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Wedding gift for wealthy couple

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QuitMoaning · 02/10/2021 20:37

We are going to a wedding at end of November for a very wealthy but really lovely couple. We are close friends of the bride’s family and it is the groom who is very wealthy (inherited family business).
They have not got a gift list and don’t want anything but it feels wrong not to make a token gift. Just not sure what. Any ideas?

Happy to spend up to £100 or so.

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wheresthecalpol · 02/10/2021 20:39

A lovely personalised wedding keepsake box off Etsy? I love mine and use it to store all the cards and little bits I kept from the day

HarrisMcCoo · 02/10/2021 20:40

Place marking....DH is attending a wedding next month. His friend is marrying in to aristocracy. Not a clue what to buy as a gift for the couple 😬

Mariell · 02/10/2021 20:44

Charity donation.

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user1471538283 · 02/10/2021 20:47

Would they like their names on the next Mars Rover? It doesn't cost anything but I've done it for our family and we are thrilled? Maybe a little model of the Rover to go with it?

Darceyhemingway · 02/10/2021 20:51

Really nice bottle of women

Darceyhemingway · 02/10/2021 20:51

Wine!!! Sorry

alostsock · 02/10/2021 20:54

voucher for posh restaurant
wine

Pinkchocolate · 02/10/2021 20:55

I would just put the £100 in a card. I know this is frowned upon in some cultures so obviously check it wouldn’t be offensive. I think most couples would prefer that. Get them a personalised card or Etsy type gift too if you want something personal. Or a voucher for something they’d enjoy.

Standrewsschool · 02/10/2021 20:58

Silver picture frames
Theatre vouchers
Flower bouquet subscription
Sponsor a zoo animal

Cheerfulcharlie · 02/10/2021 21:00

A drawing or painting of their wedding venue ? Not on the high street have this sort of thing.

thedevilinablackdress · 02/10/2021 21:00

Have they specified no gifts? Your OP seems to indicate that.
If so, I'd respect that and at most buy a bottle of something (assuming that is appropriate).

dancemom · 02/10/2021 21:03

Bottle of champagne, never goes wrong

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QuitMoaning · 02/10/2021 22:34

Some good ideas here. I particularly like the keepsake box. The idea I have had is getting some wine or port for this year that is expected to become a vintage for the future.

They haven’t specified no gifts, it is just not mentioned. I really think they don’t want anything but it feels wrong to attend and not mark it with a gift.
(Her aunt is a pretty good artist and has painted the venue as it is used on the invitation so that rules that idea out unfortunately)

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QuitMoaning · 02/10/2021 22:36

Not comfortable with giving cash, he is spectacularly wealthy.

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beckysamantha91 · 02/10/2021 22:57

I got this for a very wealthy couple I know who love to travel - https://www.notonthehighstreet.com/houseinteriorsandgifts/product/world-scratch-map-deluxe-edition?DGMKT=FIDTIDaud-1158039763330:pla-342582443739PID295925CRI342582443739&gclid=CjwKCAjwhuCKBhADEiwA1HegOSyuiyBwb6bNzYNDnQeA6b6043cWhNptaDtw0-1sf2Qz8aM0SCMWlBoCCgIQAvDD_BwE

He's put it up in his home office.

Normally I would've spent significantly more (closer to a 100) but they have so much money and something like this was far more well received than some ludicrously expensive egg cups would've been!

londonmummy1966 · 02/10/2021 22:58

I'd second the bottle of champagne - it's always a nice thing to receive regardless of how wealthy you are.

Janaih · 02/10/2021 23:01

Vintage champagne.

Shelddd · 02/10/2021 23:08

Just give whatever you like. I wouldn't overthink it. I only know one wealthy family and they all give eachother rather mundane boring gifts for Christmas/birthdays. I was kind of shocked but it makes sense if you think about it... They can already buy what they want so it's just about the gesture.

titchy · 02/10/2021 23:20

Apparently Stephen Fry bought Prince Charles Kopi Luwak coffee beans (they're errr digested then shit out by monkeys). Personalised Monopoly board? Anything personalised in fact - thought not £ is the name of the game here.

RumJerrySailorRum · 02/10/2021 23:33

I think it's nice you want to mark the occasion. Just because they are rich, doesn't mean they don't deserve a gift.

A bottle of champagne and some crystal glasses.

A cheese hamper and a bottle of port.

Magazine subscription.

A rose tree.

Cheesecake/creamcake delivery or similar.

Food subscription of spices for curry, Moroccan, Italian.

Garden planter

waitingpatientlyforspring · 02/10/2021 23:34

The scratch of map is great. I know someone with one and its on their wall.

Consumables is great too, no matter how wealthy you are, you will likely enjoy nice wine.

Do you know where they are going on honeymoon? Could you get tourist book/wine/national food/etc? Might be more sentimental but not add to clutter etc.

Rainbowqueeen · 02/10/2021 23:37

Do they have a nice garden? Most plants have names with meaning. The rose bush is a fab idea - see if you can find one that has a name that would be significant to them

Or a really nice bottle of whatever they like to drink

Graphista · 02/10/2021 23:43

What about a small piece of art personal to them? When I got married an artistic friend did a lovely watercolour of a pretty part of the town I had met my ex in. Best gift we got.

Charity donations to a cause close to their heart is a nice idea that's been suggested.

A rose Bush or similar that is their namesake or has a connection to where they met/he proposed/they're marrying.

Sounds weird but is relatively cheap but would be a neat wee keepsake - every paper that is out the day they marry but try and clip the headlines but also some good news/fun stuff?

swanswallow · 02/10/2021 23:46

A tree? There are lovely packaged ones online for gift giving (I have used Present Tree before for a birthday)

Crunched · 02/10/2021 23:54

If you know where they are 'honeymooning' you could pay for a bottle of something or even two glasses of champagne to be delivered to their table with your compliments on their final evening.