Is this weird?

[meltoine]

Good friends of mine are getting married in two weeks in NY, where the groom and I are from. I travelled to NY a couple weeks ago for my grandma's funeral and decided to stay instead of making a second trip for the wedding in such shorter time.

I always give cash for weddings. But I left my checkbook at home in TX. H is TDY so he can't send it to me. Would it be weird if I got them a GC for a weekend at a B&B? It's about the same amount as I would write a check for and I know that they enjoy this sort of thing. In fact, they decided to spend the weekend at a small inn this weekend just for fun, spur-of-the-moment on Friday.

The GC would obviously ot be tied to a specific date, so they can use it when it's convenient for them. Logically, I think it's fine, but I've never given a gift like this before so I just need someone else to tell me that it's not weird or whatever.

[ilovelamp]

Absolutely NOT weird! My best friend got us a couples massage for after the wedding. It was our favorite gift. Much more meaningful and especially after all the stress/excitement of a wedding, it would be nice for them to get away.

Feel free to send one my way too! I need a vacation

[decemberrain]

It's not weird at all! It's actually pretty awesome. Especially because they wont have dates on them, they can just go whenever they feel like a little weekend away.
Great gift idea!

[Deleted]

It's not weird. But, can't you just go to the ATM and put cash in an envelope? That way they won't have to worry about trying to deposit it if she's changing her name (or not) or if they don't have a joint account yet.

My experience is that, unfortunately, gifts like that tend to go unused. The recipient gets busy, or can't find a good weekend, or something comes up, and it never gets used. Cash, on the other hand, will definitely get used!

[brandienee]

I would have loved a gift like that.

[blueshirt2003]

I think it's a good idea.

[Deleted]

I would literally give them cash if I couldn't write a check.

[bigmamma]

I think that is a terrific idea! Would be great to have a PAID getaway waiting in the wings during the first year of marriage.

[basilosaurus]

You can buy a visa gift card in lieu of cash