Cash Wedding Gifts

There are even websites today that let guests contribute cash wedding gifts that help fund the new couple's honeymoon.

Also, because the couple may have already built up some credit card debt to get their everyday household necessities, cash gifts are a lot more needed than the new fancy blender, although couples are still signing up with gift registries and choosing items that they normally wouldn't purchase for themselves otherwise.

Cash however would help couples start saving to get a larger apartment or put a downpayment on a house, but most couples haven't thought of a polite way to outright ask for money.

But there are some serious considerations when thinking about outright asking for cash wedding gifts let alone any gifts at all.

How your guests could react
While younger people will most likely understand your reasons, friends of the parents and grandparents might not feel as easy about the idea. Some people of the older generation would still like to give a traditional gift that they feel the couple would enjoy unwrapping, while some guests might think they're being asked to pay to attend the wedding.

Even writing "cash wedding gifts preferred" or anything that has to do with gifts at all on wedding invitations is against wedding etiquette as, again guests may think they're being asked to pay for their attendance.

Get family and friends to spread the word
If guests call to ask about gifts, the couple's family and friends explain the couple's preference of getting cash instead of traditional gifts.

So even though they are registered with a department store registry, it alleviates possibly offending anyone by giving guests the option.

Some guests may feel perfectly comfortable with writing out a check or putting some green bills in a wedding card, while others may put some cash in a card while still purchasing a traditional gift from the registry for the couple to unwrap.

Set up a wedding website
A convenient and modern way to request cash wedding gifts is to set up a wedding website. Make sure the site includes practical and interesting things about the wedding such as directions from different locations your guests will be driving from, hotel and other accommodations while they're in town and other little tidbits about the area and the couple.

This is a very subtle way to include something about gifts without offending anyone. Links to the gift registries can be included on the site as well as some of the wishes of the bride and groom for what they would be spending any cash gifts on.

There are also some banks and credit unions that now assist couples by collecting cash gifts. Check your local area to see what's available and be sure to ask about any restrictions, start up or transaction fees that may be involved.

As always, be realistic and hold on to your common sense. If you're going to be asking for cash wedding gifts because you really need the money, you don't want to host a $50,000 event and then try and claim you're broke afterward.

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