Layflat or Normal Album?

Just tell her you’re sorry but that’s not in your budget. If she’d like to pay the extra for the upgraded album you’d be happy to order it for her once she’s transferred the money to you (don’t order it and wait for her to pay, make sure you have the $$$ first!).

I personally think that layflat is absolutely worth the cost for your own album, but definitely not necessary for parent albums. Most people I know (myself included) have done the parent albums through Shutterfly. If it's the layflat she wants, then you can do a layflat album from Shutterfly for a whole lot less that that. The quality is good and there are always deals going on

Yes, all of this. It's well worth it for your own album, but if she wants her own expensive album, she can fund it. Shutterfly is also much more budget friendly.

I'm not sure what you mean by a normal album, but we ordered layflat books from Mixbook for our parents for Christmas. They were 31 pages with the highest quality pages. We bought them during a Black Friday sale so they were originally $222.76, but we ended up spending $116.83. The albums were very pretty and definitely worth the money.

Check out Shutterfly. As a gift for someone, I would choose a cheaper option. Shutterfly offers a layflat option for a much cheaper price.

Totally agree with SHUTTERFLY.... I made a 30 page book with layflat (non wedding) for $75

Thank you everyone! Really appreciate the mentions of cheaper layflat options so she still gets that aspect even if it doesn't match her daughter's album perfectly.

How often does a person really look back at the album anyway?

I created and ordered mine from Shutterfly. It was 75 pages and around $200 that was during the 50% off deal but I also did the deluxe layflat and 6color printing add ons. To me it was well worth it. I LOVE OUR WEDDING ALBUM! I plan to order to the standard book for the parents as a Christmas gift but they do run deals for their photo albums frequently and at a much better price then what you mentioned above.