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Going rate for wedding present these days?

  • 16-12-2013 07:19PM
    #1
    Rockfish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 698 ✭✭✭


    Usually €100 if going on ones own or €150 if a couple seems to be the standards these days but what about a close family member? ie brother


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  • #2
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    €500 say if from a couple.


  • #3
    ckeego
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,309 ✭✭✭ckeego


    WikiHow wrote: »
    €500 say if from a couple.

    You are for real, right?


  • #4
    Hello_MrFox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 201 ✭✭Hello_MrFox


    A Netflix subscription should be enough.


  • #5
    Donkey Oaty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,533 ✭✭✭Donkey Oaty


    Rockfish wrote: »
    Usually €100 if going on ones own or €150 if a couple seems to be the standards these days but what about a close family member? ie brother

    Three fiddy/Simpsons/Bankers/Brits/Roma/Enda/Brits again/you are racist/personal issues forum ----that way/etc

    But don't worry about it.

    Buy them something nice or interesting. They love you anyway.


  • #6
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    ckeego wrote: »
    You are for real, right?
    That is only 250 each, its a family member.


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  • #7
    onedmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 460 ✭✭onedmc


    ckeego wrote: »
    You are for real, right?

    500 That's about right for close family member, it depends on what age you are and where you are in your career but could be more.

    But I figure it should be about what you spend on a week long summer holiday, if you Can't afford to go on holidays then less. If you can't afford a holiday and a present then forego your next years summer holiday or take 1 week not 2.

    Don't be mingy


  • #8
    stunmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 279 ✭✭stunmer


    €500 me hoop!

    I already have 7 weddings to go to next year. I can't afford €3,500 on weddings. That's without including travel, accommodation, stag /hen.


  • #9
    Mint Aero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭Mint Aero


    A toaster


  • #10
    PhlegmyMoses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,906 ✭✭✭✭PhlegmyMoses


    If somebody, even my parents, gave me €500 towards my wedding I'd tell them to take it back. Madness.


  • #11
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    I would give €150-€200 for a present if it were a non family member, this would be from both gf and I.


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  • #12
    Feisar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,031 ✭✭✭Feisar


    A very close friend got married during the summer, I was in the bridal party. He put me up for three nights in hotel/house, wedding didn't cost me a penny. House that was rented for the weekend was stocked with food etc. His Dad brought us all out for a meal and drinks.
    I gave him €300 and that was me going to the wedding on my own.

    Gave the sis €500 for hers. But that's because I happen to be in a place where I can afford that. With family it's what you can afford. Not what's socially acceptable in my book.

    Mate above never ever seen me stuck when we were in college scraping by. Sorta feel I should have given more considering all that was laid on for me at the wedding etc but sure I'll get him again, bite to eat, few pints etc, be grand.

    First they came for the socialists...



  • #13
    wazky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭wazky


    A kettle, but cut the plug off and remove the fuse.

    Then for each of the newlyweds next birthdays they get a plug and the fuse.


  • #14
    tomboylady
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 309 ✭✭tomboylady


    €500 to a sibling for their wedding??!


    I love being an only child.


  • #15
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    €150 for a single, €200 for a couple is the going rate around my area.

    Top tip for saving money in a rural area; fall out with all your neighbours.


  • #16
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,234 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    stunmer wrote: »
    €500 me hoop!

    I already have 7 weddings to go to next year. I can't afford €3,500 on weddings. That's without including travel, accommodation, stag /hen.

    You have 7 brothers/sisters getting married next year???


  • #17
    wazky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭wazky


    CJC999 wrote: »
    You have 7 brothers/sisters getting married next year???

    How are two brothers going to marry the same sister?


  • #18
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,533 ✭✭✭SV


    Fûck that wedding present shîte, ya get invited to something and it's meant to be a privilege. These days you get invited to something and you're screwed because of how much you spend on the presents. 500? Gway.


  • #19
    Aint Eazy Being Cheezy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,634 ✭✭✭Aint Eazy Being Cheezy


    I get tanked up on whiskey and cocaine and act like such a nuisance that nobody even remembers that I didn't leave a present.

    And the happy coincidence is that I get invited to fcuk all weddings.


  • #20
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    What is the average cost per head for a hosting a wedding?


  • #21
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,533 ✭✭✭SV


    WikiHow wrote: »
    What is the average cost per head for a hosting a wedding?

    About 50.


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  • #22
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    SV wrote: »
    About 50.
    OK so for a couple going to a wedding giving 150 euro is really only giving 50 euro present.


  • #23
    PhlegmyMoses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,906 ✭✭✭✭PhlegmyMoses


    WikiHow wrote: »
    OK so for a couple going to a wedding giving 150 euro is really only giving 50 euro present.

    Trollololololol


  • #24
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 56,569 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    WikiHow wrote: »
    €500 say if from a couple.

    500 quid on a wedding present?

    Some people are mugs.


  • #25
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 56,569 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    WikiHow wrote: »
    OK so for a couple going to a wedding giving 150 euro is really only giving 50 euro present.

    So what if it is? It's a gift, if the bride and groom have some sort of minimum requirement they expect of their guests then they should probably just stick a ticket price onto the invitation - would be much more effective.

    "Come to our wedding, only 100 euro each. Or why not take up our family deal, 2 adults and 2 children for only 250 euro! Drinks not included, gift still required."


  • #26
    looking_around
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭looking_around


    Wow @ 500.

    No one forces the bridal couple to pay x per head. Its a choice they make, if they're expecting to get the wedding paid for through 'gifts' from people they invite, for shame. They should invite because they want you there, not for you to pay your 'ticket' to their wedding.

    Now, its family, how about getting them something they need /like? Relative to what you can afford. If you can save a small bit til the wedding, do..but if you can't fcuk it and get them they're favourite drink, vouchers to a restaurant etc.


  • #27
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    awec wrote: »
    So what if it is? It's a gift, if the bride and groom have some sort of minimum requirement they expect of their guests then they should probably just stick a ticket price onto the invitation - would be much more effective.

    "Come to our wedding, only 100 euro each. Or why not take up our family deal, 2 adults and 2 children for only 250 euro! Drinks not included, gift still required."
    Im only saying it is nice to cover the cost of being fed and watered for the day out and give some extra as a present then, dont be getting yer primarks in such a twist, if people are so mean they should not go to weddings.


  • #28
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,533 ✭✭✭SV


    WikiHow wrote: »
    OK so for a couple going to a wedding giving 150 euro is really only giving 50 euro present.

    So what you're saying is when guests are invited to something like a wedding, really what they're asking is 'come to this formal event and bring a present for us. Thanks'
    Wedding presents are such awful bullshîte and the fact people put a minimum price on them is even worse.


  • #29
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 56,569 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    WikiHow wrote: »
    Im only saying it is nice to cover the cost of being fed and watered for the day out and give some extra as a present then, dont be getting yer primarks in such a twist, if people are so mean they should not go to weddings.

    There's nothing mean about it.

    If couples need money from their guests to cover the cost of their wedding then they are both stupid and ignorant.

    The politics around weddings here drives me crazy. I can't be fcuked with it at all. To me you invite people you want to spend your day with, not people you think will bring some cash with them. If every guest turns up with nothing then so be it.


  • #30
    dark crystal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,962 ✭✭✭✭dark crystal


    WikiHow wrote: »
    Im only saying it is nice to cover the cost of being fed and watered for the day out and give some extra as a present then, dont be getting yer primarks in such a twist, if people are so mean they should not go to weddings.

    Back in the real world, not everyone can afford to spend €500 on a wedding present. It's not about meanness, it's about means.

    Thankfully, my family members wouldn't judge me for not giving them two weeks wages as a present, nor would they expect it.


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  • #31
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    I don't think the main objective of having a wedding is to make money, people like to give money instead of toasters and George foreman's as they can purchase what they need for their new home and maybe pay back the costs of the wedding but what is wrong with that.


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