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Wedding Gift Etiquette, You Are Not Going to Believe This One!

June 20, 2013 By Andrew Maxwell 3 Comments

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wedding gift basket

photo by Barry Gray, The Hamilton Spectator

It seems that today everybody is trying to give unique wedding gifts. But what is the proper wedding gift etiquette? Now before we talk about the wedding gift in question, here is part of an actual e-mail that guests of a wedding received from the bride, “I’m not sure if it’s the first wedding you have been to, but for your next wedding … people give envelopes. I lost out on $200 covering you and your dates plate . … and got fluffy whip and sour patch kids in return. Just a heads-up for the future.”

I’m not so sure about you but if I received an e-mail like this, it’s pretty safe to say that I probably wouldn’t be seeing the wedding couple anytime soon.

The gift in question here was a food basket that was put together for two brides getting married in Hamilton, Canada. I’ll admit that the wedding gift in this situation was, perhaps, not one of the better wedding gift ideas out there. Regardless of whether or not it was appropriate gets lost by the reaction of the bride. Simply put, she was rude!

What a Professional Has To Say about Wedding Gift Etiquette

The Toronto Star newspaper reached out to an etiquette coach to get the feedback of a professional. Her reaction to the Toronto Star was, “It’s hard to top that. The wedding is never supposed to be about the gifts. It’s a celebration of the union. You should be grateful that you got a gift and that’s the end of it. You want to preserve the feelings of the giver.”

Here is the link to the full Toronto Star article where you can read more of the back-and-forth e-mails between one of the brides and the wedding guest.

In the same article, the newspaper polled its readers for their reaction. 47% of those surveyed said that the gift was indeed quite tacky. However, when asked who they thought was correct in this situation, 89% said it was the gift giver.

Wedding gift etiquette (unofficially) states that you should give a gift in the range of what you believe the wedding couple are spending on you at their wedding. However, etiquette also states that if the newlyweds are not happy with a particular wedding gift, then they should simply thank the gift giver and then perhaps donate it to a charity. Would you like to have been the wedding planner for this wedding?

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About Andrew Maxwell

Andrew is an entrepreneur who focuses on customer service and is respected for his attention to detail. His hospitality career began in hotels, working his way through various food and beverage positions. From there he excelled in hotel operations, holding several managerial positions including Senior Operations Manager with Canada's largest hotel.

Andrew's financial acumen and his ability to develop and enhance his companies business strategies helped propel his full service destination management company (DMC) into one of the largest databases of online resources for the meetings and events industry in North America.

He has a well established online presence. By networking on the top social media platforms Andrew has developed a large, organic, following.

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