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What is the going rate for wedding gifts these days..
What is a good amount to give to a co-worker, both dh and I are going?
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bluegreen08
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Re: What is the going rate for wedding gifts these days..
$250 is a nice gift. $300 is a generous gift
IMO
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| Posted 10/9/08 3:01 PM |
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HeatherRose
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Re: What is the going rate for wedding gifts these days..
are you talking cash as a gift or an actual present??
depending on how well we know the couple we give any where from $200-$300+ for the 2 of us. (i figure that 200 is the minumim to cover the plates)
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| Posted 10/9/08 3:01 PM |
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2BEANS
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Re: What is the going rate for wedding gifts these days..
Posted by bluegreen08
$250 is a nice gift. $300 is a generous gift
IMO
 WOW.. i had my wedding 2 years ago.. this is not what i got.. oh boy.
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| Posted 10/9/08 3:01 PM |
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2BEANS
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Re: What is the going rate for wedding gifts these days..
Posted by HeatherRose
are you talking cash as a gift or an actual present??
depending on how well we know the couple we give any where from $200-$300+ for the 2 of us. (i figure that 200 is the minumim to cover the plates)
cash.. only known her for a year.. and only work occasionally with her. Im part time and we move around to locations so were not together often.
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| Posted 10/9/08 3:02 PM |
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bluegreen08
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Re: What is the going rate for wedding gifts these days..
Posted by BabySammie
Posted by bluegreen08
$250 is a nice gift. $300 is a generous gift
IMO
WOW.. i had my wedding 2 years ago.. this is not what i got.. oh boy.
I got married < 2 months ago and I'm not saying that's what I got either -- there was definitely a range!
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| Posted 10/9/08 3:03 PM |
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HeatherRose
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Re: What is the going rate for wedding gifts these days..
Posted by BabySammie
Posted by HeatherRose
are you talking cash as a gift or an actual present??
depending on how well we know the couple we give any where from $200-$300+ for the 2 of us. (i figure that 200 is the minumim to cover the plates)
cash.. only known her for a year.. and only work occasionally with her. Im part time and we move around to locations so were not together often.
see its a tough call since you don't know her well. I always try to at the very least cover my plates so that they didn't have to pay for me to be there.
And I got married a year ago and I didn't recieve less then 200 from a couple. and as for a signle person, the lowest we recieved was 150
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| Posted 10/9/08 3:06 PM |
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PumpkinGirl
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Re: What is the going rate for wedding gifts these days..
this is a always a very heated topic over on LIW.. $200 seems to be the minimum as of lately for a couple, though you give what you can or what you personally feel is appropriate. I just got married in July and most common amount we received was $200-$300 from couples (some more, just a handful less)
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| Posted 10/9/08 3:08 PM |
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2BEANS
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Re: What is the going rate for wedding gifts these days..
Posted by HeatherRose
Posted by BabySammie
Posted by HeatherRose
are you talking cash as a gift or an actual present??
depending on how well we know the couple we give any where from $200-$300+ for the 2 of us. (i figure that 200 is the minumim to cover the plates)
cash.. only known her for a year.. and only work occasionally with her. Im part time and we move around to locations so were not together often.
see its a tough call since you don't know her well. I always try to at the very least cover my plates so that they didn't have to pay for me to be there.
And I got married a year ago and I didn't recieve less then 200 from a couple. and as for a signle person, the lowest we recieved was 150
Understandable about wanting to cover plate.. but if shes paying $150.. I cant see expecting people who barely know you to pay $300...
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| Posted 10/9/08 3:10 PM |
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bluegreen08
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Re: What is the going rate for wedding gifts these days..
Posted by HeatherRose
Posted by BabySammie
Posted by HeatherRose
are you talking cash as a gift or an actual present??
depending on how well we know the couple we give any where from $200-$300+ for the 2 of us. (i figure that 200 is the minumim to cover the plates)
cash.. only known her for a year.. and only work occasionally with her. Im part time and we move around to locations so were not together often.
see its a tough call since you don't know her well. I always try to at the very least cover my plates so that they didn't have to pay for me to be there.
And I got married a year ago and I didn't recieve less then 200 from a couple. and as for a signle person, the lowest we recieved was 150
The lowest $$ gift or $$ equivalent we got was a $100 Macys gift card from a family of 5 who attended. The lowest gift we got was a $25 registry item from a groomsman. However, these were all OOTers which is a whole nother ballgame. 
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| Posted 10/9/08 3:10 PM |
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Candy Girl
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Re: What is the going rate for wedding gifts these days..
I would give 200 (for both me & DH) to a co-worker I didn't know well.
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| Posted 10/9/08 3:12 PM |
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HeatherRose
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Re: What is the going rate for wedding gifts these days..
Posted by BabySammie
Understandable about wanting to cover plate.. but if shes paying $150.. I cant see expecting people who barely know you to pay $300...
Well I don't know your financial situation, but $200 is def. a really decent gift. If you think she's paying more and you have more to give, you def. can but I think $200 would be a great gift.
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| Posted 10/9/08 3:17 PM |
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2BEANS
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Re: What is the going rate for wedding gifts these days..
Posted by Snickers
I would give 200 (for both me & DH) to a co-worker I didn't know well.
Thats what im thinking ill do.. 300 I would love to be able to give someone but with money the way it is these days and baby #2 coming.. its not feezable. I hope shes not to upset.
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| Posted 10/9/08 3:17 PM |
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Jenn627
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Re: What is the going rate for wedding gifts these days..
Posted by bluegreen08
$250 is a nice gift. $300 is a generous gift
IMO
I agree...
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| Posted 10/9/08 3:18 PM |
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bluegreen08
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Re: What is the going rate for wedding gifts these days..
For an adult couple, from NY, with no extenuating circumstances, I would say:
< $200 "cheap gift"
$200 -- "standard gift"
$250 -- "Nice gift"
$300 -- "Generous gift"
$300+ "wow, very generous gift"
 (being 100% honest)
Edit: since it's just a co-worker and not family or a close friend, I think $200 or $225 is totally fine.
Message edited 10/9/2008 3:20:27 PM.
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2BEANS
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Re: What is the going rate for wedding gifts these days..
Posted by bluegreen08
For an adult couple, from NY, with no extenuating circumstances, I would say:
< $200 "cheap gift"
$200 -- "standard gift"
$250 -- "Nice gift"
$300 -- "Generous gift"
$300+ "wow, very generous gift"
(being 100% honest)
well looks like im standard.. hey its better than cheap 
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| Posted 10/9/08 3:20 PM |
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ml110
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Re: What is the going rate for wedding gifts these days..
i'm very jaded about this whole thing after we got married 3 years ago. we did not get anywhere near $200 a couple. DHs family is all from western PA- so they had to travel to come to the wedding, PLUS things are SOOO much cheaper out there, so they have no idea what a wedding in NJ costs. we got $ 50 from most of them. whether it was a couple, or a family of 4... $50 seemed to be the average gift. we also got $125 from a NJ family of 6 - 4 of whom were grown children who all had their own jobs, $$, etc... but they didn't give us even their own cards!
we had very very few people cover their plates at ours... and i was fine with it. but even since then i've been jaded about the whole thing...
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| Posted 10/9/08 3:20 PM |
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LaurenExp
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Re: What is the going rate for wedding gifts these days..
$200 to co-workers, not close family, distant friends
$300 to close friends
$500 to close family
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| Posted 10/9/08 3:22 PM |
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bluegreen08
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Re: What is the going rate for wedding gifts these days..
Posted by ml110
i'm very jaded about this whole thing after we got married 3 years ago. we did not get anywhere near $200 a couple. DHs family is all from western PA- so they had to travel to come to the wedding, PLUS things are SOOO much cheaper out there, so they have no idea what a wedding in NJ costs. we got $ 50 from most of them. whether it was a couple, or a family of 4... $50 seemed to be the average gift. we also got $125 from a NJ family of 6 - 4 of whom were grown children who all had their own jobs, $$, etc... but they didn't give us even their own cards!
we had very very few people cover their plates at ours... and i was fine with it. but even since then i've been jaded about the whole thing...
If you read my post above, same thing happened to us. Our NY guests gave one thing, and our OOT guests gave something totally different. I remember opening boxes and thinking a $75 registry gift was generous from 2 adults who were attending. We also got a $100 gift card from a family of 5 (18-21 aged kids) who all attended. I think things are just different in NY
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| Posted 10/9/08 3:23 PM |
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Re: What is the going rate for wedding gifts these days..
Posted by BabySammie
Understandable about wanting to cover plate.. but if shes paying $150.. I cant see expecting people who barely know you to pay $300...
I do not, and never have bought into the whole "cover your plate" thing....a wedding is not a fund raiser, give what you can afford and to be honest, unless I was VERY close with a co-worker, I would decline the wedding invite all together
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| Posted 10/9/08 3:23 PM |
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JC621
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Re: What is the going rate for wedding gifts these days..
Posted by Snickers
I would give 200 (for both me & DH) to a co-worker I didn't know well.
This is what I would give as well. $200 per couple was also the average gift we recieved from co-workers at our wedding this past August.
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| Posted 10/9/08 3:27 PM |
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2BEANS
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Re: What is the going rate for wedding gifts these days..
Posted by Mikismom
Posted by BabySammie
Understandable about wanting to cover plate.. but if shes paying $150.. I cant see expecting people who barely know you to pay $300...
I do not, and never have bought into the whole "cover your plate" thing....a wedding is not a fund raiser, give what you can afford and to be honest, unless I was VERY close with a co-worker, I would decline the wedding invite all together
I know i do wish i did decline now.. but at the time i was very flattered to be invited. When i did my invites to my wedding i was pickie.. i wanted those who i felt were special to me in some way to be there.. so when i get an invite.. i feel they are doing the same.
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MarisaK
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Re: What is the going rate for wedding gifts these days..
Posted by bluegreen08
$250 is a nice gift. $300 is a generous gift
IMO
I agree
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| Posted 10/9/08 3:33 PM |
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Chrisnamy
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Re: What is the going rate for wedding gifts these days..
Posted by bluegreen08
$250 is a nice gift. $300 is a generous gift
IMO
I agree!
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