I was wondering- for any of you who are already married, what percentage of your guests gave you physical gifts or ordered off your registry, and what percentage gave cash? I know this may be a regional/cultural thing, but I was trying to get a sense. Thanks!
Re: What percentage of your guests gave physical gifts/registry gifts and what percentage gave cash?
My friend was recently married and they didn't get much cash at all, mostly gifts from their registery.
65% cash
10% nothing
For us:
10% Nothing
60% Registry
30% Cash
Out of 120 guests, we received about 3 gifts from our registry...the rest was all cash. Shocking -, since I love giving china for weddings! Most of the gifts from my registry were given to me at my showers.
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[QUOTE]I got married in Central <strong>PA 80% cash 10% registry 10% non-registry physical gifts </strong>For my shower I got most of the items on my registry, so I'm sure that was a factor for the wedding. Also we are in our 30s and live in a small apt, so I imagine our guests took that into consideration. EDITED TO ADD: W<strong>e got a high percentage of cash and we didn't have a cash registry, nor did we even "spread the word" that we wanted cash. Without us having to do anything most people knew that cash was a good gift and decided to give us money. Which is one of the reasons it boggles my mind that people think they need to create a Paypal account, HM registry, etc in order to get cash.</strong>
Posted by daria24[/QUOTE]
I am in Toronto Canada and it was the exact same for us.
I also fully agree with the below bolded.
We got mostly cash--I wanna say at least fifty to fifty-five cards with various amounts of money inside. We had 84 guests total at the wedding.
In other words, not many people give physical gifts in my area. I did get a ton of registry items at my shower.
50% envelope-based gifts (includes gift cards/cash/checks)
39% Registry Gifts
10% No Gift
1% Outta nowhere physical gifts (heart shaped beer bottle opener, say what?!? lol)