No gifts please

Sasanderson13

where would you put no gifts please? On the RSVP card? We are having a destination wedding and guests will already be spending quite a bit.

Sasanderson13

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[QUOTE]where would you put no gifts please? On the RSVP card? We are having a destination wedding and guests will already be spending quite a bit.
Posted by Sasanderson13[/QUOTE]

Thanks!

Simply Fated

I can't tell if you tried to quote Lia and missed or if you wanted to reiterate your question.

So... uhh... yeah.

Putting any mention of gifts anywhere on or near the invitation is a no-no. It shows that you otherwise expected the guests to get you gifts. Because that's not your intentions (I'm assuming it's not because you dont' sound like a gift grabber), I'd def leave mentions of no gifts completely out of the equation.
 If the guest wants to give you a gift, they will, even if you tell them not to. Honestly, putting "no gifts please" or any form of that just makes for awkwardness.

bburkel

We got an invite from FI's cousin for a destination wedding in FL.  They put right on the back of the accommodations card that they are planning on moving back to MN shortly after the wedding and requested that there not be gifts.  I think that almost makes it more awkward, because with us getting married a month after them, we can't attend but feel we should send something acknowledging that it is their wedding.  We'll probably just go with a gift card to someplace locally here in MN, since they are moving back here.