Wedding Gift Etiquette

[Sundancefisher]

Going to a wedding in a few week. They have asked for cash gifts as is more common.

What is the going rate for a family of 5 attending? Per person?

Sun

[Sneeze]

Originally Posted by Sundancefisher

Going to a wedding in a few week. They have asked for cash gifts as is more common.

What is the going rate for a family of 5 attending? Per person?

Sun

You should make your minimum gift enough to cover the expense of the meal and liquor you consume.

[ETOWNCANUCK]

I think it should be based on your relationship to the bride and groom.
If you are immediate family IE if it is your son or daughter then more.
Same if it is an immediate niece or nephew.
if you are close to the couple as in very close friends then more.
if you are further down the family tree or if you are friends but not very close then less
If you are a co worker then based on your relationship at work.
and so on and so on.

[buckbrush]

Originally Posted by ETOWNCANUCK

I think it should be based on your relationship to the bride and groom.
If you are immediate family IE if it is your son or daughter then more.
Same if it is an immediate niece or nephew.
if you are close to the couple as in very close friends then more.
if you are further down the family tree or if you are friends but not very close then less
If you are a co worker then based on your relationship at work.
and so on and so on.

This. Very close friends or family is more.

If it was an average wedding for someone I know $50/person including kids.

It all depends on the persons financial situation and the venue. I'm not going to give $500 to a wealthy couple who i barely know. On the other hand if it's a good buddy who can't afford the fancy wedding his new bride insisted on I would probably give a little more.

[Sooner]

The last few weddings I went to were young couples who have lived together for a good while so they had stuff, the cash hint was very obvious. So I tend to give 100 bucks from my family to yours kinda thing as that's what I can afford. Those weddings were around 150 people. If all gave that, it's a good gift for the bride and groom. As mentioned, closer family, give a bit more if I can swing it, work acquaintances, maybe less.

Give what you feel is right is my motto.

[Blastoff]

$100.00 has kind of been the standard for sometime maybe that should go up now, also for me depends how well i know them also.

[Sundancefisher]

Originally Posted by Sneeze

You should make your minimum gift enough to cover the expense of the meal and liquor you consume.

Hard to say how much people pay these days.

Personally I went el cheapo on my wedding. We had $2000 budget from parents and then $2000 we saved up. So we went $3000 for the wedding and $1000 for honeymoon. Had a camping honeymoon.

[tirebob]

I personally feel requesting cash is a bit insulting. I believe more in putting thought into the people and personalize what we do. My wife will do a handmade quilt or I will make a keepsake dovetail box or something like that. Cash is so impersonal...