Guests that don’t bring gifts

I may sound rude but I only did actual thank you card for the ones that did give gifts for anyone that didn’t I made a post on fb thanking everyone for attending as well while mingling hubby and I said thank you to everyone.

The reception is your thank you for people attending the wedding. Thank you cards are thank you for a gift.

You only need to send thank you cards to those who actually give you gift/cash. There is no need to send thank you cards to someone that didn't.

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I agree with this. There are some people on here who are very regimented with thank you cards and insist that you send them to all guests however it is your reception that is a ‘thank you’ for guests for their attendance.

We will only be issuing thank you cards (personalised) to guests who give gifts, but in my culture, you don’t come empty handed to a wedding (it is very much frowned upon) so I don’t imagine that we will have many without cards being sent. In my opinion anyway I think the small fortune I’m spending on having top notch food, free flowing drinks and fabulous entertainment is much more of a ‘thank you’ than a card with a generic phrase.

The reception is your thank you for attending the ceremony. So thank you cards are only sent to those who gave gifts, including cash gifts.

Some couples reserve their thank you cards for gift-giving-guests only. But we’re sending a thank you note to everyone who attends our wedding, gift or not. The reason is because FH and I were the ones who selected to have a wedding and spend money on a ceremony and reception (our guests didn’t ask us to do it). We could have easily eloped alone. So I consider our reception to simply be a part of what we planned for our wedding day. However, all of our guests took time out of their lives to travel, stay the weekend and celebrate with us. So our guests’ presence is truly the real present for us (it’s cliche but absolutely true).

Just send thank you cards for gifts!

Thank you cards are for those who brought gifts

No need to send thank you notes to guests who didn't bring gifts

View Quoted Comment That’s what I would do.