Going rate for wedding presents (1 Viewer)

[egg_]

Going to the wedding of a guy in work tomorrow, haven't been to a wedding from outside immediate family or closest friends in ages, so dunno how much I should be giving. I like the guy a lot and have been working with him for 5 years, but we haven't really spent enough outside-work time together to be *friend* friends

I'm going with Mrs. egg_. I've a decent job and can afford to pay what's socially acceptable, I just don't know what "socially acceptable" is. Help me out, thumped (please)

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

I always understood it to be the price of your dinner - 50 quid a head

People love cash. It's an expensive time.

 

[pete]

aye €100 will do the job i imagine

not that anyone ever invites me to weddings

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

A hundred euro note will look class too, rather than two fifties.

 

[pete]

Maybe check here too.

 

[UnicronUnicron is verified member.]

Yeah a ton for the pair of you sounds alright.

But I turn down every wedding invite I get

 

[east hastings]

Been to a few weddings recently so i was asking people. €75 is the going rate i heard, €150 for a couple. But it also depends on your situation, if you're not earning too much €50 is fine.

One girl who's getting married soon said she would be just as happy with a thoughtful present. I suggested i'd get her a load of spoons with my name engraved on it, to which she replied "i'd be personally offended if you gave that to us"

 

[pete]

€75? I wouldn't even give myself that.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

The thing is, no one remembers. They drunkenly open those things and throw all the money on the bed.
There's no ledgers. There's no good and naughty list.
People are happy you came, that you had fun, that they have money and that it's over.

 

[Anthony]

The last wedding I went to we got them a €100 ticketmaster voucher. It was a compromise. I thought the cash felt weird. Plus they were music people. They were delighted.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

€50.

€100 if you really like the person.