Wedding gift (cash)- How much to give?

Just take into consideration that a wedding reception meal, room hire and drinks typically costs £60-80. If there are two of you going, giving £50 (assuming you can afford more) is pretty tight.

As for stag doom that's fairly typical imo
 
£50 max.

You're not there to fund their wedding expense.

I'd be inclined to give £25 (and no I don't care what position I am on in the good friend/old friend scale analysis based on the amount of money you give, the money you give doesn't determine that).
 
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Pug said:
Just take into consideration that a wedding reception meal, room hire and drinks typically costs £60-80. If there are two of you going, giving £50 (assuming you can afford more) is pretty tight.

As for stag doom that's fairly typical imo
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I don't think it needs to be seen as a reasonable equation of exchange. You have wedding guests because you want to host them on your wedding day, they give you gifts because they want to celebrate your marriage.
 
It all depends how much you earn and how much disposable income you have.

If he's not a close friend then £25 is more than enough.
 
when they ask for cash i refuse, i think its disgusting. if they dont need/want gifts, then dont have them.

my only exception here, is when my sister in law got married, she had been with the guy 7 years, with 3 kids, she had everything.

she asked that if we wanted, we could make a cash donation to MacMillan Cancer Trust.

in that instance, i gave a donation
 
If it were me, I would give £20 - £30

I would spend more if actually buying a gift, but I think asking for and giving cash is a bit of a cop out.

At the end of the day, if someone says they already have everything they need so please give cash instead of a gift... that says it all!

Depends how fortunate you are yourself too, in the financial department.
 
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