The Perfect Timing: When To Send Wedding Gifts

Traditionally, wedding gifts are delivered in the three months before to three months after the wedding. However, many experts agree that guests should aim to get their presents delivered to the couple within three months of the big day. It's a nice gesture to send your gift promptly and even before the wedding day itself. Punctuality plays a big role in proper wedding gift etiquette.

Before the wedding

Traditionally, wedding gifts are delivered in the three months before to three months after the wedding. However, many experts agree that guests should aim to get their presents delivered to the couple within three months of the big day. While this is a recommendation, it's a nice gesture to send your gift promptly and even before the wedding day itself. It's also considered good manners to send the gift as close to the wedding as possible.

The best practice is to send the wedding gift before the wedding, according to etiquette expert Cheryl Seidel. If you don't get around to sending it beforehand, one-to-two months afterwards is ideal. However, punctuality plays a big role in proper wedding gift etiquette. It's also important to note that the digital world is much more fast-paced now, and you should aim to have your gift delivered by the three-month mark. This allows the couple to get their wedding thank-you notes out within six months of the wedding.

It's also important to remember that giving what you can is a kind gesture, but doing so in a timely manner will make your present that much sweeter. If you're flat broke or have other extenuating circumstances, it's better late than never. It's better to gift late than never to gift at all, according to Jacqueline Strum, founder of ThirstyNest, the first wedding registry for wine and spirits.

Within one month

Etiquette experts recommend that you send a wedding gift within one month of the wedding. This is considered to be the ideal time to send a gift, as it allows the couple to get their thank-you notes out within six months of the wedding.

Traditionally, wedding gifts are delivered in the three months before to three months after the wedding. However, many experts agree that guests should aim to get their presents delivered to the couple within three months of the big day.

Punctuality plays a big role in proper wedding gift etiquette. Giving what you can is a kind gesture, but doing so in a timely manner will make your present that much sweeter.

If you don't get around to sending the gift beforehand, one-to-two months afterwards is ideal. It's better late than never, but it's best to send a gift within one month after the wedding, two months tops.

Within three months

Traditionally, wedding gifts are delivered in the 3 months before to 3 months after the wedding. However, many experts agree that guests should aim to get their presents delivered to the couple within three months of the big day. While this is a recommendation, it's a nice gesture to send your gift promptly and even before the wedding day itself. It allows the couple to get their wedding thank-you notes out within six months of the wedding. Other experts agree that it's polite to send your gift as close to the wedding as possible. Punctuality plays a big role in proper wedding gift etiquette. It's traditional and the best practice to send the wedding gift before the wedding. If you don't get around to sending it beforehand, one-to-two months afterwards is ideal. Seidel says that for this reason, it's best to send a gift within one month after the wedding, two months tops. Peggy Post, director of the Emily Post Institute, agrees: "One year is actually really long. Try sending the gift as close to the wedding as possible. It’s good manners," she told HuffPo.

One-to-two months after

Cheryl Seidel, an etiquette expert and the founder and president of RegistryFinder.com, writes that if you don't get around to sending a wedding gift before the wedding, one-to-two months after the wedding is ideal.

Peggy Post, director of the Emily Post Institute, agrees that one year is too long to send a gift. She says that it's best to send a gift within one month after the wedding, two months tops.

Lizzie Post, etiquette expert and co-host of Emily Post's "Awesome Etiquette" podcast, tells CNBC Make It that today's digital world is much more fast-paced and that now, you should aim to have your gift delivered by the three-month mark.

Seidel says that for this reason, it's best to send a gift within one month after the wedding, two months tops. Post agrees: "One year is actually really long. Try sending the gift as close to the wedding as possible. It’s good manners".

Post says that it allows the couple to get their wedding thank-you notes out within six months of the wedding. Other experts agree that it's polite to send your gift as close to the wedding as possible.

As close to the wedding as possible

It's traditional and the best practice to send the wedding gift before the wedding, but if you don't get around to sending it beforehand, one-to-two months afterwards is ideal. Experts agree that it's polite to send your gift as close to the wedding as possible. Punctuality plays a big role in proper wedding gift etiquette. Traditionally, guests have up to a year after the big day to send a gift, but many experts agree that guests should aim to get their presents delivered to the couple within three months of the big day. While this is a recommendation, it's a nice gesture to send your gift for the couple promptly and even before the wedding day itself. When it comes to knowing the proper etiquette for wedding gifts, giving what you can is a kind gesture—but doing so in a timely manner will make your present that much sweeter.

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