Brides Helping Brides ™ - Honeymoon Registry a Hit!

Lady12 Posted: Apr 21, 2010 10:46 AM

Honeymoon Registry a Hit!

Hi girls, just wanted to shared that our honeymoon registry has been a total hit with our guests! Everyone has loved the idea because it's different and many have said that they didnt want to just get us something for the home (we had an engagement party registry a year and half ago)so they loved it.

We didnt ask for flight money or hotel (although we did include for an upgrade) because that is already paid. Just for fun activities while we are there. They have just all asked for pictures, which we are planing on doing anyway for each activity.

rendel Posted: Apr 21, 2010 11:37 AM

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We are doing this too, I can't wait to get started on it!!!!

pjc92980 Posted: Apr 21, 2010 11:55 AM

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which site are you using for the registry? Ive seen a few but am not sure which is best

Lady12 Posted: Apr 21, 2010 11:59 AM

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We are using thehoneymoon.com. When I was researching it, I found that traverlers joy is the most popular, but I liked that this site is exclusively for honeymoon (to confuse our guests less) and that the service fee goes down the more gifts you get.

Lady12 Posted: Apr 21, 2010 11:59 AM

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We are using thehoneymoon.com. When I was researching it, I found that traverlers joy is the most popular, but I liked that this site is exclusively for honeymoon (to confuse our guests less) and that the service fee goes down the more gifts you get.

RaeloveMeg Posted: Apr 21, 2010 12:11 PM

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Im soooo glad we did the honeymoon reg- we got over 3k from that alone(& thats after the svc fee they take out) we used travelersjoy.com- i didnt know about the other one and about the svc fee going down the more you get gifts so thats a big +!!! good luck and have fun!

rendel Posted: Apr 21, 2010 12:12 PM

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I think we might use buyourhoneymoon.com it only has a 464 flat rate!!!!!!!!!!!! Be careful cause some of the registries take a percentage of what you are given!!!

Lady12 Posted: Apr 21, 2010 12:22 PM

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Ours charges a fee on each gift given, we can choose whether our guests pay it, or we pay it from each gift. We chose to pay it. On a $60 gift, they take like $4.50 at first, and if you get at least $500 worth of gifts, it goes down, and then if we hit 1K it goes down some more and so forth. We didnt want to do a flat rate because we did not know if our guests would use it, or how many would be willing.

Lady12 Posted: Apr 21, 2010 12:23 PM

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Posted by RaeloveMeg

Im soooo glad we did the honeymoon reg- we got over 3k from that alone(& thats after the svc fee they take out) we used travelersjoy.com- i didnt know about the other one and about the svc fee going down the more you get gifts so thats a big +!!! good luck and have fun!

Thanks. 3K? OMG that's awesome!

RaeloveMeg Posted: Apr 21, 2010 12:30 PM

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Posted by Lady12

Posted by RaeloveMeg

Im soooo glad we did the honeymoon reg- we got over 3k from that alone(& thats after the svc fee they take out) we used travelersjoy.com- i didnt know about the other one and about the svc fee going down the more you get gifts so thats a big +!!! good luck and have fun!

Thanks. 3K? OMG that's awesome!

Yeahh it was great-- we still did a BBB reg but kept it very limited to only the things we realllly needed-- we bought our house 2 yrs ago so most ppl knew we didnt need the typical household things

Lady12 Posted: Apr 21, 2010 01:19 PM

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we also did BBB and macys for the more traditional guests.

dctead Posted: Apr 21, 2010 01:26 PM

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I love ours! We are using honeyfund and there arent any fees..
and we still have small registrys with BBB and macys

rendel Posted: Apr 21, 2010 10:49 PM

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Sorry I meant $64, lol!!!!!!!!!!!

Lady12 Posted: Apr 21, 2010 11:58 PM

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Posted by rendel

Sorry I meant $64, lol!!!!!!!!!!!

wow $64 is a deal... $464 was not sounding too good lol

Nina1010 Posted: Apr 22, 2010 08:16 AM

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We did one as well and everyone thought it was a fabulous idea.

TheFutureMrs2011 Posted: Apr 22, 2010 09:32 AM

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This is good to hear because a lot of people I've told are ehh about the idea... Has anyone had any experience with Myregistry.com honeymoon registry?

carol78 Posted: Apr 23, 2010 12:35 PM

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Never even thought of this - great idea.

lisagail55 Posted: Apr 23, 2010 01:30 PM

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YAYYYYY I can't wait to finalize our honeymoon plans already so we can go forward with our HM registry!!!

olganfreddy Posted: Apr 23, 2010 05:44 PM

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I know a honeymoon fund is useful for those who have a house and don't really need any household items, but I've recenly been asked to purchase something on a friends honeymoon fund and they're not even having a shower or a party. I think that's so rude...bc its basically me spending $$ plus giving $$ at the wedding. The whole thing is just disrespectful. Make sure you guys do something for the guests who purchase something on your registry.