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newmrs!
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| Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2022 7:29 pm Post subject: Average Cash Present!! |
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Just hoping i can get a bit of advice from all ye newly weds.Getting married in a couple of months & tryin to decide on whether to go all out on fancy meal which is 90 a head or go for standard at 55 a head so just wondering how much on average do a couple give now with the year thats in it??We can totally afford it at 50 a head ourselves without any gifts(so not treating them like cash cows or anything)but if it turns out that people give very genorous gifts i dont want to regret not giving them a nicer meal!!
Thanks a million in advance!! |
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sunflowergalcork
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| Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2022 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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hiya, u must be so excited.
we got a huge variety of cash presents fromppl. varied from 50 euro to 500 euro. but i guess on average it was about 150.
edited to say - thats per couple |
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bimbo
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| Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2022 12:32 pm Post subject: |
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hi newmrs, congrats on your wedding coming up its so much fun organisin everything i think the average is round �150 alright dependin on who the guest is, like some relations/ close friends will give more!! can you ask the hotel for sample of both menus ?? there might not be that much of a difference between them quality wise ???? _________________
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nomla
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| Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2022 1:40 pm Post subject: |
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The recession appears to have hit us; alot of couples gave us �100. _________________
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rk16o
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| Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2022 3:23 pm Post subject: |
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hiya there
I would go for the budget special you mentioned, we received alot of cash gifts, but its not like a few years ago at all. The norm was �100 per couple, and close friends and family gave that little bit more, have to say though the most we got from one couple was �250. We are gona return alot of the pic frames and glasses to shops in return for some thing that we wil use ourselves and local shop said that they will except these frames for credit note so we are lucky that way. Recession definightly here, dont waste your money on the big fancy meal, im sure that the cheaper meal is just as nice... this is what we did recently and everyone said the food was great. |
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happy angel
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| Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2022 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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we got good few gifts to value of 100
or cash gifts 100 per couple
it really opened my eyes
as i would have given 250 from us a s a couple
a good few gave us 0
so be prepared |
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septemberbridie
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God its amazing really when you think of it - we always gave 150/200 at a wedding or 300 for family member...then a friend of mine got married and said our present of 200 was very generous as most had given 100 and some had given none...i was shocked that peole would go to a wedding and not give a gift...also before the euro we'd give 100 pounds so we just up'd it to 150 when it came to euro equivalent etc _________________
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tilsun
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| Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2022 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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Our average was 200 per couple with a lot of 150s as well. A lot of singles gave 100 some gave 70. We got very few non-cash gifts.
I do think it varies so maybe have a discreet word with people in your own circles to see what's the norm.
Edited to say our wedding was May 2009
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Milis
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| Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2022 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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For us last year (before the recession hit) it was between �150 and �200 on average per couple, though we did have a few under and over those amounts! |
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Missus Lippy
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I got married last year so no recession but even still, I was surprised at the gifts. Some gave 75 per couple some gave 200 and we got a good few vouchers and gifts as well so they are no good when trying to pay back a loan afterwards or whatever way you would do it.
With the way things are I would look into the cheaper menu and see what is on offer with that, maybe you could make a couple of changes that would bring you in between the 55 and the 90 per head. TBH I think 90 per head is daylight robbery and I wouldn't pay it on principle but that's just my opinion. |
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madhatter
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Average for our wedding at the end of may was 200 but we got lots of 250's too and only one or two 150 and nothing less than that. Surprisingly the 150's came from people who should have ad money e.g. doctors and the most from people will who in theory should have had less. |
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Muse
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we were last summer, before the recession, and got mostly 200 per couple, but also found some single people giving us 150/200. A few people (siblings and best friends) gave between 300-1000! If there is a huge difference inthe quality of the 2 meals i would go for the better one (there;s nothing worse than bad wedding food to get people talking!). Or - would the Hotel meet you in the middle and design a meal for 70 euro a head? |
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MrsOC09
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it really varies from a family of 6 we got �50 and they were all at the wedding mostly got �150 from couples, got �500 from close relations, and got alot of presents also _________________ ____________________
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july 2009 bride
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First reply in Newly Weds! Married Fri and our cash gifts ranged from �75 to �300 and cheques from �50 to �750. People were extremely generous to us given the times we're in. _________________
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marianf
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Average per couple for us was around �150 but we did some �100's too.
I think a lot of people are buying gifts now as they are cheaper than giving money! _________________ url=http://www.TickerFactory.com/]
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