honeyfund?

SE1723

Hi...new to the HM forum, but figured this would be a good place to ask my question. Is anyone doing a HM registry or a honeyfund? I'm very new to the idea and don't know much about how to do it. Is anyone out there doing one of these and if so how? TIA!

AmoroAgain

Oh FFS.  Honeymoon registries are essentially asking for cash.  You do not ask for cash.  ALSO, HR's take a percentage of your funds.  Why would you want to just randomly give up a percentage of your money to a bunch of people behind a screen?  If you want to do that, just give it to me. As a guest, if I were asked to do that, I'd be annoyed. 

pandasquishy

Ditto Amoro.  

Where do all the questions about HM registries come from?  When my cousin has one the family talked incessantly behind her back about how tacky and rude it was.  I was younger and didn't realize they're rude but now I get it.  Why do none of these brides have mothers/grandmothers/aunts/coworkers who can tell them it's bad etiquette?  

kpasc

We are doing Honeyfund.

We listed the experiences/excursions we want to do, dinners we might like, and things like tickets for a night out dancing.  We added airfare and hotels, but I'm not expecting anyone to go for that.  So far people have [pledged] luggage tags, bottle of wine, and a Barcelona card (gives us access to museums, free transportation, etc).  

We went with the cash/cheque option.  Our guests decide what they want us to use the money for, make a "gift pledge" and can print a certificate telling us what the money is to be used for.  This way, we get 100% of the money and we make all of our own travel arrangements, so nobody is taking a cut.

You can opt to let people pay through PayPal, but then they either pay a service fee or you don't get all the money.  We thought it was a bit ridiculous that somebody's gift could be essentially "taxed", so we definitely turned off the PayPal option.  

JuneMaggie

We are going this route for one of our registries- it just serves our needs better needing bigger household stuff and splurging on a few honeymoon extras.  I don't know why it is something to talk nasty about someone about- I mean, contributing to my new kitchen construction vs. 100.00 plate?  I think it is the same thing.  shrug.  

anyway- another one to add is ours- www.uponourstar.com  - I think it is a nice balance.  HTH!