Now, here's a trendy trend in the wedding industry that I just discovered (OK, I've seen contribution tables at weddings long ago, but this has now turned into a "thing").
With the cost of weddings skyrocketing and an increasing number of people planning destination weddings (which are very often more expensive than local weddings) it seems natural that there would be a wedding gift to help offset costs. The bonus is that there is a way to give such a gift and not have it look like a charity donation.
Check out honeymoonwishes.com that turns wedding gifts into honeymoon romance, in essence.
- Couples: you can create a registry for guests to use.
- Guests: you can shop online for a honeymoon gift such as breakfast in bed, massage, candlelight dinner for two, or other romantic services as a wedding gift.
Seems like a practical, money-saving idea to me. And fun one, to boot! I'd love to pay for breakfast in bed for a good friend's honeymoon. Not a bad idea, brides and grooms.
Does anyone know of other similar services or unusually clever wedding gift ideas? Post a comment if you do, and let others (including me) know about them.
Hello,
I am with www.HoneymoonWishes.com and just wanted to thank you for the nice write up! If anyone has any questions they can email me personally at kstark@honeymoonwishes.com
Kristin
Posted by: Kristin Stark | June 02, 2006 at 05:59 PM
WeddingSolutions.com offers a honeymoon registry that appears to be absolutely free. I haven't signed up for it yet, but will be soon. Most of the other sites charge a fee (such as 7% of the gift) that either you or your guests have to pay.
Posted by: Stephanie | April 22, 2007 at 02:03 PM
I checked out several registries - used Honeymoon Wishes and absolutely loved it! I chose them because they only charged a 7% fee and my guests never had to deal with being bombarded by advertisements from those "free" registry sites. Everything was so professional and my guests raved about it. They even took the time to read my whole registry to my Grandma over the phone!
Corinne
Posted by: Corinne Martinez | May 23, 2007 at 02:51 PM