How much should we spend on wedding gifts?

I would give £50? I suppose it's whatever you can afford?

Depending on our financial circumstances at the time of wedding, we try and put £50 in cash (if requested) or get a gift from somewhere between £30-50. I think for friends £50 is more than adequate as a gift!

I've never given cash at weddings where cash is asked for.

I give currency, for wherever they're going on honeymoon. I've done this at the past 3 weddings i've attended and never failed to get a hugely positive response. No one seems to do it, when it's a fairly obvious (I think) idea.

It's just a bit more 'unique' than giving sterling iyswim? Also, the last wedding I went to, they were going to Egypt on honeymoon. It was so lovely to give someone a wad of 500 Egyptian pounds in a card lol (about 50 quid)

We always tend to do £25 if evening guest or £50 if day guest. Obviously if buying a gift it's probably harder to stick to the exact amount but if still work on this basis. I would personally always rather give cash that way the money can be out towards whatever they want. In our case any money received will go firstly towards our photo album (so we have a keepsake) and the rest will go towards our honeymoon. X

The foreign currency is a great idea for the honeymoon couple, thanks for that!

Looks like you've all said £50 for a day guest. Interestingly, my other half also said he thought £50. But he meant for each of us attending - so £100 between us.

Did you guys all mean £50 for both of us?????

I remember my mum telling me that the tradition is to give a gift that as a minimum covers the cost of the meal, knowing that it actually costs the couple a lot more than the meal in payment to the venue owners, with venue hire costs, paying for chair covers, canapes/drinks reception etc. I know that the venues they have booked are at least at the £50 mark (ie. £35 - 45 per head for food, but assuming there will be the wine on top).