Which is better as a gift -- in kind or cash?

well.. the fact is gifts are good for milder occasions like birthdays and festivities.. while cash would be the adequate one during weddings and stuff which involve grand settings and a lot of money.. you would be remembered for your gifts by a friend, but to a relative you would have to be the one who helped them out in a tight time to be remembered.. enjoy mylotting

On weedings you can buy a gift or give them a cash. If you prefer a cash them can buy what they want. But on weedings traditionally are giving a prize that you are buyed. Example you can buy a babby bed, somthing nice. Weedings is very important on people life, because the weedings steps is important and hard.

For a wedding, if they do not state preference, I would give cash unless I knew the people well enough to choose a personal gift.

Cash so they can buy something they will like if you give gift they might not like it or even use it.

Each has his own advantage and disadvantage. A gift carries a sort of trademark of the giver. How he assessed or cared for the needs or preferences of the recipient is reflected on his gift. There are cases however, that giving in cash is an advantage. Consider this in a wedding, what if the couple would receive 2, 3 or more units of a particular type of household utensil when 1 unit is already sufficient for their needs, what would they do with the extra units? So, maybe the occasion for giving is to be considered.

in every celebration, i prefer kind gift to cash.. if we give cash , they will just spend this and it's GONE.. but if we give as a kind gift, they will always remember that this stuff is from us because it can be gone unless they throw this away..

It's often very difficult to chose a gift, and cash is always welcome. My partner and I are getting married in May, we both have all the stuff we need for the house and we have asked that people give a donation of cash towards a honeymoon.

I think I wouldn't give cash as a present, unless I am making a present for one of my friends (we really prefer gifting cash to each-other). Otherwise, I would buy a gift token of the shop that this person often goes to. For example I've bought a gift token of a clothing shop for my mom's birthday, so she could go and pick a piece of clothing suitable for her.

practically, to stick with the budget, gifts in kind would be preferred. most likely, those kind of gifts are wrapped and will be put on the gifts table at the reception where stressing the obvious about saving doesnt need to be shown. but there's a possibility that by not knowing what the couple wants, items could be doubled. it reminded me of my brother's wedding having 6 wrapped oven toasters! nice... but most of the wedding nowadays indicated in the invitation that cash would be preferred as a gift either because the couple will be staying abroad or already bought the stuff or their new home.with some friends, they combine the money instead so it could go bigger. lately, because of hectic schedules, i go for the latter. :)

I guess I would pick cash. It's more like a tradition from my family. Simply said, cash is better than things they don't need. But I guess if it were for my dear friends, I would give them real prizes as well, not just cash.

Well in that case, it highly depends on the general behavior in that environment. This is because I never heard such statement "we appreciate your gifts but we prefer cash". In my place, people are free to give what they want to give, either money or goods. I am saying this not because I used to give gifts to people. I usually give money, but I never heard of that statement before. Well, maybe this is new experience to me.

It all depends on the occasion. For example, on my niece's one-year-old birthday, I gave her cash as gift, knowing that there are many friends and relatives who would buy her presents and gifts and I wouldn't want to give her the 8th golden foot pendant. If it's my wife's birthday, giving her cash is not going to be special since I have been giving her cash allowance every now and then. I would buy her the ring that she has always wanted or the branded ladies' watch she has been eyeing for quite some time.

hi! i have never liked the gifts in cash- i just don't know why, maybe because it seems like the person really don't care about it and don't wanna waste his/her time to go and buy something. I prefer the present in kind- i want to see it, touch it and unpack it- the feeling is great and has nothing to do with getting some cash as a gift!

giving gift in kind is better than a cash but sometimes it happens that we don't know what to give as a gift so that he or she like the gift then cash is the better choice. But it depends on the occasion in which we are participating.gift is a symbol of love and if we think that someone needs money we can give cash.Some people consider a gift to be a burden and give those things that are of no use in home or the gift they didn't like when they received it. So one should not give a gift to someone that is of no use.

Well I think it depends. If it is a wedding gift I look at if the couple are already living together have their own place or if they are still living at home and are going to be setting up their brand new home together. If say a couple have been living together and have already set up home I prefer to give cash as they have probably got a lot of things that they already need for their home and they can use the cash to put towards something they havnt as yet purchased. If the couple have not set up home yet I would prefer to ask them first if there is anything in particular they need. But in saying that I don't mind the thought of people asking for cash just depends on their circumstances.

If there is no statement a such I always tend to try and find out before hand what a friend or friends may want but also if you want to play it safe by getting something neutral or get vouchers as that they can choose what they want in the long run.

maybe we better to give in kind, why? because, if we give gift cash it's not really memorable, they can buy something like foods or something needs.so if all offer, there is no memorable about the gifts. so, better you gift in kind like clock, ring, or other jewelry.so the people will be remember you when wearing our gifts.. thanks,happy myloting

Well you could always ask them what they would prefer. If i didnt know them very well i would go for cash, kinda need to know what their into or what they need to buy a gift. What i would prefer at my wedding is probably cash, unless there was something specific i needed.

I will give cash for them because it is easier, and also they can use it for something that they really wanted. Instead of purchasing gifts and turns out they dont have much use of it, or maybe they already have it, or maybe the same kind got doubled up from other person as well. Anyways the tradition in my country is that for weddings its better to give cash rather than gifts :) As for christmas and birthdays, well usually I only give to those who are close to me, so for this I would buy a gift. Like for family and friends :)

really have some statement like this wow that is unbelievable .never hear about it but if to choose between both that one i prefer to choose gift than cash ,even valuable gift but will never choose to bring cash , other way i will not go if have some statement like above ,