<p>My S has been teaching in Korea for 4 years and is marrying his Korean girlfriend at the end of July. There is no wedding to attend, so to make the event special we’re going to offer to pay for a honeymoon. I want to send a great card with that news and would like to include a small but very useful or nice gift as well. It has to fit into a USPS small flat rate box (approx 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 1 1/2). They have a small apartment and will eventually have to get rid of nearly everything when they move here for graduate school, so I don’t want to burden them with something frivolous. Help!</p>
<p>Congratulations!
How about a silver picture frame engraved with their names and the wedding date?</p>
<p>A really nice frame engraved with their wedding date?
That sounds really small though.
I sent bigger boxes than that overseas(to India)</p>
<p>I sent one of these very small, very good portable Bose speakers to my daughter who lives in a microscopic NYC apartment. You can wirelessly connect it to a phone, laptop, etc. A big hit. </p>
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<p>Is there anything he really misses from the US? I know people who want the disgusting Kraft Mac & Cheese, or Marshmallow fluff, or jello and little marshmallows. His favorite candy?</p>
<p>You could send matching jewelry (a watch or necklace, religious if they are religious), a small clock. If you have a special dish or vase that he liked (grandmothers? yours?) it would be a nice way to welcome your DIL into the family.</p>
<p>A nice digital camera. Most people just use smart phone cameras, but they’re really not as good as a high quality camera. </p>
<p>I just sent that speaker that katliamom mentioned as a wedding gift - it was on our friend’s registry (and their condo is smallish). When sending electronic overseas, always include a power adapter that would make the item usable in the country of destination.</p>
<p>Leather passport covers? </p>
<p>All great ideas! The speaker is my favorite, but a little too big. The reason I want to keep to that size box is because of cost. I’ve sent bigger boxes with those things from home and the cost gets high really fast to send that sort of thing, so I want to limit this box to one very special small present. That’s why this is so helpful. The real present is the honeymoon, but I want to send something tangible too.</p>
<p>If the Bose speaker is too big, how about a small Jambox–really great speaker that is really small.</p>
<p>This is what I found out after speaking with my Korean niece: Wedding ducks (Hangul: 원앙세트; lit. Mandarin duck set) are a pair of duck carvings (traditionally Mandarin ducks) that are used in Korean wedding ceremonies, and often given as marriage gifts. Mandarin ducks are chosen because it is believed that, unlike other types of ducks, they mate for life, and that if one of the pair dies, the other will mourn. For Koreans, Mandarin ducks represent peace, fidelity, and plentiful offspring.[1] There are Korean stores that sell these little ducks. They are usually red and blue. They can be quite small for shipping and it is a nod to your new DIL’s culture.</p>
<p>Let me say upfront that I’ve NO idea how it works in Korea, but…</p>
<p>Usually, when sending things abroad, you have to fill out an international customs declaration. The receiving country may impose a tax on imported goods. I don’t know, but would not be at all surprised if Korea imposes duties on electronics. If so, your S and DIL may end up having to pay a sizable sum to “rescue” your gift. (Note: I am not saying that ONLY electronics would be taxed–only that a nation which manufactures a lot of electronics is likely to tax them.)</p>
<p>I would check out the customs duties before making your purchase.Remember that your S and DIL may have to wait a long time to get the item. </p>
<p>Jambox has amazing sound quality for such a tiny speaker.</p>
<p>Re: customs. This package is being shipped via the USPS, and the customs form has a box marked “gift” that the giver needs to check. Cant vouch for Korea, but in many years of shipping stuff abroad I have never had an instance where the recipient was charged a tax when this box was checked. FedEx, OTOH, had sooo many issues that I would never use their services for shipping internationally. </p>
<p>I wouldn’t send electronics, because I prefer wedding gifts to be something that lasts forever. If you Christmas celebrators a crystal or silver ornament with the wedding year is a possibility. We have one we put on our tree every year that a cousin gave me.</p>
<p>I usually like to give votive/candle holders (and a check) for wedding present. But not sure they are small enough for that box.</p>
<p>I understand your wish to add a gift to the card, but I feel that the honeymoon is enough. The sentiment in the card will be more important than finding another small gift. They will probably be very surprised by your “honeymoon” gift!</p>
<p>Since the honeymoon is such a large gift already, I like the idea of an engraved picture frame that could be used for a wedding or honeymoon photo. But for the mailing, you could put in the frame something you do up nicely on a computer that tells about the honeymoon gift and wishes to go with it. They can later replace that with a photo. Then, it gives them something to open. It’s small enough to fit the box. It can be saved forever and has special meaning. And the gift “certificate” is presented in a really nice way, which is the idea sorta of the extra “gift” in the box (the frame). It is something they can save and pack easily to bring back to the states.</p>