Wedding Chaos recently surveyed 500 wedding couples and discovered that a staggering 54% would ask for money, or gift cards, as a gift rather than presents. This shift has arisen as many more couples are choosing to live together for a number of years before they eventually tie the knot. As they already live together they are often in a situation where they already have everything they need, and would prefer to ask for money rather than presents, which can be combined to perhaps pay for the honeymoon, or contribute to moving house or simply to save in preparation of starting a family.

Giving the bride and groom money as a wedding present is common practice in countries such as China, Japan and Italy. In Poland, Cyprus, Greece, and the Philippines it involves the bride performing a ceremonial ‘money dance’ whereby guests are encouraged to pin money to either her wedding dress or veil. It seems that giving money as a wedding present, although viewed by some as a faux pas, this is a practice which is very much embraced by others across Europe and Asia.

We’ve had discussions about this in our forums already here and here.

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