How much do couples generally recieve from their wedding envelopes ?

How much do couples generally recieve from their envelopes with a wedding of 150 people, assuming there are about 70 couples? I know this is a touchy subject, we were just thinking about using that money to purchase our wedding photos from the photographer after the wedding. Thanks!

I know people generally give money in the envelopes to cover their meal and drinks for the night, but our parents are paying that portion so we do not need it to pay for that.

I saw a poll of this recently on some site, and many recent brides said that they got a lot of gift cards rather than cash. I have a feeling that with today's economy, buying a gift card allows the giver to put the amount on a credit card rather than dip into the savings account, which in turn allows the guest to put off paying for it a while. Also, with the price of gas and groceries as it is, people are scaling back the amounts they spend on gifts.

It's unfortunate, but don't overspend on your photography in hopes that you will get a minimum amount. It would be better to use whatever cash you do get to order prints later, but make sure you can afford your photographer's fees without the help of gift money.

Many won't even pay enough to "purchase" their food and drinks for your wedding reception. It's for the bride and groom to pay that, not for the guests to pay for themselves.

If you start counting the money before it's in your hand (greedy hand many would say) than you'll find the numbers way off. It's weddings like this that make me go to so few of them now a days. It's not supposed to be how much you can get out of people, it's supposed to be so that people can witness your union. Some won't give you a thing other than their love and support and to witness this (blessed?) affair with you.

Many also have a small, set limit on how much they'll give to the couple. Too many couples come out of the wood work to invite you to their weddings. Hi, we barely know you.. or haven't spoken in years. Please give me money. Nice. NOT.
And don't get me started on long lost relatives!!!!

Don't expect what you hope will cover the food. Don't think about paying for the pictures. If people believe you are looking for money, they'll give you even less of it. People feel more generous with those who aren't asking for it.

I certainly wouldn't count on people covering their plates. How much people give is very much a function of region and circumstance. I live in a big city, and $100 per person ($200 per couple) is the usual; less if the giver is young or struggling. At our recent wedding we got anywhere from $10 (actually, two couples gave no gift at all) to $500. The most common amounts were $50 per couple and $200 per couple. Monetary gifts totalled about 1/3 of the per-plate costs.

i just got married last month. We had a pretty small wedding (no more than 100 ppl). Also the majority of the people there were young (I'm 18 and he's 20) so i didn't really expect to get too much money but in all we got $850. Plus about $200 worth of gift cards. I also got alot of ppl contributing to my college fund lol. I'm sure someone with a large wedding with older guests would receive way more money than that. good luck! Congrats!

Like everyone said , times are tough right now so its probably best not to "expect" anything. I was just at a wedding last weekend for a close friend and for my BF and I we did $150. I would have liked to do more but just didnt have the funds, specially not after buying the plane tickets to get there.
Good Luck= )

We had 85 guests and ended up with about $2,500 total in the envelopes. We mostly got envelopes at the wedding, only one or two gifts.

That was two years when the economy was much better. I usually give $50-100 or so for a wedding, but times are tight right now. They would be lucky to get $30 right now!

We had 245 guests and we received $3,600 plus another $1,00 in gift cards. It depends on where you are and how much people can afford. For us, most aunt and uncles gave us $100, grandparents gave more, and friends gave anywhere from $20-$50. We put a down payment on a new car and bought a new bed. I think we were very lucky for what we received. Also, we never expressed a preference of what we wanted for gifts.

Side Note: We live in MN

We had very few people give cash despite a country club wedding and people with enough means to do so. Most people purchased from the registry and others went out on their own. Look forward to a lot of candlesticks, frames and bowls you will never use. We had 150 guests and got about $1,500 in cash.

There isn't really any way to tell for sure. We had about 260 people at our wedding/reception and received anywhere from $20-$1000 in the enevlopes. Total, we ended up with $6000. Mostly the grandparents gave the most, friends gave the least. I think it depends on what kind of crowd you have coming.

we got about 1300 in checks/cash and about 700 in gift cards.

we only had 60 people though.

most was $50 from friends and $100 from close family friends $200 close family and $500 from grandma :)

I almost posted this before our wedding because I wanted to know too :)

We got alot of gifts too though.

we mostly got stuff of the registry- cash & checks were probly $500 -$800, we didnt really care, cuz usually when $ is given as a gift, it gets spent on bills, etc-we got alot of gift cards, which i really like becuz u can spend it on something u really want

As a whole, we had 120 guests our total was $7,900 in cash and checks (not including actual wrapped gifts and gift cards to dinner/Lowe's/Home Depot/Bed Bath & Beyond). We were very grateful because we know the economy sucks these days.

We didn't register anywhere but we didn't get any cash. We got stuff, plus a few gift cards to specific stores. Don't count on cash these days. You might just get gift cards

The old fashion way is $50.00 per single and $100.00 per couples. But dont COUNT on it..

we had 180 people, we got some gifts like picture frame and stuff, and as far as money, we got a total of $4000

8 years ago I got 14,000, but that was 8 years ago in NYC

We got anywhere from $5.00 - 200.00. We ended up with around ~2000.00 just in money. We had 200 guests or so.

Between $50-100...but keep in mind we are in a recession :)

I think it depends on where you live and how much you are spending on your wedding. Rule of thumb is to cover the cost of the plate. I know no one really ever knows how much their plate costs, but they should have an idea just by where you are having the reception. I know times are hard for a lot of people right now, but they should be able to afford a decent gift. No matter where someone was having their wedding, I wouldn't feel right giving less than $100pp or $200per couple. Using that, you should figure at least $14,000.