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Registry Info
My fiance and I are getting married in September and it is only family and VERY close friends. We did a traditional registry and opened a bank account at my bank for guests to make deposits for our honeymoon. My MoH is planning my shower for July. There are some people who won't be attending both events, just one or the other. What I need to know is, is it tacky to put registry information/account information in the invitation for the actual day?? Help, Please! I'm in a pickle!
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Re: Registry Info
Why did you decide to open an account?
I work for a financial institution and after researching honeymoon registries, it was more cost effective for us to do so.
I haven't put the registry info ON the invitation, its a stuffer for the envelope....should I still NOT put them in?
[QUOTE]My fiance and I are getting married in September and it is only family and VERY close friends. We did a traditional registry and opened a bank account at my bank for guests to make deposits for our honeymoon. My MoH is planning my shower for July. There are some people who won't be attending both events, just one or the other. What I need to know is, is it tacky to put registry information/account information in the invitation for the actual day?? Help, Please! I'm in a pickle!
Posted by npremate[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]I work for a financial institution and after researching honeymoon registries, it was more cost effective for us to do so. I haven't put the registry info ON the invitation, its a stuffer for the envelope....should I still NOT put them in?
Posted by npremate[/QUOTE]
registry stuff is so tricky to deal with. I find that its been the hardest thing to deal with so far! We've only done one registry, and its just to upgrade the things we have already (small appliances and linens). We've been together for 6 years. I guess we should do another one?? any suggestions??
The people going to the shower, are they invited to the wedding?
We did BBB and Target for upgrade items like sheets, towels, etc. At Target, we did mostly bathroom items and everyday dishes.
We probably got a total of 6 items off of both. Granted I didn't have a shower.
Some of the people are not invited to the wedding, no. we are keeping it really intimate with family only and 10 close friends...
Since the shower, in particular, is specifically a gift-giving party, going along with the shower but not inviting these same people to the wedding sends the message that you want their gifts and money but you don't want them to see you get married and you don't want to shell out the money to feed them. I'm not saying that this is your intent, but by not inviting shower guests to your actual wedding, that's the message that would inadvertently be sent.
Good luck to you :-).
[QUOTE]I have never heard of guests depositing money directly into an account for the bride and groom. It<strong> would make me very uncomfortable to do that. How would the bride and groom know that I made a deposit so they could thank me? And I don't think I'd want my account number and routing number floating around out there.</strong> Wouldn't it be really easy for someone to get hold of the numbers and access the money in the account? Would the expectation be that I, as the guest, would send the bride and groom a card and write in it that I had deposited $X.XX into their account? Because that wouldn't feel right.
Posted by LucyHC[/QUOTE]
I totally agree. If I received any time of bank account information for a bride and groom I would just end up sending a card...empty. That is terribly greedy and inappropriate.
[QUOTE]My fiance and I are getting married in September and it is only family and VERY close friends. We did a traditional registry and <strong>opened a bank account at my bank for guests to make deposits for our honeymoon.</strong> My MoH is planning my shower for July. There are some people who won't be attending both events, just one or the other. What I need to know is, is it tacky to put registry information/account information in the invitation for the actual day?? Help, Please! I'm in a pickle!
Posted by npremate[/QUOTE]
wowow...i have heard of people joking to others about doing this, but i have never actually seen someone post that they've done it.
well. as far as your 'tacky' question....i dont think anything else could be tackier then opening a bank account for your guests to deposit money. SO SURE!