What would you like as a gift if not cash?

Not engaged or married but would definitely prefer cash gifts, or if pushed, a voucher for somewhere, for me to pick bits myself. Presents can be so hit and miss for personal style, colour etc. For example, a friend recently received a wedding present of a v snazzy lamp, it's black and silver, very shiny and modern looking, but their whole house is done in white and pastels, floral, rustic style so it just looks silly and out of place in every room, so it's stayed in its box and was a waste of maybe €100 or so. Same goes with good quality sheets etc, the idea's nice but I think these days people want to pick them themselves. Lots would rather a voucher to pick their own kitchen appliances to go with their kitchen, than get a red kettle off someone and a yellow smeg toaster from someone else.

Engagement presents I think are a whole other category of junk, I guess because people who do buy, rightly don't want to spend a whole lot, it's just a token of about €20 as they know they'll be giving a wedding gift. There always seems to be lots of champagne flute sets (how many different pairs do you need?!) and photo frames. In my own circle of friends, for engagements we've all thrown in a few quid towards a hotel voucher for a break away, so at least they're getting something good, rather than 5 or 6 wee token presents.

Generally I'd rather cash to put to use, than a load of clutter taking up space.