Tell me your best wedding gift ideas

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Attending a friends wedding next month. Haven’t mentioned a wedding list/no poem asking for money so would like to get them a nice gift. Budget £75 or so. Is there anything you’ve been given a gift that you have loved? Thanks :)

Depends so much on the couple.
What stage of life they are at.
Whether they have their own house.
Whether they have been living together for ages.
To some extent what their income is.
How well you really know them (as in, what they already have / don't have, but also what their interests are / what they like doing).

Good point!
Early thirties
No kids (yet)
No dog
Own a house, neutral decoration style
Both moderate incomes I guess maybe £24-30k each
They are friends of my husbands. The bloke likes golf, not sure about the woman really. generally sociable people but not super outdoorsy or anything!

I think you have to ask them. Any genuinely good idea runs a risk that someone else will have thought of it and any thing quirky has a risk of being either being great or awful.

Unless you know they'd appreciate good wine or something else consumable that it won't matter if they get more than one of.

A painting of their wedding venue would be lovely!

I loved getting money and vouchers.
A voucher for a dinner date somewhere nice would have been much appreciated.

I think it is risky giving physical gift. Everyone has there own taste and may not want something they then feel obligated to display in their home. I have a large drawer full of 'sentimental' stuff given to us at our wedding, which I only get out if the gift giver is coming over.

Money. Everyone likes cash.

I second vouchers esp one for a good restaurant- I loved enjoying our vouchers long after the wedding

Hmmmm ok. Maybe a voucher for a meal at a v fancy restaurant? Trying to avoid giving cash.

Cross posted @Dora26! :)

If they're meat eaters, a cast iron steak skillet plus vouchers for a good online meat retailer.

Gives them a chance to set up a few nice home dates.

Definitely money or vouchers for John Lewis or similar but ideally money. Money can be combined with other money. 75 quid is a lot to spend on something that might be unwanted.

A restaurant voucher sounds like a great idea. We received a voucher for afternoon tea and loved that as it was something we wouldn't have bought ourselves.

We got so many John Lewis vouchers and whilst we are grateful, it's actually kinda annoying... we don't need anything, and anything we have thought about buying is triple the price from John Lewis. I know people don't like giving money but honestly it's the best way to go and what will really be appreciated

Could you do something for say £15 that’s cutesy personalised wedding vibes from say Etsy then £60 cash?
I honestly think cash is the way to go but this way you can get something small and personal to go with it.

I just buy a little remembrance and give cash/voucher. For my brother, I am getting some terrazzo ceramic magnets from a local potter and cash. It's really difficult though, its actually much easier if there is a gift list or just straight up request for cash.

Presents we have given which have gotten the nicest feedback was 3 bottles of nice wine, one to open at 1 year (sparkling), 5 year (white) and 10 year (red). We've used Berry Broa and Rudd but any good wine merchant should be able to advise.

I agree whatthehelldowecare.
IME, folk on ordinary salaries would be much more likely to buy at somewhere like Argos than John Lewis.

A painting of their wedding venue would be lovely!

Seriously ? I'd struggle to keep my face straight if someone wasted money on that.

Generally, cash is king. Very often at that stage in life, people will have started with a mish mash of things for their home - hand me downs and things they've bought on marketplace. If quite a few of their guests give cash, then it puts them in a position to be able to buy a dining table or 3 piece suite or even things like some really decent saucepans or anyone of 101 things they would probably love, but would struggle to save for.

The best wedding present I got was a bread keeper that vacuumed the air out of it and keeps bread and cakes fresh.
Also, vouchers for JL, M&S and such are always welcomed.

We gave a voucher for a nice meal to one couple we know...was about £100. They seemed pretty pleased with it

I then to give a tartan picnic blanket

https://tartanblanketco.com/collections/picnic-blankets
Or a simple silver photo frame

https://www.johnlewis.com/carrs-outline-silver-plated-photo-frame/p3265463
Examples linked

*tend

Cash. You don’t sound close enough to give a gift that will be amazingly personal and hit the perfect mark so cash is the winner

Agree @TyrannosaurusRights

Thing is, without a gift wishlist, you have no idea how many other people are buying the "perfect gift" even if you knew them well enough to know what that is. So, in the example above, however wonderful the bread keeper is, I presume it isn't the sort of thing you'd need several of.
In this case, it doesn't even sound like you know them well enough to know if they would want one.

Cash. I don't get not wanting to give cash, if you get them a voucher they'll know how much it is so why not cash. We got quite a bit in JL vouchers and spent them in Waitrose.

A meal voucher would be perfect! Something to look forward to after the wedding

We were given nice gifts eg things for the kitchen for our engagement but it really is personal taste.