Locked card box- tacky or practical?

I'm thinking of going with a locked box as well. I don't think anyone would steal, but then again it's better to be safe than sorry after hearing some horror stories.

I’ve seen locked boxes plenty of time. They sell some very pretty ones made for weddings. I will be having one as well due to some untrustworthy family members

I wouldn’t be offended. With the group of people we’re inviting to our wedding, I’m doing to have one on mine simply because someone would get the idea to hide it at the end of the night when everyone is drunk and wouldn’t remember what they did with it and we’d never see it again.

I think it depends on how big is your wedding. Our wedding is 45 guest and they are all close fam and friends that we trust. If you have a big wedding in a big venue, I think is smart for you to add a lock to it. You may disguise the lock with flowers or a ribbon to not make it so obvious. If your gut is telling you to add a lock, then go for it.

This is actually advised on here to do so, or at least have a card box that is difficult to get into. Even if you have a small wedding, you don't know the servers and all the other vendors who will be around all day. You'll never know if Aunt Gretchen gave you that $200 cash. . .and you can't ask her about it.

Go ahead with it.

I wouldn’t get a lock on it

I say go for it!

Its practical. We didn't like the set-up for the ones that we found so we are using an old mailbox. Repainted it after we had it sealed with just a slot for them to be able to slide the cards into it. If you are worried about the lock there are some reasonably priced options that have hidden locks on the bottom that your guests wouldn't see unless they were trying to get into it.

We had a large tiered card box that I made. It wasn’t locked but was large enough that nobody could just grab it. They would have had to take it apart. Definitely not tacky! It’s better to be safe than sorry.

I’ve personally never seen that before, but wouldn’t be offended by one either, it’s inderstandable

I think it's a safer option. After hearing about some horror stories, doing the same.

I don't think it's tacky, you're safeguarding yourself from potentially uncomfortable discussions if cards go missing. If any guests ask you can lie and say it was recommended by your venue - ours actually has cameras on our gift table throughout the night as a CYA kind of thing.

I haven't gotten that far in planning, but def something to think about. You never know who may walk by and snatch up a couple cards!

Hii I don’t think it is my maid of honor was the first one to tell me to get one with a lock , we will be having 100-140 guest it isn’t that we don’t trust our family and friends is that their will be dj and it’s mic person also videographer photographer and a few servers also the bartender that’s who you want to keep the wedding box locked for lol so defiantly go for it !!

I had never thought about this, thank you for the post.

I plan to do one as well. They sell really pretty almost fake locks on Etsy! I’m not worried about any guests but It’s better to be safe than sorry!

If we weren't inviting people who are bringing plus ones that we probably won't know, then we probably wouldn't get a card box with a lock on it.

We’re going to get a locked box. But in our culture all the wedding gifts are monetary so that’s why we will be making sure it’s locked

If you're worried about people seeing the lock, they do make covers that go over the entire box and hide the lock