Monetary Gift On The Invitation

My fiance and I are having this same dilema. We live in the Toronto area and will be getting married in the Philippines this Nov. Obviously we do not want to receive large gifts as we would not be able to bring it back with us on the plane. We were thinking about having "monetary gifts" in our invitations, but I think we may just leave it out. I think the people that will attend our wedding would know better & give a monetary gift.

There should NEVER be mention of gifts of ANY kind on the wedding invitation. Couples who are registered usually put the registry card in the shower invites only. Use word of mouth if you are not interested in material gifts. If you put mention of gifts in the wedding invitation, you will come across as rude and greedy. We all know that people give gifts for a wedding, but they should never be expected. Tell family members and friends, and hopefully the word will get around.

Well put, rude, greedy - not to mention TACKY!!!