Will people bring gifts to the wedding?

Yes they will, whether you have a registry or not.......

Im assuming that since we arent registered, that people wont know what to buy. Therefore will just leave a card. Thats what I would figure...

Really? We already have a house/kids.. the whole deal, so we really dont want gifts.

They will still bring gifts even if you did not register. Some people just have a hard time bringing only a card and will probably get frames or some kind of crystal items.

Well, you can have your family spread that by word of mouth, but people don't always think the same way about this.....

People will still bring gifts. It doesn't matter. You don't register for your birthday and/or Christmas and receive some gifts, correct? Same is true here.

We're not registering either and I'm having a bridal luncheon, not a shower. The only reason I'm having that is because my MOH insisted. It will only be my Mom, FI's Mom, Grandmothers, sister, FSIL and my girls.

We didn't register anywhere either. Most people only brought a card (some with gifts cards enclosed). Our only gift at the reception? A four-pack of Guinness (with hearts and our names/wedding date Sharpie'ed on it) left on our 'gift table'. Our photographer took a picture of it (alongside my husband's guitar). Ended up being one of our favorite pics! I think it depends on who you invite though. We only had our immediate family and VERY closest friends, so they all knew us, and knew we didn't need anything. :-)

Yes, people will bring gifts. i'd have your moh, mother, etc spread the word.

It really just depends on your crowd. Some crowds bring cash automatically and others bring physical gifts.

We had a small, traditional registry and never said anything about preferring cash over boxed gifts. We only got one boxed gift at the wedding. Everyone else either shipped the gift to our home, or gave us cash/gift cards in the card box.

I would think you should probably be prepared to get at least some gifts.

We didn't have a registry and didn't want gifts (or cash) so assumed no one would bring anything. Boy were we wrong. Got a ton of cards with cash and a few people brought actual gifts. Since we didn't have a gift table or card box, they started to leave it on the place card table in the cocktail hour space. Thank God the staff at the venue was honest and our wedding coordinator took care of making sure everything was properly stored in our suite.

LESSON: Make sure you have a plan in place for handling all gifts (be they monetary or otherwise).

Have you thought about asking people as a gift to just donate to a assocation of your choice (i.e breast cancer, autism, etc.)

I think our guests know us well enough to not do it. They know I dont want tacky picture frames and I dont like dishes. But I guess ill spread the word.

We didn't register and we received gifts at the wedding and through the mail. We had lots of them and I must admit, the checks we got helped us to do more things on our honeymoon.

I want cash, for sure! I just dont want items. We need nothing as far as gifts go. Ill take the cash to reimburse us for the wedding!

Most weddings I shoot there is really only a handful of gifts. Some people just don't like to give cash or a gift card, they want something for you to open, or it was $15 because all they could afford is $20 & under. Id rather buy a gift instead of putting in a $20 if I were in that situation of having budget constraints. You know what I mean. Id feel cheesy giving just a $20. I personally like to DIY and find unique gifts anyone would love even when they have "everything" already.

hell I cant even get that out of my family, my mom wants us to "open" presents! lol

The only thing the lack of registry will do is that you will get more random gifts than usual. But people still want to give a gift, and not everyone is able and/or willing to give cash.

You will definitely get cards, and probably some gifts. Some people like to give you something to open, and some just assume they know what you need.

For example, when I graduated from college my aunt gave me a full set of silverware. It (a) didn't make sense for a graduation present and (b) was unnecessary as I'd been living on my own for three years and had my own, relatively new silverware. That same aunt also gave me lilac colored fleece sheets for Christmas, even though I live in North Carolina where winter barely exists... but that's beside the point.

It's safe to assume that you will get some gifts -- be it a pleasant surprise (like a great crystal vase) or something totally unnecessary (like snowman salt and pepper shakers). You should have a gift table and a designated person to take care of them when the reception is over.

We are having a gift table with card box set up on it. We don't expect most people to bring gifts since 80% of our list is OOT but will probably be getting cards because those can fit in a suitcase.

We chose not to have a registry. We had lived together for two years and did not need any of the traditional gifts. Also, DH hates gifts...he always feels he needs to keep them, but hates clutter. All of our decor is very simple and we are pretty particular about it.

To let our gusts know, we listed it on our website and spread it by word of mouth that we did not want any gifts. We stated that their presence on our day was gift enough.

We had a small wedding, under 40 people, including kids. In the end, we got a few cards, a couple with cash. It was nice, and unexpected. We were glad no one actually bought us anything.