Is It Rude to Ask Wedding Guests for a Minimum Cash Gift

Photography
Flowers
Entertainment
Travel

 

Decorations

are all included.

For many couples, cash gifts feel far more useful than traditional household items.

Instead of receiving duplicate kitchen appliances or decorative pieces, they may prefer money to help with:

Wedding costs
A honeymoon
A first home
Starting married life with less debt

From a practical point of view, the reasoning is understandable.

 

However, what makes sense financially does not always fit neatly with etiquette.

What Traditional Wedding Etiquette Says About Gifts

Traditionally, wedding gifts were never supposed to act as a “fee”