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Cash for our close friends & family. Registry gifts for coworkers.

I do both. Sometimes I see nice things on their registry that add up to the amt I intend to give, so I'd get them that. We live in the Northeast and we give $300 for the both of us.

Cash! They can take it on their honeymoon!

And I think how much depends on where you live, but we always give around $50/person, so between Hubs and me, we give $100.

Who's wedding?
$150 is a good amount, especially since you don't have to travel. If it was family, maybe more?

I voted registry but then saw your update. Definitely cash!

Holy balls, you all are awesomely generous! The average for our circle is around $50 total (whether cash or a registry gift). Older couples have us around $100. I'd like to receive cash, but would probably give off the registry (though not with $600 items...).

Registry.

Registry for bridal shower, cash for the wedding! Amount depends on how close we are to the couple.

Rule of thumb for me has always been registry for the shower, cash for the wedding

@KelLeeLeee: yep, me too.

eta: amount totally depends on how close they are to us. We've given less than a hundred to close to 1k. We also received that range for our own wedding.

We do cash if the couple has to travel or registry gift if not.

And we usually do around $50 - but we live in the midwest and it's cheap.

We always do cash for the actual wedding.

I'll do registry for a shower but a check for a wedding. The amount depends on a lot of things - how close we are to the couple, whether or not we had to spend money to travel to the wedding, and frankly, how much we can afford to spend at the time.

I think this is kind of a regional thing. I always give registry gifts. The vast majority of the gifts we received were registry gifts too, but I know a lot of places cash is the norm.

I always do registry for a shower, cash for a wedding. These days, if myself and my husband are both attending the wedding, we give $300.

Cash. Anywhere from 150-250 depending on how close we are to the couple.

My order of gifts usually goes registry, non-registry if I don't like anything on registry. My favorite non registry gifts are spice crates from a spice house, hand knit afghan, or something personal to the couple. At last resort, I'll give cash. We're invited to my cousin's overseas wedding. We can't go but keep asking my aunt about cash gifts. She still hasn't given us a definitive answer on sending money since they're residing there permanently.