How much do you spend on a neice/nephew's wedding present?

emmielou

Yikes:eek: Will you be my aunty and uncle please:cheesy:
I would never expect that much, £50 is the most I would expect from anyone. Even if they were my closest aunty/uncle!

It's a very generous thought of hubby but way too much, particularly when you think about the costs of attending weddings which for some reason always seem to be huge in my case (£22 for a bottle of wine:eek:).

I'd just give them something more reasonable. The fact is that they should just be chuffed that they have those they love around them on their special day!

Fitzio

We got married last year, and the 6 sets of aunts and uncles who were invited to the small wedding gave between £50 - £200. The ones who gave £50, I know are not as well off as others, and I was delighted that they came and was more than happy with the amount. MIL is someone who thinks that they should cover the cost of the meal, but I don't agree with this. Because we wanted a small wedding and weren't having entertainment, we picked somewhere really special/expensive for a meal to give people a day to remember and make it worth their while traveling. That was our choice. We could have had it in a local church hall. I don't see why people should feel they have to pay more because we picked a more expensive venue!

You give what you can afford and what you feel is an appropriate amount. Don't be blackmailed into over giving as you will have set a precedent for the rest of the nieces/nephews.

James_W_4

Most people don't get £250 from their parents! :rotfl:

My friend got married recently and most of the gifts were around £40-60.

DianneB

Hi, my son got married a couple of weeks ago and as they have been together for about 6 years (with a house, one child and one on the way!) they said on their invites NO PRESENTS! they just wanted a small group of family and friends to celebrate their special day together, it was brilliant!! That's totally irrelevant isn't it? When my younger son got married they got £20 each off their aunts and uncles and I did think that was a bit tight, I think I would give about £50 even if I wasn't invited!!