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How to give cash at a wedding

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TheChaffinch · 10/07/2026 13:04

Going to a nephew's wedding soon. They are a lovely young couple, it's quite a low key event and when I asked about gifts they said they didn't want anything.
It's true they have a home and everything they need but I would like to give money at least then they can buy something.
I don't really want to ask for bank details but I also feel just putting a few hundred pounds in a card it might get lost on the day.
Any suggestions as to how it's done?
I don't think I have such a thing as a cheque book any more.

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Vroomfondleswaistcoat · Yesterday 09:48

My eldest DS got married four years ago, my younger DS last year and my eldest DD is getting married in a frighteningly few weeks. All of them had (or are having) a postbox for cards. My DD and her fiancee don't want gifts, they've got everything they need so I suspect they will be given money. I put my financial gift straight into my DDs bank account - if I wanted to give a substantial amount (say over £100) I would ask for bank details from the couple. If it was £100 or under I'd pop it in the postbox in a card.

rivalsbinge · Yesterday 09:49

We bought some nice gin for them and put the card (with cash) inside the drink bag, and let them know, it just felt safer than a card on its own, so you could wrap something small and pop the card inside the parcel.

Thingcanonlygetbetter · Yesterday 11:19

AliceMcK · 10/07/2026 13:29

I don’t think I know anyone who owns a cheque book these days.

Also no offence but cheques are a pita. Unless you live in a big town or city there are hardly any high street banks these days. For us we don’t have any banks in our town, if we received a cheque it would involve driving to one of 2 places that our bank still has branches, both in the city centre which involves traffic and paying to park before hiking to the bank just to bank 1 cheque.

You can actually lodge cheques via online banking apps now. You just photograph the cheque and upload

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