Hi All,
In just over a week i have a wedding to go to both work with me & they have got all they need between them for their home etc & have said in their invites they dont have a gift list at all but anyone feels they want to give a gift of cash it wouldnt go amiss, which it never does of course not as much thought but still a gift, my question is what do you all think is a reasonable gift of cash to them on their wedding day given i think a lot of them & am very happy they are getting together.
That's an awkward one... I would say a tenner is too tight and £100 is too much, best bet i think is £60 - £80ish. That way you would seam to be doing your bit, without trying to out shine the other guests - unless of course you're all minted, in which case you best add a zero ! :smiley-laughing:
Best of luck !
I'm not keen on that cash business, what we do is buy a voucher to be redeemed at a shop, for example our Grandkids get a $20 voucher to spend at a record shop, our kids buy us a voucher to be spent at a supermarket chain where we can buy clothes or food, I assume you can do that back home ???
I was just thinking the same myself. I'd have been far too embarassed to ask for cash. For my second wedding I asked for a mains plug. ;D
Hi Nick - I think it depends on how long you have known/been working with them. If a short time I would go £20 but if it's a while and (as you're invited to the wedding) they are good friends/colleagues I wouldn't go less than £50-£75 if your pocket will stand it. I know you say you think a lot of them, and I think if it was me I would consider that a generous gift.
I bet they haven't got a collection of NGF mugs ;D
Quote from: newportnobby on September 06, 2011, 09:41:05 PM
Hi Nick - I think it depends on how long you have known/been working with them. If a short time I would go £20 but if it's a while and (as you're invited to the wedding) they are good friends/colleagues I wouldn't go less than £50-£75 if your pocket will stand it. I know you say you think a lot of them, and I think if it was me I would consider that a generous gift.
I bet they haven't got a collection of NGF mugs ;D
Nice plug ! :smiley-laughing:
Quote from: poliss on September 06, 2011, 09:40:41 PM
I was just thinking the same myself. I'd have beeb far too embarassed to ask for cash. For my second wedding I asked for a mains plug. ;D
Good for you Poliss, I know when I got Married the 3rd time I was just happy to see somebody turn up.
Quote from: 4x2ybecauseican on September 06, 2011, 09:42:14 PM
Quote from: newportnobby on September 06, 2011, 09:41:05 PM
I bet they haven't got a collection of NGF mugs ;D
Nice plug ! :smiley-laughing:
Yeah - I nicked it off Poliss :smiley-laughing:
Quote from: newportnobby on September 06, 2011, 09:53:23 PM
Quote from: 4x2ybecauseican on September 06, 2011, 09:42:14 PM
Quote from: newportnobby on September 06, 2011, 09:41:05 PM
I bet they haven't got a collection of NGF mugs ;D
Nice plug ! :smiley-laughing:
Yeah - I nicked it off Poliss :smiley-laughing:
:smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing: Glad you spotted it...!!! :thumbsup:
If you know where they are going on honeymoon then you could always get some money in the currency of their honeymoon destination. We've done that several times, usually around £30-£50 depending on how close family/friends they are.
Quote from: Chris on September 06, 2011, 10:08:00 PM
If you know where they are going on honeymoon then you could always get some money in the currency of their honeymoon destination. We've done that several times, usually around £30-£50 depending on how close family/friends they are.
This is the best option!! having just been married any money you get you put into the bank only to cover the cost of the wedding, we asked for honeymoon funds and ended up with just under 1000 euro`s ;D if everybody did the same thats an amazing amount to have wile away and gives you plenty of options :thumbsup:
Or even better still buy them a chomp each :smiley-laughing:
Quote from: Chris on September 06, 2011, 10:08:00 PM
If you know where they are going on honeymoon then you could always get some money in the currency of their honeymoon destination. We've done that several times, usually around £30-£50 depending on how close family/friends they are.
I'd never thought of this option Chris i'm going to have to find out where they 're going for their honeymoon. :thumbsup:
If it needs to be model rail themed how about a bag of peco wheels and a note saying that after the wedding bill arrives it'll be the only 'new wheels' he can afford for a while 8)
It seems to be a bit of a trend - probably due to people remarrying or waiting for while. What we do is give a cut crystal vase. The logic is you never seem to have enough vases (at least around here we don't!) and then it is something which can become an heirloom in years to come. We have a few bits and pieces (we only had a small wedding of less than 50 - and that included my cousins kids etc) and didn't need stuff (combining two households worth of gear - neither of us had been married before but we had both left home!) so the few things we have (we got cash too - which was handy but...) are very special as we can point to them as say "so and so gave that to us for our wedding".
Just a thought.
sorry if its already been suggested but what about gift vouchers rather than cash? Or have I just made things worse? :-[
Quote from: Chris on September 06, 2011, 10:08:00 PM
If you know where they are going on honeymoon then you could always get some money in the currency of their honeymoon destination. We've done that several times, usually around £30-£50 depending on how close family/friends they are.
You beat me to it, Chris. Having thought of it last night I was going to post it this morning.
Best idea methinks :thumbsup:
You can buy wedding gifts with cash ready made in Moldova. This is what we were given.
(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t184/Poliss_album/Misc/Pressie.jpg)
Certainly different Poliss :)
It bears a passing resemblance to a photo of Cloughie I have ;D
Quote from: newportnobby on September 08, 2011, 08:35:01 PM
It bears a passing resemblance to a photo of Cloughie I have ;D
Ha Ha no way its far to cute ;D ;D
I have said it before and I will say it again " I cannot stand cheeky kids" so I will sit down :P
do not forget " a cloughie is for life, not just for christmas"
picking on cloughie, just cos I am the smallest :angel:
cloughie
Being a scot am a canny lad with cash!! :smiley-laughing:
The voucher idea has the big disadvantage that they have to purchase something from that particular outlet. One of the guys said they gave the kids record tokens. I can still remember that situation from an aunt and I would have preferred cash to buy something for my train set!
Think the region of £50/80 is about right but would recommend cash or that great idea of currency of the place they intend to honeymoon :thumbsup:
Have a great time! Have to go now to board up the windows and nail my wallet down!!! :wave:
Murray
Well i saw the groom today & asked where they are going on honeymoon ..... Cartmel ........ so no foreign exchange needed ::)
Quote from: poliss on September 08, 2011, 01:20:09 PM
You can buy wedding gifts with cash ready made in Moldova. This is what we were given.
(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t184/Poliss_album/Misc/Pressie.jpg)
WOW- Looks like Grandma OwL-Cool 8)
A 1000 Moldovan Lei is about £53.00 btw.