How much to spend on a wedding present as a bridesmaid?

sarmer

Hi everyone,

Just looking for a bit of advice on this. I'm a bridesmaid for my cousin and just wondering what I should be spending on a gift for them? I'm a single girl and I'm not in secure employment but at other weddings, my friends have said that I'm too generous. The last time I was a bridesmaid I was on a postgrad so I wasn't working and I gave them €150 but they seemed to think it was a lot. Any ideas?

Thanks!

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NothingMan

Was a groomsman recently and my gf was the bridesmaid. Between us we spent the guts of €400 but that's because we got carried away on little things that just added up. It's a bit of a dirty subject and personally I don't think there should be any excpected amount and I wouldn't want cash but if cash is the preferred gift I think €100 is plenty.

Gatica

if you can afford to give that then that's great and it's generous. If your work is not stable at the mo, I'm sure your friend would understand. You don't have to give cash btw, you can always get them a voucher for a dinner out or a spa treat.

hfallada

Gatica wrote: »

if you can afford to give that then that's great and it's generous. If your work is not stable at the mo, I'm sure your friend would understand. You don't have to give cash btw, you can always get them a voucher for a dinner out or a spa treat.

Avoid vouchers in this country like the plague at the moment. Businesses are constantly going out of business. That €100 gift voucher could end up an expensive piece of paper. OP you have to consider that you are also giving the bride a ton of time which a majority of the guests are not giving. So give her what you think is reasonable. A true friend will understand your financial difficultly and be grateful with the gift

Gatica

I think it very much depends on the location and the business. We got vouchers to G hotel spa. Can't see that going out of business anytime soon though am not a big fan of the place. Voucher for a restaurant in Galway, which is still going strong and One4All, which needless to say works on numerous shops.

sarmer

Thanks for the advice! She has a wedding list so in the end I bought three items totalling about €130. I then got an email from the store saying that there was a sale and the total was now €110! Love when that happens!

Toast4532

When I was a bridesmaid for my cousin a few years ago I gave them €100 from myself, I was single and unemployed so just couldn't afford to give them more.

Moonbeam

What ever you can afford or a nice personal present and a few euro.