{"id":38649,"date":"2011-11-22T00:01:44","date_gmt":"2011-11-21T13:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/articles\/cash-the-wedding-gift-of-choice\/"},"modified":"2021-11-10T04:41:32","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T17:41:32","slug":"cash-the-wedding-gift-of-choice","status":"publish","type":"au-article","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/articles\/cash-the-wedding-gift-of-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Cash, the wedding gift of choice"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Elissa Doherty (Herald Sun, 22\/11\/11)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n WEDDING guests can have their cake and eat it – but now, they may have to cough up for the meal. <\/strong><\/p>\n Adrian Bartos and fiance Caitlyn Watson have asked close friends to give vouchers or cash instead of traditional wedding gifts. Picture: Darren Tindale Herald Sun\n Brides and grooms are increasingly asking guests to show them the money, with cash gifts and contributions to wedding costs replacing traditional presents.<\/p>\n The trend is even extending to the engagement party, with many modern couples choosing dollars over presents.<\/p>\n The shift is being driven by couples living together before marriage, lack of cash, and newlyweds wanting help with a house deposit or renovations.[ew-supplier-carousel]<\/p>\n Wedding websites offer ideas to diplomatically phrase the money question, and online wishing wells are mushrooming.<\/p>\n But while a tactfully worded invite can barely raise an eyebrow, wedding planners warn there’s a fine line in the etiquette stakes.<\/p>\n