personalised keepsakes. Names, date and monogram applied properly, not a sticker. Matched to your invitation so the gifting looks like part of the wedding rather than an afterthought.
- Thank-you gifting. For the priest, the elders, the house help and the people who carried the wedding.
- Photo fridge magnets. Our magnet booth doubles as a return gift the guest makes themselves and takes home the same evening. It ends up on their fridge instead of in a cupboard.
Corporate and private events
- Employee milestone, festival and Diwali gifting
- Client and partner hampers, branded or unbranded
- Conference and delegate kits
- Award night and annual day mementoes
- Milestone birthdays, anniversaries, housewarmings and baby showers
How we work
We start with your guest count, the budget per gift and who the guests actually are, because a gift that suits a colleague rarely suits a grandmother. You see physical samples before anything is ordered — not photographs, the actual item in your hand.
Sourcing, personalisation, packing and delivery to the venue or the hotel are handled by our own team, so the gifts arrive on time and stacked in the order they will be handed out. For large weddings we bring staff to manage the gifting counter so the queue does not tangle with the stage queue.
Lead times
Four to six weeks for personalised items, which is where most families get caught out. Non-personalised curated gifting can be turned around in two weeks, and hampers in about ten days. Tell us early and you get the range; tell us late and you get whatever is in stock.
Sourced and packed in house
We buy direct from makers rather than through a gifting agency, and we do not take commission from suppliers. Nothing is sub-contracted, so the quality of the packing is ours to answer for rather than somebody else's.
Frequently asked questions
Can we take gifting without booking photography?
Yes. Gifting is available on its own across Chennai and Tamil Nadu, for weddings and for corporate events.
How far ahead do we need to decide?
Four to six weeks for anything personalised, because engraving, printing and packing all take time. Curated non-personalised gifting can be done in about two weeks and hampers in around ten days.
Do we see the gift before ordering?
Always. We bring physical samples to you before anything is confirmed. Photographs flatter gifting more than almost any other category, so we would rather you held the item.
Can you handle different gifts for different guest groups?
That is usually the right approach. A common split is one gift for the wider guest list, something more considered for close family and elders, and a separate hamper for guests staying in hotels.
Do you deliver to the venue or to our home?
Either, and to hotels for welcome hampers. For large weddings we also send staff to run the gifting counter so the handout does not block the stage queue.
Do you do corporate gifting outside weddings?
Yes — Diwali and festival gifting, employee milestones, client hampers, conference kits and award night mementoes, with or without branding.
Check your date
Send your date, city and the functions you are planning to +91 98849 60870 on WhatsApp, or write to contact@pugaippadam.com. You will hear back the same day.