What is proper wedding protocol/etiquette for a foreign wedding?
July 29th, 2010
scott p asked:
I am going to a wedding in France in August. We are all Americans and as are the Bride and Groom. The couple wanted to get married in France and invite a very small number of family and very close friends.
What is the proper protocol for gifts? Since we are all making the trip, (including most expenses) are the guests going to France for the actual wedding expected to give a gift? Or in this case, is the gift the fact that we are all making the effort and spending the money to get to France for the wedding?
Please, we need some insight and advice.
Thank you
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I am going to a wedding in France in August. We are all Americans and as are the Bride and Groom. The couple wanted to get married in France and invite a very small number of family and very close friends.
What is the proper protocol for gifts? Since we are all making the trip, (including most expenses) are the guests going to France for the actual wedding expected to give a gift? Or in this case, is the gift the fact that we are all making the effort and spending the money to get to France for the wedding?
Please, we need some insight and advice.
Thank you
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If ii was the bride I’d just be very thankful my friends and family are there.
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If you can afford it have a gift sent to their home before or after the wedding. If you are strapped for cash I am sure they would understand that making the trip was the best you could do. Or maybe a solution to this problem could be getting second copies of the pictures you take and putting together a photo album of the trip. It would be thoughtful, cheap, and would remind the bride and groom that you spent the money and went to France for their special day?!? I don’t know Just a suggestion.
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If the couples are Amercian but only like a weeding in France , it’s easy . Buy gifts before wedding and ask them what they need. If they are French, here is the tip , call them and ask them what a unique gift from US they really need , and hard to find it in France . There are so many things we have but not in France.
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u will probably get alot of answers about how they should just be glad ur there.i know…doesnt help u much
what i would do(and i would do this if they were getting married down the street, never mind a different country), is ask if they had a gift list…this is what people NEED as presents to start a life together, the reason being people ask for things they need, not WANT from a wedding…be the man, do the right thing, if they havent got a list, ask what they want…if they dont know, u choose something……ive been to many weddings and the couple dont give a fuck anyway
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I think your gift is the fact that you are going to France for the wedding. I certainly would not expect gifts too. In fact I think it is very rude for a couple to have a destination wedding and ask people to pay so much in order to be in the wedding party or even to attend the wedding. You’ve spent enough money, Im sure they are not expecting any gifts.