How much should I spend on a co-worker's wedding gift?

You always give what you could afford

If it's a card, it's a card

If it's 50 dollars, then it's 50 dollars, if it's less that is fine

You could always get a gift, you could get more for your money

Sales are wonderful thing, you could get something for 50 dollars on sale for 25 dollars

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Wedding Gift For Coworker

You give whatever you can afford. I'd prob give $40. If they were close friends $50-60, family $100, but work peeps $40 with a nice photo frame that you can get on sale anyway. They don't need to know anything.

Besides you attend the wedding to witness marriage not to worry about if they hate your gift.

They will be grateful no matter what so stick with what you can.

Obviously you shouldn't spend more than you can afford, we don't know how much money you have to spend and there really isn't a gift minimum. I'm sure they would be grateful for anything, and if they're not then who cares lol. If you are worried about coming across as rude for only giving a small amount then you can get them something small and personalized. One of our friends had a small wooden box made with our photo on the top from snapfishes website, I had another made for another friend because I loved it so much and put a g.c. inside. I think total it was under $20 and one of my favorite gifts. You can do a lot with personalization, Things Remembered can engrave their names on about anything, they have some cute gift ideas, or you can pull a photo of them off Facebook (if they have one) and have something made. With a little prep you can get a nice custom gift and not have to drop a lot of money.

First, it has absolutely nothing to do with what they're spending on food. The only rule on this, if there is one, is you give what you can comfortably afford and/or what you want to give to people who are closer to you.

If a $20 gift card works for you, then give it. And that would be true if it was a formal wedding or a backyard barbecue. Nobody should ever cringe as they buy a wedding present!

I would give them $35 to $40 in cash - I would not buy a gift card. I believe that GC are a pain in the *$$, and that they require the recipient to shop/go to places that aren't of their choosing. In fact they might hate the place. I hate to shop at Target, for example, and avoid it like the plague.

Also, since the monetary amount you're going to give them isn't that much (which is fine, don't get me wrong) - it really limits what they can buy - and further dilutes the gift. I find it far better to give them the cash, that way they can use it for their honeymoon or for a tank of gas to get to the honeymoon.

If it were me, I might suggest to my coworkers that you should all go in on a gift together, to give something more substantial.

If you are purchasing a gift yourself, even $20-$30 would be fine.

If you choose to give a gift (which is actually optional) you may give whatever you wish. It has nothing to do with "paying them back" for the cost of your attendance at the reception. The reception is supposed to thank the guests for attending/witnessing the ceremony so you don't need to pay them back for what is supposed to be their gift to you.

I think for a good co-worker's wedding, $80 will be better.

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