Do you get notice of who bought you what? I really would prefer a honeymoon registry to a traditional registry. I might do a small side registry, but mostly honeymoon. Anyway, I would still like to thank everyone who contributed. Also, if you don''t mind me asking, which honeymoon registry did you use? I thnk I signed up for HoneyFund, but I don''t remember...Date: 2/18/2010 9:44:51 AM
Author: elrohwen
We did a honeymoon registry, so we just got a check in the mail. No regrets!
Yep, we got an email after every purchase and the website also kept a running list of who bought what. I made sure to reference things people bought on the Thank Yous; especially if the gift was "real" like a hotel stay. At least half of them were total jokes ("Bear Attack Kit, so we can attack them!") that DH made up. DH had such a fun time creating it and people loved it! The "boring" real gifts were the last to go. Or lots of people got us one practical thing and one joke thing, even though all the money went to the same place anyway.Date: 2/18/2010 11:12:49 AM
Author: trillionaire
Do you get notice of who bought you what? I really would prefer a honeymoon registry to a traditional registry. I might do a small side registry, but mostly honeymoon. Anyway, I would still like to thank everyone who contributed. Also, if you don''t mind me asking, which honeymoon registry did you use? I thnk I signed up for HoneyFund, but I don''t remember...Date: 2/18/2010 9:44:51 AM
Author: elrohwen
We did a honeymoon registry, so we just got a check in the mail. No regrets!
Not to threadjack, but one last Q...Date: 2/18/2010 11:23:40 AM
Author: elrohwen
Yep, we got an email after every purchase and the website also kept a running list of who bought what. I made sure to reference things people bought on the Thank Yous; especially if the gift was ''real'' like a hotel stay. At least half of them were total jokes (''Bear Attack Kit, so we can attack them!'') that DH made up. DH had such a fun time creating it and people loved it! The ''boring'' real gifts were the last to go. Or lots of people got us one practical thing and one joke thing, even though all the money went to the same place anyway.Date: 2/18/2010 11:12:49 AM
Author: trillionaire
Do you get notice of who bought you what? I really would prefer a honeymoon registry to a traditional registry. I might do a small side registry, but mostly honeymoon. Anyway, I would still like to thank everyone who contributed. Also, if you don''t mind me asking, which honeymoon registry did you use? I thnk I signed up for HoneyFund, but I don''t remember...Date: 2/18/2010 9:44:51 AM
Author: elrohwen
We did a honeymoon registry, so we just got a check in the mail. No regrets!
We used Traveler''s Joy. They did charge a percentage, but it was the lowest percentage we could find. I wish we had found a free one though (but I do understand that the sites need to make money too).
Our wedding was very "young" - less than 10-15 of the guests were older relatives, and honestly younger people (especially our friends) don't seem to know or care what is "done" most of the time
You absolutely can return things for cash or store credit (I imagine which one it is depends on the store). My mom actually suggested we register for a bunch of stuff and plan to return every single one for the money. I said that was ridiculous - I''d rather have a honeymoon registry where at least people know they''re giving us money. I didn''t want someone (especially someone local) to say "Have you tried out that waffle maker we got you?" and have to deal with the awkwardness. I don''t see a problem with returning some items that you thought you wanted and decided you can''t use (like Haven''s coffeemaker) but I didn''t want to return 60+ items that people spent time purchasing. It''s really up to you though and what you feel comfortable with.
We didn''t use our blender either until DH rediscovered his love of protein shakes. Now that darn thing goes on every single morning while I''m trying to sleep!
Ditto, our blender is collecting dust! I''d really like to get rid of it, but I''m afraid someday we''ll decide to use it again. DH used to make milkshakes with it, but then MIL bought him a milkshake maker. And then he realized he was lactose intolerant. Lol. We have a lot fewer milkshakes now.
i was able to return items for store credit, but not for cash. if things were bought off the registry, they received a gift receipt, and that would only work for credit. my husband and i got over $400 in credit to kohls, then got a 30% off coupon in the mail. we went on a HUGE shopping spree one day
we had received multiples of a few items (not sure how that happened...i got 4 spice racks) so we returned a few items. and we also received a few scales (guess people were trying to give us a hint), plus 2 vacuums, and my husband wanted us to return a tailgate grill we got (i registered for it, thinking he woud want it...grrr!).
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