Engagement Gift List — Share Ideas With Friends and Family

Engagements have no registry tradition, so friends fall back on champagne and vouchers. A short private list answers the question without making gifts feel expected.

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Sam & Jules — engagement drinks

We're not registering for anything big — the wedding is a long way off. If you'd like to mark it, these are small things we'd love.

Good to know

  • Drinks are at ours; bringing anything on the day is completely optional.
  • The picnic set and the photo album are the two we'd use most.

Please avoid

  • Please, no engraved keepsakes with the date.
  • No champagne flutes — we have plenty.

Filter the ideas

Showing 6 of 6 ideas.

  • Photo album with paper prints

    Somewhere to put the ones we actually print · about €35 · Keepsakes

  • Picnic set for two

    Blanket, flask, proper cutlery · about €55 · Outdoors

  • Cocktail-making evening

    A class, the two of us · about €90 · Experiences

  • Weekend cabin night

    Group idea — a night away, not a whole trip · about €150 · Experiences

    Reserved by someone
  • Board game we both like

    Two-player, an hour tops · about €30 · Games

  • Nice olive oil and vinegar

    The kind we'd never buy ourselves · about €22 · Treats

Budgets are illustrative, not shop prices. Your own pages are shared by private link — this sample is public on purpose. Guests can reserve anonymously without an account.

How to make this one work

  1. 1Keep it small

    Engagement gifts are usually modest — a short list of low-cost ideas feels right.

  2. 2Point ahead

    If a wedding list is coming later, say so, so guests don't feel they're giving twice.

  3. 3Two or three favourites

    Mark the ideas you'd love most so people who want guidance have it.

  4. 4Share privately

    Send the link to people who ask rather than posting it with the announcement.

Keep it modest: a handful of small, specific ideas plus one or two experiences you'd love to share — a dinner out, a class, a weekend away. Mark your favourites so people who want guidance have it, and say if a wedding list is coming later so nobody feels they're giving twice.

Share the link only with people who ask, rather than posting it with the announcement. Guests view and reserve anonymously with no account, so the page never turns into a public request. If you want reservations hidden from you, Surprise mode is optional on the paid plans, and group ideas with a target are paid coordination between guests — no money moves through HintGifts.

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