Honeymoon Fund Registry?

Re: Honeymoon Fund Registry?

• levioosa member

  

  February 2017

  Things a couple ARE entitled to: Legal marriage
  
  

  Things a couple are not entitled to: a big fancy party/wedding, expensive honeymoon, money from parents to pay for a wedding, tons of gifts, etc.  

  
  

  
  

  

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• mollybarker11 member

  

  February 2017

  How are there so many goddamned honeyfund threads in a forum with a thread called THINKING OF A HONEYMOON REGISTRY pinned the top of the friggin page? Can we all just agree to respond to subsequent new threads with nothing but a link to the sticky and ignore all the special snowstorms?

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• Heffalump member

  

  February 2017

  If KnottieNumbers is all butthurt about her budget, then I don't see how forgoing X% of your wedding gifts is supposed to remedy the situation.

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• levioosa member

  

  February 2017 edited June 2017

  
  

  Knottie6849de60b0207428 said:

  
  

  I think that honeymoon budget is quite important. For (edit for TOS violation) to Cayman Islands. But the tickets are the cheapest. As for me, it's more important to spend money on activities and not on tickets. It's the best resort we found. Moreover, it has magnificent views. And there are a lot of things to do. What we love the most is that Cayman Islands offer the best scuba diving in the Caribbean. Given the triumvirate of islands boasts a unique dive site for every single day of the year – and this isn’t just marketing speak – it’s easy to believe them.

  
  

  
  @KnotRiley vendor alert

  
  

  
  

  

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• Knottie1469291583 member

  

  June 2017

  I think it kind of depends upon your situation. Most of the people coming to our wedding are close family members and friends. They either understand that we just need money, if anything, and have everything we need or they wouldn't be able to afford anything anyway. 
  
  However, other people I know it would horribly offend the people coming to their wedding.  Maybe they care maybe they don't. It's your choice.
  
  I set up a honeyfund (I'm a greedy horrible person omg!) However, I know most people will send/bring cash/checks. They charge a small fee but what do you think is happening when you buy things at a store? Why register at all? Why is it ok to register at Macy's of Crate and Barrel as opposed to on Amazon where it is cheaper? I also said not to feel obligated to bring anything. I meant it. That might seem rude to some...but at least I'm not freaking out on a forum over a question.  

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• ahoywedding member

  

  June 2017

  
  

  Knottie1469291583 said:

  
  

  I think it kind of depends upon your situation. Most of the people coming to our wedding are close family members and friends. They either understand that we just need money, if anything, and have everything we need or they wouldn't be able to afford anything anyway. 
  
  However, other people I know it would horribly offend the people coming to their wedding.  Maybe they care maybe they don't. It's your choice.
  
  I set up a honeyfund (I'm a greedy horrible person omg!) However, I know most people will send/bring cash/checks. They charge a small fee but what do you think is happening when you buy things at a store? Why register at all? Why is it ok to register at Macy's of Crate and Barrel as opposed to on Amazon where it is cheaper? I also said not to feel obligated to bring anything. I meant it. That might seem rude to some...but at least I'm not freaking out on a forum over a question.  

  
  

  
  Did you seriously just pull up every post on honeyfunds and comment they're not that bad, just to try and make yourself feel better?
  
  There's no difference between registering at Amazon vs. Macy's/Crate & Barrel. Amazon isn't always cheaper. Both are fine options. If your family knows you well enough to know you don't want physical things, they will give you money. Getting cash or check is much less of a hassle than getting funds from a website (that also takes money to gift...money). You can use that cash for whatever you want on your honeymoon! Or save it, or use it for bills, or whatever else you want because it's just plain money.

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• ernursej member

  

  June 2017

  
  

  Knottie1469291583 said:

  
  

  I think it kind of depends upon your situation. Most of the people coming to our wedding are close family members and friends. They either understand that we just need money, if anything, and have everything we need or they wouldn't be able to afford anything anyway. 
  
  However, other people I know it would horribly offend the people coming to their wedding.  Maybe they care maybe they don't. It's your choice.
  
  I set up a honeyfund (I'm a greedy horrible person omg!) However, I know most people will send/bring cash/checks. They charge a small fee but what do you think is happening when you buy things at a store? Why register at all? Why is it ok to register at Macy's of Crate and Barrel as opposed to on Amazon where it is cheaper? I also said not to feel obligated to bring anything. I meant it. That might seem rude to some...but at least I'm not freaking out on a forum over a question.  

  
  

  
  At a physical store, you don't buy 12 plates and only keep 11. A honeyfund site keeps a portion of the money. I've never understood people that are okay with wasting money. Why would I as a guest give $100 to a honeyfund when you are only going to get $95. I would be much better off to give you cash or a cheque where you keep it all.

  The only time a cash donation site is acceptable is for a true emergency where organizing donations would otherwise be unmanageable. I have a friend who lost everything in a fire and while I wasn't super happy knowing the site was taking a portion of my money, we raised over $25000 in a matter of days that likely would have taken a lot longer and may not have happened at all.
  

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