Wedding Present -How much?

stormbreaker

I have not had any weddings in years, until last year, we had two evening receptions of work colleagues.

This year we have had, one all day invite and gave the couple £200 and a small gift to open.(we were a couple!).

In August my niece gets married. We are all invited (me,oh and two sons) all day.

We are not rich but not hard up either. I am not so sure the £200 was enough for the first wedding and in a quandrie as to what to give my niece. I might add, I only have one niece and one nephew!

Can any recent brides/grooms give me a wee idea of what they received as presents from Aunts and Uncles?

arbrighton

Jeez, we've usually done £50 present from list/ money for cousins etc.

MissTeach

£200 is alot!

We normally put £40/50 in a card if we're doing money instead of a gift.

stormbreaker

Thanks. I would much rather give a gift. Not because I don't wAnt them knowing what I have spent but think it all too easy to put money in an envelope. However as most couples live together for sometime before getting wed, they seem to ask for money or travel vouchers towards the honeymoon.

One of the evening things was my ohs colleague and they all put together, I don't know how much.

The other evening invite was that of one of my colleagues who we have occasionally socialised with as couples. We gave them 80 dollars and I made a present up with various travel pieces.

I was kind of looking at it in that, it costs a lot for each person to go to the wedding. I think my sister made mention that it was about £80 a head :eek:
(Daddy's paying), so I should give at least the same back?

burnoutbabe

Blimey £200 for a non relative? I did that when it was my sister, £50 for a friend/other relative (if all day). £20 for evening.

Torry_Quine

That's a huge amount and incredibly generous! I would be spending about £30 at most.

lika_86

I tend to give about £50 for friends if on my own or £100 if it's a friend of both my boyfriend and I. Although, it can depend on how much I'm paying to be there, I'd be inclined to give more if the wedding was local and so I wasn't also having to pay for a hotel room and train fares etc.

heartbreak_star

£30-£50 here! £200 is a LOT.

HBS x

wendz86

We normally give £50 from both of us if invited to the day. At our wedding the amounts we received varied a lot but most were between £20 and £50.

wendz86

Actually from my aunties and uncles I got £100 from two lots and £250 from one lot but that was including from my cousins too.

Floss

stormbreaker wrote: »

... I was kind of looking at it in that, it costs a lot for each person to go to the wedding. I think my sister made mention that it was about £80 a head :eek:
(Daddy's paying), so I should give at least the same back?

Please don't be offended, but is this a tradition within your culture? If not, then please give me your address so I can invite you when my kids get married!


Personaliy I think £200is too much for friends, the most we got when me & DH married in 2010 was £175 from a group of 7 friends.