How much would you spend on a wedding present for this couple?

[MarcelineMissouri]

I know it all depends on household finances etc but if you were going to your cousins wedding who you’re very fond of but only see once every year or two, how much would you be looking to spend on their gift? (You are also paying for 2 nights in a hotel for the wedding)

Paying for the hotel is irrelevant.

My standard wedding gift is £50-£100.

I gave mine £200 and a lottery ticket!

£40-50

50

40 maximum

I’d probably give £100 for a full day invite. But tbh I don’t think it matters what other people would do - give what you can afford without putting yourself into hardship; if that’s less because of the hotel, that’s fine. I requested no gifts at my wedding because I found the notion of, for example, my cousins who I see relatively rarely giving me a three figure sum of money in return for a party I chose to have faintly ridiculous. Some heeded it and some gave us big sums of money; I appreciated all of them coming exactly the same.

50 minimum

£50

£50 seems about right and kind and generous gift- If I could afford more maybe £75. But if I had scrimped for travel/hotel/ dress/nails etc £50 is adequate

Il

Totally depends on your household income

On UC? Nice bottle of wine, 7 figure annual income a week in the Seychelles

£50 maximum.

£50

£50 if it was just me, up to £100 from a couple

£200

If I were going alone, £40-50. If it were me and dp and two kids, £100.

£50 unless I could afford £100 and then I would willingly give this to my lovely cousin.

Ultimately pay what you can afford, your cousin wouldn't want you to pay more than you could afford.

I would give £100.

@SeanMean

I would give £100.

Exactly this.

The amount that people give seems to depend on their age to be honest.

When we got married a few years ago most of our close friends and family of a similar age to us (late 20s/early 30s) gave in the £30-50 region. At this age people can’t afford much - young families, mat leave, saving for deposits or just taken on big mortgages etc.

However older people who were relatives or close family friends tended to give more, closer to £50-100. I guess sometimes people in the older age brackets have more disposable income (better paid jobs, smaller mortgages etc) although this is obviously a generalisation and not always the case.

Just give what you can afford. But just wanted you to know that the responses on here may be skewed by people’s ages and for mine me my friends weddings we didn’t tend to exceed £50.

£50.

£50

If it were me and my husband it would be 150. Evening invite we give 50.

£50.

£30-50 depending on how much spare cash we had at the time. A PP said cost of hotel was irrelevant but if we had to pay a lot more to stay somewhere we might not be able to afford as much for a gift. I imagine that would be true for a lot of people so other spending towards attending a wedding isn’t irrelevant for many.

are u both eating at the main wedding event if so, I give £200