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Is £50 tight for a close friend's wedding gift?

Am I being tight?Weddings and celebrationsFrom the Vouchernaut deskThursday 29 October

Is £50 tight for a close friend's wedding gift?

Too few votes for a verdict (2 votes)

You're being tight50%
Fair enough50%

2 votes · closed Monday 9 November

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Our note

On 20 October, the Office for National Statistics said regular pay grew 3.7% a year in June to August 2026, or 0.8% after CPI inflation. A wedding gift has to fit alongside a guest's other spending.

I found the clearest guide in the YouGov Big Survey on Weddings. It asked 1,784 UK adults in August 2026 what the right gift amount was. For someone very close, the middle answer was £76 to £100. The full results show 21% chose £50 or less, while 66% chose more. For someone less close, 70% chose £50 or less, and £26 to £50 was the most common range.

The survey also found 68% thought asking for cash was acceptable. A guest may also pay to travel, stay over or attend a hen or stag do. Those costs, as well as how close you are, give the gift figure its context.

What's a fair amount? A close friend's wedding gift: what published surveys found and what readers said at other amounts.