Passing on wedding gifts, millennials prefer cash

New York

WHEN it comes to registering for gifts, a generational sea change has developed, with more and more millennial couples asking their guests to consider holding the gravy ladles and shelving the dishes in favour of gifts of a very different sort.

Young couples are opting instead to register for cash, home-repair gift cards and lavish honeymoon experiences.

"It's a generational thing," said Nina Vitale, who oversees weddings at the Mirbeau Inn & Spa in Skaneateles, New York. "During the past two years, guests have been bringing mostly envelopes, no gifts."

Because so …