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It changes a lot region to region what is typical. Have you been to a wedding in your family or with your friends before? What happened to them is the best gauge for you.
We received only cash except 3 actualy gifts from people who couldnt come and they were mailed.
Money, but DH and I didn't get many gifts at all from most guests that attended.
We had two showers and that's where we got a majority of our gifts (also cash since we were planning a cross country move.
Overall we received way more actual gifts, but out of the gifts at the wedding, it was about half and half (I think we only had 10 actual gifts and we had 170 people at the wedding). Half of our gifts were sent before the wedding and about a quarter of them were sent while we were on our honeymoon, so most people didn't bring anything to the wedding.
We received cash for majority of our wedding gifts. We had 90 guests at our wedding and 5 couples gave us actual gifts(which were given before and after wedding) and another 5 couples gave us gift cards. The rest was cash or cheque! We only put a few things on our registry as we preferred money so we could use it to buy some furniture.
We got mostly cash but I would think many of your guests would realize that you have to travel and send anything bulky ahead of time.
I'm fron NJ and my FI is from MI. When I told him it's traditional that people bring gifts to the shower and money to the wedding he was really confused. I think it's a regional thing. So if you have a lot of people from MI, they might be bringing gifts. :( Best of luck. Do you have anyone who can help you caravan some stuff back over?
I told my FI about your wedding and he said ooh is she getting married at the Grand Hotel, it really is grand. :) Mackinac Island is his fave place in MI. I really have to see it. Sounds like you'll have an awesome setting for your wedding. :D
@Nellular: Most of my family is flying and they are bringing their own luggage because they are vacationing there as well for our weddding. The Grand Hotel is TOO expensive and EVERYTHING has to come from the hotel: cake, flowers, centerpieces, etc. EVERYTHING. For the ceremony you have to spend a minimum of $5,000 there. We are having our wedding at the Island House Hotel. Honestly, I'm biased because I've vacationed on the island growing up, worked on the island, and my family has lived on the island for 200 years, BUT Mackinac is honestly the most beautiful and unique places you will see. I would recommend going and seeing it. It's very laid back and when you visit (especially working there) you realize how simple life is there and theres no real rush and everythings just so slow paced. It's also very romantic (I think if I met my FI OFF of the island we would have NEVER dated, but on the island everything is romantic). There are no cars, horse drawn carriages, bicycles, and walking is the only form of transportation. There are lots of limestone formations and history.
I think we received more checks/money for the wedding. However, we also had a DW both for us and most of our guests. We live in CA, but got married in Boston, and we left on our honeymoon in Europe directly from there. So taking gifts with us or home was just not an option. Not even the checks or cards! We kindly asked all of our guests not to bring anything at all to the wedding. If they wanted to gift us something they could mail it to our place in CA where a friend was bringing in mail and packages for us. Some people brought checks/cards to the wedding and we had to make a point to deposit them immediately and mail the cards back to our place.
In any case, we got more money as wedding gifts and only a few items.
@ashleyyyg: We're actually not registering for gifts. Monetary gifts are usually the norm in my FI's culture.
@ashleyyyg: If people are flying in themselves, I'm sure you can expect more cards and money than merchandise. Oh man the way you describe it makes me want to visit even more. I hear ya on places asking for ridiculous amounts of money for weddings. We are going with a gorgeous barn reception. Everything else was ridiculously expensive. Have fun at your lovely and unique wedding. :)
we had more money than gifts. We had 270 people and I think we received 5 physical gifts
We flew to both receptions, and received mostly cash. A few gifts given to us in person (boo!), a few purchased for pick up where we registered, the rest cash.
I does vary regionally. Here, monetary gifts are the primary gift given at a wedding. The registry gifts are reserved for the shower. We received one actual boxed gift at our wedding, the rest were cards with cash or checks.
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I was wondering whether you received more money or gifts for your wedding (NOT the bridal shower)?
My wedding is a DW for my family and about a 2-5 hour drive for my FI's family and then they need to take a 30 minute ferry ride over to an island where motorized vehicles are not allowed, so its biking and walking. I'm seriously hoping I don't get any gifts for my wedding because we have a 12 hour drive from the wedding to our house. We are also lugging back all of the bridal shower gifts from his family (having a Skype bridal shower) and all of the stuff stuff from our wedding (shepherd hooks, vases, candles, etc) AND our dog (my dog has never been left alone more than a few hours).