How much money to give at friends wedding?

It really depends on the level of friendship. As a rule of thumb, I would give based on the market rate so that the couple could at least cover some of their costs. Of course, I would give higher than market rate for very good friends.

Usually I will Google the wedding ang pow rates. There are plenty of benchmark prices available and even updated according to the year. If they are your close friends, add $50 or more to the amount stated.

I would say it really depends on your circle of friends. One way to gauge would to be to find out how much 1 table cost and divide it by how many pax in the table to find out the average cost of 1 pax.

Very close friends- Would give way more than an average cost of 1 pax

colleagues/ friends- Give based on cost of 1 pax per table

The rest- Give lesser than cost of 1 pax.

Depends on friendship level.

1) BFF - Would give as much as I can afford to support to defray the wedding expenses. As I know this BFF would do the same for me.

2) Normal Friend / Colleague - Market rate based on hotel wedding banquet pricing

3) Not so close - Try to give market rate la.