...Honeymoon versus Gift Registry

...Honeymoon versus Gift Registry

..So FH says we can't take the 11 day HM cruise I want to take because it's too expensive and we should stick with the 7 day one .....sooooo, I was thinking, couldn't I just NOT register for any gifts and create an HM registry and have people do that only, is that tacky??? We have mostly everything we need for our apartment. And when we buy a house then we can have a housewarming and I can register for the house stuff....THOUGHTS?

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i would do the HM registry if you have most of the stuff you need. However i would still register for a few things just because you may have some family members that believe in purchasing a traditional gift vs. buying something toward the HM

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Posted by AwaitingAugust

from my own experience with the HM registry, people don't seem to like buying things off of it.

i think you should just not register anywhere .... that way, people will be more likely to give money.

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So then at the bridal shower, we just skip the gift part? I think I could love this idea....I really just want that HM,

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My mother and other family members think that HM registries are tacky and would never buy anything off of one - I don't understand it myself b/c they're the same as a gift registry (which is acceptable), but I guess they're traditional in their views. So based on that, I wouldn't rely on just a HM registry. For your wedding you'll most likely get $$ anyway - but for the shower you might wind up with gifts you don't want/need if you don't register.

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i would do both registries

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Posted by jmgoncal
for the shower you might wind up with gifts you don't want/need if you don't register.

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hmm, she has a point .... ok, new plan:
register at a place that gives cash refunds then return all of the gifts you get and get $$$ and go on your dream HM

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Posted by RaeloveMeg

OK this is what you should do- Def do the HM reg! But not everyone is going to buy you stuff off of there..... but then reg at BBB because they have the best return policy for ex. whatever was on your registery you can return it and get the cash for it- O store credit etc.

LoL Sounds messed up but this is what I did. We've had our house for 2 yrs now and I put things thats we already have that we really dont need and Im just going to return the stuff get the money and be living it up on my HM- LOL

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LOL!!!!!
To the world this sounds horrible but to brides, it makes so much sense! I want to live it up on my HM too!!!

So BBB does cash back, I like that...maybe I'll only register for like 10 things.

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Yeah BBB gives 100% cash back.... but you should register for more then 10 thing bc if you have those old timers and they want to get you a gift that you can open and they dont have much of a choice on your registery then they are going to go out and buy you their own thing and your not going to know where its from...Thats by my BBB is filled w stuff and on March 28(the day after my shower- its alllllll going back)

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I would like a HM registry, but I could see FH's family frowning at this......they're already bent out of shape that I want a garden ceremony, I could imagine what would happen if I didn't have a 'traditional' registry.

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I doing a honeymoon registry but also putting some on a traditional registry for shower purposes.