Hello all! I'm newly engaged, but have been poking around theknot in hopes for a year or so
Anyway, now that the time has come to start getting serious about planning a wedding (the date has been set for June 26th, 2010), I am feeling a bit overwhelmed by three things at the moment. Hence, I'm here to ask for help!Question #1: My fiance and I have been living together for over a year, and have all the house stuff we need. I don't want to register to just get more useless stuff. We would really like to ask for donations toward our honeymoon (which we will probably not be able to afford without). I have looked up etiquette tips and they say 2 things: use word of mouth, and set up an online registry. The problem is that we have lots of extended family where word of mouth just isn't going to work and second, there are many older relatives I know would not be comfortable paying money to a registry online (if they even have internet at all).So, how do I word this in the invite? I've found some creative poems, do you think thats cheesy? AND the big one, how do I get people to start donating money well before we have to book and pay for the honeymoon? I can make about a 500 down payment on it and the rest is due 45 days prior to travel. If we send the invites out 2mos prior to the wedding we won't be able to book anything. HELP!Question 2: Any recommendations for places to have an outdoor ceremony and indoor reception for about 150 guests? Reasonably priced, with as many things included as possible...Question 3: How do you go about broaching the subject of how much family members can/would like to contribute toward the wedding so that I can have a solid budget to work with?Thanks brides, sorry this was a novel, I'm stressed!