Poles do not accept invitations to weddings. They cannot afford to attend.

Due to the high prices and rising costs of living, 40% of Poles are giving up on attending weddings organized in the spring. In turn, every third person will refuse an invitation to a baptism or communion. Most respondents want to spend no more than PLN 750 on gifts.

According to the IBRiS study, Poles are increasingly giving up on family celebrations, and the main reason is financial considerations and the rising cost of living. 40% of respondents do not intend to take part in weddings , 32% are giving up on communion , and 29% on christenings .

The people who most often decide not to go to a wedding are people aged 30-39 (46%) and 50-59 (44%), as well as residents of medium-sized towns (44%) and villages (42%).

Poles were also asked about their budget for gifts. In the case of weddings, the largest percentage, or 28 percent, declare an amount from PLN 401 to PLN 750 , and 24 percent - from PLN 201 to PLN 400; 13 percent plan to spend PLN 751-100, 8 percent between PLN 1,001 and PLN 1,500, and 4 percent from PLN 1,501 to PLN 2,000.

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"Participating in family celebrations is an important matter for Poles, but as the study shows, there is a large group of people who decide not to participate due to insufficient finances," noted Marek Lewandowski from Santander Consumer Bank, quoted in the information.

For gifts for communion and christening , most people (18%) want to spend between PLN 401 and PLN 500. The respondents indicated the following amounts: from PLN 201 to PLN 300 (16%), PLN 301 to PLN 400 and PLN 101 to PLN 200 (14% each). 7% plan to spend between PLN 501 and PLN 600, 6% up to PLN 100, 3% from PLN 601 to PLN 700. 1% of respondents want to spend more than PLN 1,000.

Lewandowski pointed out that the amount of planned expenses varies depending on place of residence and age.

"The most popular amount of PLN 401-750 was most often indicated by the youngest aged 18-29 (31%) and the oldest aged 60+ (30%)," he noted.

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He added that the higher range, from PLN 751 to PLN 100, was most often indicated by people aged 40-49 (18%) and residents of large cities (19%).

The survey, commissioned by Santander Consumer Bank, was conducted by the Institute for Market and Social Research (IBRiS) between 2 and 10 April 2025 on a sample of 1,000 adult Poles.