The Wedding Gift - Does and Don'ts!

We've been meaning to get around to this post for a while as Wedding Gifts are something we are in the process of considering as we have a couple of weddings coming up later this year.

You may remember earlier this year I wrote a plea from a wedding guest post covering some simple requests for any future weddings we attend.

However once we are committed to attending a wedding the next thing to sort out, after outfits and dog care, is the gift. Now it may just be us but a recent trend us been for people to request money instead of a gift. The request will follow the line of 'we have a home and everything we need so if you want to give us a gift give us the gift of great holiday'.

We get it. There is no point filling your house with duplicate items if you don't need them BUT the ask for money sits a little uncomfortably with me. Maybe it's because there is a lack of thought from our side when it comes to handing over cash. Maybe it's the fact that the hard earned cash is going towards a holiday we could never afford. Or maybe it's because it feels a little bit cheeky.

When it came to our wedding we explicitly told our traveling guests that the only present we wanted was their presence.

However we did have UK friends and family who were unable to make the journey and asked for a registry list. After much consideration we went with Next with the thought that we could upgrade some of our existing fixtures and furnishings to something more stylish.

When looking at the registry option we played it simple. Nowadays you can set up registry's for just about anything. Check out Zola Registry for example. You can set up gifts, experiences or cash funds all in one place.

Zola also has some useful advice for anyone about to enter the gift giving situation.....

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So there you have it some tips to make the whole situation easier. Hopefully!

We we definitely be taking a few of the tips :)