Max Cost of Registry Item

I think it's okay to put higher priced gifts on your registry, just make sure you have lower priced items as well. Any time FH and I put something more expensive, I do have a harder time with it but FH points out that people are going to be willingly buying gifts. No one is going to buy you something for $300 if they can't afford it. If they buy you a higher priced item it's because they want to, and as others have pointed out people might go in on gifts together. Just be okay with the fact that you won't get everything you want and you'll be totally fine.

@Leah I know - I'm dying to use it but I need to find some really great recipe first.

As long as all of your registry items aren't $400, it's ok. I know someone who registered for $600 per place setting fine china. At her friend's bridal shower, no one got her anything other than gift cards to Neiman Marcus so she could put that toward it. For her wedding, my mom and I gave her something off registry that we knew she would love (she and I were in the hospital together when we were babies and grew up as neighbors). Just be sensitive to several price points and you'll be fine.

Lots of people like to do group gifts so I say put it on! Plus most places offer discounts on registry items not purchased, so you can get it after the shower at a discount with any grift cards or cash you receive.

On the meal cost gift pricing: There is a weird etiquette "myth" (for lack of a better word) that the gift you give should cover the cost of your plates. So if it's just you, average $100 for the gift. If you're a family of 4, you should give a $400 gift.

It's not at all a proper etiquette rule though. Guests give what they can afford, and the couple provides a meal they can afford, and the registry can include a range of gifts from small to large.

I think it's ok to put some large ticket items like vacuum cleaners on your registry. Just make sure that you don't have a registry full of expensive items and have a good range of prices.

I wouldn't side-eye a vacuum since they tend to be expensive and are usually bought as a group gift (my bridesmaids got us our vacuum). I do side eye things like $200 butter dishes though, because that's just complete nonsense to me.

I think it's important to have a wide range of gifts in terms of prices because not everyone will be able to afford the same things. Furthermore, I agree with that multiple guests might want to go in on larger priced items. We registered at MyRegistry.com and were really pleased with the site. We were able to add individual items from different stores so we had a nice variety in terms of pricing. I highly recommend it!

The place I registered for my first wedding offered a discount to "complete" the registry for things you didn't receive off the registry. There was a large-ticket item I was already saving for in the store, so I put it on the registry so I could get the discount afterward.

I think it's fine as long as you have a good price range for every budget. If you only have a few higher dollar items like that there's nothing wrong with it. I think the most expensive thing on ours is a stand mixer. Some people like to do a group gift, some people are very generous and decide to buy an item like that on their own, and if no one buys it then you should get a completion discount on it from the store since it's on your registry. So I say go for it!

I agree with pp's. It all depends on your crowd. 75% of our gifts are under $50. There's a few from $50-$100, and only things like our knife set, bedding, and pan set are $100-$200.

If you go through target for a registry, you get 15% off anything that was not purchased. So even if your guests don't buy it, you can get a discount and buy it yourself!

We have a wide variety of guests so we have everything from $10-400. Some are wealthy and the rest are mid-upper middle class. A few of my family members are lower-mid middle class. You have to know your guests and consider what they can afford and your relationship with them. If someone doesn't buy it off your registry you often will get a discount on it after the wedding.

We have already received a few wedding gifts. A $2000 sectional couch, an $80 Simple Human garbage can and $100 for wine glasses/wine carafe/martini glasses.

The couch and the $100 gift were a surprise to us because we didn't expect those guests to be able to gift much. You just never know!!!!!

Put it on the registry! Number 1 reason - most places give you a discounts on items on your registry after the wedding. You can always use wedding money or gift cards towards it! That's what we did to get our vaccuum. Secondly, you may be surprised how much close friends and family will spend, or a group may go in on an item together.

So far my most expensive item is $100 I think. I don't want anyone to spend more than that. I really don't need anything and would be perfectly fine without any of it.

If anything, if your registry offers a completion discount, you can buy it with the discount if you don't get it!

We put some high ticket items on our registry (such as a Roomba) because Bed Bath and Beyond has the 20% off coupons and has the registry completion. We figured if no one got it for us, then we would get it for a discount. Or if people wanted to go in for a group gift, they could.

As long as you have a good variety of price points, I don't think a $400 vacuum is unreasonable.

We registered for a $499 vacuum and it was bought already, by my mom. But it was on sale black friday for $299 so she wasn't passing that up.

Also a "know your crowd" kind of thing too.

I know it's not totally the same, but when I registered for my baby shower I had a couple high ticket items (car seat, stroller, etc.) in the $200-$300 range. I also had many lower cost items because I didn't think we'd receive the expensive stuff.

Fast forward to the shower, and we received all the big items we registered for, from groups of family and friends. One aunt even complained that all the big items were bought too fast and she wished I had more "big" items.

So I definitely think it's okay to have a couple "stretch" items for family and friends who want to be extra generous, along with lower cost items as well.

I registered for a $350 kitchen aide mixer, and I have some family split the cost and go in on it together. Add stuff, people will either buy it, go in with others or they won't.

At many showers I've been too, a group of aunts, siblings, friends, etc will often give the couple one of the bigger gifts together. Also, if no one buys it, you can buy it for yourself with the completion discount you will get on your registry items. You shouldn't have all high priced items but a few isn't bad