Wedding Ang Bao Rates 2026 in Singapore: How Much to Give

The short answer for 2026: most guests give S$180 to S$300 at a hotel wedding in Singapore. The rule underneath is simple. Cover what the couple pays for your seat, then add a little if you are close.

Wedding ang bao rates 2026 by venue type

Per guest, in Singapore dollars. These are the usual ranges for covering your seat.

Venue type	Weekday lunch	Weekday dinner	Weekend lunch	Weekend dinner
Void deck, community club or clan hall HDB function rooms, community clubs, clan associations	80 to 120	80 to 120	80 to 120	80 to 120
Restaurant, country club or value hotel Peach Garden, Orchid Country Club, Furama, Village Hotels	130 to 170	140 to 180	140 to 180	150 to 190
Mid-range hotel M Hotel, Carlton, Goodwood Park, Mount Faber Peak, Grand Shanghai	170 to 220	190 to 240	190 to 240	210 to 260
Premium hotel Grand Hyatt, Shangri-La, Mandarin Oriental, Fullerton, Chijmes	220 to 280	240 to 300	230 to 300	260 to 310
Luxury hotel or iconic venue Marina Bay Sands, Raffles, St. Regis, Capella, Ritz-Carlton	260 to 360	290 to 400	290 to 380	310 to 430

Weekend dinners cost the most, often S$20 to S$50 more per guest than a weekday at the same hotel. Many venues also charge more on auspicious dates and public holiday eves.

Ang bao rates at popular wedding venues

What a seat costs at well-known Singapore venues in 2026, worked out from each venue’s published banquet packages: the price per table with service charge and GST, divided by 10. Use it as your floor.

Venue	Weekday lunch (S$)	Weekend dinner (S$)
Capella Singapore	360	390 to 430
The Singapore Edition	310 to 400	350 to 400
The St. Regis Singapore	320 to 350	350 to 380
Raffles Hotel Singapore	310 to 340	310 to 370
Marina Bay Sands	290	350
JW Marriott Singapore South Beach	290	310 to 340
The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia	250 to 280	290 to 360
Pan Pacific Orchard	260 to 360	270 to 360
Conrad Singapore Marina Bay	270 to 300	280 to 340
Shangri-La Singapore	240 to 270	270 to 330
Andaz Singapore	290	280 to 310
Mandarin Oriental Singapore	260	280 to 300
The Fullerton Hotel Singapore	280	290 to 300
Grand Hyatt Singapore	240 to 280	260 to 300
Hilton Singapore Orchard	260	270 to 290
Parkroyal Collection Pickering	230	260 to 290
Parkroyal Collection Marina Bay	220 to 240	280
Sofitel Singapore Sentosa	220 to 310	250 to 340
Chijmes Hall	210 to 260	230 to 270
Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza	–	230 to 260
Goodwood Park Hotel	220	240
Alkaff Mansion	200	220 to 240
Grand Shanghai	210 to 260	210 to 260
Mount Faber Peak	180	210
Orchid Country Club	150 to 160	160 to 180

The etiquette, in one list

• Cover your seat. The baseline is what the couple pays for your seat: the venue's price per table, plus service charge and GST, divided by 10.
• Then add for closeness. Colleagues give about the seat cost. Friends add 10 to 20%. Close family often gives well above it.
• Bringing a partner. Double it. Each seat is paid for.
• Lucky numbers. Even amounts, often ending in 8 (S$188, S$268, S$288). Avoid 4 anywhere in the amount: give S$238 or S$258, not S$240 or S$248.
• Can't make it. Not expected, but a kind gesture: S$50 to S$200 depending on how close you are. RSVP early so they can release your seat.
• Church or ROM only. With no banquet, S$50 to S$100, or a gift.
• Malay weddings. Usually a smaller green packet: S$20 to S$50, more if you are close.
• Indian weddings. Amounts commonly end in 1 (S$101, S$151, S$201).
• How to give. Clean notes in a red packet with your name on it, handed in at the reception table. PayNow is increasingly fine, but check first.

Tea ceremony ang bao

At the tea ceremony it is the elders who give: an ang bao or jewellery for the couple, after they are served tea. Amounts vary a lot between families. Common ranges:

Who	Common amount
Grandparents	S$88 to S$188
Parents	S$288 to S$888, or jewellery
Uncles, aunts and other relatives	S$50 to S$288, or jewellery
The couple, to younger siblings who serve them	A small ang bao, often ending in 8

What to write on a wedding ang bao

Write your name on the back so the couple knows who it is from. On the front, a four-character blessing is a nice touch:

Blessing	Pinyin	Meaning
百年好合	bai nian hao he	A hundred years of harmony
永结同心	yong jie tong xin	Bound together with one heart
白头偕老	bai tou xie lao	Grow old together
天作之合	tian zuo zhi he	A match made in heaven
早生贵子	zao sheng gui zi	May you soon have children

If you are the couple

Ang bao rarely covers the whole dinner. Attendance is never 100%, and the venue is paid before the ang bao comes in. Budget for the full banquet, and treat ang bao as money back.

Sources: YouTrip: Singapore wedding ang bao rates 2026; The Money Bees: wedding ang bao rates 2026.