Should You Get Dressed Up? Zoom Wedding Etiquette That’s Still Unclear - Page 4

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Do you send a gift?

WeddingWire reports that on average, wedding guests spend between $75 and $200 per gift for the couple. I was always taught that the gift should help offset the couple’s cost of the wedding, so if I knew they spent about $75 a plate per guest, I should give them a gift worth at least $75 for me, or $150 if I brought a plus-one. But if you go by that rule, what do you do when you’re not physically present for the event? If part of the gift is the “cost of admission” to enjoy the food, DJ, and open bar…what happens when there are none of those things? When we got married on Zoom, we didn’t expect gifts from anyone except for our parents, siblings, and grandparents (if we’re being honest). The most immediate family probably shouldn’t change the size of their wedding gift, since their gift for an IRL wedding wouldn’t have depended on the event, either. As for other guests who watched on Zoom, we were pleasantly surprised to receive a handful of $50 or $100 gift cards but truly did not expect it. If you had a Zoom wedding and were disappointed in how little of your registry was filled, you can visit RetailMeNot’s Spring for Savings event from March 3 to March 7. The company is offering discounts on the hundreds of items that sat on unfulfilled registries during the pandemic.