The Sneaky Way I Save Money on Wedding Gifts

Ah, yes.  Summertime will be here in a few weeks.  And summertime means wedding season, that glorious time of the year where at least half of our weekends are fully consumed by driving to/sitting at/eating at/drinking at/driving back from weddings.

How I Save Money on Wedding Gifts

And with those weddings come the obligation to give wedding gifts.  Now, if you’re anything like me, you think that the whole notion of giving anything other than cash at a wedding is absurd.

Cash is king!  And on this day the bride and groom are king and queen, so why shouldn’t they get the royal treatment with buckets of cash?

But, of course, the wedding industry being just as commercialized as any other, we have those wonderful wedding registries to deal with.

And even though I think the whole notion of these wedding registries are a tad ridiculous, I’m going to use the system to my advantage.

And how’s that?  By buying at a 10%, 20%, or even 30% discount a gift card from whatever store the happy couple is registered at.

I usually do this at Gift Card Granny.

Say What?

You heard me.  Instead of buying something off the couple’s wedding registry or giving them cash, I give them a $100 – $200 gift card to wherever they’re registered that I bought for 20% off.

So essentially I can give the couple a $200 gift by only spending $160 out-of-pocket.

Sure, it takes a little bit of planning ahead (no last-minute writing of a check in the car before walking into the ceremony), but it’s worth it!

I figure that if I can save $40 per wedding, and if I attend 5 weddings over the course of a year, that’s $200 saved on wedding gifts. Not bad, right?

Below I’ve copied-and-pasted the latest deals as of today.  Note that these discounts fluctuate daily, so what’s on sale today won’t necessarily be what’s on sale tomorrow!